John had a chance to share

After our little 4th of July party tonight, John was outside and our landlord came over. He's a young man about 30 years old. They talked for a while and then he started to ask a few questions that led to spiritual things. John asked him if he had a Bible and he said no. John gave him one with a simple modern translation until he can get him a nicer Bible. He explained to how to use it and a little about how it was set up and what it was about. "R" had no idea what the difference was in the Old Testament and the New Testament or anything about the Bible. He is open to studying the Bible with John, so we'll be praying and will see how that goes.

I think he really likes and respects John because he comes over and talks to him a lot. He's the one who rode with John on the 9-hour trip to get internet in our house when we first moved in. He also arranged for his friend's parents to be our language helpers.

(Of course, once again I look like the anti-social one. You know how I joke about our Mary/Martha relationship! LOL John spends hours talking to people and I'm behind the scenes cleaning up or preparing for something. Tonight, he got to be Mr. Social (Mary)and I (Martha) spent 2 hours cleaning up from our party and helping the kids. The neighbors actually said they thought I didn't speak spanish when we first moved in because I was in the house unpacking, working on our schooling, etc. and John would just sit and talk to people. They thought I stayed inside because I couldn't talk! Oh well. At least one of us looks like we like people. haha They just don't get it why I don't sit outside my house all day and watch people go by and talk to anyone who passes. I do try to go out some and do that in the evenings, but I can't for hours like they do every day.)

But, back to the main focus here: it was a great opportunity for John to talk to "R" and we'll pray God will use this to begin speaking to his heart.