Dear Friends in Christ,
“Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.” Jeremiah 17:7
Anáhuac: The “Precious Seed” Baptist Church continues to reach the community, knocking doors, and bringing visitors. In the outreaches of the church, there have been 11 people saved, of whom some continue coming out to the services. Please pray for these, as well as some who attend faithfully, but who still need to submit to this first step of obedience and surrender to believer’s baptism.
The last Sunday of April, we celebrated the “Day of the Child”. We had a great attendance and two teens saved. Many new children came, some accompanied by their parents. The teens were in charge of games, activities, prizes and we also had refreshments. Everyone had a great time!
Our folks have been getting more involved with reading their Bibles and memorizing the weekly verses. Please pray for our teens as we take them to camp the last week of July, that they would surrender to the Lord’s will for their lives.
Pastor: We have been praying that the Lord would raise up the right man to pastor the church in Anáhuac. In July, I went to the graduation of a Bible institute in San Pedro de las Colonias, Coahuila, and presented the need for a pastor. After asking the college students and graduates, as well as pastors and their churches to pray about our need, two different couples told me that the Lord had spoken to their hearts. Please continue to pray for us to know who the Lord would want to pastor this church, permitting us to move to another location in Mexico and start another church
Family: My dad passed away unexpectedly the middle of May in Colorado, at 86 years of age. We appreciate all of the calls, and notes of encouragement. His grace is sufficient! I never could pin my dad down as to when he got saved. Although he left the Lutheran church 28 years ago, and attended the Baptist church where my brothers, sister and I went upon being saved, we weren’t sure of his salvation. At the funeral, the pastor told us that from conversations with my dad, he was confident he was saved, so we rest in the comfort that we will see him again one day!
Furlough: In May and June we reported to some of the churches that support us. The Lord has blessed us with great meetings in the churches, where we have seen some saved and several commit their lives to serve the Lord in a greater capacity.
The church in Anáhuac has continued faithful in our absence. Praise the Lord!
Praise: People saved; Visitors; Faithfulness of the church; Testimony of my dad’s salvation; Safety and results reporting to churches.
Prayer: Saved to be baptized; Youth camp – decisions; Right pastor for the church in Anáhuac
In His Service,
