It has been another exciting, difficult, and fun week. We have been without internet most of the week so I have not been able to blog regularly. My apologies to those who have been wondering what happened to us. We did not drop off the face of the earth but simply couldn't communicate with the world. Well, enough of that. Here is what happened this week.
John had a surprise on Tuesday. He was invited to a church service with the understanding that he was just going to attend. Well, God does have a sense of humor and when he arrived at the church he found out they wanted him to preach. Fortunately he was prepared and did a fine job. On Wednesday it was my turn to do some teaching at the ladies conference at the Jericho church. I decided to talk about Martha and Mary and how we need to focus on what is better and not let the good stuff get in the way. I will post more about that another time. Thursday was an exciting day for a change of pace. We started the sports club in the afternoons. I didn't count but there were enough children for two baseball teams, two soccer teams and half a ladies volleyball team. It had to have been about 70-80 kids. Two teachers from the compassion project school came to help and John and I were there and we each had an interpreter to help us. It was such an amazing time. God is good and will provide for all our needs if we remember to focus on Him. We started around 2:00p.m. and finished close to 5. There was only one draw back and yet it turned out good. Kyle brought his baseball glove to the game to play and when we left it was gone. He was very upset and did much crying but I explained to him there must have been another boy at the game that didn't have a glove and just really needed one. I explained to him that sometimes we give things away even when we don't realize it. I tried to get him to think of it as a gift to the child that now has it. We walked home after the playing time and right before we were home Kyle said, "You know mommy, I am sad about the glove but I am happy that the boy has something to play with now." God has redeemed the situation in Kyle's mind and I am very thankful that Kyle was able to see the good in the situation. We look forward to playing sports with the kids again next thursday afternoon.
We had another change this week that laid very heavy on our hearts for most of the week. We had asked a lady to come to our house to help out when we had first arrived here. Well, this week we had to change that situation and so we no longer have help at the house. It has been a very difficult struggle to decide what to do with the situation and we continue to pray that God will somehow redeem the situation and provide for her in her time of need.
Another change for this week includes the beginning of my music class at the church. Our first meeting will be on saturday and 2. I am not sure how many will show up or what their expectations are going to be. Our first meeting will simply be to decide what direction the group wants to go in. We will decide whether I teach them how to play instruments or whether I will teach them basic music skills. The pastor only wants me to include 4 groups. One group for piano, one for guitar, one for drums and one for choir. I have to laugh at God's sense of humor. When the pastor told me he was going to "limit" me to only 4 groups I really found that funny. :) I am excited about teaching music and look forward to seeing how the group develops. I will post more this weekend if the internet is up about how it all goes.
This past Sunday we enjoyed going to a different church here in Leon. We were told about it but really didn't know exaclty where it was. Our original plans were to go the mountains and do some evangelism but the transportation didn't work out. We decided to go on an adventure and try to find this church we wanted to visit. The reason we were so interested in visiting this church is because they sing songs in english and spanish. The pastor preaches in both languages also. So as a family we went on an adventure. We did find the church and we were even on time. There was another North American family there and we thoroughly enjoyed the whole event. The children's time was enjoyed by our children because there was another child there that interpreted for them and they could understand. On the way home, everyone wanted to see if we would be going back to that church anytime soon. It was a blessing to be there and worship God in both languages.
This weeks prayer requests: health for the family, wisdom to know how to teach the subjects the people have a need for, patience to wait on the Lord.
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