I'm sure each of you are looking forward to the "long week-end". We had a great day last Sunday, with 115 in attendance for the Morning Service. We celebrated the Lord's supper and had 53 participate. It is so exciting to see the church growing and moving forward. Last Sunday evening, we had a special service. Aida Hidalgo, a young single girl who went with a team to Thailand to work in children's ministries for 1 year, returned and gave a report to our church. We had over 40 people attend the service. It was so exciting for them, to see a young woman from Manta, that had stepped out by faith in this way. She is now back trying to raise support and go back to Thailand as a "career missionary". Please pray for her as she waits on the Lord to open the doors He has for her.
On Monday had the opportunity to travel to Guayaquil with a lady in our church. We had a great time together. We spent Monday night with her daughter who is studying in Guayaquil and then returned to Manta on Tuesday.
Tuesday night was our Advanced Institute class. It has been a real blessing to be a part of that.
Tomorrow, they will be pouring the 2nd floor at the building!!!! We are very excited about this. It is so incredible to see how God is working and providing. We will be moving to the new property...at whatever stage it is in...the end of June. Planning to have our first service there on July 5! Please continue to pray with us that God would supply the funds to complete this work.
Also tomorrow afternoon the young people will be coming to our house. We will be grilling hot dogs and playing games. We are praying that God will use this time to be a blessing to them. On Sunday evening, the Leadership Team will be coming over. We are trying a "pot-luck" dinner idea... Tony and I are providing, the meat, drinks and dessert, and they are suppose to be bringing, rice and salads....this is not a real common practice here, so we will see what happens! :-)
Next week Tony will be starting a series of classes at the Ecuadorian Naval Base...Please be praying for him. Sometimes you just never know how the Lord is going to work and what doors are going to open up. He was approached out of the blue and asked if he would do a series on Marriage and the Family. Of course they aren't expecting to get anything "spiritual" out of it, but God evidently has other plans! :-)
This coming Wednesday we have a family that is coming to Portoviejo from Santo Domingo. They are coming to help out at the church, and relieve some of the pressure of this ministry. Please pray for Gustavo and his family, as they make the adjustments to a new place and a new ministry. Tony will continue to be the Pastor of this work for the time being, but it will be a great blessing to have someone actually living there and making contacts.
I pray that each of you have a wonderful week-end! Thank you so much for your prayers for our family and the ministry here!
Blessings,
Joy
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