The Smith Connection

We recently learned that two of our church families, Jesus & Monica and Mauricio & Jessica, had to keep their place in line for a whole week in order for their children to get into the public kindergarten. There were a total of 100 places in two different public kindergartens for over 200 kids that needed a place, so the parents started getting in line a week before the spots were to be given on a first-come-first-serve basis. During the week the parents took turns guarding their spots, but the night before the school handed out the placement papers, all the parents had to be in line all night to keep others from cutting in. Of course they are just thankful to have a place to send their kids to school. Some areas of the world don't have that. Sometimes I think we are not as thankful as we should be for all that the Lord has blessed us with, and how good we truly have things. We thank the Lord that both of our church families were able to get a place for their children.

Monica with her daughter, Daniela, in their line. Mauricio and Jessica with their two boys, Fabricio and Luciano.

The area where these two families live is just exploding in population, and there are insufficient schools to meet the population demands. We have a total of four families in our church who live in this area of Cerrito Colorado, and our plan, Lord willing, is to help start a new work in this area when we return from our home assignment. There is very little gospel presence in the area. PLEASE PRAY!

Part of Cerrito Colorado. Mauricio and Jessica live in the enclosed community pictured above.