April 29, 2010

Yasmin and I went on our first outing by ourselves! We took the bus by ourselves to downtown Lima and met some girls from church at the mall. We had fun fellowship just looking around and talking. We celebrated Pilar’s birthday because it was the next day.
It was a really neat time to build relationships...

May 1, 2010

Today was a women’s conference at the main church (sector 3). It was called “My Encounter With God” (well, that’s what it would be called in English) and it dealt with three main topics: Freedom from sin, freedom from the past, and freedom from generational sins/curses. It was neat to see God work in the hearts of over 200 women.

It was impacting for me too. God taught me a lot just in fellowship with Him. He also allowed me to understand most of two out of the three messages!

May 3-5, 2010

We went to visit with another family here, Amalia and Nelson Juarez. They live about an hour from the Ledesma’s. Yasmin and I spent three great days with them!
We went to the beach at La Punta, and Costa Verde. We also got to go to Barranco, and Puebla Libre... We had sweet fellowship with them!
Nelson and Amalia are both very evangelistic, and we saw them share the gospel with three different people during our stay! The people seemed really receptive and prayed with them... It makes me wonder.... sometimes we say people in the States are not that open to the gospel.... but are they really closed or are we just to timid to share the gospel? I’m just thinking... sometimes we are so worried about offending people or stepping on their toes... or breaking some political correct etiquette that we don’t share the gospel when God gives us the opportunity. Really, there are lost souls all around us, the barrista at Starbucks, the man in the gas station, the lady sitting next to you in the waiting room, your co-workers, your family.... we don’t have to wait for people to step inside a church to plant seeds of truth in their hearts. Are we actively looking for opportunities to share what God has done in our lives and the free gift of costly Grace He offers to all? (Grace is costly because it cost the shed blood of Jesus, therefore it is never something that is cheap, but it is freely given!)