It has been a hard few days. It can be a roller coaster when you are ministering to broken people with difficult pasts. Just yesterday one of the men we have been helping out as a church decided to leave town. He struggles with alcoholism and had recently come out of a rehab centre. Well he fell off the wagon again, lost his job because of it and decided that he was getting on the bus and leaving town. So he did. I am not sure where he went or if or when he is going to come back. Please pray for him!
On another front, the Tuesday and Thursday bible studies are going well. Tuesday nights I (Lane) get together with a young married couple who I met at the gym, they both work at that gym. They approached me and started asking questions etc and so one thing led another and now each Tuesday night we go through a basic discipleship book. They have many questions and it is fun to see them discover truths in the bible, especially as those truths relate to their marriage – they have been married for one year.
The Thursday night bible study consists of University students from our church. There are about 8-9 each Thursday night and we are studying “Experiencing God” Henry Blackaby. The study has been really good. I knew they would benefit from it greatly as I did the study some 10 years ago or so, but this is my first time leading this study, in Spanish none the less! Their eyes are being opened to how God leads in their lives and how they are to respond to him.
Please pray for the things mentioned above and one more as well. I am in the process of turning the leadership of the Youth Drop In Centre we run over to the University students. Last Friday was the first time that they were in charge of it and there were some rough spots. I guess that is to be assumed. Please pray that they would “own” this ministry and not wait for someone else to do what needs to be done, but rather take it upon themselves to do it as for the Lord. There are 6 of them on the leadership committee.
Thanks so much for your prayers! We are grateful!
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