Marriage and Mexican's - The Sheahan's
We really aren't naïve about the condition of marriages today. Maria and I know how badly marriages are suffering both in the church and outside the church. It’s tough. They’re fragile...and to have a marriage that still has love, romance and respect after many years is hard to find too. But that's not only what's desired amongst married couples, it's also this Holy and Healthy reflection of Christ and His church that needs to be seen by our kids and the world at large.
Thanks to many of you, we attended a 5-day marriage workshop from 9am to 9pm everyday to take up the fight for good marriages. The marriage workshop was amazing. We went hoping to gain more tools for our ministry toolbox, which happened, but we also were so very blessed with friendship, testimonies of His work in peoples lives, and an amazing tune-up for our own marriage. We actually started to do weekly ‘homework’ to keep the tune-up intact and we are soon going to start a small group of marrieds that might need what we were given. Blessed to bless. Thanks so much for sending us and praying us through this workshop…it was so worth it.
The line formed was WAY longer than we had imagined. It was a strange mix. The student would approach the registration table first, followed by the mom and sometimes dad. The young student would talk to us in English as the parent was forced to use their child to translate from Spanish to English. Of course they were very excited that they could talk to several of us directly in Spanish.
They were there to pick up a new backpack full of school supplies and to sign up for after school tutoring for their child. In this part of town supplies and tutoring are really hard to come by for sure. What a great opportunity for ministry. Several from NieuCommunities will be tutors this year. Can you imagine the conversations? First grade through 12 grades have this opportunity for school help and friendship…pretty cool huh? About 200 are taking this opportunity. What a way to get to know our neighbors!
Thanks so much for standing behind us,
