Copan and ESL

"For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." - Romans 4:2-3

It's been a couple of weeks since I last wrote. I'll do a quick update. Last weekend I had the opportunity to go to Copan. Copan is about seven hours from here, and has an archaeological park with Mayan Ruins. It was a fun weekend, and I got to see yet another place in this beautiful country. I also went horseback riding for the first time ever. It was a little scary, but I am glad I did it.

This week I was back to work. I went house to house, checking school uniforms and measuring for new ones. I have also been trying to catch up on ministry e-mails, working on school census information, checking curriculum, etc. It amazes me that there always seems to be so much to do. Also, my car went in for repairs this week. It needed a lot of work, but I was amazingly blessed by a couple of donors that covered the entire cost for me. It's somewhat shocking when something like that happens, but it came at a time when I really needed it. God is so good. It was another example of His grace in my life.

Tomorrow night I will be covering a house of girls. I have stayed there many times before, so we should have a good evening together.

There is one other thing I can write about that I may not have mentioned before. One of my students, Nadetie, decided that she wanted to start an ESL (English as a Second Language) outreach to the community. I told her that if she put it all together, I would be the adult supervisor. Well lo and behold, she did! And a great job she did, too! The first week there were about seven kids that came to her class, and there were three other teenage girls from the ranch that came to help - Maria, Eleni, and Jhoselyn. I was unable to attend last weekend since I was in Copan, but the report I got said that about 25 kids from the community came! Originally, Nadetie wanted to do this for the adults. However, since she has had such a great response from the kids, that seems to be who will attend the classes. It is so exciting for me to see one of my kids take the initiative to implement an outreach to the community. It is an example of exactly what this ministry is all about - creating the next generation of leaders.

So there's a quick update on what's going on here. God is good and faithful, and I am constantly reminded of it!