Today we worked at the church. They have just been able to rent the upstairs, so we spent the day tearing down walls, and getting it ready for them to paint and do some other things up there that they need to get done. After that we went Evangelizing in a park in downtown Chihuahua. It was awesome. While nobody came to Christ, we did plant the seeds so that hopefully one day they will be called to repentance. Went out afterwords to eat, as it was my last night here. It was nice hanging out with them one last time. This past month has been absolutely incredible, the Lord has shown me so much, and I look forward to being able to share with all of you what I have been convicted of. And also what the Lord is doing in my life and in Chihuahua. Thank you everyone for your prayers.
See you later.
In Christ,
Matt
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Day 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, (Saturday-Thursday)
Day 22, Saturday
We had English class this morning at the church. They all seem to be understanding it pretty well, which is good. I am amazed at how many people actually want to learn English. After the English class we came home and did not do anything else the rest of the day.
Day 23, Sunday
Again church this morning was amazing. Pastor Sean finished up Acts 2. It was an excellent sermon. After church we went for another hike. This time it was just Chris, Sarah, and I. It was a lot of fun. We went up to the top and got to look down over the city, it was gorgeous. After the hike we went to the Rafferty's for some dessert. The dessert was ice cream, and bananas with chocolate syrup over tortilla chips. Some dessert that Pastor Sean made up. It was amazing. We played a few hands of Dominoes and then we played a game of Catan. It was a great time of fun and fellowship with just the 5 of us. All in all a great day.
Day 24, Monday
Today was our day off. Again we did not do much. We hung around the house all day. We worked on our Inductive Bible Study, which was a lot of fun. We ordered pizza for dinner and that was basically it. It was a nice day to sit back and reflect on all the Lord has shown me these past few weeks. Can't wait to share everything with you guys when I get home.
Day 25, Tuesday
Had class this morning at the church with Pastor Sean. Reading through the book Under His Influence. An amazing book so far, and I've only read the Introduction and the 1st Chapter. Definitely recommend this book to anybody. Went to the Orphanage at 3. Sadly this was my last day. I am going to miss these kids so much. To see the way they have changed just over the past couple weeks is amazing. They seem to be more attentive during the Devotions, which is awesome to see. When we told them this was my last time seeing them they seemed a little upset. Big hugs and kisses from all of them. Did I mention I am going to miss them a lot! To see the love that they for all of us is amazing. They love the fact that you come to play with them and hang out with them for 3 hours. We are constantly told by Ever that this is the highlight of their week. Which is awesome to know. I am so glad that I have had the chance to work with them these past few weeks. And I hope I have made a lasting impact on them. To see the love that Ever and his wife have for these kids is awesome as well. The Lord is using them for amazing things. They are parents to these children and all the children love them so much. They have taught these kids well. They are very well behaved and very polite. Ever and his wife love the Lord with all their hearts. Perfect examples of people who are not wasting their life.
Day 26, Wednesday
My last day of the Inductive Bible Study. It has been awesome to do this study through the book of Romans. The Lord has taught me so much through the 3 chapters that I have been able to do with them. (Ask me about it when I get back, way too much to write here. It would take forever) We went grocery shopping because Chad is back, and we went to a Christian bookstore to buy a Bible for one of the girls at the orphanage. Watched Nacho Libre while we ate dinner. Other than that we did not do anything. A pretty relaxing day.
Day 27, Thursday
My Last day of Light Shine :( It was an amazing day today. Something new they just started today. They had a couple of the mothers of some of the kids cook the meal. And the mothers got to stay for the entire time to see what happened during Light Shine. These kids have also changed a lot over the past couple of weeks. I am going to miss them immensely. Saying goodbye was hard. More hugs and kisses. Again these kids just love to have you come and play with them for 3 hours. I wish it was longer, the 3 hours just fly by. I also hope I have made a significant impact on these kids. I love them to death, and I have only known them a month. I am going to miss them so much. Continue to keep this program in prayer and also pray for the orphanage. Light Shine is growing and that is awesome to see. More kids need to be sponsored so pray for that as well. One more day and then I come home. Anxious to get home so I can share with everybody what the Lord is doing down here. But at the same time I don't want to leave.
