4 studies and
then some. This morning we stopped by
the Juay
a credit union
during our morning walk. Actually, I
stayed outside and continued to walk up and down the block with Wicket while
Charlotte went in to make our first withdrawal.
We had put most of our money in our account so that we would have an
official record for immigration that we had money. So far we had only made deposits and on the
largest one we had to show our English and Spanish copies of where the money
was coming from. We had opened the
account under Charlotte’s name so she will have to make all the withdrawals
even though I am on the account also.
Somehow, it is not the same as being on an account in the states. Another reason to be good to her as if I
needed one. Anyway, it took a few
minutes but went ok so at least we know we have access to our money after it is
deposited which was not going to be the case with the bank as far as we were
able to understand. At 9:30 we picked up
Cesar and went to Sara’s for a study. We
had a good study and she said she would try to come to the Sunday service and
bring the kids. We are also studying
with Mario separately and pray that as each of them grow in their relationship
to Jesus they will grow closer to one another again. After the study we had a little time before
lunch. We tried to make contact with
some people Cesar had spoken to before but one had moved and two others were
not home. We did get to talk for a few
minutes with a young lady in her late teens who agreed to take the study course
of ‘What does the Bible Say?’ After
lunch, we went back over to Regina’s and had a study on baptism with
Nelson. He said he had been baptized and
that he understood it was for the forgiveness of sins but said he would
continue to study about it. After this
study, Charlotte had her second study with Socorro while I walked down and
visited with Omar. He said his father
had talked to the owner of the house that was coming available in Dec and that
hopefully we could see the inside of it on Saturday morning. The owner is a lawyer and works out of town
during the week but is here on the weekends.
After her study with Socorro I picked up Charlotte and we went to the
hardware store to have a study with our landlord Don Santos. We sat around till about 5:25 waiting for
them to close the store and then he brought out some plastic buckets for
chairs. We told him we would be happy to
have the study at our house and he said he would meet us there in a little
bit. We went by Selectos for a few items
and went on home. He was arriving as we
did and he had told us the house beside us had just been vacated. We walked in to look at it. It had a much bigger bathroom with separate
doors to enter the shower and the toilet and a large outdoor balcony but only
three fairly small rooms. Still it is
always interesting to see the inside of houses here since they are so different
from the states and almost everyone is different from the others. Then he came over to our house and we had a
good study for about an hour and a half.
He said he strongly believes in God but knows very little about the
Bible so we talked about that and about how we can know the Bible is God’s word
to us. He said he would just come here
next week when he can get through at his store instead of our going by there. He asked if we were both preachers and we said
no just Christians. I told him my saying
that I am not a preacher, never was and did not want to be. He had a little trouble understanding that,
he finally understood that is just not a talent I have and that we just enjoy
studying the Bible with people. We read
the story of the wise and foolish builders which I thought he could identify
with since he is always involved in building houses here. I also
told him that Charlotte said that when it poured rain during the night she
sometimes dreamed the house is sliding down the hill it is built on. He said she needed to have more faith to cast
out her fear. She said she was not
afraid to die but could not help what she dreamed.
a credit union
during our morning walk. Actually, I
stayed outside and continued to walk up and down the block with Wicket while
Charlotte went in to make our first withdrawal.
We had put most of our money in our account so that we would have an
official record for immigration that we had money. So far we had only made deposits and on the
largest one we had to show our English and Spanish copies of where the money
was coming from. We had opened the
account under Charlotte’s name so she will have to make all the withdrawals
even though I am on the account also.
Somehow, it is not the same as being on an account in the states. Another reason to be good to her as if I
needed one. Anyway, it took a few
minutes but went ok so at least we know we have access to our money after it is
deposited which was not going to be the case with the bank as far as we were
able to understand. At 9:30 we picked up
Cesar and went to Sara’s for a study. We
had a good study and she said she would try to come to the Sunday service and
bring the kids. We are also studying
with Mario separately and pray that as each of them grow in their relationship
to Jesus they will grow closer to one another again. After the study we had a little time before
lunch. We tried to make contact with
some people Cesar had spoken to before but one had moved and two others were
not home. We did get to talk for a few
minutes with a young lady in her late teens who agreed to take the study course
of ‘What does the Bible Say?’ After
lunch, we went back over to Regina’s and had a study on baptism with
Nelson. He said he had been baptized and
that he understood it was for the forgiveness of sins but said he would
continue to study about it. After this
study, Charlotte had her second study with Socorro while I walked down and
visited with Omar. He said his father
had talked to the owner of the house that was coming available in Dec and that
hopefully we could see the inside of it on Saturday morning. The owner is a lawyer and works out of town
during the week but is here on the weekends.
After her study with Socorro I picked up Charlotte and we went to the
hardware store to have a study with our landlord Don Santos. We sat around till about 5:25 waiting for
them to close the store and then he brought out some plastic buckets for
chairs. We told him we would be happy to
have the study at our house and he said he would meet us there in a little
bit. We went by Selectos for a few items
and went on home. He was arriving as we
did and he had told us the house beside us had just been vacated. We walked in to look at it. It had a much bigger bathroom with separate
doors to enter the shower and the toilet and a large outdoor balcony but only
three fairly small rooms. Still it is
always interesting to see the inside of houses here since they are so different
from the states and almost everyone is different from the others. Then he came over to our house and we had a
good study for about an hour and a half.
He said he strongly believes in God but knows very little about the
Bible so we talked about that and about how we can know the Bible is God’s word
to us. He said he would just come here
next week when he can get through at his store instead of our going by there. He asked if we were both preachers and we said
no just Christians. I told him my saying
that I am not a preacher, never was and did not want to be. He had a little trouble understanding that,
he finally understood that is just not a talent I have and that we just enjoy
studying the Bible with people. We read
the story of the wise and foolish builders which I thought he could identify
with since he is always involved in building houses here. I also
told him that Charlotte said that when it poured rain during the night she
sometimes dreamed the house is sliding down the hill it is built on. He said she needed to have more faith to cast
out her fear. She said she was not
afraid to die but could not help what she dreamed.
While doorknocked, we passed two ladies selling kitchen shelfs.
Looked like quite a load.
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