so many are so ready

Sorry we've been off with our updating. Monday Matt started to feel a cold coming on, Tuesday he was sick, and today I've been sick...nothing major, just some fever and coughing and general not feeling well. It is still SO hot here, and when you have a fever, man...feels like the sun is hanging out on our roof!

But, we're trying to get lots of rest, and life goes on! Today was week 2 of evangelism training for Matt, in which Met Son taught he and 25 students some more evangelistic methods that have seemed to work well here culturally. Matt and I both took different courses in college about evangelism, but it has been interesting to learn about what works well HERE. It's also been fun to be involved in something as participants, instead of leading.

Last week, in an effort to get going on "taking the Word out into Haiti", Matt drove down the road to the house of an elderly blind woman, the mother of one of the employees at the Seminary. Matt asked her about the Bible, and she told him that since she began to lose her sight, she's lost the Bible as well.

So, Matt started last week just by reading Mark 1 to her, and by the time he finished, her entire family and parts of the community had gathered around to hear (the first time many of them had seemed to have heard the Bible.) Afterwards, Matt prayed for her, and they talked for a bit.

Today Matt headed back, this time with two new missionaries and one of the Seminary students. They read Mark 2 and Mark 3, this time to an even larger group, and as the woman had requested, Matt spent a little bit of time after each chapter explaining the context and themes and its application for our lives.

Matt's been blown away by how interested everyone is in this, and how excited everyone was becoming today as he explained what the Scripture was saying. Afterwards, they prayed for Edlin's mother again, and another woman asked for prayer as well.

No handouts and no promises...just the Bible and prayer and a little bit of time...we're excited to see what an impact just the Scripture is going to have on this area.

Thanks for your continued prayers! So many are so ready for our Jesus!