Beth's Return Visit

For those who are keeping up with Beth's blog this will be old news. But, I'm including it anyway for those of you who don't know about her blog. I suggest you look it up though. It's neat to see things through a Kiwi's point of view. The address to her blog is ecuadorexperience.blogspot.com.

Yesterday Beth and I made arrangements to go out in service together. Actually this is my first real week of getting back in the swing of things since the surgery. We had a nice morning door to door and at 10:00 Beth made arrangements to call back on a woman she contacted last week. We were hoping that Esperanza would be home, but who knows for sure these days. We knocked on the door and guess what? Esperanza invited us in and had her bible ready for us to start the study. She told her that her husband had carried the Bible Teach book with him to work so I shared my book. (So cool that the Husband is reading it, too!) Esperanza has an adorable 1 1/2 year old little girl named Amelia. Of course, my first thought was that Amelia probably wouldn't be quiet long enough for us to study. However, Esperanza is an amazing mother who is training her daughter very well. Beth gave Amelia the Great Teacher book and immediately Esperanza told her not to tear or damage the book. And she was very careful and very obedient. In fact, she was quiet the entire hour of our study.

Beth did an amazing job conducting the study. She has only been learning Spanish a short time but is able to communicate. At one point, seeing that she was getting flustered, I told her to breath and relax. She did and she was able to get through the study with no problems. Esperanza seems very interested and invited us back next week. What a great morning.

This reminds me how wonderful it is to live in Ecuador serving where the "need is great" and how Jehovah's spirit helps us even with our limited language skills. But, no mater what our circumstances or where we live, He wants people to learn about Him and serve Him. All we have to do is make ourselves available and He will do the rest.