Cumbres

Last week was the best and busiest week I`ve had in Mexico so far. The team I worked with was from Clover, SC, and was a very mature and experienced group. We had more work than we could possibly do in one week, but we succeeded in building the walls of a sactuary for the new location of Cumbres Presbyterian Church and moving the church from its old location to the new. The first service was great and I experienced yet another moving sermon, this one on Psalm 36.

I don´t have much time to tell you all about everything I did, but it was refreshing to get into a regular schedule every day. Before I went to sleep every night, I would read a chapter of Francis Shaeffer`s Genesis in Space and Time, Abraham Verghese´s A Doctor´s Story, Colossians 2, then pray. This weekend has been too hectic to find time to read, but I hope to stay on this kind of schedule as much as possible.

I´m preparing this week to teach a ESL class to about ten adults at a church called Bethel on the outskirts of Monterrey. I´m excited about this opportunity and am starting to prepare the five 90-minute lessons I`ll be giving. Pray that the people who come to the class will be encouraged.

I´ve experienced much-needed brokenness the past few days and am thankful to see God continuing to make my heart more focused on His Kingdom and less on mine. Pray that I would continue to be drawn away from my selfish desires.

One evening last week, I had a brainstorm in the shower and came up with what I think is a solid outline for a (Kafka-esque) short story. I can`t wait to write it on here, but it`s midnight and I have yet another early morning tomorrow. It`ll just have to wait. Thank you all for your prayers.