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Dearest brothers and
sisters in Christ,
Hello from
One such blessing is
that since the end of our English classes in May one of the students, Alfredo,
has continued studying the Bible individually with me. It has been so exciting
to watch him soak up God’s Word. He sees the foolishness of many of the false teachings
that he grew up hearing, and he is just thrilled to be able to read and
understand God’s Word for himself. It will be interesting to see just how God
uses him in the future. Please continue to pray for Him. Along with Alfredo,
I’ve got a number of other individual studies going on this summer. If you’ve
ever done home Bible studies you know that these can be very rewarding yet also
be frustrating at times due to scheduling problems. Summer time is particularly
difficult with the children being out of school, vacations and other
activities. Please ask the Father that these studies—and really Christ
himself—will become a greater priority in the lives of those I’m studying with.
Another great blessing
during the previous quarter was going to Pine Springs Christian Camp again. I
taught a Bible class every day and helped with odds and ends when we weren’t
teaching. Although it was busy and exhausting, it was a different busy and exhausting so we had a great time! I was so
proud of the 6 girls that went with us. Of the 70 kids at camp, only 10
memorized all of the Bible verses during the week, and 4 of our kids were among
those who memorized all the verses! We were also blessed by the presence of Romy,
one of our team-mates here, at camp this year. She was involved in Bible
classes, crafts and several other things (including watching
Unfortunately the week
leading up to camp was a very difficult one for everyone in the church here. Vero,
one of our sisters, lost her physical sister Nora in a tragic homicide. I
really don’t have words to explain the feelings we all went through that
week. If you have ever suffered the loss
of a loved one in such a way, you understand. Most of my time was spent with
the family and getting the funeral prepared. Being my first funeral I was
nervous. Having to preach it in Spanish made me VERY nervous. I have to praise
God for his wisdom in creating a body
of believers that are called to work together.
I could never have helped if I had not been helped. One of the sisters here corrected
my sermon so that I could say just what I needed to. Others provided comfort
and consolation to the family members throughout the week. Still others helped
financially, provided food, or assisted in various other ways. It was GREAT to
see Christ’s hands and feet at work in a real-life scenario. I believe God was
greatly glorified, even during such a tragedy.
On the home front, we
continue to covet your prayers for Alicia. For those who may not know, in May
we sent Alicia to
Grace and Peace,
Kevin, Alicia and
Bethany Montgomery