Reconciliation
I don’t
particularly like meetings, but sometimes they’re important. Last week I had
one that was exceptionally important. A local pastor called me to ask if I
could help him restore a relationship with another pastor in Quito. As it turns
out they haven’t been speaking together for about a year and a half. I invited
both of them to come to a meeting in our house. Each of them invited a few
others to come along, making it a total gathering of 9 people. The issues are
complicated and so far we are only about halfway done, but at least we saw
progress. Everyone handled the matter in a calm and Christ-like manner. After
about 3 hours of discussion we felt ready to enjoy food together instead! Pray
for these two men as they continue to work on mending their relationship.
Finances
We did a lot
of traveling this summer to visit supporters, and now we’re paying the price.
Our account with Avant Ministries is significantly in the red. If you are able
to make an extra financial donation to Avant, it would help us tremendously at
this time. You can make an online donation to Avant Ministries here, or print this donation form for mailing in with a check. Thank you for all the prayer and financial support you give!
Studies for Juan
One man I
have been working with would really like to dig deeper in his education. We
discovered that Dallas Theological Seminary is now offering a fully online
seminary education in Spanish. Juan decided to apply and see what would happen.
Both the finances and the academic expectations could be significant barriers
for him. He finished the main application this week. Pray for the details to
fall in to place if this is what God has for him.
Greek
Tomorrow I
begin teaching another class of Biblical Greek. Pray for my students to be
encouraged about doing the hard work so they can eventually see it pay off. Pray too for the ministry of Seminario UMEP.
