This week, we were able to help Gainesville First UMC deliver a gift that will keep on giving. Each year Gainesville First UMC has a "Great Day of Service," and this year they put together a gift of BIBLES for the students here at el Seminario Metodista Juan Wesley.
While books are relatively inexpensive in the US, and easy to come by, here in Mexico and in most of Latin America, books are very costly...almost twice the cost of books in the US! Because of that, most Latinos don't have four or five translations of the Bible lying around the house! When they have ONE Bible, it is a precious thing to them...and they care for it. So, when GFUMC determined to send us Bibles--in a modern translation--for the students of the seminary, they may or may not have realized what a gift they were sending!!
We've had the joy of putting those Bibles in the hands of our students...and we know that this gift well help the future pastors and teachers, missionaries and church-workers, to better prepare their sermons, develop Bible studies and even share the faith.
Thank you, Gainesville First UMC!!! Your gift--in the hands of 62 seminary students--will go on to affect and touch lives for years to come!
¡Maestros!: The Story of the Bible--a course for seminary students and laity....
Methodist Theology class....
All of the students at the seminary are receiving these Bibles (in fact, bi-lingual NT/Ps/Pr)...which will help them in their required English courses...and the alternative Spanish translation (NVI) will help them in their Biblical studies courses.
Again, we thank you, Gainesville First! May the Lord bless you...as you have blessed so many here!
While books are relatively inexpensive in the US, and easy to come by, here in Mexico and in most of Latin America, books are very costly...almost twice the cost of books in the US! Because of that, most Latinos don't have four or five translations of the Bible lying around the house! When they have ONE Bible, it is a precious thing to them...and they care for it. So, when GFUMC determined to send us Bibles--in a modern translation--for the students of the seminary, they may or may not have realized what a gift they were sending!!
We've had the joy of putting those Bibles in the hands of our students...and we know that this gift well help the future pastors and teachers, missionaries and church-workers, to better prepare their sermons, develop Bible studies and even share the faith.
Thank you, Gainesville First UMC!!! Your gift--in the hands of 62 seminary students--will go on to affect and touch lives for years to come!
All of the students at the seminary are receiving these Bibles (in fact, bi-lingual NT/Ps/Pr)...which will help them in their required English courses...and the alternative Spanish translation (NVI) will help them in their Biblical studies courses.
Again, we thank you, Gainesville First! May the Lord bless you...as you have blessed so many here!
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