A Busy Week

This week started off with another hospital visit. Freddy, one of our students, was not feeling well and needed to see a doctor. We went to see him and also helped him with some of the paperwork. He was able to get all his tests done and is now back home and feeling much better.

We also had a chance to see the progress on the building in Moca. The roof is on now and on the day we went they were pouring the floor. It is starting to look very, very nice and everyone is excited for the work to be done. There are still some "details" that need to be finished but people are already starting to plan for the future inauguration.

On our way out to Moca, we ran into some protests. This area of town that we had to drive through had been without electricity for 48 hours. That means food in the refrigerator had spoiled, no laundry is getting done, no television, and no fans for sleeping with 80 degree temperatures overnight. There were burning tires in the road and in other areas broken bottles covered the highway. We were able to get past but had to take an alternate route to get back home.

Thursday we had wedding rehearsal which turned out to be the "no" rehearsal. Some extra planning was done but they never really practiced! It was a bilingual wedding so the two pastors were able to compare notes to make the sure service went smoothly, making the transitions from English to Spanish in an orderly way. Many of the bride's family members do not speak Spanish and the groom is Dominican so his family heard the service in Spanish. Even so, there were some last minute changes to the service right before the ceremony!

Friday was the wedding, and it was gorgeous. All the decorations were expertly done and the bride was very, very beautiful. Both of the pastors gave a short message, one in Spanish for the groom's family and another is English for the bride's family. Vows were also exchanged in both languages.

Whew, this was a very busy week. This week began with a hospital visit and ended with a wedding celebration. It was a week in which the Lord gave us many opportunities to show His love, to comfort and help others, to witness to new people. The special opportunity given at the wedding was the message which was a law and gospel witness Philip was able to preach to many who are not believers. We also saw how he watched over us and kept us safe. We had a great week, filled with blessings and opportunities. Thank you, dear Savior.