"There are two ways of getting out of a trial. One is to simply try to get rid of the trial. One is to simply try to recognize the trial as a challenge from God to claim a larger blessing than we have ever had, and to hail it with delight as an opportunity of obtaining a larger measure of divine grace." A. B. Simpson
Had a great week the week before last with the opportunity to preach seven times in seven days, all in different places. On Sunday I felt pretty sick but was able to finish our preaching and visitations.
We praise the Lord for Geraldo, who was sitting behind the counter at the pharmacy when we gave him a Gospel tract. He was open to talk so I took the opportunity to share the Gospel with him. A couple of weeks later when I met him, he said he became a believer and had been going to an evangelical congregation with his wife. Praise God!
Pray for Florecia who has been leading the Sabbath School out in Mascarenas. She has been staying in Nogales working five days a week, leaving her kids in Mascarenas, but she has gotten a job offer that would pay more, and she would only work Friday through Sunday, allowing her to be with her family all week. Pray with her over this decision.
After that Sunday (two Sundays ago) I got sicker, was a little better by Tuesday, my fuel pump went out on my little pickup, I pulled the tank out to install the new pump until 8:00 pm. Was sicker than a dog the next day, and have been the same since... almost two weeks!
Thank you for helping us take up "the challenge" for more blessing, more grace. Grace to you all,
Darwin, Mary Ann, Gracie, Laura, Cesar and Sykari.
"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8
