A great week

John led his language partner to the feet of Christ this week. She had never heard this message before and has never read her Bible. She attended Catholic church occassionally, but the idea that Christ's sacrifice is enough, was new to her. She accepted His gift. Now we are praying for a woman to come along side of her to help disciple her.

John is going to preach tomorrow, yes - in Spanish, at the house of restoration. Please pray for Him. I am soooo proud of Him. I won't be able to hear him b/c I will be home with the little ones.

This week at the women's house of restoration, I shared out loud at the Bible study for the first time. It's very intimidating to speak to 15 nationals in their heart language with all eyes on the gringo. But God gave me the strength and the words. I was more concerned with speaking Truth than with getting my grammar correct. Please pray for 2 particular women that I have connected with there - Priscilla and Sandra. John and I realized that they know so very little about the Bible or God. Even the fruits of the Spirit was a brand-new concept to them. We are realizing that there is a great need to start at the very basics and fundamentals of Christ. Because we have been "churched" for so long this can actual be difficult for us, because it's easy to assume that people know things about God or the Bible that they don't actually know. We don't want to miss a step!

Other stuff:

Please pray for our marriage as we continue to adjust to this new life. Satan wants to devour our unity, and we definitely need intercession.

Ally starts ballet on Monday. It is a block away and for an hour twice a week. It's only $20 a month. Please pray for witnessing opportunities and for Ally to have a great time. She adores ballet and I think she might have a gift with it.

Please pray for my language partner, Rita, as she will be having sinus/head surgery in a few weeks. She has been a HUGE blessing to me and I praise the Lord every day for her. I absolutely love her!!!!!

The kids are doing well and everyone is healthy. Wooohooo!

Still no more migraines.

Running has haulted for now! The knee pain has returned once again. All was fine and then I ran 2 miles and it hasn't stopped hurting since. God knows what is best for me and maybe not running is what's best. It has been improving, so we'll see. It is possible I just did too much too fast.

God is teaching me to take it one day a time and not to look at the big picture of the hecticness of our lives or I will become discouraged. I am truly only thinking about today and its concerns and leaning on Christ because His yoke is easy and His burden is light.