This is my 10th day in the mountains and there is a lot going on. I'm so privileged to be serving in this place, the mountains, the beauty, the daily hiking to get around is amazing. Concerning the mission work, it's humbling that i thought that I came to use my gifts and knowledge to talk about God's Grace but I see myself in more need of it. People are receptive because the culture here is mostly polite, but they are not willing to let their traditions go.
The mission work to be honest can be exhausting, there may be days you will or won't do a lot but the spiritual burdens wears you out physically. Being here can also be hard and joyful, humbling and an opportunity to learn. In the little time I'm here there. Has been amazing things going on, and I will list them as pray requests.
1. Rita and Espiritu: they are a couple whom lives in Antacocha (another little village 20 minutes away in a bus from where I am). They had marital problems from years ago, and there is a lot of hurt from each other, mostly from Espiritu. I've visited them last Friday and I went straight forward the Gospel with Espiritu, it seems that he responded well, since then my other last 2 visits had been encouraging to see him changing a lot. There has been time when Rita and Espiritu has been together peacefully, there has been times where Espiritu has been praying. I can't affirm for sure in this little time I've been there if he is experiencing salvation, but if it is, pray that this becomes more real. Also Rita is a believer, and she has been hurt by Espiritu, but pray that she have a forgiving heart, because it seems that when Espiritu tries to express spirituality positive, she questions him and this is discouraging him, because he is trying. Also please pray for a married couple who can disciple them, because they need to see what a biblical marriage looks like, and that's a limitation I have. They acknowledge their problems also is because they haven't been taught different concerning relationships.
2. Jhonatan and Franz: they are 2 high School guys that I'm connecting with, we are starting a bible studies on 1 John, we started today, then we watched a movie and had dinner together. They seem very receptive and they want to keep the meetings on, pray that they can come to repentance and faith.
3. Mission house: the lady who rents the mission house, is a lady who lives in the city with her daughter and most people in the town don't get along with her, and she is giving a lot of nonsense problems about the house, electricity, things. Pray that we can find another house, and that we can be encouraging to her and she can come to salvation, her name is Gilda and her daughter Christina.
4. Liz: she is a missionary lady who has been here for almost 7 years I guess, and she had some legs problems, pray that she can be healed. Also pray that she can still encouraged in the Lord and she can find another lady she can relate to and she can pray with, and have a friendship with. Something she is longing for.
5. Henry: he is a married man who comes once a week and stay for 2 days, I do a lot of work with him when he comes, and as well we are going through a bible studies/ disciplining him in some doctrines of the scriptures. Pray for his marriage, he have a lot on him.
6. Connecting with people: I've been here several times and is cool to see how God has preserved some of the friendships I had, and there has been a lot of good conversations about the Gospel, but pray that I can be bold, loving and humble. We are doing a church service (there is no church building here) tomorrow 8 am. Pray for me as I give the message and pray people may go and even if is one person whom just goes, pray that person gets saved.
7. Spiritual warfare: there has been times where we had been sharing and there has been a lot of ongoing distraction that just showed up while we were sharing the word. There has been personally a lot of unnecessary worries, and discouragement and I believe this is part of the mission work. I see the need to keep spending in the study of the Word and prayer, because I need so much grace.
There is a work to do that is hard but also there is a fragility in ourselves, there is power In Christ but In Christ must always be our sight to keep doing the work that God has called us to do.
Thank for your prayers and feel free to ask any question.
Love you all
Edher
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