Beautiful Feet: October 7, 2015

A little scare. Charlotte got up this morning and put on a load of towels first thing. After those we washed a load of pants and the washer did great. It had always dried the clothes pretty good because it has a long and powerful centrifuge cycle. When we had tried to wash a load by draining into the bathroom pila the drain hose must have been too close to the tile because the clothes were still soaked when I got them out of the washer. They took forever to dry that time. We had told Cesar we should head out for our studies earlier than last Wednesday because we ran late all day. At 9 someone knocked on the door. We thought it was Cesar but it was Arnoldo. He said he was out of school today because his teacher was sick. Cesar arrived in a few minutes and we headed out. We went by Mr. Rivas but he was still not home, we have not seen him in a long time. Next we had a study with Julia. She is to the point of decision and she knows that but is still resisting. Then we went to Delmy and had a good study with her. We had started out only speaking with her briefly at her gate for several times a few months ago and now we have had two good studies the last two weeks. This time we finished up about 11:30 so we had some time to go home for lunch and a short rest. In the afternoon we went by Sister Ana's. She mentioned that she would like to try to attend services but with her arthritis it is so difficult. We wanted to take some food by for Sara and Mario and try to reconnect. They were not home so we decided to give the food to Rosalidia and Jose Manuel because her mother was sick. There were several relatives there when we arrived including her father, Bro. Francisco who had attended for a while when we first came here but had not been in a long time. We all told him how much we missed him and had a prayer for his wife. Tonight he came to the 5:00 service. After we left Rosalidia's we went to a study with Omar, Emili and Gisela. We read the first chapter of the WBS material in English while they recorded it on a phone. They said they would attend the evening study and Omar and Emili did. Nelson also came and brought Ruby which made 4 visitors for our Wednesday service. We had a good discussion about allowing Christ to live through us and living in His strength and not our own. Charlotte taught the kids about John 14:1-4 what heaven would be like and they made neat edible houses out of graham crackers with frosting to hold them together and they sure had a time. After service we gave Omar and Emili a ride to Selectos and as usual these days brought Zuleyma and Danielito back with us since they live just up the street. About 8 there was a knock on our door. The young man who had done the electrical work had come by because we still owed him $5 since I only had a $20 Saturday. He said he had come by at 4 and the car was not here but the door was standing partially open. He said he had closed it for us. We were amazed at both his honesty and that nothing was missing. We will certainly be more careful in the future. As we had left earlier I had told Charlotte I forgot to lock the door with the key but thought it was shut well and should be fine. I still took a good look around after he left to make sure all was in place and no extra people were hiding anywhere. Charlotte said she may still not sleep well but I am sure if anyone had found the door open and wanted to take anything they would have done so and ran. Anyway we are sure thankful and will certainly be more cautious.