Two by two.
This month we had Bro. Manuel and Sister Marina Azucena as well as their
son, Josue and his finance Lia came to work with our congregations here in
Juayua and Salcoatitan for 4 of the 5 Sundays of May. The ladies taught the children’s classes and
Bro. Manuel preached each Sunday. He is
a pioneer of the Churches here in El Salvador and is greatly respected. Our ladies event on May 7th here in
Juayua was a great success again with 30 visitors and over 50 people
total. Charlotte and I spent the entire
morning helping two other sisters get the church building decorated- we blew up
over 400 balloons. On Sunday, May 8th
after our service we had the great joy of two new baptisms. The first was Enrique Ernesto Galacia the 16
year old son of Jose and Kelly. The
second was Carolina Sanchez, the oldest daughter of Sister Ana’s oldest
daughter, Dora who died suddenly a few months ago. This month we also had to get our visas
renewed since mine was due to expire June 10, we had to go to San Salvador
three times in a week and half but at least on the third trip we did get all
our papers accepted and we got new three month temporary visas but it was
during this phase last year that we had to go through the in home interview
process before our final approvals. So
we will still have to see what happens but at least we have gotten this far
along again. Wednesday May 11 we had an
in home explosion as Charlotte thought she had lit the oven and when it was not
hot she tried to light it again and it blew up.
It was amazing how loud the explosion was and how much the stove came apart
and ash was blown everywhere but despite all that we were able to clean up the
mess and put the stove back together and everything still worked and Charlotte
was not injured. We even managed to get
to go to Ataco that afternoon to visit with some of the people we had studied
with while living there and some brothers and sisters in Ataco. We also got to have our first men’s event on
successive Friday nights first in Salcoatitan and then in Juayua. Here in Juayua we had our first men’s event
with 10 brothers and 12 visitors- we watched the movie Courageous and then we
had tamales and talked about being good fathers. Toward the end of the month Charlotte got the
sickest she has been since we got here.
She finally did go to the Dr. and after some blood test he decided she
had two different types of stomach flu one on top of the other. She has tried to push on through as much as
possible but has had to miss some studies and some services. The most amazing thing she did was in the
middle of all her illness she cooked a beautiful wedding cake and several other
things as well as decorating for the wedding because last Sunday May 29 Mario
and Sara got married at our house. On
Sunday morning we had a huge 5th Sunday service with our
congregation, Salcoatitan and three visiting congregations. We also had the great joy on May 24th
of going to the airport to pick up our son Clifton who will be here with us
until the end of July. He will be
working with us as often as he can when he is not gaining employment experience
by working with Ricardo and Yoli in their variety store and warehouse. We only have a month to go before our group
arrives for the big campaign. We are
getting excited. Keep us and especially
Charlotte in your prayers.
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