We will try to get you caught up to date in case you aren't able to follow us on facebook.
Since last time, we had the church dedication, our summer trip to the states, and are now on to our summer outreaches and events.
The dedication was a very hot day but a very fun day. Friends from all over came to be there and just rejoice and thank the Lord for providing us this building, and to be there to support us in just dedicating it to whatever God wants to use it for. It has already been a huge blessing to our small but growing church family here, everyone really feels at home here. In a few weeks we will be recieving the ac units for the main room (only have it in the kids room right now), and everyone will be blessed by that!
We also have a few new things happening. We have a new missionary moving up here to Nago, Joel Coronado, who is also Eder's best friend from college. We are excited! We are hoping to get some bible classes started so the locals can come and study the Word in depth.
Also, we have a friemd from the states who is heading up here to do some ministry with us for a few weeks. We are doing a kids VBS and then a youth outreach, and taking him around the island.
We ALSO have another joining us, but not until the new year. Diaz kid #2 is due to arrive January 1st!!! We are so excited!!!
We also can't believe how fast this year has gone, because Elena is turning 2 in October. It goes by in a blink. We feel so blessed and are trying to just enjoy and cherish every second we get with her.
On Wednesday nights we are going through the book of Exodus, where the children of Israel have left their captivity in Egypt and are traveling through the desert. They don't have awesome circumstances (in a dry desert with no food or water), and they start worrying and then start complaining. But what they kept forgetting (even though God provided everything they needed) was that God was so much bigger than what was around them. He gave them water from a rock, He gave them quail in the evenings and manna in the mornings, every day without fail.
It's encouraging to know that God takes care of His people. He takes care of those who follow Him.
Sometimes, we don't know how we are going to pay our rent. Or we don't know what we will be able to eat for dinner because we are out of money and are eating the last of the food in the house.
But, every time, every day; God provides. Not once have we skipped a meal. Every time we couldn't pay something, we recieved money from out of no where.
Money is a hard thing not to worry about, especially with a family to take care of. And we have worried about things. And when we did, we got stressed, even sick. But everytime we took it to God and said "okay Lord, we trust You. We KNOW you are good, we KNOW You are big. Take care of us, provide for us. We will trust You to do what we cannot." He came through.
We just do what we can, and let God take care of the rest.
Our prayer requests:
-health (stay healthy/not get sick)
-relationships with friends/people at church
-preparing Elena to be a big sister
-baby's health/amanda to have healthy pregnancy/easy and quick labor
-new missionary (find apartment/work and ministry)
-growth in language
-vision for ministry
