August 8, 2016

Door knocking and prayer.  Dwaine and I focused on trying to follow-up on contacts and locate some new contacts as well.  I started with our prayer hour after the Ladies’ Event.  As usual, we had a small number, but it was a nice time.  We prayed for everyone who visited on Saturday and then we made a laminated craft for prayer verses, especially focusing on Psalms 5:3, one of my favorites.  Afterwards, Dwaine and I went out visiting.  First, we went by Luz de Maria, but she was not home.  That was Della’s group contact.  Next, we went back to our alleyway to see if anyone was home from our previous visit, but they were not.  We retraced some steps to walk by where a man Dwaine had met works selling fried chicken.  He was not there, only his daughter.  As we walked back home, we encountered him and talked on the street for some time.  He teaches English at a small school near our home.  Also, he teaches music and runs his restaurant.  Needless to say, he is very busy.  He did say that we could stop by on Tuesday for a study.  We took a lunch break and then I met Seily for a visit with Reina and Amalia.  As we passed along the cemetery road, Vilma was home, along with her young daughter, less than a year old, and her mother.  We talked about studying and planned to come back next Monday.  When we studied with Reina, we talked about discontinuing regular studies and just coming by for visits.  We have studied a long time and she rarely visits, especially services.  We will keep in touch, just not on a regular basis.  She did tell us her neighbor was hosting a wake for the night and needed coffee, bread and sugar.  She said three months ago the family lost the grandmother.  Then, since that time, the mother had passed away.  Finally, this week one of the three daughters died.  I had stopped by there home before to give invitations, but they were not interested in visiting.  Please pray for the family, the three daughters remaining and hope the opportunity for sharing with them will open up.  For the night, we had a poor turnout for the New Converts class.  Kelly, Nicole and Kiki came and we decided to wait a week.  Later, Cesar said that we needed to pick up folks as that may be the best way to renew participation.  We plan to complete the class early in September before we return to the States for a visit.  Hopefully, we can wrap up with good attendance. 

Wild 'tommy toes' growing on a vine outside Seily's house