This week has been FILLED with so many things, it will be hard to list them all so I will try to keep it to the highlights. First of all, thank you so much for clicking on our link to read our blog. It keeps us going knowing there are supporters and readers out there praying for us and the Lord's work here in St. Louis. Monday we were able to pass out flyers to several local congregations. We would love for their members to take a few and pass them out to their friends, acquaintances, and people they see in the stores while they are out and about. We have dropped off flyers at West End, Foristell, St. Peters, Arnold, Collinsville, Overland, Florissant, and the Christian Academy of Greater St. Louis. We have plans to go by other congregations and store fronts tomorrow. We would like to leave our invitations with anyone who is willing to pass them out, so if your congregation would like to have some flyers, please leave us a comment or message below. This will help us tremendously in spreading the word about our services. Tuesday Elias and Ruth Roque, or better known as "Lito and Lita" arrived in St. Louis to give us more man power, and of course see the grandbabies. After a good American BBQ and fireworks Wednesday, they were ready to get to work. We began in the Overland area, where we found several people going about their errands. We met a group of people at one Grocery store that were from Honduras, and actually one man used to be a taxi driver in the exact same town as Elias was back in his taxiing days. What are the odds? They were very receptive, and they talked about the Church of Christ for 20 minutes in the hot sun. Did you know it is currently 15* warmer here than in Tegucigalpa, Honduras...a Central American country closer to the equator. Yeah, that's hot. Anyway, so there were two women who own their own business by making Honduran food and selling it a la carte. So we exchanged numbers, and she has already messaged Kristi to tell her she was excited to meet us. They did mention they were members of the Maranta church there in Overland. It is the only other Spanish speaking services we have come across in the whole city so far. She mentioned they were so large that they have to have two services. I wonder how we can get Elias in there to preach to the masses and bring them all to salvation at once...pure "Day of Pentecost" style. Hmmm.... Friday we were able to evangelize to several contacts that my grandmother had gotten for us. We actually met an American lady who overheard the name of the Church and said, "Did you say West End Church of Christ?" She went on to explain that the preacher there, Matt, came to her aide last year when her home had burned down and she needed to buy soap to bathe her babies. He just took her to Wal-Mart, and got her what she needed. She said she would never forget that day, and the name of that church. She was so thankful for Matt and she said she has been meaning to visit us. This goes to show you never know what could come out of a good deed, even a whole year later. Unfortunately, the rest of Friday was not the kind of exciting we had hoped for. Elias Sr. was helping clean up hot wheels toys when his feet slipped out from under him and knocked him plus the farm bench directly on top of his finger. The impact crushed the bones into pieces at the top of his middle finger, and completely twisted the skin of his finger pads and nail around. Needless to say it was pretty gory and immediately I knew we had to go to the ER. The staff was very attentive to him, and everyone came in to get a good look at the damage. 100 stitches and 5 hours later we walked out of the ER with a splint wrapped in gauze and a 9 am apt with the specialist Monday Morning. The doctor said he will most likely need surgery to repair the damage, but we have high hopes that God is already healing his finger. Now I just need him to rest. He is still trying to clean up after his grandsons and do everything for himself. I want to draw your attention to the middle photo of the nice nurse who so patiently was trying to put his finger back together. During this moment he leaned over to me, and whispered, "Make sure you invite her to church." He is as good as it gets folks. Also side note: I now know what it will be like when one of my boys has a similar incident. I mean with 4 boys people keep telling me the odds are pretty great that we will have an ER visit in our life time. I had never seen stitches nor did I know what to do, but I made sure I took notes. I also have a lot more respect for ER nurses, doctors, and staff. It takes a brave person to deal with trauma, especially on little children. I do not want to go back there anytime soon. My momma heart was hurting for the children I saw in there that night. Sunday has been a great day so far. We were able to hear a wonderful sermon from Elias Sr. "For what purpose did God choose me?" and we had a Spanish speaking visitor from Great Oaks surprise us by attending worship with us. Cindy has been such an encourager to us, and she has dedicated her precious time to helping people learn English through Friends Speak there in Memphis. So in all today our Attendance was 10 (Raul and Lilly were unable to make it this morning but Edgar was there by himself. So proud of him).
Flyers passed out: 263 Bible Studies: 1 Flyers mailed out: 2,000 May God Bless YOU this week, and please continue to pray for us. The Roque Family
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AuthorElias and Kristi Roque have been married for 9 years and during this time have planted/grown 4 congregations. They have 4 boys 7 and under working alongside them. Archives
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