Barrio Bolivar Ladies

Had a strange kind of spiritual warfare day. Leoncia really struggled to draw up the courage to teach the ladies' Bible study today, but did do it with some help from me. She was very brave and I am proud of her. She led all the singing and we co-taught in Spanish and Ayoré. It was more than just me talking and her translating, so I'm actually encouraged by the progress. The subject of our talk was borrowed from a talk my mom gave at the Indian women's conference in Brazil this past month. It centered around the attributes of God, including His identity as Creator of all things, including the spirits and even Satan. It then emphasized the "hugeness" and power of God compared to all created things, including the spirits and Satan. Finally it pointed out that we who are in God, in Christ, have no need to fear the spirits and Satan bc in God we are above them and can claim God's protection from them. On the way home, the brakes on our smaller car gave way completely and I very nearly had a pretty bad accident. Placido came to rescue me after I stopped shaking enough to call him. He brought the big clunker and had me drive behind him to the mechanic's. As we pulled up at the mechanics, the brakes went out on the white one and I slid into traffic - specifically into a small truck which swiped the front of our vehicle, breaking the headlights and damaging the bumper and license plate. Both vehicles worked fine after that. Please pray bc I believe that Leoncia can have a powerful impact on the women. You should have seen how their eyes lit up when she spoke.