Dear Wallenstein family,
There are exciting things happening at church these days. We wish you could be here and see and feel how it is at church on Sundays. It feels like the church is bursting at the seams. The last few Sundays we have filled our church to its limits and taxed social distancing as much as possible. It’s a good problem to have, right?
Carlos and Felipe (the elders at our church) have been doing Bible studies twice a week in a gated community close to Bastion where they meet with a group of Venezuelans who are hungry to learn about the word of God. A good group of them have also been coming out Sunday mornings and it is such a pleasure to have them with us.
We feel like youth group has caught a second wind again as well. Our youth leaders are excited and we have been planning more complex events- for example, “The Olympics”, where the youth had to compete with a series of games and the winners received “golden” medals (actually chocolate).
In a couple of weeks, Lord willing, many of our youth will be headed off to camp. This is to make up for the camp that was canceled in March because of Covid. Please pray for health and safety for campers and staff, and more than anything for hearts that are open to God’s word. We would love to have a group of youth come back who want to make their walk with Jesus real and who would be open to discipleship.
Personally, things have been a little difficult for our little family. Tiago got some sort of bacteria and we had to take him to the hospital for 5 days where he was treated for diarrhea and vomiting. Though it was stressful for us as parents, we were so thankful to see Tiago with a good attitude there. He laughed and played and ran around his crib as much as his IV would let him. Thankfully, he is back home now and acts like that whole ordeal never even happened.
Thank you for your continued prayers and support for our family and the ministry here. Sometimes we feel very far away, but we are grateful for technology to keep in contact with praying friends back home.
Kept in Him,
Raul, Jessenia and Tiago
