FIRST Bible Study...

6-08-07...First Bible Study with Siña...

It was about the first or second week of being in Costa Rica that Ronald invited me & Amy to attend a Bible study he holds for a woman named Siña. (I don´t know if I spelled that right but it kind of sounds like sin-yuh). Anywho...that first night of the Bible study Siña, Theresa (a lady from church) and this other woman named Mariella were there. It was quite an interesting experience, and it wasn´t quite what I expected. Siña seemed really interested in the Bible, and she said that she has been praying and that stuff in her life has occured and she knows it is God. We began looking and some passages in the Bible...Ronald even asked me & Amy to read...IN SPANISH...then he asked us what we thought about the verse we just read! Hello! This was like our first week here, and I´m already explaining what a verse in the Bible meant to me...IN SPANISH! Anyways, it was at that moment I realized I cannot communicate my thoughts or feelings about God very well. I mean I do okay in English, but now in a whole different language. I did my best of course with my explanation of the verse, and told her something like God is the only thing that matters and helps you. Well, after that great in depth interpretation of that verse (sarcasm) Siña started talking about her mom. She told us that she invited her mom to church, or maybe talked about God with her... I couldn´t tell but her mom would reject that idea, and that her mom had a lot of problems. Then she said that about 2 months ago her mom committed suicide. Siña was crying and saying how she is having similar troubles her mother had, but she does not want to make the same choices as her. She felt like her mom´s death was a wake-up call of some sorts, and she knew she needed God in her life.

Of course I got teary-eyed because she was crying hardcore, but I just wish I could´ve said more. I told Ronald that too. He said evetually I will learn more Spanish and I will be able to communicate better. I kept on thinking that I wanted to learn Spanish for my family, to be a billingual teacher, etc. but I forgot my real first true reason why I want to learn to speak Spanish...and that is so I can minister to those who speak Spanish. It is just another way that I can communicate the love I have for the Lord to those who speak Spanish. I really need to be patient with myself during this learning time, and not give up so quickly when things get tough because Spanish grammar is pretty tricky sometimes. After all I am learning Spanish not for anyone but the Lord, so I can do his will and be able to be an encouragement and light for those who speak Spanish.