Our church meeting was so good yesterday. Ricky shared about Jesus being la Pan de la vida, the bread of life. Food, and to eat, is a necessity that we cannot live without (on the long term). Just a few hours after we eat, we get hungry again. And without bread, hunger can lead to death. Jesus fills us with living bread, salvation and eternal life, and when we partake of it, we will never have hunger or die again.

Someone recently asked me why Jesus spoke in parables, which many didn't understand or needed Him to explain. If he spoke directly wouldn't it have furthered his fame even faster? I think that if the most intellectuals, the pharisees, couldn't understand his parables it was because they were too puffed up to understand. While on the other hand, the simple-minded could grasp what was being told. I believe that he spoke using parables so that it would lift up the low and bring low those who were puffed up. Parables about the bread of life or the harvest or some seeds being sewn, makes so much sense to a simple Quechua people. Using parables makes all the difference for them to see and understand what Jesus was trying to say.

There were four people who went forward to pray to follow Christ this past Sunday. We had 7 new visitors too. There were nearly 30 adults in attendance. While numbers is NOT our main focus nor our goal is to have a large church, we are encouraged that the church continues to grow and for the new believers.

We are busy this week preparing for a short-term team who is coming from CCV in California. They will have only a few days to work, so we hope to make the most of it.