9 For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.[a] 10 So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority. Col 2:9-10
September:
A month filled with visits from friends and, brothers and sisters from the USA. First we had the visit of a small team from NBBC in Texas. Connection with churches in the area of David were made as for future work on teaching the Word.
For more than 15 years Mike and Lisa have been
coming to Panama in diverse kind of trips, wether it medical, construction, evangelistic, women’s retreat etc, blessing in many ways the pastors and churches with whom the Lord have allowed us to serve. Also, being Mike a builder and Lisa a nurse but also his helper, they have blessed my home by repairing and building needed furniture, useful for the hosting of Bible teachers, missionaries etc. In this occasion they stayed with me for almost two weeks, building kitchen cabinets to a home that is used to host family, friends in the Lord and missionaries and also a few repairs at my house. My home has many years on it, therefore requires some repairs, Mike and Lisa have helped to make out of it, a more confortable home to be in and I am grateful for their unconditional love and friendship.
October - Bible Institute 16-20
The group that started with 42 participants have come down to 1/2. There are several reasons for this reduction in the number of participants, something we see as a natural thing to happen, is in some cases, lack of time, distance, family issues and moral issues, that have force some of them to stop coming.
One thing is for certain, our goal is not quantity,
although it is a joy, but quality in the ones coming, denoting commitment and determination on the continuity of their studies and desire to be better deliverers of the Message in a clear,
proper understanding of the Word. Through the early morning devotional we have been able to measure their improvement on the deliverance of the Message. One morning Bernabe shared with us how the students stayed until 3:00am sharing, asking and clarifying among themselves concepts, meanings and truths about the Doctrine of God, which is the module taught this time.
Getting to understand God as a Trino God and how He reveals Himself to us through is goodness, love, and other attributes, demands a responds from our side. As we shared the teachings with them the sense of gratitude, adoration and commitment grew in the class. I must say that this module has much more and we pray that in the coming months the participants desire to review the module grows stronger. We look forward to January 2020 for the next module, in the meantime our hearts will remain in prayers on their behalf, I will definitely go back to the module and review what we saw.
In this occasion we had a wonderful classroom, and flushing toilets! But no electricity, for the solar panel broke down, so we had to used a generator, praise the Lord.
Thanks so much for your company in prayers, we hope to get to see you down here sometime soon.
In Him and until He comes back again,
Talsy & David
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