A Month of Gifts: House, Job, Ministry and Surprises
It’s been a crazy month. First things first. We finally found a house and moved in at the end of July. The Mennonite Mission had been renting the house and we just happened to stumble upon the search process. The owners only wanted missionaries to live in it and wanted to bless them with a reduce rent amount. As you all know, I am very happy to receive blessings from others! It is safe, modern, and close to the school where Danielle is teaching.
Speaking of Danielle, she began August 4 teaching fifth grade at Asuncion Christian Academy. Her class is a challenge, as is the 5:15 am alarm every morning. As with most Christian schools, materials and resources are a bit scarce, but she is rising to the challenge and her kids already love her to death. Please pray for her!
The field team here has approved the development of a resource center and fellowship of churches to which I will be dedicating my time. A different potential opportunity for me is a newly formed group of baby Christians that are in need of some teaching help. It is a great story. A simple mechanic working out of his house continually shared Christ with his clients. Over time, he led roughly 10 people to the Lord with another 10 that come weekly to his “Discover the Bible” meeting in his home. This Thursday, I will teach them from Romans 8:1 which of course is a great place to begin with any new Christian. I would love to develop the ministry and see the beginning of new church. But we shall see how God works. Please pray for the fellowship of churches, the resource center, and this new ministry opportunity.
So obviously we are not bored. Did I mention we bought a dog? Well, really a puppy. The fresh enthusiasm for a new dog has quickly turned to groans at the site of regular gifts left around the house for us to find. His name is Gabe. The problem is that you can’t end a word with a “B” in Spanish so Paraguayans call him gay. Sooo, that’s not going to work. We need a new name.
Pray for us these days as we seek to be useful in the Kingdom of God.
Scott
Scott & Dani:
Good to get your update. Sorry to hear your dog (or at least the Paraguyans) thinks it’s gay! We’ll pray for him and all of you as well.
I will pass the blog site onto others in our church whom I know have been praying for you and interested in the ministry the Lord has called you to.
Blessings in Christ!
Joel
You could always settle for the generic staple of “Fido” for the dog. Great to read of the Lord’s provision. Keep going! Praying for you in Ohio
Great to hear about the house and ministry opportunities.
Hilarious about the dog’s name “problem”. I can SO hear them say it, too.
Hugs,
Victoria
So glad that you found a house and were able to get settled in before school. You are on my missionary prayer list and love this new format although I always enjoyed your letters before too. Doug and Joan Wasson were here at our cottage the last two weeks. I don’t know if you know them but I know your folks do so you have been on my mind recently for that reason. Rick and family will be coming up for the holiday weekend. Keep up the good work! I will be especially praying for that small group Bible study. What a privilege! Rom. 8:1 is my favorite verse if I had to pick one. NO CONDEMNATION! Hallelujah!
Sincerely in Christ,
Judie Laven
Praise the Lord!!! May the Name of His Son be furthered greatly through you guys and the work He’s giving you to do. I’m so glad you have a house and that Dani is well into teaching. I’ll definitely be praying about the early mornings. Prayers also for the kids and for you, Scott, as they continue to adjust and as you step into these different Kingdom work possibilities (so exciting about the baby Christians!). Enjoy the dog, too (I think you should name him a cool name in Spanish, like zapato, cuz that’s such a funny word to say, even though shoes have nothing to do with dogs except that the like to chew them
). Love to you all!!
Praise the Lord for his blessings!!!!! I laughed pretty hard at your dog’s name….try the name Cuddles and see what how that goes over.
love and miss you all!
Dear Abby, we startid school and i ment a girl her name is Tevia. she is a mishnanare in Japan. she is staing for one year then shel go back to Japan for 4 to 5 years. this year I am in Mrs.Evans class. how is it in paragwae? is it fun?
Sincerle,
Hannah
ps I miss you!
Abby, you can email me to my mom at tammyabel@cedarville.edu.
Hannah