Fernando

Fernando with Dottie

I really need your prayers because I just cannot sleep. I am not worried about Dottie or Casa or anything else. I do not know if it is physical or just my age.

I was thinking yesterday after our staff breakfast that we are so blessed. There are 19 staff members who were raised at Casa. Two nurses, accountant, tech, kitchen, schoolteacher, dorm parents, etc. for a total of more than 20 young people raised at Casa.  

That does not include the helpers of the dorm parents. who are giving back. Outside of Casa there are many working in other ministries. So, it is foolish not to sleep well.

Today, Sunday, my lesson was poor because I could not remember well. Getting older is a bummer.

Matthew 16:16 says, “And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art THE CHRIST, the Son of the living God.”    “Matthew 16:20 says, “Then charged He His disciples that they should tell no man that He was Jesus THE CHRIST.” ChrIst is CHRISTOS which means “anointed”.

Jesus commended Peter for his recognition of Him as God´s Anointed One. Jesus charged His disciples to keep quiet about His messiahship because the Jewish people expected their messiah to be a military and political champion. They thought He would rally the people, raise an army, deliver their nation from Roman tyranny, and restore Israel to its glory days.