A heart-felt ‘thank you’ to each of you who were praying for the Easter
conference with the Awa! Despite the doubts that kept coming to mind
beforehand, God allowed us to enjoy three beautiful days with a good
group of Awa. Friday we had a special kids’ program with about 60
children; Saturday the men killed a pig and the ladies prepared a feast
for about 130 people, and five of the believers were baptized; Easter
Sunday about 90 attended as we celebrated Jesus’ resurrection together.
“From darkness to light” was the theme this year, with our memory verse
being Colossians 1:13–14 He (God our Father) delivered us from the power
of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves, in
whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. How thankful we are to
our Father who provided the opportunity to share again with many this
message of redemption during these days together!
Some encouraging highlights for us were:
• Having both Ema’s and María’s folks cheerfully join us for Conference, and both fathers helped with the pig butchering on Saturday.
• Two young men, Fermin and brother Wilo, joining us for all three days of meetings and also expressing interest in joining in our Bible memory pro-gram to win a children’s Bible story book; Wilo has already memorized the first two verses!
• The five who had the courage, despite some laughter from the crowd, to give public testimony of their faith and their desire to follow God by being baptized. Among the several I had talked with beforehand, Paulino’s son Rómulo was the first to have the courage to step forward.
• Lorena (Gloria’s daughter and mother of four little ones) also chose to be baptized. “Walking with God is the best way to live,” she told Kathy on the way down to the river.
• Kathy has been praying for Segunda, a woman who we’ve been told has of-ten been threatening suicide…we were thrilled when Segunda joined us for all three days!
We continue to appreciate your prayers for strength and courage and creativity for the ministry. Also pray for our coworkers, Andy & Chrissy Shaub, as they take a short mini-furlough over the next few months. Andy’s brother Scott has recently been diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia, and Andy & Chrissy also want to help their daughter Liana with some health challenges she is facing.
Because of our risen Savior,
Kevin & Kathy
• Having both Ema’s and María’s folks cheerfully join us for Conference, and both fathers helped with the pig butchering on Saturday.
• Two young men, Fermin and brother Wilo, joining us for all three days of meetings and also expressing interest in joining in our Bible memory pro-gram to win a children’s Bible story book; Wilo has already memorized the first two verses!
• The five who had the courage, despite some laughter from the crowd, to give public testimony of their faith and their desire to follow God by being baptized. Among the several I had talked with beforehand, Paulino’s son Rómulo was the first to have the courage to step forward.
• Lorena (Gloria’s daughter and mother of four little ones) also chose to be baptized. “Walking with God is the best way to live,” she told Kathy on the way down to the river.
• Kathy has been praying for Segunda, a woman who we’ve been told has of-ten been threatening suicide…we were thrilled when Segunda joined us for all three days!
We continue to appreciate your prayers for strength and courage and creativity for the ministry. Also pray for our coworkers, Andy & Chrissy Shaub, as they take a short mini-furlough over the next few months. Andy’s brother Scott has recently been diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia, and Andy & Chrissy also want to help their daughter Liana with some health challenges she is facing.
Because of our risen Savior,
Kevin & Kathy
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