Invited to preach an all week-end church anniversary

There is a church on the other side of the city that was started 28 years ago by a Baptist missionary that was celebrating their anniversary with an entire week-end full of services. Their pastor had asked me if I would like to preach and teach during each of the services. I preached the message for their all night prayer vigil on Friday. That Saturday evening they had separate men’s and women’s classes. My wife taught the ladies while I preached for the men’s class. Then they ended the celebration with back to back services on Sunday morning. We had a great time with them and were back with our group that evening.

**Several had stopped in to visit our Sunday night service!**

Preaching in the dark!

The last Wednesday of February, there was a storm passing through while we were having our regularly Bible Study. As we were singing our last worship song, the lights went out. To all of the musicians credit, not a single person missed a beat, even though they couldn’t see their music nor did the singing stop without the lights to see the hymnals! We had a really great time with a lot of interaction as I preached from my phone with cell phone spotlight for the audience’s benefit. Pray for Pablito, it was his first time to visit our service!

“Crazy electrical problems” (part 2) or “Thankful for a burnt wire”

The electrician finally made it out to the house but in the end wasn’t much help. He just shook his head and said “muy complicado”, or very complicated. He told us that we needed to find another electrician that was closer to where we lived. One day towards the end of the month, we were blessed with an extremely hot day, in which there was a burnt smell and a pop in our living room ceiling light. I got out the ladder and flashlight and started separating the wires in the junction box to see what had happened. In the process, I was able to identify the main (only) cable coming from the breaker box to power the house. In the process of straightening out the problems in the junction box, I found the cause of our problems from last month. There was a hot wire that had melted into a neutral, thus electrifying our kitchen sink. Right now everything is working perfectly. I had requested an electrician, a “professional” (that is not too busy to come out!) to inspect my work. He should be out on Wednesday. We are very thankful for the way that we were “led” to the source of the original problem. I would have not thought the the living room ceiling light would be the first place that the electricity powered the house from the breaker box! God is very good!

“Crazy car problems” (part 2) or “Now running on four cylinders”

In the US, I would consider spark plugs to be an inexpensive thing. I guess they still are here in comparison with other more costly parts. Long story made short, our car is now running on four cylinders again and seems much happier. We do plan on having the timing chain replaced in the near future. We are thankful that the car is working again and working well!

A short rest

We are extremely thankful for an opportunity to get out of town for a few days and spend time together as a family! We returned to a place that we went a few years ago that the kids call, “The country house”! It is a couple of hours away on the other side of the mountains. The kids had a lot of fun swimming in the river, exploring the woods and looking for toads! Besides the cows and horses there was also a friendly dog and cat for the kids to play with.

“Would you visit my sister?” (Part 2)

We just went up to sign the kids up again for this years’ band classes. The brass teacher really appreciated all of the visits when his sister was in the hospital. She is back home and improving! Please pray for continued opportunities to be able to share the gospel with both him and other students that will be in class with us.