Two cultures meet

Last night two cultures met and had a beautiful time together. The ladies of Abundant Life Bible Church in San Juan del Rio, Mexico and the ladies of Christ Community Church in West Chester, PA, joined together for a time of getting acquainted, doing a handwork project together, and OF COURSE, eating! The West Chester ladies brought a simple but lovely and fun handcraft, which our ladies LOOOVED.

Katie, shown here in the red T shirt, gave her testimony to our ladies. What a beautiful story of God's grace and mercy! One gal told me later that she TOTALLY related since she's been through much of the same in her life!

Marta, in the pink, accepted Jesus as her Savior while the West Chester team was here and as a result of their efforts! They were, of course, thrilled, and I'm thrilled that Marta continues to come, not just to this event, but to church. Pray for her as one of our ladies disciples her!

Kristin joined us and delighted in the fun handcraft! She enjoyed talking ENGLISH to the ladies from West Chestert!

L to r: Yadhira, Monica, Zaira and Claudia. Claudia is in a wheelchair, but has changed SO MUCH since I last saw her several months ago! She was suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, flat on her back in bed, not able to move even her feet or hands. She could do NOTHING for herself. Her two teen age daughters had to do EVERYTHING, which they resented and acted out in unkind ways. Now Claudia still uses her wheelchair and sometimes a walker to get around, but is able to do everything for herself, even walk up and downstairs! Her daughters, who left a few months ago, have decided to come home. She is a baby Christian who Monica is discipling, doesn't come often to church, so we're delighted when she does!


By the way, if you'd like to check out some photos of the team's activities over this past week - and they're worked HARD and LONG hours! - go to http://noothernameministries.blogspot.com/
I think you'll enjoy the pictures!