Texico - Fiesta and Sunday!

Saturday was an excellent day! We had a youth "Fiesta" (soon enough we are going to have a Siesta). Anyway...we started out singing some songs and then went and played some games, which was awesome. All the kids participated and we had a great time. After games we had a quick break and then broke up into groups for a counsel time. We spoke on the topic of purity (which is a huge topic for me now-a-days). We split up the girls and the guys. Robbie, Joe and I spoke on different topics for purity. I have no idea what the girls talked about other than speaking on the topic of purity and modesty.

After our breakout groups, we got back together, sang a few more songs, and then Robbie went over dating standards. The question came up a lot afterward about what to do if they were dating an unbeliever. It was interesting the reaction when I answered quite bluntly, "Breakup with them". The conversation was an interesting one, but we kept coming back to the Word of God and showing them what He has to say. It was an excellent time. Joe was able to talk with one of the youth kids. The talks on purity apparently were speaking right to him. He is going to break up with his girl-friend because of the path that he sees himself going down. It was encouraging to see almost immediate results like this.

Today, Joe and I taught two different Sunday Schools. I taught the first session on depression and it's affect on you. I covered the world's way of dealing with it (cutting, eating disorders, suicide, etc) and then covered the Biblical way (Philippians 4:4-11) of finding a way out of depression. Joe then covered having joy in difficult situations through the filling of the Spirit. We specifically decided to cover these topics because depression, suicide and cutting are very prevalent in the culture down here. As we found out later from the youth leader, a few kids are thinking about these things and one even hears voices in his head telling him things to do. Please pray for the youth here. Abi is the youth leader and he is also having a very hard month. He and his wife have been having nightmares and been having much oppression by what they believe are demons. Pray for Abi and that God would protect him and his family and give them strength and comfort.

Tonight a few of us shared our testimonies at the church. It was interesting because we had to go through translators. It went very well. The three girls, (Bethany, Lucinda, and Ashley) shared, and Robbie closed with a few thoughts.

Tomorrow, we get to sleep in a bit, and then we head back to the church and we are going to be doing some painting in the youth room. I'm looking forward to it, :-)

Prayer request:

• Abi and his family
• Continued openness of the youth
• Unity in the team (we've been quite unified the whole time, with many inside jokes already and we've been having a BLAST!
• Wisdom and strength
• Focus on God and that we would do all for His glory

Anyway, thank you for your prayers and support. I'm off to hang out with the team and chill at Robbie's house! :-).

In Christ,
Adam