Salvation, Prison and Prayer

Rafael preached a great sermon Sunday morning. Afterwards 22 year old Fernando prayed with Rafael and asked to receive Jesus as his Savior.

I announced Teen Camp and offered to pay half for whoever sent their kids. A couple with three teens took us up on it. We have to come up with $45 for each now, but I asked them to help out at church this comming Thursday to help the church that is helping them. We have 5 mahogany pews we bought for $25 each that need major sanding and so will have a furniture refinishing party and pizza Thursday! It is a little expensive for us, but motivating teens in the right direction is worth it.

Sunday, I discovered that a former visitor to our church had been put under house arrest and is wearing one of those ankle braclets. I went to her house with my deacon's family and Rafael and the girls ex-mother-in-law. She received us well and we held an impromptu prayer meeting and bible study under her carport. She was happy we came and shed many tears over the love shown her yesterday. I presented her a book on discipleship that has forty lessons and asked her to do two a day, so as to finish the book before her day in court. Her case is to decided July 16.

Please pray that she will remain receptive and make the correct choices regarding her spiritual life, regardless of what the judge decides.

You just never know what opportunities await for you everyday! Pray for us so that we may maintain a bold witness for our Lord in the face of much danger here on the mission field.