September 26, 2015

We’re on the move.  While we had thought that we would take a load in our car Saturday on our way to English class, we decided that Dwaine could make one run during the morning.  Since we had packed some things Friday night, we had enough for two loads.  He wanted to go by and pay the rent and ask a few questions as well.  That was a successful run and when he returned he said that the landlord had already started on the sink outside the bathroom on the patio.  He had also planned to buy a commode seat because that was not present.  That is very common here.  But he said the landlord had picked one up for us!  I worked on preparing for English class and packing a little more.  We rounded up another load and headed out again.  We had three students for English class, Arnoldo, Nelson and Carlos.  We had learned that Carlos had been going to Shucutitian church in our absence and kept asking when we would return.  So, it was great to see him.  He had finished one Bible lesson and we took it home to review it.  He had some difficulty, so it will give us a place to start on our next study. He said that he was coming to service on Sunday, so we invited him for lunch afterwards.  Nelson was eager to pick back up with a new study, so we planned that as well.  I told him that we wanted to have his family over sometime on into October.  He came back to our evening service and he said his wife would be glad to come.  He asked if we just wanted his immediate family or his extended family.  I knew he had a large family from our English graduation with the group, but I asked the number.  He said 15!  So, I thought, wow, what a lot of great contacts, so I said yes.  Our house is really small, so I hope that it will not be raining so we can take advantage of our large patio area when we set a date!  Oswaldo was planning to have our evening service at 4 because he had a later commitment.  When we learned this, we knew we would only have time to visit our family who sells coffee.  It was a great visit.  They were all there with Bibles in hand.  It was wonderful to see them so eager.  We had brought a few gifts and Jim had sent a gift so we gave those out.  They said they were so excited about having us a neighbors.  We will be just across the street from them.  Kelly said she and the kids would come to church on Sunday, but Jose had to work in San Salvador.  Jose said he was off Monday and he wanted to help us move.  That is great!  Afterwards we went to our service and Nelson did come back and Anita was there.  We also had many members as well.  Osvaldo is doing a series on different religions and he was working on the Mormons.  It was really good, especially since Nelson had questions along this line.  We stopped by Selectos because we have guests coming for Sunday and teen girls to cook for.