January 13, 2016

Ding, round two.  Here it is, moving day again.  Today, is Bro. Mario Lara and his wife, Sis. Seyli Lara’s moving day from Santa Ana.  Cesar made the first trip to Santa Ana to help load with ‘the sister’s.’  Br. Lara has had a kidney transplant and he is not able to help lift.  I had some studies planned with Suleyma, but her husband and son both had Chikungunya. Both had fevers above 103.  So, Dwaine and I utilized the morning for the studies while we waited.  First, we went to Alba’s.  She was home and we studied baptism.  It was a two part study, with a follow-up of examples in Acts for next week.  She said that she would come Sunday and she gave me a large papaya from her backyard.  I will have some good fruit for bread making.  Next, we headed to Wendy’s.  She was not home.  Her neighbor Sandra, who lives in the same structure, said that she was out getting her documents in order so everything would be in order when she goes to deliver the baby due in February.  We said we would come back the next afternoon.  Then, we passed another girl who had come to the events, Bethsaida.  I asked if she might study sometime and she said that we could stop by.  She actually knows Suleyma, so hopefully we have a good connection.  We also stopped by the home of our only lady who came to the service that we did not know.  She wasn’t available to study, but said she would visit again.  We also stopped by Delmy’s to see if she could study on Wednesday and Mr. Rivas to see if he could come tonight to our service. Then, we got the call to help with the move.  I went home to get a pot of soup I had made and Dwaine helped unload the truck.  After eating, Dwaine headed out for the final trip to Santa Ana. I first ran by home and got some food for Mario and Sara.  Sara cuts coffee, but he is usually home.  When I went by, I only went to the gate, to hand the food and invite for service, but Sara was home.  They said that they would come tonight. Then, I met up with Arnoldo to go to Sister Ana’s for her Wednesday devotional.  It was strange without the guys, (except Arnoldo), but we still managed to sing, pray and study the Bible.  Even though Ana had a headache, she still laughed a lot.  She did say she had lost her glasses and couldn’t read her Bible right now.  She said that they should turn up, because she didn’t hardly leave her bed.  Two of her daughters, Sonja and Marina sat in on the whole study.  Afterwards, I talked to them about studying the Bible.  Everyone is still struggling with Dora’s death and I know they have thought much about the lost and how guides their thoughts towards eternity.  They said that they would study, so I made an appointment for early next week.  Afterwards, we had a little time, so we went to look for a man who was a caretaker of a home who had said he might be interested in studying.  He wasn't there, and his neighbor said he only worked in the mornings.  As we were walking, a boy came up to us and spoke to me in English.  He said he studied in Sonsonate for three years and his English was great.  I told him he could come by anytime to practice his English.  I said that we had someone who was going to study the Bible in English and we could do the same.  I showed him the church and told him where we lived.  He actually lives close to us downtown and was near the church visiting a cousin.  His name was Renato.  Next, Arnoldo and I went to our house, as Dwaine was back.  We wanted to get a broom to sweep the church building and unload some books that Bro. Lara was donating to the church.  We didn’t have much time, so we headed back and stopped by Socorro’s.  She said she had 5 visitors in her hostel, so she could not go to church tonight.  We got Dwaine and went by to check on Mario and Sara and kids.  They were not at home.  So, we went on to the building.  Still, we had no electricity, but Bro. and Sis. Lara brought some lights and we used the neighbor’s electricity.  Dwaine taught the lesson and we had a good group to come.  Mr. Rivas came for the study.  He lives very close to the building, so hopefully he will come regularly.  It was a good evening.