Happy Tuesday

All you can
Do all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can
At all the times you can
To all the people you can
As long as ever you can

Clases de Inglés!

Yesterday I had my first english class. I had been praying about it all day because I was pretty nervous, but God pulled me through without any major battle wounds and it ended up being a pretty successful class. I have started with 3 students, but hopefully I will be getting some more today. It has been really interesting to have to start from square one with the alphabet. Its taking me back to things in english that I haven't thought about in a long time. I'm really looking forward to getting the class going to get to know my students better, and it is also going to push me in my spanish. I am teaching the class for free and I start with a prayer and end with a Bible verse. So hopefully it sparks the students interest and leads to Bible studies.

We are starting ministries and this is no easy task. We have language ministries and have started going to an orphanage to try and impact some children's lives, that along with working with small groups and all the church events it is becoming insanely busy. We are being kept really busy and I am so happy or that. I would rather be tired at the end of the day from working hard than having a lot of energy from doing nothing. At the same time I am starting to feel like I am being spread thin.

Please pray for our ministries for God's will to be done, productive days, and good usage of time. There is much work to be done, and I am looking forward to the challenge and pray that God uses me to pour out his love on the people of León.

Since Wednesday we have been up at the church in the mornings to help out with a cooking class. Julie Calderon, sister of our intern Bill Calderon, has been teaching some visitors and other women of the church how to bake cakes and some tricks of the trade. It has been really cold here lately which means its even colder in the building we use, but despite all of that there was a good turnout.
We as an AIM team have been up there just helping out any way we can. It was good for the women of our church to come together and learn to bake better, but it was an even better opportunity to open our doors to visitors and just show them love. Since I have been here I have heard many different stories of how people came to Christ and I have learned to never count anything out.
Please keep me in your prayers as I am still trying to grow and spread the good news to others. I'm definitely not a natural but it is something I know God would have me do.
To those who actually read this thanks for your love and support so far. I have been here 8 months and have grown leaps and bounds.

Dios les Bendiga

Monday Night Small Group

Tonight we had small group in our apartment. This will be the one that Renato and I are leading up and I'm really looking forward to it. Ben Baker, www.bakersinleon.blogspot.com , is in charge of small groups this year and for January and February we are only coming together to pray about the coming year. We try to make small groups a big part of the church because of the fellowship and the closeness that it brings. Its really a great opportunity to bring in visitors and have bible studies with them. Please remember us in your prayers as we are trying to use our small groups to help the church grow and reach out into León.