Alvaro preached for me.

Daniela, Febe and Boche came to church. I love whe older kids return to hear the Word.

Sunday I was set to preach on the importance of prayer. But I woke up ill and Alvaro preached in my place. I have not been this ill in years.

Prayer keeps wickedness from your heart. It helps you listen and obey God´s Word. Keeps you humble. Leads you to a forgiving spirit. Helps you hear the cry of the poor.

Jeremy is staying another week, and we have folks coming in this week as we approach graduation and quenceaneras. I will not be an escort for the first time in 36 years as Fernanda is still ill and unable to leave the hospital.

34% of marriages end in divorce. 17,000,000 of children in the USA do not live with their family. Ten of every 60 women attending church are abused verbally in their home and 30% are abused physically.

Orlando is on vacation so he and Quique are going to try and clean the upstairs where Dottie and I lived so the board can use it for other purposes.

Febe, Bubba, Boche, Daniela and others came for the service o Sunday.

Another name for the Holy Spirit is HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE and is used only once in the Bible and that is in Ephesians 1:13, “In whom you also trusted, after that you heard the Word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that you believed, you were sealed with that HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE.”

During Jesus´s early ministry among God´s people, He renewed the promise of God the Father when He told them that He would send another COMFORTER to them after He has ascended to His Father. His Spirit would fill them with power so they could continue to work through the church after He was gone. John 14:15. And Acts 1:8. These promises were fulfilled on the Day of Pentecost. He is the Spirit of Promise because of what He provides Christians through all generations.