The Work Part 2

The Salvador women’s conference went well. There were about 170 women present. Valerie, Jennifer and Mary Virginia taught on the spiritual disciplines of prayer, meditation, fasting and Bible study. Today we had 48 at worship and 19 in our new Sunday school class. We had a breakfast this morning together at church to kick off our new class on the Beatitudes. Russ Quirey’s parents are in town and they each got to play a part in church work today: making orange juice, having a part in children’s time, and leading a translated closing prayer. For those of you who have been praying about our church’s rent situation, we have negotiated to stay in our building for at least 6 more months and within that time our rent will be discounted to pay us back our deposit. Our small group is having a game night at the building next week to try and invite more of their friends to be a part of our Bible study. Christmas activities start this coming Sunday. The English class Christmas party at church is this week. The church’s annual Christmas picnic is next Sunday and our youth party is two weeks from Friday. It is hard to believe that we will start our furlough trip three weeks from today. We have much to do to get ready to leave for a month. We are excited to see our families and some of our friends during the holiday season. It will also be good to go home to get things in order again with things like our teeth and our taxes. May God be glorified in all we do even in the little things like running errands and paying early bills!