We had English class this morning at the church. They all seem to be understanding it pretty well, which is good. I am amazed at how many people actually want to learn English. After the English class we came home and did not do anything else the rest of the day.
Day 23, Sunday
Again church this morning was amazing. Pastor Sean finished up Acts 2. It was an excellent sermon. After church we went for another hike. This time it was just Chris, Sarah, and I. It was a lot of fun. We went up to the top and got to look down over the city, it was gorgeous. After the hike we went to the Rafferty's for some dessert. The dessert was ice cream, and bananas with chocolate syrup over tortilla chips. Some dessert that Pastor Sean made up. It was amazing. We played a few hands of Dominoes and then we played a game of Catan. It was a great time of fun and fellowship with just the 5 of us. All in all a great day.
Day 24, Monday
Today was our day off. Again we did not do much. We hung around the house all day. We worked on our Inductive Bible Study, which was a lot of fun. We ordered pizza for dinner and that was basically it. It was a nice day to sit back and reflect on all the Lord has shown me these past few weeks. Can't wait to share everything with you guys when I get home.
Day 25, Tuesday
Had class this morning at the church with Pastor Sean. Reading through the book Under His Influence. An amazing book so far, and I've only read the Introduction and the 1st Chapter. Definitely recommend this book to anybody. Went to the Orphanage at 3. Sadly this was my last day. I am going to miss these kids so much. To see the way they have changed just over the past couple weeks is amazing. They seem to be more attentive during the Devotions, which is awesome to see. When we told them this was my last time seeing them they seemed a little upset. Big hugs and kisses from all of them. Did I mention I am going to miss them a lot! To see the love that they for all of us is amazing. They love the fact that you come to play with them and hang out with them for 3 hours. We are constantly told by Ever that this is the highlight of their week. Which is awesome to know. I am so glad that I have had the chance to work with them these past few weeks. And I hope I have made a lasting impact on them. To see the love that Ever and his wife have for these kids is awesome as well. The Lord is using them for amazing things. They are parents to these children and all the children love them so much. They have taught these kids well. They are very well behaved and very polite. Ever and his wife love the Lord with all their hearts. Perfect examples of people who are not wasting their life.
Day 26, Wednesday
My last day of the Inductive Bible Study. It has been awesome to do this study through the book of Romans. The Lord has taught me so much through the 3 chapters that I have been able to do with them. (Ask me about it when I get back, way too much to write here. It would take forever) We went grocery shopping because Chad is back, and we went to a Christian bookstore to buy a Bible for one of the girls at the orphanage. Watched Nacho Libre while we ate dinner. Other than that we did not do anything. A pretty relaxing day.
Day 27, Thursday
My Last day of Light Shine :( It was an amazing day today. Something new they just started today. They had a couple of the mothers of some of the kids cook the meal. And the mothers got to stay for the entire time to see what happened during Light Shine. These kids have also changed a lot over the past couple of weeks. I am going to miss them immensely. Saying goodbye was hard. More hugs and kisses. Again these kids just love to have you come and play with them for 3 hours. I wish it was longer, the 3 hours just fly by. I also hope I have made a significant impact on these kids. I love them to death, and I have only known them a month. I am going to miss them so much. Continue to keep this program in prayer and also pray for the orphanage. Light Shine is growing and that is awesome to see. More kids need to be sponsored so pray for that as well. One more day and then I come home. Anxious to get home so I can share with everybody what the Lord is doing down here. But at the same time I don't want to leave.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Day 16, 17, 18,19, 20, 21 (Sunday-Friday)
Day 16, Sunday
Went to church this morning and Pastor Sean talked more on Acts 2. Another very good sermon. After church went to lunch. We went to where this girl's dad cooks. It's not really a restaurant, but her mom and dad cook food and sell it. It's kind of like a roadside place. We had a real Mexican lunch. It was pork on flour tortilla's with hot sauce. It was really good.
Day 17, Monday
Went for a hike today up one of the hill's around the edge of the city. We walked up a trail and down the side through rocks and a ton of underbrush and everything, but it was a lot of fun. Afterwords some people came over to our house to hang out for a little bit.
