I was reading my facebook newsfeed and I saw the following post. When I read it I thought "that is totally awesome!" Then I had a conversation with myself. It started off with a question, would I take my family to a church in an area like this? After thinking about it and pointing out that those kind of neighborhoods are normally not even that safe, I came to the conclusion that you I would and I was a bit disappointed in myself for even questioning this. Sometimes the christian church tries to isolate itself, it takes the stance of ok I am in the world, I am on planet earth, but then it isolates itself and forgets to go out into "the real world" to tell others about their wonderful savior Jesus Christ. Next time you go by a neighborhood that is filled with these things have compassion and see it as Jesus does.
Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. Matthew 9:36
We had a meeting this morning with the architect who is drawing up our Puyo church plans. He had news to share with us, as he had went to Municipal to get the approval on our church in the area we bought land in. Municipal has development plans for the entire city, and each barrio (neighborhood) had designs that included houses, stores, etc. When the architect saw the development plans, he was in shock! The area we bought a lot in to build our church in Puyo is designed for houses, stores, bars, karaoke nightclubs and even brothels!!! But they had not indicated one place in the whole barrio for a church!!!! So the architect, defending our desire to build a church there, spoke firm with them and said, 'You have all these other places of perversion, but no place where one can go and worship and receive spiritual help from the Lord! This barrio must have a church!' So, they agreed and said, 'Yes', that we can build a church there and gave him the requirements. So he is finishing the drawings in the next few days, to go and get the approval of it! I left there so excited and saying, 'What better place to build a church'!!!!! Right where there will be many souls that need Jesus!! I love it I love it!!! Jesus is so good and He is moving in Ecuador!!!
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