Remember Claudia? Well, she accepted Christ just about three weeks ago!! We are praising the Lord for that, and joy is just bubbling up inside of me all over the place, that she's our sister and she'll be with us all in heaven someday. She's been talking with Natalie a lot about baptism and about finding a good church when she gets back to Montreal. So definitely, continue to keep her in your prayers.
Claudia's not the only new believer....!! Last week, Fernando accepted Christ as well. He had been saying that he really wanted that father-son relationship that made Christianity different from Catholicism. He had a really good conversation with our friend Martha, and with Paul and Arnulfo, and then he prayed to accept Christ!! He is going to be studying in Wales for this next year, so we are praying we will be able to connect him to some fellow IMBers that are there. Praise the Lord for Claudia and Fernando's decisions!!
Jorge and Jana (who recently got engaged!) and Fernando are a few weeks into a study on the book The Purpose-Driven Life with Paul, Timon, and Arnulfo. This last week there were a lot of things that distracted from the focus of the study, so please just pray these next few weeks especially that the devil would not have his way in interrupting their time together.
The last two weeks have been really busy. After our classes ended, we worked on getting a lot of activities going, even though most of the students are studying hard for their finals in June. Last week was full of frisbee and park parties and movie nights and Bible discussion group attempts and prayerwalking on campus. So it's been really great.
We made a new friend, Javier, who heard about our events of the week through a friend who saw the flier (isn't that from the Lord?), and figured out that he's neighbors with the boys- lives right across the street! So he came to movie night and then we all had coffee later... and have more plans for group dinner and a movie this week. Pray for Javier.
By July, the university team will have gone from seven down to two... Paul and Timon. Pray that these two can be stretched wide but not thin, and that they would have tons of energy and all the Spanish and connections they could handle.
This week and next week are going to be much of the same, so pray for energy and patience. Natalie and I are caring for the (four!) White kids' while they're on their tenth anniversary trip for the next few days, and we're going to try to squeeze in some girl nights with some friends. Pray that we can connect people. This weekend and next week I want to drink a LOT of coffee with people, especially the basketball girls, so pray that everybody can find just a little bit of time to connect before I go.
And please pray for our hearts. It's so bittersweet.
You're all wonderful. See you soon!!
Jorge and Jana (who recently got engaged!) and Fernando are a few weeks into a study on the book The Purpose-Driven Life with Paul, Timon, and Arnulfo. This last week there were a lot of things that distracted from the focus of the study, so please just pray these next few weeks especially that the devil would not have his way in interrupting their time together.
The last two weeks have been really busy. After our classes ended, we worked on getting a lot of activities going, even though most of the students are studying hard for their finals in June. Last week was full of frisbee and park parties and movie nights and Bible discussion group attempts and prayerwalking on campus. So it's been really great.
We made a new friend, Javier, who heard about our events of the week through a friend who saw the flier (isn't that from the Lord?), and figured out that he's neighbors with the boys- lives right across the street! So he came to movie night and then we all had coffee later... and have more plans for group dinner and a movie this week. Pray for Javier.
By July, the university team will have gone from seven down to two... Paul and Timon. Pray that these two can be stretched wide but not thin, and that they would have tons of energy and all the Spanish and connections they could handle.
This week and next week are going to be much of the same, so pray for energy and patience. Natalie and I are caring for the (four!) White kids' while they're on their tenth anniversary trip for the next few days, and we're going to try to squeeze in some girl nights with some friends. Pray that we can connect people. This weekend and next week I want to drink a LOT of coffee with people, especially the basketball girls, so pray that everybody can find just a little bit of time to connect before I go.
And please pray for our hearts. It's so bittersweet.
You're all wonderful. See you soon!!
