Something to pray for.
When we came here we knew that the statistics showed that less then one percent of the people who live here are considered Christian. But we learned something else today that really was surprising. Our school is the only accredited Christian School in Guadalajara. Why is this interesting? This is the same as having only one Christian school in the whole city of Chicago. In the Indianapolis area alone, a city that is much smaller, (Guadalajara is approximately 5 times the size of Indy) has 30 ACSI schools and about 5 within a 15 minute drive of our old house. You would think the gospel would have penetrated farther, but in many areas it hasn't. With that being said, everyone here who we have met who is affiliated with the church or been at the school for a while has an incredible passion for seeing God do great things in this city.
In my mind I have this picture of churches being lights in a city. I have this mental vision of looking down on cities, like Indianapolis, and seeing lights dotted everywhere. I then think of here and the picture I have acquired is a small number of lamps dotted over a gigantic city.
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