Happy Father’s Day and preparing to go. Father’s Day is always on the 17th
of June, so Happy Father’s Day! Cesar, Eliza and Abi are going to Houston for a
revival and seminar on Thursday, June 18th to July 5th. Since our Huntsville group is coming down for
the week of July 6, we were trying to work with Cesar to finalize some plans
for the campaign. First we went to Cesar’s
to write our advertisement for the English classes so Dwaine and I could go
visit the schools next week. The schools
are out for Father’s Day and teacher days until Tuesday, so we cannot distribute
flyers until next week. We got that
ready. Regina stopped by. She had been visiting Sulima, her daughter
who is expecting. So I drove her home
and Pedro decided to come back with me since he was out of school. I brought lunch so we ate a bite. We headed out to visit Julia. She was home, but was unable to study
today. Dwaine and I said we would come back
in the morning next week. When we went
by a store of a lady we had prayed with, we talked about a nearby huge home
that was being remodeled to rent. We
thought we would walk by and see if we might look at the home that was being
remodeled and there was a worker there.
He let us in. It was huge, but it
was designed to be a duplex with many shared aspects. Also, even though it was three stories, the
room were very small. It just wouldn’t
work for us. We also walked by our coffee family, Hose and Kelly and
children. We knew they couldn’t study,
but we bought some coffee and wished them a Happy Father’s Day. By now, time
was running out, so we scurried over to Regina’s to go by Sister Anna’s
house. Cesar was speaking on Matthew on
the Sermon on the Mount. He was speaking
on relationships between husbands and wives and how Jesus calls us to be so
much more than legalists in our marriages.
It was a good lesson. Dwaine told
a story about Billy Graham he had heard.
He said that one time he arrived at an airport to speak in an area. A lady had come to meet him at the airport to
take him to his destination. Mr. Graham
said that he would take a taxi and follow her since he had committed to his
wife to not be alone with another woman. That was refreshing to hear a story of such commitment. We were trying to come back to Regina’s early
so that we could go to Santa Katarina Masahuat. While we were gathering, our
English student, Nelson, walked by with his wife, Merisella, and his two
children, Ruby and Christopher. This was the first time to get to meet his wife,
so that was great. They had invited Cesar to speak at the service for Father’s
Day. Pedro had borrowed his father’s
truck and they had worked to cover it and install wooden seats for the
ride. You take back roads for this
journey, and it is really bumpy. We all
climbed in and headed out a little after four.
It was bumpy! We arrived just at
5 for the service. I had spoken there a
couple of years ago, so it was great to see some faces that I knew. There was a great turn out and they were so
gracious. At the end they gave out key
chains to the fathers and they served refreshments. Then, there was the funny part. We went back to load in the truck and people
just kept getting in. A little boy,
Alexander, who had made the trip from Juayua, said in his small child’s voice, “Bastante,
bastante, bastane!” That was means, “Enough,
enough, enough!” We laughed so
much. Most of the people got off at the
edge of town and the trip back went well.
I won’t say, “smooth,” cause it was really “bumpy.” When we got back to Juayua, we headed
out. Of course we stopped by Selectos
and took Ceasar and Pedro back to Ceasar’s.
Ceasar is leaving Thursday morning for the States, so he still had
things to do.
Nelson, Merisella, Ruby and Christopher
Loading the truck!
Service at Santa Katherina Masahuat
It's full, but more on the way.
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