John has a few helpers lined up

John and Pablo went to the village on Saturday morning. A few of the men they wanted to speak with were not there and another guy said "no"---- he did not have time to help. But, 2 ladies agreed to help with our stories. One is a believer and the other is not. John and Pablo will go back to talk with the men another time. They did not set a specific day to get started yet. They want it to be very organized and not a surprise when they show up. :-)

Pablo will be going out of town for a couple of weeks after VBS is over on Sunday. So, I'm not sure how much John will do while he's gone. I know we have a lot of "behind the scenes" type of work to prepare ahead of time for future stories, etc. I'm sure he'll be very busy.

Yesterday we ate in the home of another family here in town. He is from the village our friends are working in, but she is from our people group. Last week, John introduced him to the other man working in his language and village. They invited both of our families over for lunch yesterday so the men could discuss our work. He is going to be able to help our friend with stories now, so that should help him a lot. It is really hard to get people to help, but then also to get good stories out of them. Sometimes you have to scrap the ones you have several times until it's really what you need. Our friend has run into that problem some, so John wanted him to meet this guy. I think they're going to try to record one of his stories on Saturday.

Maybe I can work with the wife some later as a language helper. I don't have a lot of time for that as my family and home school is pretty time consuming and I have my other helper, but we'll see what hours she has free. It's hard to find a woman who has free time to help. They really stay busy here, as I do, and it can be a little more challenging to get our schedules to match. It's a lot easier for John to get with men any time of the day.