Day 18, Tuesday
We had our class where we are discussing the book Under His Influence, which is a really good book. Definitely recommend reading it. Later we went to the Orphanage. We were there for 3 hours. Had a devotion with them. We then teach some of the adults there English. We also took the kids out for ice cream. So they seemed to enjoy that. After that Chris and I went to the Men's Bible Study. We are discussing Joshua. Pastor Sean leads it.
Day 19, Wednesday
Had the Inductive Bible Study class today, which Chris Nickerson leads. It is a very interesting and somewhat challenging class. Especially when we have to share what verses touched us and how we are going to apply them to our lives. It definitely is dealing with heart issues, which is good. Not much else happening today.
Day 20, Thursday
Light Shine!! Still probably one of my favorite days of the week. I love working with these kids. Had a great time again today. Sadly I only have one more day of Light Shine and only one more day at the Orphanage. But today's Light Shine was pretty laid back. One of the stations they watched a short movie. One station they got play with either Hot Wheels or for the girls baby dolls. And the one station they made a representation of how our sins separate us from Christ and how the only way we can get across is because of His sacrifice and the cross. You all know what the representation looks like.
Day 21, Friday
Had a guys Bible Study with just me, Chris, and Pastor Sean. We are talking about relationships. And today we went into a discussion more of marriage relationships and how we as men need to be leaders. It was very good. Tonight we had a party for Hector and Gloria Oliva, because they just moved into a new house. The party was at the Nickerson's and everybody bought a house warming gift of some sort.
Went to church this morning and Pastor Sean talked more on Acts 2. Another very good sermon. After church went to lunch. We went to where this girl's dad cooks. It's not really a restaurant, but her mom and dad cook food and sell it. It's kind of like a roadside place. We had a real Mexican lunch. It was pork on flour tortilla's with hot sauce. It was really good.
Day 17, Monday
Went for a hike today up one of the hill's around the edge of the city. We walked up a trail and down the side through rocks and a ton of underbrush and everything, but it was a lot of fun. Afterwords some people came over to our house to hang out for a little bit.
Day 18, Tuesday
We had our class where we are discussing the book Under His Influence, which is a really good book. Definitely recommend reading it. Later we went to the Orphanage. We were there for 3 hours. Had a devotion with them. We then teach some of the adults there English. We also took the kids out for ice cream. So they seemed to enjoy that. After that Chris and I went to the Men's Bible Study. We are discussing Joshua. Pastor Sean leads it.
Day 19, Wednesday
Had the Inductive Bible Study class today, which Chris Nickerson leads. It is a very interesting and somewhat challenging class. Especially when we have to share what verses touched us and how we are going to apply them to our lives. It definitely is dealing with heart issues, which is good. Not much else happening today.
Day 20, Thursday
Light Shine!! Still probably one of my favorite days of the week. I love working with these kids. Had a great time again today. Sadly I only have one more day of Light Shine and only one more day at the Orphanage. But today's Light Shine was pretty laid back. One of the stations they watched a short movie. One station they got play with either Hot Wheels or for the girls baby dolls. And the one station they made a representation of how our sins separate us from Christ and how the only way we can get across is because of His sacrifice and the cross. You all know what the representation looks like.
Day 21, Friday
Had a guys Bible Study with just me, Chris, and Pastor Sean. We are talking about relationships. And today we went into a discussion more of marriage relationships and how we as men need to be leaders. It was very good. Tonight we had a party for Hector and Gloria Oliva, because they just moved into a new house. The party was at the Nickerson's and everybody bought a house warming gift of some sort.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Day 14, Day 15 (Friday, Saturday)
Friday
Chris and I went out to Starbucks with Sean for a devotion. Talked about relationships and had a really good discussion. I was convicted of a lot. Went out at about 8:00 pm to go witnessing in downtown Chihuahua. It was awesome. Had a lot of good conversions with some people, and got them thinking and hopefully convicted them a little bit. Nobody gave their life to Christ, but at least we planted the seed. That's all we are told to do. We can't change people only God can.
Saturday
Helped teach an English class this morning at the church with Chris (the intern). It went really well. They seemed to understand everything that we said. So that was good. We took Chris (the intern) out to lunch cause it was his birthday today. Then we went over Rocio's later for cake and hung out for a little bit. Not much else went on today. So far this month has been amazing. The Lord has shown me so much and convicted me of a lot. Miss everybody, but having such an amazing time and wish I could stay longer.
