Testimonios

We spent the day with Beate on Thursday.

Her husband, Jose, works at Camp and she is German but she's been here for around 14 years, and she and Jose have been married for about 5 years. She wanted to spend the day with us, show us around and put us to work :)

Bea manages the radio station in her town, and it's not a specific Christian station but she can play whatever she wants and so she's able to play a lot of Christian stuff.

Missionaries listen to this station, and so do people who are trying to learn English and so she has one hour of her program in all English every day. She wanted us three girls to come on her show and give our testimonies, and then talk about things that have helped us grow in our faith and relationship with Christ.

So she picked us up that morning and took us to Riogordo, her town, and to her radio station. She plopped us down and each of us gave our testimonies! It was really cool! And after we gave our testimony in English she translated it into Spanish for people listening who couldn't catch all of it, since they're still learning English.

Anna getting ready to go, and Bea selecting the next song :)

After we did our testimonies, Bea put us to work cleaning out the station! And oh man was it dirty! I had thought, okay we'll vacuum, dust, reorganize a bit, nothing too involved. Nope. We hard core cleaned, taking everything out of the room, cleaning, and then putting everything back in! Anna got to vacuum the rug....doesn't she look thrilled? :)

Yeah I got the super fun job of dusting out all of these egg cartons that serve as sound proofing in the room, and the dust was sticking to them, and the only way we could get it out was to brush them out with a broom. the dust was flying!

We quickly realized that vacuuming the rug was not going to get it clean, so Anna and Kim got to go outside and beat the rug. Look at that dust fly!

It was just a really cool day, getting to minister in so many ways! I felt so blessed that we were able to share our testimonies on the radio! Who knows how they're going to affect the people who heard them, but what a blessing to be able to share! And then to be able to share with people ways that we have grown in our faith and relationship with Christ. It was a great opportunity to challenge the people listening to get in their Bibles more, get involved in their church, become a mentor, all that stuff! Who knows what will come of it, but even if we just planted some seeds, what an amazing opportunity!

And then to be able to help Bea by cleaning out her office. What another great way to minister! She was so grateful for our help and it hadn't been cleaned in soooo long! If she would have done it by herself it would have taken her all day, but we were able to knock it off in a few hours between the four of us. It was an amazing day of ministering!