The Executive meeting went well Wednesday night. There is a good spirit among the leaders, and there was a shared vision of the structure of the new church.
Thursday morning we woke up to sunshine for the first time since we have been here. It was a beautiful, but brisk day. We started our day at Los Pinos where a youth retreat was being held. The worship was awesome. I talked about Elijah with the youth. Josh Borkin and I played soccer with some of the kids. We also enjoyed pizza made with hot dogs, bologna, olives, cheese and ketchup. We left there to go to the ladies bible study. This is a group of older women who gather, pray for the church and study the bible. Norma did a great job sharing with the ladies. The same ladies were asked to be in charge of greeting others at the service on Sunday.
Josh Borkin, Enrique, Norma and I spent some time downtown walking around with the people of the city. Josh and I went to a local bakery by ourselves, ordered in Spanish, and actually got what we ordered! After that, we met with the staff about the service on Sunday. We talked about the worship, the order of the service and the duration of the event. Later we met with the college group. I talked about the core values of discipleship. We also had some great conversations with the college age kids. Josh Phillips and I ended the day with another churrasco. Muy bien!
Thursday morning we woke up to sunshine for the first time since we have been here. It was a beautiful, but brisk day. We started our day at Los Pinos where a youth retreat was being held. The worship was awesome. I talked about Elijah with the youth. Josh Borkin and I played soccer with some of the kids. We also enjoyed pizza made with hot dogs, bologna, olives, cheese and ketchup. We left there to go to the ladies bible study. This is a group of older women who gather, pray for the church and study the bible. Norma did a great job sharing with the ladies. The same ladies were asked to be in charge of greeting others at the service on Sunday.
Josh Borkin, Enrique, Norma and I spent some time downtown walking around with the people of the city. Josh and I went to a local bakery by ourselves, ordered in Spanish, and actually got what we ordered! After that, we met with the staff about the service on Sunday. We talked about the worship, the order of the service and the duration of the event. Later we met with the college group. I talked about the core values of discipleship. We also had some great conversations with the college age kids. Josh Phillips and I ended the day with another churrasco. Muy bien!
Enrique and Norma are doing great. They have a great family that loves to cook for them. Josh and I are challenged with understanding Spanish, but we are making great strides in comprehending conversations without translation. In addition to the team, please keep Josh Phillips in prayer with all the pressures, stress and everything that is going on with the service on Sunday. To add to everything, his grandfather is very ill.
~Rob
I continue to pray for hearts to be open for this venture for God and Josh, you and your family are in my prayers at your loss. God bless you all! - Robin
ReplyDeleteI just received word from Josh B. that there was a communication error and Josh P.'s Grandfather did not pass away, but is very ill. Please continue to keep them all in your prayers! - Robin
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