On Sunday, we attended a church in Querétaro that has English services. The name of the Church is Rosa de Saron (Rose of Sharon). They have Spanish services as well, but the English service is mostly attended by other missionaries who speak English. We are very excited to get to know more of the people and hopefully get involved in some of the Bible Studies as we continue to learn Spanish. The church does not have a regular Pastor at this time and have had different people week to week fill in. This week the speaker was Scott Yingling, a missionary/church planter with CAM International. He and his family live in San Juan del Rio which is about 30-45 minutes from here.
Alma and Lupita preparing carrots to juice
Sabino, Chave, Maricela and Gustavo on break from football practice
Rogelio snatched my sunglasses and Ira cheers him on
Ira passing out "dulce" candy to Erik and Tadeo
The group is small and the services are very informal. There are always visitors since some missionaries are here anywhere from 1 week to several years. As we went around and everyone introduced themselves and why they were in Querétaro, I started to question my role in the Kingdom of God. Some were there to teach in seminary schools, others are church planters, some do music and are coordinating choirs while some do Christian counseling, etc. My question was, "Am I really a disciple for Christ?" God quickly reminded me of scripture~the inspired writings by God Himself~alive and active. 1 Corinthians 12:12 One Body, Many Parts
We all combine to make the body of Christ and do service. Some of the parts are external and seen and some internal and unseen. However, they all have a function and actually the body parts unseen can be the real heartbeat of the ministry. When a Pastor has to prepare his sermons, do visitation, funerals and meditate the spirit, most of the time we forget that he has the time and is able to do so because he has a wife that makes his meals, looks after the kids, cleans the house. That is just an example but I really felt like I should say thank you to everyone who contributes to the service of God. Whatever you do, it is important!! We are the Body and I am so thankful that I have tongues, toes, ears helping me in addition to hearts.
I am sorry that so much time has gone between my posts. I kept putting it off until I could have time to sit and write and as usual a day turned into a week then turned into 2 weeks. I am sure many of you can relate. I wanted to post some pictures that relate to how the body of Christ works together for His service. Construction is progressing at the school and soon I will post an update on the new Youth Group that started this past Saturday.
preparing to finish the edges of the roof of the new school addition
transferring the bricks to the roof~team work
Melchor soaking the bricks
mowing the grass
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