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Tweets 23 April – 6 May 2016
- â„ï¸ The party is over! â„ï¸ [image] (23 April 2016)
- The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps. ~Proverbs 16:9~ (25 April 2016)
- Nice watch. ow.ly/10dMfA (27 April 2016)
- “Ecuador Earthquake, An Urgent Need” —> ow.ly/4ncKdD (28 April 2016)
- The Word of Life team has arrived! (29 April 2016)
- Happy Children’s Day! 😠¡Feliz DÃa del Niño! [image] (30 April 2016)
- ¡DÃa del Niño en Santa Barbara, Ixtapaluca! Children’s Day in Santa Barbara, Ixtapaluca! (30 April 2016)
- “between the mighty and the weak” [image] (1 May 2016)
- How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. ~Proverbs 16:16~ (2 May 2016)
- A few new photos in our album. Sorry, no party photos yet! 🙂 ow.ly/4niutl (2 May 2016)
- Yes, we were banned again today. 😱 ow.ly/4nnYHG (3 May 2016
- Reading: Learning For Forever ow.ly/10e8JU (4 May 2016)
- These are excellent rechargeable batteries – and with this sale it’s a great time to give them a try. Recommended! amzn.to/1UyOnh5 (4 May 2016)
- On a median in Mexico City are dozens and dozens of rocks painted yellow with (mostly) happy faces. Now you know. [image] (5 May 2016)
- Getting ready for party #2 …. [image] (6 May 2016)
The Flower Market
It’s one of my favourite things – visiting the plant and flower market in Xochimilco, Mexico City. It’s the largest in Latin America (and I’ve heard the third largest in the world, next to markets in Canada and the Netherlands – does anyone know where those are?).
Here are a few pictures from our visit yesterday.
“Good” and “Sovereign” – (a report on the weekend)
Isn’t it funny how, when things go the way we like, God is “good”. When things go the way we don’t like, God is “sovereign” (and sometimes “still good”).Well, God was definitely both good and sovereign this past weekend!
As you may recall, we had a team here from Palabra de Vida (Word of Life), which has a Bible institute north of Mexico City. The team was mostly Mexican, but several other countries were represented as well.
First, the team got whittled down due to sickness – the original fifteen became nine.
The next complication was that the team could not legally drive on the day they were supposed to leave (due to the laws in Mexico City to fight pollution). So special arrangements had to be made.
The team did several excellent evangelistic presentations in Santa Barbara and Jesús MarÃa. They also shared at both churches, teaching Sunday school and leading worship.
But what about Las Palmas? Well, the event was cancelled, because – well, we had “this permit” and “that permit” but we’re also supposed to have “this other permit”.
Never mind that we’ve done many events there in the past, and have never needed “this other permit”.
So, we packed up and shared the Gospel in another community instead!I’m not quite over that disappointment yet, however I am overjoyed that so many people did hear the Gospel.
On Monday the team shared with 1500 kids at a junior high in Las Palmas. As you might remember, they had to do it all in small groups, because the students aren’t allowed to meet outside right now, because the pollution level is too high!
But still, they had a good impact on the school.
Isn’t it a great temptation to look back, and say “if only…” or “we should have…” — ? And yet God’s goodness and sovereignty are not different, they’re the same. I was reminded of this recently by the song “God Moves in a Mysterious Way”. Check it out —
- God Moves in a Mysterious Way – devotional thoughts on the hymn
- God Moves in a Mysterious Way – full lyrics from the Cyber Hymnal
Last 90 Days Most Popular Posts (30 April 2016)
Even though I haven’t had time to write much, many of you have still been kind enough to visit – thanks! Here are the posts that have been the most popular with you over the past 90 days. The posts are in chronological order, with the three most popular in bold.
A Weekend for — KIDS!
This is a weekend that we’ve been looking forward to (and praying forward to!) for a long time. And I know that some of you have too!
Tonight, a group of students is coming to Ixtapaluca from a Bible institute north of Mexico City (Word of Life – some of you are familiar with them). This is a big weekend in Mexico, because it’s CHILDREN‘S DAY (on Saturday, but we can celebrate all weekend)!
Tomorrow the team will be doing presentations for kids, and a youth event, and who knows what else, in the neighbourhood of Santa Barbara, hosted by the Path of Life Bible Church here.
On Sunday, they’ll split up between the two churches, helping with Sunday school and music. Then in the afternoon they’ll do their children’s presentation twice – at 3pm in Las Palmas, and at 5pm in Jesús MarÃa. Busy day!
On Monday they will be doing some presentations in the local public Junior High. Now, there are I think 1500 students there, so they will be doing classes, 3 going at the same time every hour, from 7am until early afternoon.
Why not just do the presentations in two or three big groups? Well, apparently because of the current state of pollution, the school is not allowed to have classes outside. Never mind that they have classes in rooms with open doors and big windows with no screens a few metres away. ??
So – busy weekend! We’re still getting organized to make sure everyone is fed, and to be prepared for what happens and for the new people we’re looking forward to meeting.
Thanks for your continued prayers, for the Palabra de Vida (Word of Life) group, with students, as I understand, from various countries in Latin America, for us, for the other believers here who will be involved, and for the many who will hear God’s Word.