Leaning on the Everlasting Arms: The Brothers

Friday, April 13, 2012

The Brothers

I wasn't feeling well and asked Manuel to lead Boys Night last week. He decided to use some Bible Story Flash Cards and have the boys each select a card and tell or act out the story. He did a good job of listening and encouraging. It was a fun night.

Why doesn't he lead every Saturday night? I would LOVE it and I think he can, but he is reluctant sometimes. Although God has brought him a long way from not being able to read at all to reading the CEV version of the Bible with a little help, he doesn't think he can teach from the Bible. He likes to dramatize stories, but we know the Chronological Bible stories through and through. Manuel is watching the ASL Bible DVD some evenings on his own. We need to find a way he can, with prayer, jump from his "watching the Bible" to leading a lesson about it. It will take some planning, some dedication, and lots of dependence on God's guidance. I would really like to see him just totally take over the leadership of the Boyz Night lesson. On Thursday night at dinner we talk about what topic and verse to use. Sometimes I feel it is such a hard "push" when I would rather it flowed and he just jumped at the ideas God would give him about the verse or topic. Maybe I just need to create a vacuum and he will fall into it. Maybe that's why Paul never stayed anywhere very long.

Alejandro and Edgar. Alejandro is totally bored with anything serious so he salts our Bible Study evening with lots of clowning around. Edgar is growing in his walk with the Lord. Praise God that he is learning to make choices and not just follow the leader who seems more powerful.

Luis comes all the way form San Jose on a bus and sleeps overnight with one of his three aunts in Orange Walk. He wants to be baptized in May. Pray that he can keep his commitment to the Lord even when no one is watching.

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Things I Love About Belize

EVERY meeting begins with prayer, whether it is a Town Council Meeting, a school function, or the National Spelling Bee.
No matter where you go, there is always someone you know who is greeting you with a smile and a wave.
The zillion stars in the sky.
When my car fell into an uncovered drain and I could not go forward or back... within 3 minutes 6 men came running to help and lifted the car up and out! Not that I would pull the stunt to have six men come running (smile)... but I have been saved more than once!
When something breaks, like the rubber gasket on the bottom of the tank behind my toilet and water was flowing everywhere, or when the dog chewed through my garden hose while I was at school and water sprayed over the fence and into the street, there is always a neighbor who is ready to come to the rescue and fix the problem.

About this Ministry

How did I end up in Belize?
In 2004 a Belizean family asked me to come to Belize to teach their deaf son and possibly other deaf children for the summer. We expected about six children but were surprised by fifty-two adults and children who came to our three week ASL workshop. God walked with me and led me each day. In so many ways God empowered me and encouraged me. When it was time to return to the US and my full time teaching job there, I felt God calling me to plan to return to Belize to start a Deaf Church. I returned the following August (2005) to start a church and teach the Deaf children at St. Peter's Anglican School here in Orange Walk. Since then God's hand on this ministry has been beyond my wildest dreams. This blog is a dialogue on the journey. I hope it shows God's power and presence in the lives of those who commit to following in Jesus' footsteps to build the Kingdom. I pray over each entry hoping it encourages others to "step out of the boat" and take risks to answer God's call in their lives.