El Salvador, Wednesday, March 12th
Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:58:09 -0400
Dear Family,
There is a lot to report tonight, so let's get started.
PRAYERS ANSWERED
Until today, there had only been 2 baptisms, and one of the two was from the Alta Vista Congregation where Victor Bonilla preaches. This new sister will live and worship in Alta Vista and not Tonacapeque. The other convert is a diabetic lady who is confined to a wheeled chair. Every soul is precious, and we rejoice in that. We were concerned about those above facts, so in our devo this morning, we prayed that God would providentially lead us to honest and open souls who would respond to the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ. I can tell you that the Lord answered our prayers by providing 7 precious souls to be baptized. We rejoice in this great blessing, and will continue to pray that God will continue give us more precious souls that will obey His will and be baptized.
ALCALDE (MAYOR) OF TONACAPEQUE
Ediberto Erroa was elected Mayor to Tonaca in 2006. His term will be short, but we pray that he will be re-elected next March.
He came to the clinic for a visit today (he has made a visit almost every day this week). He wanted to know when the clinic would be over. We have decided to run the clinic until 1:00 pm tomorrow. It will take us 2 to 3 hours to clean up. We will then go to the Community Center where we have been holding our night time meetings for a presentation by the Alcalde and his staff. Tonight he suddenly appeared at our house where the kitchen is located while we were eating our supper. He brought pupusa and a chocolate drink.
AT DEATH'S DOOR
Franco is about 25 years of age. When one of our teams found him they started teaching him. Franco has lost kidney function and is having to do self dialysis through a peritoneal port in his stomach. He is about 25 years old and is literally at death's door with no kidney function. We had one of our medical staff to tape him up good, and then took him to where it was being filled. Marco was baptized without incident. He won't be able to last very long if he doesn't get some kidney function going, and SOON!
That's about all for now. Keep us in your prayers.
God bless.