I was practicing my tagalog on Friday with one of the gardeners at our apartment building. We were talking about various subjects, then he started talking about a missionary who used to talk to him sometimes. He told me how the missionary taught him that we can not work hard enough to get into the kingdom of God, and that Jesus was the only way we could be saved. Then he said “So I took Jesus because he did all of the work for me.” I then asked where he went to church and he said that he was Catholic. It seems that God has done a work in his heart, but no one was there to disciple and teach him farther. It was difficult for me because he speaks about as much english as I speak tagalog, and that is not much! There is so much that I would like to be able to share with him, but I do not yet have the language ability to do it. Pray for me and the other missionaries living here that we will be able to disciple him farther as our language ability progresses, and that Jose will remain open to learning and growing in Christ.
Josh
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