Neighborhood Conversations

Also the next time we met with David, David was telling us that Oscar has no interest in other books other than the bible, and in fact, for school, Oscar is doing a book report on the bible. David said that Oscar told him, “Ever since I first started reading the bible, I have felt this peace while reading it that I haven’t had anywhere else.”

“I really liked what you were saying. It touched my heart.”

Jude and I showed up that night to meet up with Jessie and Josue. I had just given Jesse a Bible the night before and he had read 16 chapters from the book of John overnight.

“I am never at home, so it is surprising that you talked to me today.” It was rare to catch him at home and outside, but this is right where God wanted him to be.

December 2022 Conversation. Salvador is the Spanish word for Savior. Jakin and I were knocking on doors last evening and we met a young man named Salvador. We first asked if we could pray for him and he said, “yes, please pray for a better year next year.” This man spoke English so God allowed me to share more than I normally share with Spanish conversations. I started asking…

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I have a purpose here…. Grace and I (Laura) went up to house of a Mexican Christian lady, Lily, who quickly agreed to prayer and brought her 3 beautiful daughters out to pray for them. Two of them were struggling with depression and thoughts of killing themselves. The one girl, Nicole, was 12yrs old and had completely lifeless eyes and had to be coerced into going…

I was living under a rock… Bekah and I (Jude) knock on a door, and a teenage girl answers the door, we pray for her. By the end of the conversation, there is another person there, a guy named David. He is the same age as I am (16 years old), and we had a great conversation. He is a Christian, and he is the only Christian in his family. His parents do not like it when he shares his faith, and he was very happy to…

Just show up… Many times, in the past I have battled my sinful flesh when it comes to simple obedience. I remember times where I was just off and my body was telling me, “You need to take a break, you need to rest, you have had a long day, take time for yourself, you don’t need to go to that Bible study tonight.” Am I alone in this? Sometimes I…

I (Ryan) met a young man named Rafael. He admitted he was a backslider. The term means that you used to go to church and you use to pursue God and a life of faith. But now you are not. I encouraged him and implored him to…