Written by Jenny
Well, today is Maria's last day with us and she is a completely different person now than from Tuesday. She is so distant and cold. It is breaking my heart! Yesterday, I asked her if she was still interested in hearing the Word of God. She stammered and said sure, if WE wanted to do that! How sad!! I am reminded of the parable of the sower (in Matthew 13, Mark 4, and Luke 8). Luke 8: 11-12 says, "Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones along the path are those who have heard. Then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, SO THAT THEY MAY NOT BELIEVE AND BE SAVED" (emphasis mine). I am so angry at the devil because Maria never even got to hear!! He snatched the pure DESIRE TO HEAR right out of her!! But, "Our God is greater, our God is stronger, God you are higher than any other. Our God is Healer, Awesome in Power, Our God! Our God!" ("Our God" by Chris Tomlin)!! AMEN!!
We will say a very difficult and tearful good-bye to Maria this afternoon, leaving our door wide open if she ever wants to hear more about God and His Word! PLEASE continue to pray for her, and her whole family! I saw her 12 year old niece yesterday (she lives there with them, too and we've been real close to her) with her Santa Muerte necklace on!!! Please pray!!! satan has such a stronghold here!
OK, so now the good news!!
Well first, I just have to say how SWEET and GRACIOUS and LOVING and PRECIOUS is OUR GOD to let this happen yesterday, which was a very difficult day- Maria was just acting so different! Then, we went to Caleb's school and the director said there wasn't space for him! (Really??? He comes ONE day a week as a "listener" only- requiring no paperwork). It really hurt my feelings! But, we went to the other school on our village and they had no problem with him coming! And, listen to how God works- this is the school where Maria's kids go- so Caleb and Angel (her oldest) are in the same class!! :) Thank You, God!
GOOD NEWS ALERT!!! In the afternoon, we went to Tekla's house (the other lady from last week who said she was Thirsty for the Word). We visited with her and her husband for a bit- they are just so nice!! We talked about what we were doing here! We all lamented how our village is losing the language! Tekla said she makes an effort to really speak the language without the mixing in Spanish!! (So, definitely a potential new helper to replace Maria!) Also, I mentioned to her my idea about sharing the stories with her in Spanish and then her going to her dad and sharing them in their indigenous language (she had mentioned earlier that it was his preference), and she Loved it!! Her eyes lit up with the possibility of being able to share God's Word with her daddy, too! Then, John brought up her saying she wanted to hear the Word and her husband started nodding his head real earnestly in agreement!! :) :)PRAISE GOD!!! So, they're coming over to our house on Sunday! They said the next time we could go to their house. GOD IS SO GOOD!! It was such a great visit!
Walking home with a handful of fresh lemon grass for tea, I told John if he had asked me a week ago how all this would turn out, I would never have guessed this- that we would lose Maria over her interest in the Word, and these people we barely knew would be the genuine learners!! Wow! God is sovereign!
Please pray for Maria and her family to be free from the devil's grip!
Please pray for Tekla and Cesar that the Word will have a chance to get in their hearts SO THAT THEY MAY BELIEVE AND BE SAVED!! FOR GOD'S GLORY!!!!
Well, today is Maria's last day with us and she is a completely different person now than from Tuesday. She is so distant and cold. It is breaking my heart! Yesterday, I asked her if she was still interested in hearing the Word of God. She stammered and said sure, if WE wanted to do that! How sad!! I am reminded of the parable of the sower (in Matthew 13, Mark 4, and Luke 8). Luke 8: 11-12 says, "Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones along the path are those who have heard. Then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, SO THAT THEY MAY NOT BELIEVE AND BE SAVED" (emphasis mine). I am so angry at the devil because Maria never even got to hear!! He snatched the pure DESIRE TO HEAR right out of her!! But, "Our God is greater, our God is stronger, God you are higher than any other. Our God is Healer, Awesome in Power, Our God! Our God!" ("Our God" by Chris Tomlin)!! AMEN!!
We will say a very difficult and tearful good-bye to Maria this afternoon, leaving our door wide open if she ever wants to hear more about God and His Word! PLEASE continue to pray for her, and her whole family! I saw her 12 year old niece yesterday (she lives there with them, too and we've been real close to her) with her Santa Muerte necklace on!!! Please pray!!! satan has such a stronghold here!
OK, so now the good news!!
Well first, I just have to say how SWEET and GRACIOUS and LOVING and PRECIOUS is OUR GOD to let this happen yesterday, which was a very difficult day- Maria was just acting so different! Then, we went to Caleb's school and the director said there wasn't space for him! (Really??? He comes ONE day a week as a "listener" only- requiring no paperwork). It really hurt my feelings! But, we went to the other school on our village and they had no problem with him coming! And, listen to how God works- this is the school where Maria's kids go- so Caleb and Angel (her oldest) are in the same class!! :) Thank You, God!
GOOD NEWS ALERT!!! In the afternoon, we went to Tekla's house (the other lady from last week who said she was Thirsty for the Word). We visited with her and her husband for a bit- they are just so nice!! We talked about what we were doing here! We all lamented how our village is losing the language! Tekla said she makes an effort to really speak the language without the mixing in Spanish!! (So, definitely a potential new helper to replace Maria!) Also, I mentioned to her my idea about sharing the stories with her in Spanish and then her going to her dad and sharing them in their indigenous language (she had mentioned earlier that it was his preference), and she Loved it!! Her eyes lit up with the possibility of being able to share God's Word with her daddy, too! Then, John brought up her saying she wanted to hear the Word and her husband started nodding his head real earnestly in agreement!! :) :)PRAISE GOD!!! So, they're coming over to our house on Sunday! They said the next time we could go to their house. GOD IS SO GOOD!! It was such a great visit!
Walking home with a handful of fresh lemon grass for tea, I told John if he had asked me a week ago how all this would turn out, I would never have guessed this- that we would lose Maria over her interest in the Word, and these people we barely knew would be the genuine learners!! Wow! God is sovereign!
Please pray for Maria and her family to be free from the devil's grip!
Please pray for Tekla and Cesar that the Word will have a chance to get in their hearts SO THAT THEY MAY BELIEVE AND BE SAVED!! FOR GOD'S GLORY!!!!
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