Life for us is just a little crazy these days. We are working really hard to get everything together and ready for our 4 month furlough in the US. That means having people ready to step in and do all the things at church and not just having people ready to step in, but having everything organized and ready for them.
Today was the first Sunday for the new teachers. That went pretty smooth. All the material has been given out and all the visual aides and handouts have been organized and filed for the whole semester. Please keep Cecila in your prayers as she is taking over keeping everything organized and making sure that there is cookies, juice, and anything else that might be needed.
There are 5 ladies that will be taking turns teaching the Ladies Sunday School class. Please pray for Zonia, Wilda, Lupe, Melenea, and Consuelo. Pray also for these ladies as they organize the monthly ladies meetings which are the last Saturday of the month.
This week, we will be going to Santo Domingo, to participate in the annual Ecuadorian Pastor's wives retreat. I would appreciate your prayers for me, especially as I finish preparing the 2 lessons that I will be teaching and then as I teach them on Friday.
We are also trying to pack, organized the house, make sure everything that needs to be "shut down" or changed... like internet, direct tv, cell phones... etc. is taken care of. In the middle of all this Tony and I have "caught" the "bug" that has been going around for about a month now. (I would say half of Manta is sick with it)
This evening we had a wedding shower for one of the young ladies at church. There were about 13 ladies that attended. I wish that more had come, but we had a great time. Everyone that made the effort to come out, seemed to have a great time, and Dina was very grateful for all of her gifts. Please pray for Dina and Marco as they are married and start their life together. Pray for Dina, as they will be living in Quito and this will be a big change for her, since all her family lives here. Pray for her mother, Zonia, who is battling cancer.
There were 81 present for the church service this morning. We had 4 first time visitors. God is working and we are so thankful that he has allowed us to be apart of it! Thank you for your prayers for the work here in Manta. We are so excited to see how the Lord is opening doors and the change he is making in people's lives.
Hope to see many of you while we are in the US! At the present time we are scheduled to be in 33 churches. Pray with us that God will touch hearts to join with us and raise the money needed to build the new church building here in Manta.
God Bless!
Joy
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