MIRIAM'S GIFT

Miriam with her new washer.

A washing machine! What a great gift for this very busy pastor's wife in Nuevo Progreso, Mexico. No more scrubbing clothes by hand in a concrete trough out in the back yard. And with four rapidly growing youngsters, Miriam said that was a daily chore.

Miriam has many talents, one is being a leader of women. Weekly she conducts a meeting for women that is held in various homes throughout the city. By having the meetings in homes, the women are able to invite their neighbors to join in the fellowship. Besides those meetings and taking an active part in at least four church services a week, Miriam has a home business of baking and selling empanadas. Her fruit filled empanadas are well known and she sells them by the dozens. But one of her favorite pastimes is to be with Pastor Gerardo when he visits friends and members of the congregation. Needless to say, doing all these things and keeping Gerson, Nahum, Dana and Esly in clean school uniforms is a challenge.

This very welcome gift of a new washing machine was made possible by DiAnna Olsen of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

"A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband." Proverbs 12:4