Just in case you’ve forgotten how cute Brayan is, here’s a photo.
And, just in case you’ve forgotten how cute my niece Gracie is, here’s a photo.
What a disheveled and adorable baby you are, Grace. I love you!
And here are a few drawings from Anayeli.
In addition to super cute babies and drawings, I have updates on the ESL class and Iglesia Peniel. On Wednesday, some notorious class-skippers showed up, so I was able to share my concerns with about 80% of the students at once and challenge them to commit to the class. One in particular talked to me after the class, saying that he wants to come because learning English is so valuable in Mexicali and free classes are unheard of, but he has a lot of homework as a college student. He didn’t come today, Friday. There were two students again, so I cancelled the class for today. I feel like completely canceling the class is giving up on the students. We’ll see what God has in store. I’m praying for His guidance and will to be done.
Yesterday before the service, we met at the church and went out into the neighborhood to pass out flyers. The flyers have very basic information about the church and provide us an opportunity to meet people and invite them. Pastor Luna and I took one street and Yadira and Charly another. Our first few visits were brief, including a mere pass-off of the flyer and smiles. Then we stopped at a house where a young man wanted to chat. He had a lot of questions for Pastor about the differences in beliefs of Christians, Catholics, and Jehovah’s witnesses. It was a great learning experience to witness how Pastor Luna answered his questions. We all returned to the church feeling energized, and the service that followed was really joyful. We don’t know God’s plan through our efforts, but we know we are called to do this. That brings a lot of joy to a believer.
It’s interesting how difficult it is to actually get around to evangelism. The devil knows all the perfect lies and barriers to put in our way to keep us from action. But actually doing it – talking to people about your faith and simply inviting them to church – is exhilarating. The satisfaction of knowing you have obeyed God is wonderful! We all felt it at Iglesia Peniel, and even more so because we obeyed together.
1 Comment
March 17, 2009 at 10:29 pm
That baby is the cutest thing ever…. as well as your neice!!! Hope things get better with your classes, i’ll pray for you.