We were able to get three language sessions in this week. Laureano was around until Wed. morning so we had two more evening sessions with him. After that, we were back to visiting different families here in the community trying to find a replacement for Laureano. He had suggested a cousin of his that lives in this area. She is living here with two of her sisters and a husband. We kept trying to visit her but there never seemed like a good time to talk to her about being a language helper and we never met her husband. We didn't like trying to set up this work with her at our house mainly with Brad without at least talking to her husband, so that is a no go so far.
There is a family here that we have visited quite a bit and they are willing to come to our house now and again. The husband seems at least interested in trying the work of language helper. They actually all came Friday afternoon. I visited with the wife and 4 kids while the husband had a language session with Brad in the office. It went okay, but we can see that him bringing his whole family is going to discourage him from being regular. Already he said that he would come yesterday and was a no show. For some reason, the Ash see the language help as a whole family affair. We ran into this in Brazil too. So, instead of just the dad coming when he can, the whole family has to get ready and come together...a much bigger task for them to obtain. We won't give up on him yet, and hope to visit them at their house today to see how he would feel about coming without his family every time. It's tough to push it too hard though as he works hard for the municipalidad out in the sun all morning and into the early afternoon, so by the time he is free to come for a two hour language session with Brad, he is pretty tired. Also, that is the hottest part of the day in our house which makes it doubly hard to focus.
So, it seems we need a young man who doesn't have a lot of commitments in other areas and who could maybe even come in the morning. We know this is not a big issue for the Lord so we are putting it in His hands and trusting that God will bring the right language helper for us for the time that we are here in Puerto Breu. Thanks for joining in with us praying about this.
-Rebecca
*the photo is of Brad and Laureano having a language session at our house
There is a family here that we have visited quite a bit and they are willing to come to our house now and again. The husband seems at least interested in trying the work of language helper. They actually all came Friday afternoon. I visited with the wife and 4 kids while the husband had a language session with Brad in the office. It went okay, but we can see that him bringing his whole family is going to discourage him from being regular. Already he said that he would come yesterday and was a no show. For some reason, the Ash see the language help as a whole family affair. We ran into this in Brazil too. So, instead of just the dad coming when he can, the whole family has to get ready and come together...a much bigger task for them to obtain. We won't give up on him yet, and hope to visit them at their house today to see how he would feel about coming without his family every time. It's tough to push it too hard though as he works hard for the municipalidad out in the sun all morning and into the early afternoon, so by the time he is free to come for a two hour language session with Brad, he is pretty tired. Also, that is the hottest part of the day in our house which makes it doubly hard to focus.
So, it seems we need a young man who doesn't have a lot of commitments in other areas and who could maybe even come in the morning. We know this is not a big issue for the Lord so we are putting it in His hands and trusting that God will bring the right language helper for us for the time that we are here in Puerto Breu. Thanks for joining in with us praying about this.
-Rebecca
*the photo is of Brad and Laureano having a language session at our house
