Coffee with Pastor Tomás
Three cups and a plan for the youth retreat.
Language study has a way of making an ordinary day feel very full. A short conversation can require all our attention. By the time we understand the first answer, the next question has already arrived. There is humility in being a beginner.
Our teacher encouraged us to carry a small notebook. Instead of writing only the words we cannot remember, she suggested we record the situations in which people use them. A phrase at the market can mean something warmer than its dictionary definition. Context is part of the language.
We are trying to bring that same attention into our work with local partners. Before suggesting a schedule, we ask what a normal week looks like. Before offering help, we ask what people have already tried. Those conversations take longer, but they save us from making assumptions.
This month, please pray for our listening. Pray for the teachers preparing the next learning sessions and for the adults making room to attend after a long workday. We are grateful for your messages and for the steady support that gives us time to learn this work carefully.
Thank you for reading, praying, and staying in touch with our family. A reply to this letter is always welcome. We would love to hear what ordinary life looks like where you are, and how we can pray for you in the month ahead.
For the coming week, we are keeping a simple prayer list near our kitchen table: the people we are learning from, the work ahead, and the families who have written to us. Your name may be on that list. We are grateful that this friendship reaches across the distance.