Day 3. March 14th 2011. Where to begin. Naturally, at the beginning. Today got off to a pretty smooth start. All of us got in a decent nights sleep and started our day fresh here in the beautiful city of Coban, Guatemala. We went to breakfast at the same place we ate yesterday morning. Afterwards, we met up with brother Darvin at his home to begin planning out the day. We spent a few minutes talking things over and then we hit the streets and today's adventure began.
We began around 9 AM this morning with a prayer before anything else. We then split up into two groups of three. Me, brother Darvin and Tony were in one group and Jared, Jordan, and Byron in the other. Not sure about the other group, but our group knocked about 23 doors, 14 of which were answered. We also talked to about 5 people on the street and got two Bible Studies. As we were walking along, I couldn't help but notice the other group was pretty engaged with the people they spoke to. But my group also had quite a unique experience.
One door we knocked on, there was a 17 year old girl named Noemi (Naomi). Darvin went straight for her soul. He began a Bible study just sharing the gospel message with Noemi. It seemed so promising that we were going to get a gospel response right then and there. But there was something stopping her and she chose not to. However, I believe the seed is firmly planted and I pray and ask that you pray that this girl obey the gospel sooner rather than later. In the rest of our door knocking we established some contacts and invited people to come to the event we had tonight.
Tonight we had the first of a 3 night gospel meeting about the armor of God. Jared preached on the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness and the gospel of peace. He did a marvelous job with Byron as his translator. We were all also encouraged that one lady said she was so thankful the four of us have come down here. Our experiences down here are really teaching me how important our example is because I can tell people are looking up to us and that we are making some sort of difference here.
While today went great, it did not come without its mishaps and funny experiences which mostly occurred towards the end of the day and tonight. The first thing that happened was hilarious. First, towards the end of our door knocking brother Darvin asked me if I was getting tired. I responded a little bit because my backpack was kind of heavy and then he proceeds to ask me in Spanish "Is it heavier than a cross?" This took me back and it made me realize that no matter how hot it gets or how tired we get, it never compares to the burden of sin and the weight of the cross our Lord and Savior carried for us having never deserved it. We laughed about it tonight given the comment was so far out of left field but it is something I will never forget.
Second, we had communication issues tonight about the structure of our meeting as to when we were supposed to sing, preach, and then dismiss the kids. Jared got up and started preaching his sermon when he was actually supposed to be leading singing. So we had to pause and dismiss the kids then Jared had to start his sermon over. Byron led singing tonight and didn't even know he was going to until brother Darvin called him up. So if there is one lesson I learned today, it is the importance of communication!!! But all worked out and we had a great time laughing about it.
At the end of the night, we had a short meeting with Byron in one of our hotel rooms and we closed the night out with a prayer led by Byron. I look forward to tomorrow when we will be doing some more door knocking as well as visiting some members concluding with another portion of our series on the Armor of God. Tomorrow night I will be translating for Tony when he delivers his message. THANKS FOR READING Y'ALL! LOVE YA! GOD BLESS!
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