This is a special day around our house. It is our "Welcome to the Family" day for Carla and Matthew. I have posted a little about my feelings on this special day at my Wordpress blog, The Journey of Waiting, if you are interested in reading more about it. :-)
At home, my time is pretty much consumed in caring for and teaching the children. We are getting ready to start week 4 of our school year. So far things are going well, and it has been a joy to see how much the kid are growing and learning. Teddy informed us last week, that he needed to learn Arabic, because God might want him to be a missionary someplace that as Americans we weren't able to go, but that he would be able to go because he was also Ecuadorian! (sometimes, I really do have to remind myself that he's only 10!)
Things in our ministry are going forward. We had a good attendance yesterday, of 156 in the Worship Service. Tony continued his message series on 1 Peter. Last night, we had a business meeting, and it was a blessing as we added 12 new members and there was just a great spirit of unity.
Our outreach in Jaramijo went very well. We had over 120 people out to listen and hear the gospel. Many people asked about having a Bible Studies in their homes. We are excited to see what God is going to do in this community. Please make this a matter of prayer.
You know when things are going well. When people are getting saved and lives are being changed, Satan doesn't like it. He will do everything he can to discourage us. I would ask your prayers especially for a baby Christian, Joanna. She is part of a large family, and several of them have come to know Christ, but it is our experience that every time, one of the family starts to climb out of the "pit" they have been living in, the rest of the family does everything they can to pull them back in!
I have had the opportunity to start discipleship classes with another baby christian, Carol. Please pray for her as she grows in her faith. Carol has attended church off and on for many years with her husband. She always had the right answers. We have been praying along with her husband, Carlos, for a long time, that she would get saved, if she wasn't. What a blessing it was to sit across from her at her kitchen table last week, and hear her testimony of how God worked in her heart, and how much had changed in her life in just a week since she had surrendered and accepted Christ as her Savior!
You know God, really is in the business of saving and changing lives! When we accept Him, we become "new creatures" and there is a change in the way we think, the way we respond.
Current Prayer Requests:
Pray that we would be able to get Carla and Matthew's visas to travel to the US in a timely manner.
Pray for the Women's Conference, Oct. 26 & 27
Pray for the baby Christians in our church to continue to grow
Pray for our economic situation and for God to add to our support team
Pray for the people in our church to step up to the plate in giving and serving
Blessings,
Joy
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