Festival de la Familia

As I mentioned in an earlier post I've been participating in our Festival for Families. We go to each of our 15 communities and two dramas are performed. The first is a grumpy, unloving family where dad doesn't interact with his children, orders his wife to bring him food and she shoves her child out of the way as she frantically prepares the meal and cleans house. Laughter is so loud that it's hard to hear the actors at this point. Next Flory, an FH worker, shares about Christ loving the church as a husband should love his wife. Also, children are taught that God commands them to respect their parents. Then a second skit is acted out of a family who is loving and interacting in accordance to these biblical principles. The husband even offers to hold the baby which is so out of the ordinary and foreign that everyone erupts in the loudest burst of laughter yet. I had asked for prayers in this activity and thank you for them. Yesterday, in Chioya a man came to the front of the group and said that he was unable to laugh during the first skit because he was reflecting on how he treats his family. Even though he is a faithful church go-er he hadn't heard about these biblical principles and was convicted to change. Although the majority of people go to church, far too many know little about the Bible, including the Gospel message. Pray that God will help this man, among others, to begin treating his family in a way that brings glory to Himself and that they will accept Jesus. This is a clip from the first drama. It's in the Mayan language but you'll still get the idea.