We woke up at six this morning to a temperature of 84 degrees! Hello summer! Yesterday our thermometer read 104, and today at about 1:00 it read 99 (in the shade). The news has the temps between 105 and 115 today. This is unusually warm for us in June; we usually enjoy "June Gloom" which follows "May Gray" where we have fog in the early morning which keeps the temperatures down. Residents of Southern California and Baja California love the May and June weather, but visitors looking for sunny days at the beach are sometimes disappointed. The closer you are to the beach the longer it takes for the fog to burn off. Some days the coast is fogged in all day. But this year we have had several days of over 100 degree weather in both May and June. We are begining to wonder what August and September will be like!
Scott is teaching a course on Evangelism and Discipleship at the Bible Institute this month. His class starts at 4:00 and ends at 8:00pm. I got a call today, just before 4:00 from Scott asking me to please bring a fan for his classroom. I loaded up our big "Hurricane Force" fan and drove the block to the Emanuel Church where the institute is located. Very excited students came to help me unload, but they quickly noticed there was only one fan. "You don't have any more fans you could lend us for the other class room?" they asked. So I made one more trip with two smaller fans.
Scott really loves teaching this particular class, discipleship and evangelism are two of his passions. He is excited to have a part in training men and women to be lay leaders. Giving them practical experiences; like writing and sharing their testimony, and begining evangelistic home Bible studies with their family or neighbors, is an important part of this course. Please pray for the pastors and missionaries with the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Mexico as they teach at the Bible Institute. Pray also for the students, many wish to be lay leaders in their churches, or evangelists at new missions. The pastors and missionaries would like to set up a mentoring program to help the students get even more practical experience and hands on learning.
Two of the students will be attending the Reformed Presbyterian Seminary in Mexico City this fall, to further their studies and prepare for full time service. Pray especially for these two young people, Diamandy and Tito.
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