I wanted to let you know about our house meetings this week. We made contact with quite a few folks from Matucana and Huaripachi this week and we invited them all to house meetings on Friday. We held two meetings, one in Huaripachi at Zoila and Luiz´s house and the other in Matucana at the Almonacid´s house. We had hoped for large turnouts given the enthusiasm of response we got from all we met, but the weather got nasty. On Friday it rained longer and heavier that it has rained since we´ve been here and it was bitter cold. We made it to both meetings, but the turnout of the locals was disappointing - A total of six attended in Huaripachi and only the Almonacids were at their meeting.. no one else showed up. We hope that it was the weather that kept them all at home. Both meetings went well and we were able to use the meeting at the Almonacid´s as a good training tool to model and explain the structure and purpose of the stories and questions that follow.
Tomorrow we are holding another meeting at the Almonacid´s, so pray for a better turnout. I have a few more folks to pray for by name in addition to those mentioned in the last couple of blogs:
Jose Acosta - Martin and I discipled to him last Thursday and he shared with us a good deal of his life story. Pray for guidance as he struggles to reconnect with God through fellowship at the meetings and reading and studying the Word.
Ketti, Isabel, Julie, and Luisa - all believers, but have yet to show up at the meetings.
Jessica and Maria Luiz - both contacts we made in Huaripachi.
Now for some pics.. I am just going to post a few pics from a short hike we made this morning up one of the mountains around Matucana. The only caption needed is "Beautiful"!
In Christ-
Greg
Greg,
ReplyDeleteDonnie and I will continue to pray for your team and those you have named. I am printing the blog so he can read it (he doesn't do much computer!). He has helped some with RAs and has enjoyed being with Walt, Jeff, and the boys. Reading your blog reminded me of something we learned doing lay renewals. In lay renewal weekends, churches open themselves up to the Holy Spirit and each other through several small group meetings at the church and "coffees" in some of the member's homes. Our LRW leaders always told us not to be discouraged with small numbers...it may be divinely arranged. Often we would see people that would engage in a small number that wouldn't in a larger group. There have been times when a single person at a coffee allowed the Holy Spirit to minister to that person, the host, and the leader in a mighty way. I do understand that Satan does hinder when a person or group may be nearing Christ...we will pray for God's mighty work to be done in those that attend, those that serve, and for those that may be hindered...we pray for strongholds to be demolished.
"The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds." 2 Corinthians 10:4
Agape,
Andrea & Donnie
Greg, Martin & Brittne:
ReplyDeleteWe really appreciate what you are doing in Matucana! We pray fro you every day. God Bless you and keep you safe & healthy!
Dennis Brown