We are not much for all night meetings but Venezuelans seem to enjoy having an all night prayer meeting. We have also come to enjoy being a part of this experience and blessing.
In March the Macaracuay church baptized 6 people. Four of these were young men!!
How we praise God for these men, this is an answer to prayer! The pastor is the 7th person in this picture.
The weekend before Easter, the Macaracuay church also performed a drama called "He Lives", the story of the death and resurrection of Jesus.
This took place in a public plaza across the street from the church. The presentation was well done and about 200 people attended the event...many non-church people from the community. Around 30 people responded to seek further information on the person and work of Jesus
On the lighter side we enjoyed watching some our friends do a Venezuelan dance called the Jaropo to Christian music.
We also spent a fun day with one of the youth groups going to a german village up in the mountains called Colonia Tovar and enjoyed a meal of German frankfurters and potato salad and a fun time of being tourists.
Prayer Requests:
1. Continue to pray for Venezuela. Primary elections are coming soon for candidates for congress. The regular election will be this fall. The devaluation of the bolivar and inflation are hitting the people hard. It also is opening hearts to the gospel and for that we praise the Lord.
2. Guatire Church. We are actively looking for a new meeting location for the Sunday morning service. A new location will facilitate new growth.
3. Bookstore Ministry. Pray for the continued ministry of the bookstore. It has a great outreach in the community and is an excellent contact point for people looking for spiritual counsel and a church.
4. Harry´s ministry. Pray for young people to enroll in the training program. The current program is going well but is attended by mostly middle age adults.
5. Lynn´s ministry. Pray for the two “Women of Worth” classes I’m teaching (one in Guatire and the other in Macaracuay) that the Lord will use this study to help the women discover their true identity and purpose based on the Word of God.
