December 1, 2015

First English in Salcoatitan.  We arrived at 8:30 for our nine o’clock class and the director put us into two temporary classroom.  Our room was fine, but the Value’s class was in a tiny room.  I went in to check it out and it was a tiny lab.  There were four or five chemicals and about 4 really small microscopes and about 4 to 5 400x scopes.  That was exciting to see.  We had a good turnout, about 14 younger students and about 13 older students.  Of course, we just repeated our Monday class from Juayua, so it was stress free. While the students are late elementary and high school age, we do not have a high expectation for outreach.  We cannot talk about God.  However, we are really trying to make a positive, regular presence in the community so that we when we work on evangelism, people will recognize us as an active church, trusted and working among the people.  The morning went smooth and we enjoyed the interaction.  Arnoldo came home with us for lunch.  At 3ish, Dwaine dropped me off at Socorro’s for our study and he took Arnoldo home.  He brought me back the car and then walked home.  I wrapped up at 5 with Socorro.  Since we were expecting the landlord at 6, we ate a quick bite of dinner before his arrival.  He rode his bike over, so his son and wife were not with him.  We continued with a Biblical film that he really likes.  Afterwards, we told him the news that we would move at the end of December.  He was amazing.  He said that he knew the house we were moving to and it would be great for our needs.  He said the location was great and the best part, he said it would even be closer for him to come for studies.  He said we were actually getting new neighbors as he had rented to small, three room place next to us.  He said it was a couple in their 30’s and the girl was American.  He said they would move in soon.  We were all actually praying for the possibility of a church location there, so God answered that prayer for us.  We also told him, that a Christian man and wife that we knew might be interested in renting our place.  He said, not to worry and he also said he would not show our place to anyone until we moved.  He is the most gracious landlord ever!  When he left I sent some dessert home with him, so he carried it in a bag since he was on bike.  Afterwards, Dwaine and I worked on our lesson for the marriage class some.  There is always a reason to prepare,prepare, prepare.

Many more to come in this tiny classroom.

English students.

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