One of the ladies from Mike and Anna's church lives in a little area called Amanacer. Her name is Santa. Santa is a very enthusiastic, energetic christian lady who is VERY bold in her faith. She has an incredible passion to reach people for Christ. She has started doing an after school program at her home to teach children about God. There is a Bible study group that meets at her home on Tuesdays each week. There are many other things that she does, but throughout them all, you see her love for Christ.
Well, Santa has a burden for the ladies of Amanacer. So she hosted a ladies night last night at her home. Anna and I were able to go there and spend a little time pampering these ladies and telling them about God. We used the "satin hands" idea from Mary Kay and adapted it slightly. First we washed our hands thoroughly, then used the polishing scrub, moisturized them and talked about using anti-bacterial lotion to protect us from those things we cannot see, but that can harm us.
After we finished that part of the evening, we talked about the need to follow those same steps in our spiritual lives. How we need God to cleanse our hearts from sin, to wash us clean so we can become His children. Once we accept Jesus, and become a child of God, the Father begins to shape us into a new creation. That means we are going to be changed. We will no longer live like the world. He begins to polish the rough edges, just like the scrub did to our hands. We talked about maintaining that relationship through having a friend to be accountable with, and to encourage each other. Finally, we talked about the Holy Spirit that is living within us, and how He helps us to stay healthy spiritually.
We shared refreshments and gave out gifts. We had a wonderful night. The Spirit of God was definitely moving in that place. The beginning of the evening Satan was fighting hard to distract from the things of God. We had a horrific downpour that flooded into the house we were meeting at. There was conflict with a neighbor. But God has blessed Santa's dedication. She was saying that she has dedicated her home to the Lord in whatever way he would choose to use. As a result, a little boy accepted Christ there that morning, and the ladies heard the gospel again that evening.
Please pray for the work that God is doing in Amanacer. That He would be honored and glorified by all that happens there.
One of the ladies from Mike and Anna's church lives in a little area called Amanacer. Her name is Santa. Santa is a very enthusiastic, energetic christian lady who is VERY bold in her faith. She has an incredible passion to reach people for Christ. She has started doing an after school program at her home to teach children about God. There is a Bible study group that meets at her home on Tuesdays each week. There are many other things that she does, but throughout them all, you see her love for Christ. 
Well, Santa has a burden for the ladies of Amanacer. So she hosted a ladies night last night at her home. Anna and I were able to go there and spend a little time pampering these ladies and telling them about God. We used the "satin hands" idea from Mary Kay and adapted it slightly. First we washed our hands thoroughly, then used the polishing scrub, moisturized them and talked about using anti-bacterial lotion to protect us from those things we cannot see, but that can harm us.
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