Hey Guys,
Here is the encouraging message I just got from Pastor Jose in Colombia! Let this encourage and inspire you and let’s keep praying for he and Lina this week!!!!
Blessings!
pd
Jose’s Message:
at missionary time. Martin gets up at 4:30 am for devotions,
and to answer his email and make lesson plans. School starts at 630 am.
On Saturday, we went to the slum church at La Reliquia. The kids there sang the Bible songs that Martin teaches them with such vigor that puts all of us adults to shame. Only AB could match their enthusiasm. About 80 kids from this slum show up every Saturday at 5pm. They get crackers and juice, and also, church people send a bag of clothes to pass out. There is a neighbor that does not want the church to build a secure structure, but Martin’s group (2 elders and wives) is doing so much that I know he will be won over eventually. Reminds me of Sanballat and Tobiah in Nehemiah’s day. I taught a group of adults a lesson while Martin taught a kids lesson with music and coloring Bible characters.
I preached on Sunday to a very healthy mother church that meets in Peniel school grounds of 150 adults plus a large number of youth. They have 5 elders including Martin, and they have praise teams that rotate with preachers to support the churches that have been planted. Martin’s home base is the school teaching role, but on weekends, he is an evangelist/worship leader wherever he needs to go.
By the way, Dustin, google Marcos Witt and his music. It is well written and used all over Latin America. You will learn Spanish very quickly with it.
I appreciate your continued prayers. There is a family with a mother who has Lupus; I prayed for her healing so please pray as well. Our visit with cousin Walbert went very well and yielded GREAT contacts for Lina and I. I found a basketball coach in Cartagena and Lina met a lady that works with an NGO from Norway. We have lots of people to contact for Lina so that she can find human rights work in Colombia through an internship; especially in Cartagena.
Well, we are off to school to meet some wonderful kids that we saw in church. Lina should be sending pictures soon.
God’s richest blessings,
tu hermano jose
—
José P. Padilla
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