Tuesday, July 9

Today has been another busy but great day! We started out the morning with more door to door evangelism and many more professions of faith. Each visit was so special, but I'll share a couple stories from the morning. Josh, Julie, and Melonie were invited into a home where the people asked many questions. They were very interested in why we would leave our homes to come all the way to Nicaragua to share the Gospel. Josh, Julie, and Melonie spent at least 45 minutes visiting with this family and all three of them eventually shared their testimony. Page, Deborah, Noah, Michelle, and Dakota where invited into a home where Dakota shared the Gospel and the entire family of four accepted Christ together! How powerful!

After lunch, we had another VBS. This time it was out in the streets of a new barrio. The kids were so excited to play games, sing songs, and learn God's Word. 

During the VBS, Page, Deborah, and Michelle went to the Second Baptist Church to hold a womens's Bible study. We studied Ephesians 1 with this group of ladies, as we did with the group from Monday. They formed small groups to dig into the Word of God and learn about who we are in Christ. I know this is what we have been doing with Mrs. Robyn in the young women's Sunday School class... But it was just too good not to share with the ladies in Nicaragua! I (Page) was so encouraged through studying the Bible with the ladies. They were so eager to discuss how God was speaking to them and I learned so much from them today!

After supper, we headed back up to the Second Baptist Church (we've been working with their church members quite a bit this week). We will be going to a new church near Lake Nicaragua tomorrow, so we were all very sad to say goodbye to our friends from Second Baptist. Josh and Melonie both shared their testimonies at this service, and Noah shared a devotion.

Before we left, their pastor shared that they plan to continue the work we have done together after we leave. We did a lot of door to door evangelism with their church members. They would always make a note of who we visited so that they could follow up after we leave. They have also helped with the kids at VBS. It is great to know that they are encouraged to do more outreach and minister to those who have made professions of faith. Please pray for their church as they are pursuing the possibility of building a newer, larger sanctuary in front of the church they have now. Even though we do have a language barrier, we all feel like we have made great new friends at Second Baptist. We will miss them, so we do hope to see them again! We are looking forward to another great day tomorrow!