Thankful today #2

Today I am thankful for the ladies that we were able to share Christ with. I have a list of prayer requests that I will type up soon if anyone wants a copy. Our camera got dropped by ... ? so it was not working wonderfully. Other people took LOTS of pictures, so I can not wait to get some of those. Upon leaving for Mexico, I thought I was going to be doing the music for VBS and helping with elementary age kids, possibly a day of working with teen girls. The opportunity changed as soon as we saw the needs. We had some Mexican Missionaries (18 year old Lalo and 23 year old Chucho (Jesus) - they had just been trained the week before, so they were ready to lead almost the whole thing and were very excited about it. Therefore, they did not need much help. So, the 2nd day I went to go help Marlo and Beth W. with the moms that were hanging around. We started with a light question, then then to another light one (so I thought) Tell us about your family. I was expecting something like what I would share "Hi, my name is Beth, I have been married for 14 years to my husband Dave. We have 3 boys, Jonah age 11, Jacob age 10 and JD age 6, almost 7) Light enough, right? Wrong! We got everything from domestic violence, brain tumors, a story of a 10 yr old boy kidnapped from that same neighborhood, a husband/father that does not want to be part of their family, not living for God, hard heart, and trying to honor God. WOW! First day meeting and I heard prayer requests that would take ladies in the States weeks or months to share. I was thankful for their honestness. It made share the gospel with them so amazing. We did share the gospel several times and in several ways. Two ladies accepted Christ, and a few of the ladies from the church prayed with them. The missionaries that we were working with Rolland and JoAnn Smith, were just pulling out of their church plant ministry there, so allowing the new leaders to take over and disciple the new believers. I am excited for this opportunity for them. Please pray for Mireya (Pastor's wife), Sandra, and Elena - strong believers. I am so amazed that all these ladies came together from a very poor and dangerous neighborhood and heard about Christ. I know seeds were planted and the gospel was heard. Two new sisters in Christ and hopefully more to come.