Prayer for Puriscal

Next week three men from California, plus two of us missionaries, will be working in the area of Puriscal. For the most part we will be doing a survey, gathering information about what the people believe about how a person may go to heaven...or in other words, how a person is saved. (Although they don't generally use the term "saved" in the same context as we think of it.) We will also ask if a person attends a church, and which one. (This will be predominately Catholic.) Much of this information we can predict, but it will be helpful to know how people think, religiously. Also included will be a question about whether they would like to study the Bible. This is an important question, because we will then follow up on positive answers and hopefully develop some study groups. A different twist to this project is that we will be setting up in the central park of Puriscal. (Most Latin America towns have a central park, usually right in front of the main Catholic church.) That is...if we get permission from the town council. And that is a matter of prayer. Our intent is to give people small bottles of water and the gospel of John when they fill out the survey. Pray that we will get the approval of the council and that we will find open doors for Bible study.