How does a missionary know when it's time to move along in a ministry? Recently in one small community where we have gone weekly for Bible study with adults and children, we decided to throw in the towel, so to speak. In the beginning we had been invited to have Bible study in a home. The man and wife called in their neighbors and friends. For a while there was a good number. I started staying outside with some of the children and playing some games and having a small lesson. Those children called their cousins and friends. Before long there was a good-sized group of kids. They would arrive early and began to bug the lady of the house for water and even snacks. She got tired of them and told them all to go away. She still wanted us to have Bible study for the adults, but she didn't want all those kids coming early to her house. It was quite the sticky situation. For a while Byron would go to her house, and I would round ...
Just a mama trying to bloom where she is planted in the dry Northeast of Brazil.