I am working with Women's Ministry in the church, so if you have any ideas, please send them my way. We have Women's Ministry meeting every Wednesday! For me, it seems like a lot, but the women are enjoying it. We are doing a series of lessons on Friendship. So the first week I was in charge completely (because the first week I was in charge, it wasn't completely because it was the last week of a Bible quiz competition between the women on the book of Esther), I made a jigsaw puzzle. On the picture side were three silohuettes (a teenage girl, an adult woman, and an elderly woman). When everyone came, they received a puzzle piece. I had them put their name on the back of their piece. There were 48 pieces and only 12 women, so I then had them try and place their piece where they thought it should go (I forgot my camera...sorry!).It made a horrible picture! So, then I gave them the rest of the pieces, and they got busy putting it together. I had to give them the hint that the scripture around the edge of the puzzle was Ecclesiastes 4:10, about two are better than one because if one falls the other can help him up...It took about 30 minutes to get it all together. Then, we talked about how a puzzle is like our group of ladies...1. We make a pretty picture, 2. We come with different and unique shapes (talents and gifts), 3. We may have missing pieces that we need to search for, 4. We need to accept the broken and damaged pieces and help them be restored, 5. We have many pieces...We looked up scriptures to go with each one of the 5 things...The following week, we looked more into the passage in Ecclesiastes (4:1-12), and some of the ladies who come regularly, but don't participate usually, participated.
This coming week, we are going to talk about enjoying our differences, and we are going to disassemble the puzzle, write the names of the ladies of the church who are not attending, and if we still have pieces, the names of friends and neighbors who are not Christians, and then the ladies are going to draw pieces from the basket to take home and pray for the ladies whose name is on the back of the pieces. I will try to remember to get a picure of the puzzle before we disassemble it this week. Like I said above, if you have any ideas, please send them my way!
This past Thursday, Friday, and today, we (Sixto and I) went to Moyobamba to the district pastor's retreat. We were officially presented to the district pastors. Many of them didn't know Sixto because he has only been on this district since November. We have internet tonight, because when we got back to Juanjui, there were no cars to Campanilla, so we are in a hospedaje here in Juanjui. I am in a room on the fourth floor, and he on the third, enjoying a little internet time.
God bless, and please continue to pray for us, the work in Campanilla, and the adventures yet to come!
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| I remembered to take a picture!!!!!! |
