We are on the final stretch in finishing up the construction of the El Jordán men’s workshops. (This is the only Christian centre in Bolivia with its infrastructure and methodology: knowledge of God, technical training and sports.)
In conjunction with the great advances in the construction/ministry, personally we’ve been going through different difficulties... I’ll give you just three examples...
Well... I wanted to wait a bit before sending this letter... but Marco has a letter written and ready to go.. and I’d like this one to go first.. =) ...so you’ll be getting two letters from us tonight!
What do a green lemon, a pair of jeans and our fifth wedding anniversary have to do with each other???
Well... read on...
Well... you must have prayed “good” because we saw answers to prayer!!! =) THANK YOU!!!
My head feels like it has been spinning all week... and we haven’t even started the fair yet!!! I told you that the managers gave us a spot in an outdoor area specifically for artisans... it is very tiny – only 1 meter by 1 ½ meters... and its outside... but it’s a spot!
THEN... on Tuesday we got a call from the organizers of the free pavilion – the two secretaries there like us =) and insisted that “El Jordán couldn’t be left out”... We had been given a spot...
There might be people who think baking cookies isn’t high on the “service to God” list...
I do...
God can use ANY ability, skill, gift that we might have – for His glory – and to be a blessing to others... Including – baking cookies... (Consider our body... we don’t think about eyebrows or nose hairs very often... but they serve an important service...) We love Medin... she comes to El Jordan every November/December for a couple weeks... and makes thousands of delicious cookies... she makes them into scrumptious plates... and we give them to churches, individuals, families and businesses who in some way, big or small... have helped/encouraged El Jordan, our students or volunteers....
