In September, we moved our primary meetings from evenings to mornings, though three of the four weeks each month we meet in an apartment.
This past weekend, we had our latest worship service at the hotel. We spent time in prayer for the elections in Venezuela. Pastor Pedro gave a great message on dealing with anger.
We praise God for continued sustenance and provision to enable this monthly hotel rental (at nearly $500 a week).
This past service, 43 adults and 17 kids. Several of these were first time visitors.
The challenge for Brenda
Brenda leads the Children’s ministry at this time. Her challenge is the sheer number of children, as well as the age range of the children.
This group today numbered 17, aging from 3 to 13.
Today’s group also seemed to be wired on caffeine, so it was a challenge to manage the class.
Some of the older kids tried to help, but the order turned into chaos with a thousand questions all at once. The craft that Brenda had spent hours in preparation for did not turn out well.
Join us in prayer that more adults will come along side Brenda to help her, and specifically, one who is gifted in one of the age groups to peel that off into two classes.
Challenges to Assimilation
Since we only meet monthly for worship at the hotel, assimilation is a challenge for us.
So many North American assimilation techniques rely on the US mail, visitor contact cards, and weekly services that we don’t quite have an assimilation process in place. We’ll eventually be able to sustain a weekly hotel rental, but for now, we do with what we have.
We continue to thank God that we’ve gathered a good core group, and the Lord seems to be adding to our numbers.
Pray specifically for provision to rent the hotel each week.
Coming in October, we are stepping out in faith and moving to twice a month.
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