A few weeks back one evening Danny and I went on the roof to check to see if the clothes were dry enough to take off the line. We were chatting about the day and Danny noticed the neighbors moving a lot of wood. He and Brayden walked around the block so they could help. He was able to meet our neighbors that lived two houses over behind ours. There are nine people that live in the tiny “house” built of tin and wood. Only one elderly male lives there among the rest of the females and a baby boy. Danny and Brayden helped with a massive amount of old rotting wood that they were moving from the street into their yard. When Danny and Brayden came back home, twelve year old, Guadelupe, brought over a glass of juice with fruit in it for a thank you. Danny invited Guadelupe and her sister Madelin over to play the next day. They are very sweet girls that are workers. We taught them how to play the card game of “Uno.” Then they had dinner with us. On Friday evening Guadeloupe brought two of her older sisters with her to our youth meeting. This family is Catholic and does not attend church currently. Please pray for their salvation. We need to know much more Spanish to share with them about the love of our Savior. However, we can invite them to church with us. They have been in attendance at our last three youth meetings so far.
Our last few youth meetings we have had close to thirty people. That is quite a crowd for our house. We had to rearrange the furniture to fit everyone. Our neighbor, Carlos, has been fabulous to translate for us each week. Please continue to pray for these meetings. Last night, Manuel, a member from our church gave the lesson. These meetings are such a fun time. Last nights meeting was quite a different picture from that first meeting where everyone was so quiet and nervous. Last night I enjoyed hearing them talk amongst themselves before we got started and the laughter was so loud the neighbors might kick us out. They are still very cautious about helping themselves to the food. They are very respectful of things and would never just take without something being offered to them first. It is difficult to serve the way we used to serve food by telling them to just help themselves. We are basically having to put the food on their plates and pour their drinks so they know it is ok to eat and drink what is in front of them. It is very cultural to ask permission before entering a room or eating a meal.
I would like to tell everyone thank you so much for your continued prayers for all the different things that God has us doing here. Your emails and comments on facebook continue to encourage us as well. We welcome all of your feedback. There are several that write to us on a regular basis and to those we are truly grateful to read your messages. We love you all very much and are so blessed to have so many prayer warriors among our friends. One friend told me she would pray especially for me to have lots of close friends here. God has been faithful to this dear lady’s prayers. I have met so many people, but yesterday I was able to meet a single missionary lady that serves close by. She also introduced me to a missionary couple that live very near us. We have not met them before because they have been in the states since before we arrived. I have also begun walking twice a week in the mornings with my neighbor. God is so good!
Kim
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