Yesterday we visited several nationals in a small town called "La Charqueada". There is about 1500 people that live there. Some very interesting visits. The First was a repeat, it was a lady that we had gained some other contacts from. It was a very pleasant visit. The next were the some of the most difficult. This lady had a daughter that is mentally handicap, 20 years old. She has a problem with her tongue in that it is continually growing. She is not able to go to the doctors because the Government has denied any benefits. She shared her struggles for about 45 minutes and apologized several times for rambling on. We asked her later was there anything we could pray for her about. She only asked that she could care for her daughter properly.
The following visit was not as emotionally hard to handle but more physically hard to handle. It was a thatch house. Very dirty with flys by the hundreds seemed like thousands. We were able to share with them and they said they had received Christ earlier that year but It was probably not the first time they had done it. That will be something to deal with later.
We had a few others but those were the ones I wanted to share. The reason for all the visit in the small town is to notify them we will starting a bible study in the IMB mission house near the plaza. Many times people have tried to start a work here but has not continued. I really feel that it will take a strong national family to live there to minister there daily. Maybe God will raise a leader up out of what we are doing. To a small town it has a lot of history with Baptist works. We'll see what God will do with what the Pastor of TyT and I during this time.
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He brother, for us uneducated folk: what's mate?
What is "Mate"? Mate is what coffee is to Some Americans but times ten. Here is a link for the description to Mate.
http://noborders.net/mate/what.html
Check it out. I'm not sure if you can find it in the states but I have heard that some naturalist use it as a laxative
Michael,
Congrats on the web log. Yes, I finally found you!
You write, "they had received Christ earlier that year but It was probably not the first time they had done it. That will be something to deal with later.
Our experience here in Ecuador is similar. Saying a sinners prayer or raising a hand, does not necessarily mean someone is saved. While we certainly advocate that salvation is by faith alone in Christ, in our context, until they are BAPTIZED they probably aren't saved. Usually baptism is the step wherein they truly give their lives to Christ and decide to follow Him. Again, I repeat, baptism doesn't save, but until they are baptized, they are probably not saved. Make sense?
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