Day Two of Visitations in Nicaragua

We had a wonderful day of labor in Christ today. They really put to work and made the most of our time and energy. They paired me with my roomate Paul and took us two with a couple of local church members to visit more homes. We had visitations throughout the morning, afternoon, and evening.

***In the morning time ***

We went with a church member named Carlos, who appears to own the building where he runs a store and his son runs a law ofice. Carlos took us on visitations through the adjacent neigborhood. He led us to various houses in the neighborhood where he introduced us to the people living there and together we shared the gospel with them.

At the first house a Jehovah's Witness lady spoke us. We prayed for her.

Went then went around the corner to a house with an older woman and her daughter, who was the mother of a young girl. Both women prayed to receive Christ, and Paul gave crayons to the little girl before we left.

Walked back to Carlos's property. He took us with two men into the law office there and we shared gospel with them. Both received. One was 60, one 53.

Finally, we walked across the main street there areshared with two young men, one of which had a problem with his hand. Both of those prayed to receive Christ.

*** Afternoon ***

Wealthier young woman across street from Oscar, whose wife is a the church member( They have 2 parrots and German Shepher mixes.) We witnessed to the young woman and her son and daughter. All three prayed together after hearing the gospel. The woman's face was filled with joy afterward and I undertood her saying what a special sensation she felt (or was feeling) at that time.

We went across street and entered some sort of travel agency out of a house where they some kind of a cult worship room. We prayed before and after for God's protection. 5 deciones, 2 women, 3 men at that place.

Met with old widdower whose wife had died four months prior. I tried to invite him to church that evening/week but he was afraid to go out on his own from home.

Walked down to a corner shop in the neighborhood where 3 guys were. The first customer said he wanted to here the message, so we bagan sharing with a total of 3 men. All three made deciones for Christ and prayed with us.

We went to another nice house in Oscar's neighborhood owned by his mother-in-law and spoke with the man is who is renting it. The whole neigborbood was relatively well-off. The man we met there seemed proud and disinterested at first. Eventually he prayed to receive Christ, but still had internal struggles with the concept of salvation by grace through faith. He did, however, consider it a sign when the strong wind came suddenly and shook the house and rain came with it. It occurred immediately after he finished praying to receive Christ. They said it had not rained there in Managua for 2 or 3 months prior to that happeing. It was certainly the first rain I have seen here.

*** Evening ***

Yesterday I was asked if I would share my personal testimony in front of the church at the 6pm service this evening. I wasn't really prepared, but I was willing to. Thankfully I was later asked if I could go out this evening during the service for a few more visitations to reach people that could not be reached during the day. Paul and I glady accepted!

We first shared the gospel this evening with a young couple at house near church where Leonardo lived. We gave a Bible to the young lady who prayed to receive Christ, but the young man seemed unready.

We finally drove to another middle-classneighborhood where we shared with the brother-in-law of a young man named Denis ("DEH-neese") who worked with us this week. The man Franklin that we came to visit seemed very proud and disinterested, but he agreed to hear us and ultimately to pray with us. Still, we left without feeling that a real change of heart had occurred. Denis's older sister (the man's wife) was there. After hus husband left, she spome to us passage from the Bible about how God's Word does not return void. Crayons were given to their son by Paul, and we left a Bible for Franklin.

Paul and I only caught a glimpse of the evening service but I was told by another team member at the hotel this eveing that a sick man that I had prsented the gospel to via the Evangecube the day before had come tonight and went forward at the invitation. That was unexpected because he said he ws having health problems including pain involving his liver that nade it a potential problem for him to come this week.

Praise God for the amazing work he is doing here in Nicaragua. I am so grateful to be a small part of it, and I thank everyone who has been praying for me and for the people that we are reaching this week with the good news of salvation from sins unto eternal life in Jesus Christ!