Services

Wow, did we every have a lot of kids in Sunday School today. We had a few new kids, but most were regulars. I made 50 coloring page copies and didn't have enough. Praise the Lord for the many kids that have been faithful to church.

Please pray for Norma. She is the wife of a Pastor in a mountain town called Aragua. Last week after being confronted with issues of sin in his life and after he had been removed from the pastorate for a time to get his life back on track, he hung himself. This has been hard on everyone. Pastor Santos is the ones responsible for the church in Ojojona. It was because of his burden that several pastors got together and bought the land and put up the building for us before we even got to Honduras.

Norma is having a very hard time. Not only does she now have to find a way to take care of herself and her three boys (the oldest is almost 7), but she constantly has to live with the looks and remarks from her townspeople. She is still trying to decide if she is going to go to church with us in Ojojona for a few months or if she will go about the same distance in the other direction to go to the church where her parents attend. I feel so sorry for her oldest boy. He was in Sunday school today, but looked as if he had the weight of the world on his shoulders.

Yesterday evening we had a "Thanksgiving Service" at Rueben and Xiomara's house. It was a time that they have every year to witness to their family and neighbors. It was a great time, but I got so eaten by mosquitoes that I am not looking forward to next year. :-) I am praying that I won't get dengue (a mosquito born illness). With the many illness and injuries that we have sustained as a family in the past month it would just be my luck to get sick right before Christmas. I am kicking myself for not putting on Off, but the mosquitoes have been dormant with the cold we have been having and Off stinks. The past three days though have been quite warm and I guess that woke the hungry mosquitoes up.

Tomorrow Xiomara is coming over to help me make 100 popcorn balls for the Sunday school kids after the drama on Sunday. After that I only have to make about 450 more cookies. Lots of baking to do. Thankfully I have a week to do it in. :-)