Feb. 18, 2008

Monday Mumblings

I'm a little tired today because I didn't get much sleep last night, so "mumblings" seem to fit for a title today. :) Last week was like a whirlwind!  Not much school because Dane and Arel were sick. Liam and Heidi kept me on my toes though! On the ministry front things were pretty full. We are working on the house again since we were given some gifts of money around Christmas time and with some of what we saved we are able to have the rest of the fill work done, the brick walls laid up to ceiling level and a few other first floor things!! Our prayer is that we will have the money to finish the house this year. However we know that God's plan is the best. After a rocky start to the week with the workers either not working or taking advantage of us in other ways, and the materials that were ordered not being delivered when they were suppose to, Shane was able to talk with the each person involved and get things rolling again. I'll try to get over there with the camera to show you the progress. Also this week we had Quechua visitors. A lady and her kids who worked for us before as "work site sitters" came by several times as they make preparations for her and her son to go to another town to work for a while and her daughter to stay here with family and attend school this year. Also a young couple and their little boy (just 2 months older than Heidi) came by to ask us to be godparents for the little boy's first haircut in Aug. We aren't sure yet if this means we will be his godparents for life or if that's just for the actual haircutting event and that's all. We told them we have to think about it and get back to them. We want to find out as much about this as we can before we make a decision. Sometimes they make it sound like being a sponsor for something is for just that event and then we find out later it's for much more than that! I must admit it's kind of overwhelming to be asked to do things like this all the time. We are asked to be sponsors for one thing or another at least 2 times a year but usually much! On the one hand why not help with this one thing? But on the other hand are we willing to do more if it means more than just this event? And what about others who want help too? Do we say yes to everyone who asks? If we say no, who do we say no to? And how do you say no without causing a problem in your relationship with these people? Or will saying no actually be good for the relationship in the long run? No easy answers and for sure something to be seeking God's wisdom...no,  BEGGING! God for wisdom for these things. Shane started teaching "Firm Foundations" in Spanish to some young ladies (and a few of their care-givers) two weeks ago. Once a week we have them all over to our house for this class. The first week was just an introduction explaining that the Bible is God's message to man. He talked about how God used many men to write the scriptures over many years and in several languages. He explained what scrolls were and how they wrote on them. This past week the main theme was that God existed before anything else. No humans or angels existed before Him! God was before all things! We'll meet again on Thursday this week. Before Shane teaches the girls in the afternoon in Spanish he teaches our boys in the morning in English. This teaching starts as I stated with God and continues on through creation all the way through the Old Testament laying the foundation for why God sent Jesus to be born, live and die and then the rest of the story of his resurrection, return to heaven and sending of the Holy Spirit. This teaching sometimes known as "The Chronological teaching" by some missionaries is what we plan to use when it comes time to teach the Quechua people. It lays a firm foundation to understand the gospel and then to build on their faith as they go on from there to learn more from the Bible and grow in Christ. I plan to keep you up to date on our progress with the girls and with our boys too so you can be praying with us for them and so you can see what this kind of thing looks like. (I plan to share pictures when we have them!) What a week! What does God have for us this week? Not sure but I do know HE can handle it and not me! Something I'm learning about these days. HE can, I can't. But I can rest in HIM to anything He wants done or not done as the case may be. In other news, Heidi is growing up and learning to do new things. She loves to wash her hands now that she can stand on the stool up to the sink. Such a big girl! This is her "CHEESE" face.

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