Short notice and scary moments.
Short notice. Charlotte
stayed up until 2:30 am getting ready for her ladies’ class in Santa Tecla and
then she got back up at 5. Also she is
now coming down with the cold that I have had since Thursday and said her
throat is really sore. Perfect for
speaking for a couple of hours. We had
thought we might be going to look at a house for rent but never got the call on
that. About 9 I went to Selectos with a
list to get food for Sunday lunch with Paulo, Bessie and Isabella and
kids. When I got back I took the car
back to the garage next door for them to work on the bumpers. Charlotte was getting picked-up at noon by
Ricardo and Joli. After a quick lunch I
took all my load of stuff and headed out on foot for Regina's house hopping to
catch a taxi but never did. I had a 12 o’clock
appointment to study with Nelson but he did not show up until almost 1. We studied one of three pages and then Carlos
and Arnoldo arrived for English class. With
a small class it was really easy and we made good progress. Then at 3 Cesar arrived to give me and
Arnoldo a ride across town to study with Jose and Kelly. They were both present for the first time in
quite a while and Cesar had been waiting for them to be together to study
baptism. At the end Jose said that was
what he wanted to do but had some things he was working on in his life right
now. I hope to lead the study next time
and do a follow up to the baptism study and to his comment. For the 5 pm service we just had prayer and
singing since Cesar had just finished up an extended study on the series ‘Que
Dice La Biblia’ and we are not having service next weekend due to the family
seminar in Ahuachapan. Charlotte arrived
home about 7:30 and she had had quite a day.
Scary Moments. I had worked
on my lesson to prepare about 30 power point slides for a two hour lesson. That was quite a lot since I had little
experience with power point. Ricardo and
Joli made several stops along our route and it seemed to be a leisurely
trip. We picked up tamales at one stop
and then salsa at another for refreshments.
I took some orange bread. Then,
in San Salvador, we stopped for lunch at Subway. They said they tried to arrive very early
because one time they got caught in traffic and were almost late. They have been working with this small
congregation in Santa Telca for about a year and everyone I got to meet thought
so highly of them. Joli had been doing a
series on Aquila and Priscila and she wanted me to relate my mentoring
experiences. It was a good time of reflection. The ladies were very receptive and eager to
study. When I started I went around and told everyone by name. They were surpised by this! One funny, two ladies came together and they both had the name Maria. The verb tense for 'we' ends with 'mos.' So, one said I could just call them "Mariamos"....'we Marias.' It was a blessing to meet them
and participate in their study. We
headed out a little after 5:30 for the trip home it was already getting
dark. We were about 30 minutes along in
our hour and a half trip and Ricardo hit something in the road. After a minute or two, he had a flat
tire. He found a shoulder in the road
and pulled over. He got the tire changed
and was about to put his damaged tire back in the car, when a man on a bike
came by. He said we needed to leave
quickly. The gangs had put something in
the road to cause a flat and then they would assault and rob people while they
were changing their tires. They had already attacked a few. He said that they
were close behind him and we needed to hurry.
I had never seen Ricardo move so quickly. He threw the tire in the back and told us to
load quickly. He almost had the car
moving with one foot still outside the vehicle.
Once we were on our way, he called the police to tell them to go to the
area and see what was happening. I sure was thankful that we got off without
incidence. Joli said God had protected
us for it could have had a different outcome in a matter of moments. It was good to get home!
Ladies in Santa Telca
Song Leading by Vera
Ladies in Santa Telca
Enjoying the fellowship
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