El Comedor Prayer Requests

This is a blog I've been meaning to write for a while, but just haven't gotten around to it. The "soup kitchen" that I help with had a break over the Christmas holiday (like everything else). When we met again after the New Year, I cam to learn that we had been "kicked out" of our normal meeting place. We had been meeting in a community center and the people in charge of the center decided that Cecilia, the lady in charge of the Comedor, was trying to take over the community center (she used it every day to serve lunch to the kids and then Sat to help host the Bible study). So we had a surprise when we showed up our first Saturday back and couldn't meet in our regular place, but in a garage...very small (about 1/4 of our regular size). We weren't really sure what God's purpose was in this. Why would be kicked out of a large meeting place and be forced into a small hole in the wall that didn't fit everyone. We trusted that God had a purpose. It turned out that purpose was to get us into our own space much faster.

Last year they were able to buy a plot of land, but the land had nothing...grass and dirt. Last week, Keith, the mission working closely with Cecilia, got a temporary structure built so last Saturday we were able to meet together in our very own place!! When we thought about it, we knew that if we continued to be able to use the Community Center, we would be in no hurry to get the property built up. We had a great place to meet, so there wouldn't have been any hurry in getting something new done. Yet, by being kicked out and forced into tiny quarter, has made it necessary to get our place built. There is still a lot that needs to be done, but at least we are now where no one can kick us out! The kids have a place to call their own. God's love and Word can be spread to them all!! Praise God!

Please continue to pray for the Comedor ministry. There are many kids with rough backgrounds and not a strong Christian influence daily. Pray that we can be effective in our 1 hour a week Bible Study. Pray that the construction would get done so we have an effective/efficient place to work and study and more children and parents can come to know the love of Jesus Christ and accept His perfect Gift!!