April 2006 Adventures
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This
has been movie month for us. What a blessing – we’ve shown the Jesus
video several times, as well as some of the stories from Genesis – all in
Guaraní! Besides helping with other projects, we were able to sneak in a
well this month! Busy & exciting April.
We
think we’ve mentioned before how active a Korean Methodist church from New
Jersey is here in our Northern District. They are beginning construction of
a new technical school in the community of Yrybucua. We had a ground
breaking ceremony on April 4th, and many of our pastors, as well
as President Pastor Pablo and the town officials attended. There is lots of
anticipation and hope for this new project.
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We both were able to
participate in the ground breaking ceremonies |
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Movies
were asked for at many of our churches. We had 7 different “movie nights”. For
our churches in homes, we hang a king size white sheet on the outside of the
house. We watched the Jesus movie in Guaraní; parts of the
Genesis Project, also in Guarani; Max Lucado’s Hermie in
Spanish; plus an animated movie about the prophets of the dessert. It has been
really fun to watch the faces of those watching the movies. At one home church,
we had movie night on Easter night. The church members had gone door-to-door to
invite the neighbors. Over 80 people attended, and several accepted Jesus
Christ into their hearts. We have some Gideon New Testament Bibles we give
these new believers.
The well
we drilled this month was at Oga Lata (officially called Nueva Asunción). This
is our newest church in the Northern District, built since we have been living
in Santaní. We dedicated this church July 2, 2005. It was a fairly easy well,
only 148’ deep. We are still in the building stage; but the actual well is
finished, including the PVC casing.
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Two of the local boys
playing with our wheel barrel
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We have a new way of
getting water to the job site, much easier and faster |
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Another painted tank |
Guys building tower –
all done by hand & ropes |
The
later part of April we had a couple’s retreat in Asunción. All our Northern
District pastors and their wives attended. This is an opportunity our pastors
seldom receive. Imagine leaving a family of up to 11 kids to spend time with
your spouse! It was a blessing for all.
The last
few days of the month we had a problem with the well in Y’Apy. This is the
church at the Guaraní Indian reservation. We think the water level dropped
below the pump and burned out the pump. We believe the reason is the filter
screen may be clogged. We have installed a working pump and set up a temporary
system so that they can at least fill buckets of water; yet they are not able to
fill and use the elevated tank. Please pray that we resolve this problem soon.
We will
let you know in May how we resolve the Y’Apy issue.