Chris and I went out to Starbucks with Sean for a devotion. Talked about relationships and had a really good discussion. I was convicted of a lot. Went out at about 8:00 pm to go witnessing in downtown Chihuahua. It was awesome. Had a lot of good conversions with some people, and got them thinking and hopefully convicted them a little bit. Nobody gave their life to Christ, but at least we planted the seed. That's all we are told to do. We can't change people only God can.
Saturday
Helped teach an English class this morning at the church with Chris (the intern). It went really well. They seemed to understand everything that we said. So that was good. We took Chris (the intern) out to lunch cause it was his birthday today. Then we went over Rocio's later for cake and hung out for a little bit. Not much else went on today. So far this month has been amazing. The Lord has shown me so much and convicted me of a lot. Miss everybody, but having such an amazing time and wish I could stay longer.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Day 13, Thursdayq
Today was Light Shine. Again it was amazing. I had such a great time. Those kids grow on you so fast, and they wear you out. Hector is so amazing leading the devotions for them. He is so on fire for God, and it really shows. He has such a passion for those kids, as do all the ones who help out there. Nothing else happened today. Tomorrow we go evangelizing. Not sure where, but it should be an awesome time. That's it for now.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, Teusday, and Wednesday
Day 10, Monday
Today was our day off. So what did we do? Nothing. We were around the house all day, mainly because we don't have a car. We worked on our inductive Bible study for Wednesday, but other than that a whole lot of nothing.
Day 11, Tuesday
Had devotions in the morning at church. We discussed 1 Kings 19, where Elijah ran away from Jezebel. Pastor Sean led it. It was just the interns. But it was really good. After that we went to the orphanage. We did a Bible study and played games with the kids there. Had such an amazing time with them.
Day 12, Wednesday
We went to church for our inductive Bible study class, led by Chris Nickerson. It was amazing. This was the first time I had really done something like this, and it was awesome. You definitely get a lot more out of Scripture when you study this way. It was a lot of fun. After that we watched a couple videos. A documentary on the revival in Uganda which was really intense. To see how they started out and then how they turned to God was amazing. We watched another video with Joel Rosenburg which was really interesting also. Then Chris (the intern) and I went over to Roscio's house and had dinner with the other interns. Tomorrow Light Shine!!!!
Today was our day off. So what did we do? Nothing. We were around the house all day, mainly because we don't have a car. We worked on our inductive Bible study for Wednesday, but other than that a whole lot of nothing.
Day 11, Tuesday
Had devotions in the morning at church. We discussed 1 Kings 19, where Elijah ran away from Jezebel. Pastor Sean led it. It was just the interns. But it was really good. After that we went to the orphanage. We did a Bible study and played games with the kids there. Had such an amazing time with them.
Day 12, Wednesday
We went to church for our inductive Bible study class, led by Chris Nickerson. It was amazing. This was the first time I had really done something like this, and it was awesome. You definitely get a lot more out of Scripture when you study this way. It was a lot of fun. After that we watched a couple videos. A documentary on the revival in Uganda which was really intense. To see how they started out and then how they turned to God was amazing. We watched another video with Joel Rosenburg which was really interesting also. Then Chris (the intern) and I went over to Roscio's house and had dinner with the other interns. Tomorrow Light Shine!!!!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Day 9, Sunday
Sorry this is a day late, but I forgot.
Not much went on yesterday. Went to church, and then went out to eat. Headed back to the apartments where the Trautman's and Bynions were staying and said goodbye. Pray for safe travel as they head back to the states. The church service yesterday was amazing. Sean talked about Acts 2. It was amazing. Not enough time to go into detail, but it was very good. He talked about when the Disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit and they spoke in tongues. Then we came back to Chad's and hung out for awhile.
Not much went on yesterday. Went to church, and then went out to eat. Headed back to the apartments where the Trautman's and Bynions were staying and said goodbye. Pray for safe travel as they head back to the states. The church service yesterday was amazing. Sean talked about Acts 2. It was amazing. Not enough time to go into detail, but it was very good. He talked about when the Disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit and they spoke in tongues. Then we came back to Chad's and hung out for awhile.
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