Thank you for your prayers for Chris and La Iglesia Castillo Fuerte this weekend

Thank you all so much for your prayers for Chris. God heard and answered our prayers and the Holy Spirit worked in and through Chris to share the word of God in Spanish. He has preached a couple of times before at our church in English and our friend has translated for him. This time he preached the whole sermon himself in Spanish after spending all evening Saturday working with our friend helping translate the sermon for him and practicing it for correct pronunciation. God gave him the ability to have clarity of speech with good pronunciation and presentation of his sermon and it was well received. And while he read a good portion of it, he engaged well with the people by looking up from his reading at various points, making eye contact, smiling, laughing, and encouraging participation by having people read scripture. The people seemed engaged while listening and participated well with reading the scriptures. People told him that God has answered prayers because Chris spoke such good Spanish and that they understood everything perfectly. One of our friends said he is a Colombo now. God is good!