Pier, Yorleni, Milady, Susana, Michel
Pier and his family all live in a very poor area called 'Los Diques La Reunion' and we have been having bible studies together for a while now. Some of their kids are studying English in their schools and often pick my brain for help with translations. As we move through doctrine, this family ask a lot of questions about God and the bible which is a good thing. One of the challenges I have faced here is getting them to read their bibles so that they can grow more quickly in Christ.
Please pray for us as we all have bible studies together. Satan doesn't like what is happening here because we now have two neighbors that have started attending. I just found out from this family that the grandmother, who is a Jehovah's Witness, is now coming against the meetings that were having. She told this family that she was going to lie to me and say that these family members took the bibles that I gave them and through them out into the street and into the mud puddles. She was going to lie about this so that I would turn away from giving bible studies to this family. Ephesians 6:12 has something to say about this as we see here:
Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Today on this 29th of Dec, I went to my bible study with Pier and his family in Los Diques. I have been faithfully doing this study in their house for some time now but haven't seen much fruit. Today, as we were chatting small talk, the mother Yorlene told me that she had been reading her bible mainly in Proverbs and felt convicted to go to some of her neighbors and make things right by asking for forgiveness of previous offenses. She said that she was a little nervous but followed through with it anyway and the neighbors received it well as they all forgave her. She told me that she now feels a wonderful peace that she didn't have before. It helps to motivate you to continue giving the word when you hear stories like this one.