The last few
days have been sort of one of those one step forward and two steps back times. As Charlotte said we went from 20 English
students down to just 12 which is still a good number to work with especially
since almost all of them really need a lot of help. The other disappointing news came this
morning. We had an empty seat next to us
in morning services and Bessie sat down next to Charlotte. She told Charlotte that her cousin Stephanie
who we have been studying with most weeks since we got here said she did not
want to study anymore. It was not a huge
surprise, she has been attending Jehovah’s Witness services for the last
several weeks and I tried to speak pretty clearly about their false doctrines
and left her some materials to read about their history and their teachings and
if she talked with any of them about that I’m sure they told her to stop seeing
us. She never visited services with us
though we invited her several times and she also never really seemed to get
involved with the studies at a serious level.
Still, it was somewhat of a disappointment that a group so far off track
could win her over. After service, Charlotte met with the teen girls. I stayed to join in for lunch and to carry
dishes back to the car. It seemed slow
to get kicked off and then several family walked by with lots of goods to give
away. Many looked American, but spoke
great Spanish. I think they represented several churches from San Salvador and
were handing out toys, clothes and food.
Since we still had a large number of people around, they gave many
things. The boys all got new soccer
balls and many got clothes and food. The
girls had planned to play soccer, so we headed that way. When we arrived at the field, men were
gathering to have a serious game and several families were bringing food. So, we walked back to Bessi’s for the
devo. I stayed around since Charlotte
wouldn’t be too long. I am sure the girls were sad that the field was taken. On the other hand our service in Juayua went
really well with not only most of the local members coming but also Bessie and
her mother-in-law came. Charlotte was
expecting 4 students and had 7 but her class was great as always. Cesar spoke on Heb. 11 and the faith of
Abraham and it was really good and spoke to me a lot. Sister Regina shared that her daughter,
Sulima, who is expecting, had to be taken by ambulance to the hospital with
contractions. She had just had her
shower on Saturday. She is due around
July 7th. We all prayed for
her and Sister Regina said that she would go visit her at 11 on Monday. Her daughter did not have a cell phone, so
there was no way to find any further news until the doors opened to the
hospital at 11 Monday. We gave Bessie
and her mother-in-law and three kids a ride back to their home which was on the
way to Ataco and had some time to skype with Christina and then with Caleb when
we got home. We had been talking about
the idea of getting a dog at least after we find a house in Juayua and Caleb
said it sounded like we had gotten one.
There were five outside our door that were cavorting around. There was another slight disappointment. The house we had thought might be available
in Juayua that looking promising was not available. Well, there are lots of good works available
for us to do and we just need to forget what is behind and press on to take
hold of the prize for which God in Christ Jesus has taken hold of us.
New Soccer Balls!
Unusually shaped peppers.
Dwaine waiting for devo to finish.
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