As always, the music at Iglesia Bautista Vida Nueva, Guatemala City, is uplifting. I have really come to appreciate singing Christian music in Spanish. My new favorite song from the worship service, "Tu Reinas" (You Reign) is by Rojo, a Christian band from Mexico. The music is beautiful and the words are amazing: telling us that Christ is the lamb and victor; he is seated on the throne and reigning with all authority. Pastor Nelson has been preaching powerful messages from 1 Corinthians. This week he preached from Chapter 3 and challenged the church (and us) to "grow up" and move beyond the "milk" of the word.
After church, we had the pleasure of taking the Rivas family (Pastor Nelson, Rosemarie and their 4 daughters), Nancy and Christina to lunch. It was a great time of fellowship; and, as usual, Stephen had the girls laughing most of the time.
By the time we headed back to Antigua it was raining, which makes the drive even more difficult. We dropped Nancy and Christina off about 5:00 and headed back to the house for a brief rest. At 6:00 we drove to Jocotenango to pick up Siria, Stephen's other teacher, and her two boys, Louis and Alejandro. Although we weren't very hungry, the boys helped us make quick work of a giant pizza. Stephen and I both had to smile when Louis ordered a hot chocolate with his pizza and Alejandro ordered coffee with cream.
We finally made it home for the evening at 8:15! It was a long day with lots of driving, but well worth the effort.
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