July 12 and 13, 2006-reconciliation

July 12 and 13, 2006
WAUPUN:
G. continues to be humble and understanding spiritual things more. Since he gave his life to God last Sept., he’s progressed slowly, but now realizes the battle going on inside. His prayer request: that God would help him “make right decisions and to keep faith in the Lord.”

After the class study on baptism, G. M., who is from a Catholic background, and has had his children baptized as babies, now sees that the Bible teaches baptism should follow believing and receiving Christ.

For the first time, M. volunteered to close the study in prayer.

TAYCHEEDAH ONE-ON-ONES:
Chaplain had told me R. was depressed. R. arrived, saying she’d just gotten out of “observation”. Her husband, also in prison, wants to get back together with her. R. knows that God wants her to be faithful to the marriage commitment, even though she has no feelings of love for him now.

TAYCHEEDAH GROUP STUDY:
As always, we’d prayed God would bring everyone He wanted to be there…only J. came! She shared her story of growing up with a legalistic evangelist father, who focused on outward personal preferences. Even though she made a decision for Jesus as a girl, she chose to have a 16 year lesbian relationship, but now desires to be reconciled to God.

DODGE:
R. and J. shared testimonies of what God is teaching them through His Word. The other men listened attentively as R. said he had grown up in Puerto Rico, had had a reputation as a well-known singer, but also went to prison for selling drugs. Jesus has changed all that...J. had trusted Christ in May at Racine Correctional. God is speaking to his heart now through the lessons sent to him from Tecate Mission’s Bible Correspondence Dept.
God allowed us to see V. in the hallway as we were leaving. He used to attend the study, but now his work hours don’t allow him to attend. We hope to visit him next week.