Sun is
up. At least for the morning, the sun
was shining. So, we walked, cooked and
cleaned until 9:30. This included
washing one load of molded clothes in vinegar to try to save them. We wanted to start door knocking, but,
someone wanted to check on a possible home/church that might be available. So, we headed out for a few minutes to check
on a large corner location that had room both for living and for a church. While we could not find anyone with a key, we
checked for more information from Socorro.
She lived close by, so we stopped.
She always has good leads. We drove
a few blocks and checked on a really nice, open place for the church, but we
decided it was too expensive, about $350 a month. If we could find a smaller location starting
at $125 or $150, we might make this move.
We are quickly outgrowing Sister Regina’s home, especially with the
children. Then, we went by the health
department and Socorro knew a doctor who had contact information on the corner
house. She said we could call about noon
and ask about availability. Before we
left we noticed lots of warnings on the rise of Chikungunya and Dengue Fever in
Juayua. Yikes! We dropped Socorro off and headed to our area
of town for door knocking. We talked to
a store owner for a while and he took our literature. He was already working on the first ‘Que Dice
La Biblia?’ lesson. Then, we talked to another
lady and she was eager to take the information.
She said that she was a Christian and both her and her husband preached
at a church. We talked with one other
and had some Bible reading and prayer as her health was not good. By then, it was lunch time and it is not good
to try and visit during lunch hour.
After lunch, we stayed home to finish cooking for our landlord to come
to dinner with his family. I also worked
on a lesson for a ladies’ class in Santa Telca on Saturday near San Salvador. When the landlord arrived it was pouring rain
and he only brought one younger son. He
said his wife and older son were not able to come. He said the older son will be studying
medicine in Santa Ana next year. He said
he had lived in Arkansas for a time, but came back to Juayua to open a hardware
store. He has been operating it for 14
years. He said his wife was strongly
Catholic and did not want to change. But
Dwaine asked him to study and he said that he would. He had a belief in God and strong moral
standards in the community, but was not attending a church. He said he would study and we will start that
next Tuesday. We did talk to several
people about the house he is constructing, and they said that it was not in a
safe area. We talked to him about this
and he was very gracious. He said we
could look for a different house and that would be fine with him. He said he still liked some of our
suggestions, like he removed one wall and is creating an archway, opening to
the living room from the kitchen and dining room. We said to make his own improvements and not
to try to custom build the house for us.
We can still see it when it is finished and I am sure it will be quite
beautiful. It was a good night with a
ton of food. The best, was the plans for
the spiritual food in the coming weeks.
Corner House
Socorro helping us look at posssible church location.
Second View
Outside view....hey, check out the AC!
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