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With my parents in town, we thought it would be a good opportunity to combine the two Bible study groups.  Doña Violeta graciously offered her house for us all to meet in and extra plastic chairs were brought in from the other group.  Our friend Antonio brought and played his guitar, which made the music a little more lively.  Scott had memorized the story of Paul and Silas from Acts 16, so the Bible study was conducted a little differently in that no one read out loud from the Scriptures.  We brought our time together to a close by celebrating the July and August birthdays by singing, of course, Feliz Cumpleaños!

Our goal is to have a combined Bible study with the two groups (or more groups, if God allows in our remaining time here!) every two or three months which will be a time of fellowship, studying the Word and celebrating special events, like birthdays… you know, a small church!  We can’t wait to see what God is going to do next!

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We showed up to the Bible study tonight with our human expectations…expectations that only Felipe, Zaida and their two daughters would be there.  Well, we are certainly glad that God had something else in mind.  Zaida had invited her niece (whom we had met two weeks prior), her husband and two daughters, her neighbors Carlos, Virginia and Ana, and of course, her own family.  Wow!!  We were amazed!  It was a beautiful time of singing and worshipping God.

As I write this, I’m reminded of a quote from William Carey, often called the Father of Modern Missions, “Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God.”  Please pray that we would have attitudes of greater expectations from God, attempt greater things FOR Him and that He would raise up someone in this group who would be interested in taking a leadership role before we leave in December.