You know...

You know you look young...

when a middle schooler asks you what grade you are in. No joke. Yesterday at work, one of students thought I was one of his peers. This wasn't even a high school setting, but a middle school. Too funny!

Sunday

Today, we had two Spanish services. In the morning, we were in Manteca where a couple of people received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. In the afternoon, we preached in Hayward and had good church. It was a treat to spend time with the newly married couple- Sammy and Leah Silva!

Where we are

Well, my hubby has been in and out of the state. Currently, he is in Bellevue, WA with Bro. Harold Kern and Bro. Victor Calderon. Prior to that, he was in Canada with Bro. Marin and is in an ongoing revival with Bro. Rick Mayo. Whew! So many trips to the airport. But God is doing great things!

Ari's Book review: The question of God

In his book, The Question of God, Dr. Armand Nicholi does a comparative study on the theories and beliefs of C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud. The author does a good job at unearthing the personal and public realities that encompassed the world views of Lewis and Freud. Freud of course, holding the materialist world view, whereas C.S. Lewis held the spiritual world view. Neither of the two were novices in their fields, but as you read this book you'll discover that NO ONE is an expert on life. Not even the experts. Life holds way too many complicated issues for anyone of us to assume that we have it nailed down. I found the final chapter on death, and how these two men related to it quite intriguing. In short, the book was a good read, with an honest tone to it.

Space exploration

So many times I have thought of space as something needed when relationships become burden or strained. Lately however, I've come to discover that space can actually work in favor of a relationship. Space creates desire, and the amount of space we feel between ourselves and a person can push us to reach out to that person. In the Bible angels are always depicted as standing, unless they're fallen, then they walk, i.e. satan. People on the other hand are always depicted as walking or running. As humans it's important that we remain mobile, because there's a lot of space that needs to be covered. To much of our lives are spent meddling with the wrong kinds of space. We get stuck in the eye of the needle, looking at the space in our closet that can accommodate a new suit or a pair of shoes. But what about the space between us and a lost world? The great commission is a call to focus on the right kinds of space in particular, the space between God, humanity, and the Church. Our space program is no less important than the space programs run by governments and scientists. Every person we meet or already know is an eternal being capsuled in a human body. The vastness and density of human affairs and how they translate into eternity is mind boggling, little wonder that Paul was moved with urgency to write, "Today is the day of salvation." It only seems fitting that in these last days we constantly remind ourselves to focus on the right kinds of space. Family, friends, and strangers are all counting on us.

A.P.

Spokane, WA

Church has been awesome. It's cold up in the northwestern part of the United States- I did tell my hubby to bring a jacket, but of course it was a Cali- friendly jacket! But we are excited for what is happening in Spokane.

Wedding and More

                                                 

On top of both us being in and preparing for the Jimenez/Silva wedding today, my husband has been preparing to leave for Washington tomorrow. He will be preaching for Bro. Rick Mayo; the Mayo family are just awesome and and have a rockin' and a wonderful church!