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1:04I'm going to talk a little more about that, but they are continually being trained and they are training all their men and we're very excited about what is going on over there. So I don't know if you can read, but the last two courses that they had was exegesis of Ephesians, Systematic Theology three, and this next semester they're going to have Systematic Theology four and preaching lab. And with that, after the completion of reading of those two classes, this is what they said. The seminary will have taught the diploma in Bible and theology twice, and the diploma in expository preaching once in its entirety, taught by local professors. Because it started differently, they had help from outside, but now there are teachers that are local, they live there, and they are training other men. So it's very exciting to see that multiplication. And very excited about that. Let me see. So, teachers. Right now, there are two main teachers. One is José Samora, who's continuing his preparation at the Master Seminary online. They have a Spanish program at the Master Seminary. He's completing a Masters of Arts, I think. And then Christian Solano, he's planning to travel. He's finishing up that MA, and now he wants to come to the U.S. and get his MDiv, because that's not done online. So I would ask you to pray for those two men. Those men are key over there. We're very happy about them. They are very busy men. Both of them work full-time. They have different things that they do. They work secularly, you might say, and they give a lot of their time to. This effort to the seminary and teaching, and they need more help than they actually get. And they get sometimes other profs that come from other countries, and that people are doing something similar. Other people that are being trained right now online with the master's seminary. So, pray for those men for their financial help and all that as well, because getting all these degrees and it takes money and time and a toll in families. So, pray for their families as well, since they are doing a lot.

3:40Students. So, right now, as I said, with the completion of these two courses, they're going to be graduating seven students this May. And thankfully, they have five new students or applicants, applicants ready to be registered for the next cohort. So, pray for them. And let me show you some of them. I didn't translate these slides. These are the seven guys that are getting graduating. And what's amazing about this is that they're all already serving. They are pastors, they're teachers, they're elders, deacons. So, that's the exciting thing. As they learn, they put things into practice, and they are already impacting other men.

4:30is Rene Chavez and he is a minister, like a music leader in the church Mananteleze Vida. And well, that's a that's a little letter. You're gonna see that throughout with the seven guys that I'm gonna point out. And that's just a letter of appreciation saying thank you for your prayers, your support. And if you look at the chart, the financial chart, the students give like three percent of what it's this is really like worth. And that's a lot for them still. And we give a lot of that. And let's say, let's put it this way, the dollar goes a long way over there. So just you know, to encourage you to be praying and to be giving. Victor Rivera, another music minister, and he also preaches at the Iglesia Cristiana de Gracia.

5:29Jovito Martinez, he preaches also in Guayamango, a Guaymango auchapan. I'm not very good with those names either, but you see the the difference, you know, uh this building, that lack of building. Uh it's a different reality. It's not always like that, you know, we cannot stir tip eyes, but uh the reality is different. And getting men trained and they just go and Do the work. Saul O Sorio, so he's an elder of the Iglesia Bibliica de la Gracia. He gives thanks for your prayers and giving. And Carlos Guillen, this man has an amazing testimony. We don't have time to go over, but he's also very thankful. He preaches at Iglesia Biblica de la Gracia as well. And it's a different Iglesia. There are a lot of Iglesias de la Gracia. There are different places. And Daniel Garcia, he also preaches. And William Osorio, also a preacher at Iglesia Biblica de la Gracia. So these are the men that will be graduating. I'll stop here because my time is up. Maybe I went over. But just so they thank you for your support, your contribution, your prayers.

7:00That has been key for everything that's been done. The Lord continue blessing you. That's what it says there, roughly. So that's it. That's the update. Thank you for your prayers. I encourage you to continue praying. Maybe you forgot here and there, but this is a reminder. You know, this is what we're doing as a church. Lord willing, we'll be going, hopefully, during June, July, to visit them, to help. Help them out with a little, I'll be translating a little class for Pastor Tom.

7:36We'll see. But we can talk more about this some other time. But that's the update. Thank you. Thank you for that update. Yes. The plan is that we would go down in July and lead a course on biblical counseling and then a marriage retreat for some of the churches. And it'll be, so anyway, and Nancy is probably going to be going with me and doing some teaching as well. So be praying for that. Okay, well, welcome back to Revelation.

8:25Let me read to you the words that we started this morning, or looked at this morning. Revelation 6, we're at the fifth seal. When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and because of the testimony which they had maintained. And they cried out with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, will you refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who? Dwell on the earth. And there was given to each of them a white robe, and they were told they should rest a little while longer until the number of the fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed, even as they had been, would be completed also.

9:16Let's take a moment and pray, and then we'll get into this. Heavenly Father, we do thank you, first of all, for the work that you're doing in El Salvador and the men that you're raising up and the families, the men and women who have a love for your church and have devoted themselves to faithfully shepherding and faithfully maintaining a community centered around your truth and your people. And so, Father, we thank you. We lift them up to you. We also lift up this church to you, specifically as we look tonight into these truths that you have revealed about the future, about the world to come, about things that are going to happen upon this earth prior to you coming. Father, help us to learn, to be able to put this together in our minds and understand what you want us to understand so that we may present to you a heart of wisdom and that we would be faithful in preparing and being ready for whatever you have for us.

10:30Specifically, Father, that you would help us and encourage us today to be better witnesses to your truth. In Jesus' name, amen.