Monday, September 03, 2007
Last week I visited a local public high school that has night classes for people that work during the day. They only have English class once a week, taught by a Paraguayan teacher who spelled John “Jonh.” I have been invited to come tomorrow and teach them a song in english, I am considering “He’s got the whole world in his hands.” A guy from our church teaches ethics him and though him a lot of the students have heard the gospel message and also become connected with our church. When they were convering the topic of addictions, our friend Adilson who spent 7 years going in and out of prison, shared his testimony with the class. Upon arriving he recognized a face and the two guys proceded to have a conversation in Guarani. Later when I asked who it was, Adilson replied “oh, I stabbed his brother and almost killed him.” It was amazing to witness the reconciliation that had taken place! We also invited the kids to come to our youth camp in the beginning of October. One thing I love about how in Paraguay people are so open to hearing testimonies and getting to know people, because the whole culture is based on relationships. Who knows, people may have eaten the carrots just to show that they liked me and didn’t want to offend me.