Mother's Day

Sunday we had a great attendance in church. There were close to 50 people in church. With a huge majority being women. Most of the men of the church were off visiting their mothers in other parts of the country. Here the mom is the cornerstone of the family. Grown children will all go home to Mom's house to celebrate. The funny thing is that they will not take their wives and children. Mother's Day is to celebrate with your kids, so if the kids are young it is not a very special day for you. Every young girls dream is to be a grandmother because that is when your children will support you and start to respect you.

We had a great time with the women that were there. Esperanza was there and is really showing signs of growth. She did raise her hand for assurance of salvation. We have talked with her about that over a year ago. I am going to let Reina, who is the wife of the man taking the church while we are gone, talk to her so we know that she is understanding well. She seemed to understand when we had talked earlier and gave a testimony of when she got saved, but I want to make sure she understood what we were saying.

This year we let the men of the church decide what was done for the mothers. Hermano Ernesto, the man pictured above with the peach shirt, made little plaques for the mothers and made the many butterflies that are on the wall. We paid for the materials, but he was able to do everything for less than half the price that we could have done it. Hermano Josue also made chicken sandwiches for the ladies. Everyone really enjoyed it. Especially Jordan. When everyone was finished Jordan announced loudly, "todavia tengo hambre" which means "I am still hungry". The ladies all thought that it was so funny. Kids here that are under the age of 8 are normally very shy which is why they think that anything that comes out of my kids' mouth is so great.

We had a blessing with the teenagers on Sunday. They helped serve the ladies without us having to ask. Praise the Lord for the growth they are showing under the leadership of Hermano Josue.