June 28, 2015.

New Brother!!!!     Charlotte spent a long night in pain.  She had started with another UTI on Saturday.  At 8 when the pharmacy opened I got her some medicine for pain and some antibiotics but she decided she should stay home for the morning.  I think she still spent the morning cutting out stuff to get ready to teach the children's class in Juayua.  Lucky and I went to the Shucutitian service and Charlotte still sent the food for the teen girls which she had gotten up and fixed, even as bad as she felt.  Of course everyone I spoke to asked about her, they are just not accustomed to seeing me without her.  She completes me.  Eva was visiting from Ahuachapan and that was good because I got to talk with her about helping when our group gets here.  I came home pretty quickly after service because Clifton had said the group that was coming might call during their meeting.  They didn't call but I think things are pretty well worked out on both ends.  We are still expecting it to be a learning experience and are thankful that the group is smaller for our first time.  About 4 we headed out for Juayua because we had to stop by Rachel's on the way to leave a table we had been borrowing and get some items for Charlotte to prepare a dish for the group from California.  Regina had a good report on Danielito.  All his blood work came back good and he just needs to get some morning sun every day to help with is jaundice. We had two brothers, one with his wife and 2 children, visiting from Santa Ana to preach and lead the singing.  The service was great and two of our English students came-Nelson who brings his 3 yr. old daughter and has come a couple of times before, and Carlos came for his first time by bus from Apaneca. We were excited about that, and then at the end of the service Jose Ventura who is the husband of sister Rosalidia said he wanted to be baptized.  His wife and two children are regulars and he has come a lot lately but it was still a surprise to everyone.  When I (Charlotte) rounded the corner, Anita just about fell into my arms in tears.  She wants to be baptized, but some personal issues and some health issues are holding her back.  While we are working on some of these things, I think she will decide very soon.  There was talk of trying to go to Apaneca to the home of Regina's mother but Raul said there was a place behind one of the houses he takes care of and that was just across the way.  We all walked up, even Carlos and Nelson went.  He showed us a pila where they wash clothes and we decided it was too small and then a round inflatable children's pool which I thought would be ok but was also decided against.  Then we went next door where there was a large half curve fountain that worked out great.  We joked that we had found our baptistry since this was the first baptism we had in Juayua since getting here.  It was a wonderful time and it was great that Carlos and Nelson got to see it all.  It was thundering and lightening after the baptism but we made it home without any rain.  It started soon after we got home and rained pretty heavily for about an hour.  We gave Carlos a ride back to Apaneca on our way home.  We dropped him off at the end of a road and he said he still had about a 40 minute walk.  Regina and her husband Pedro had been adamant that we not go down the road Carlos lived on.  They said it would be very dangerous at night.  At the end of the road where we stopped there were several people and one of them was clearly drunk.  We felt bad but he said he was used to it. 

Headed out for a baptism.

Well, decided this was too small.

Cut a rose bush way back to enter this fountain for the baptism.

Our English students, Nelson in striped shirt, and Carlos, to the right, came to the 

service and baptism.

Waiting for the fountain to fill.

Sharing some thoughts.

Jose Ventura to the left

Prayer

Last instructions.

What a sight:)!

The old is gone and the new is come!

Rejoicing!

Charlie and Jose

Heading home.

Last look at God's handiwork in the skies.....rejoicing in the heavens.