This morning we headed out for our second study with Armando and
Mercedes. They live up past Celia on the
same street. They were home. Armando showed us some forms he uses to make
decorative cement post that are often used on patios or balconies here. He also had several competed posts. He said he sold them for $4 each. We also got to meet both of their sons. The first one we met said he lived just down
the street from where we lived in Ataco and that he had seen us often when we
lived there but we had never met so we did not remember him. We had a good study on the inspiration of the
Bible and Armando had some good questions and comments. One was how long after the time of Jesus was
the New Testament written. After our
study we walked past Celia's and she was outside so we stopped and talked a
moment. She said her daughter Teresa was
still very sick and still had no diagnosis.
We had a prayer with her. When we
got back home Charlotte had a meeting with Eliza at her house to work on plans
for the Sunday school classes. They are
working on a 5 year plan! We had invited
Arnoldo for lunch today because he usually comes every Wednesday and for
tomorrow we had invited Socorro and her sister who is visiting from the US to
have lunch with us. After lunch
Charlotte headed out to pick up Seyli and go to Sister Ana's for a study so
Arnoldo and I walked over to Cesar's house and we headed back up to Mario's
house to do some door knocking and try to find a man who had told Cesar he
might study. We talked to several people
at their door but no one invited us in and we did not actually set up any new
studies. The man Cesar mentioned was not
available. When we finished we were near
the church building so Arnoldo and I walked down there to wait for Cesar to get
the car so we would not have to trek back up the hill just to ride down
again. Charlotte passed by as we were
waiting on her way to take Seyli back home then she got back to that point at
the same time as Cesar did so I rode home with her and Cesar took Arnoldo home. At about 6:30 Don Santos, Sonja and Jimmy
arrived. We visited for a few minutes
then I asked Charlotte to tell the history of how she was baptized twice since
Don Santos had asked how many times someone could be baptized and we both had
been baptized twice for different reasons.
After we divided up he and I studied about John the Baptist and how
rejecting his baptism was rejecting the will of God during the time of his
ministry yet there were 12 men whom Paul baptized again because they had been
baptized by John but had not heard about Jesus.
During our discussion I told him I believed he was getting very close to
making a decision to become a Christian.
He said he was still struggling with the fear that he might become a
Christian and then commit some sin or other.
I told him that was a certainty and we talked more about how becoming a
Christian was a new birth and starting over and a gradual growth process that took
time and even then we would all still struggle with the weakness of our human
nature. He also asked what obligations
the life of a Christian involved. I
explained that the incredible beauty of being a Christian is there are no
obligations except to love God and Jesus and other people and to live our lives
in appreciation for what God had done for us in Jesus. I would deeply appreciate all of you putting
him on your regular prayer list because he is seriously considering this
decision and it is such a difficult one for him for several reasons. I, Charlotte, studied with Jimmy and
Sonja. I had typed up a lesson with blanks
to fill in with each verse on spiritual blessings found only in Christ and a
discussion of I Cor. 15 regarding the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus
as the gospel. The interaction of the
fill in the blanks was a door opener and both participated in the study. Sonja is usually very quiet and appears
uninterested so I was excited that she wanted to work with the paper. That was great!
Armondo and concrete forms
Concrete Porch Decor
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