Kids again. On Friday at the
ladies' luncheon, Alba had said she would not be able to attend the service on
Sunday and Kelly said her sister Melissa was having additional surgery so she
would not be able to come either. While
there are several other people we have invited we did not really expect any of
them to show up today. As always, on
Sunday, we went by the home of Mario and Sara on our way to Regina's but as
always, his door was closed and the gate was padlocked even though he had said
on Wednesday that he would come on Sunday.
We are beginning to reach a point with them also where we have begun to
wonder is there is any real willingness on their part to put forth the effort
to make changes in their lives. He
always talks about how much he wants to change but we keep telling him he has
to make the effort and set the example and he never does any different even
though he is walking pretty well now without a cane or any assistance. We had talked of trying to do some marriage
studies with the two of them but have gone by 3 times now when she was supposed
to be at home but was not. We have so
many opportunities to study with people and new ones almost every day and we
keep having to weigh where our time will be best spent. We try to keep in contact with people and
visit from time to time to let them know we are still praying for them but that
we have to work with new people in search of those who are searching
themselves. It is a slow process. I told Carlos yesterday as we went back and
forth twice to Juayua to get things we had needed for the ladies’' event but
had forgotten, that Juayua seemed like a city of 1000 religions and he said he
sure agreed. Sometimes I feel sad to
think that even if in a year or two we have 50 or more members in the eyes of
many that would have been a good success but even in a small town of 25,000 it
would be so few in comparison. Still, I
am very thankful for the opportunities we have to reach out to the people we
have met and that now some of them are telling others about us and that will
help us reach more people. We did have a
good number of people attending though our only visitors were Alba's two
daughters whom she dropped off. She did
say when she picked them up that she was not feeling well. When we headed out from the building, Regina,
Arnoldo and Kenia got in the car with us and brought Danielito and as we drove
off I realized that Elizabeth and Suleyma were walking so I said to Charlotte
why didn't she drive and they could ride in the passenger seat and I could walk
home. As I reached the corner at our
house Charlotte drove up. In the
afternoon when we went to Salcoatitan, Arnoldo, Elizabeth and Bro. Jose Manuel
rode with us. We had to go to the back
side of town and around because the main road was packed and backed up. Their number was down somewhat also but it
was a good service. It has worked out
well with their service in the afternoon and ours in the morning but does seem
like the old days in the States. Linda
was teaching the children’s class in Salcoatitan, but had asked me, Charlotte,
to help with a drama for the Good Samaritan.
I remember going to Guyana and one group did the drama regular, once in
slowmo, once as cowboys, once as ninjas and I can’t remember what else. So, I sewed some costumes in the afternoon
and we did the regular version and the cowboy version. It was so much fun! It made for a good application that the story
of the Good Samaritan was for all time and all peoples.
Sunday morning service in Juayua
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