Prayer Update (October 30)

Dear Praying friends,

We were way down in attendance today for some reason--even with one extra hour of sleep last night. I've learned to only announce the time change in the spring when we lose an hour. I figure those who come late normally might make it on time in the fall. That was the case with one family today. They were 40 minutes early when they thought they were 20 minutes late. :-)

Thank you for praying. I lost all of the addresses in the email address book. I've been able to recover only 2 of the 5 groups up to this point. Pray that somehow we'll be able to get the rest.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

• Teresa and Sylvia--were not in church today again.
• Faithful men and Salvation for Alejandro, Octavio and Fidel.
• Growth in Marcos and Morgan’s lives.
• Continued growth in Nicolas' life. He told me on Friday of this week that he believes that he has truly been born again due to the way the Lord is working in him and has allowed him to respond to different situations in which he never would have responded correctly before. He said that he is trusting only in Christ for his salvation.
• Elsa, Alondra and Miguel were not there today. We've tried to call them but cannot get in touch with them. This is a matter of concern.

PRAISES:

• Sr. Hector came back after missing last week. He talked with us 2 weeks ago and we tried to make him realize that he isn't saved as he was trusting in his baptism and good works. He confided to the whole church today that he was upset upon hearing that, and that's why he didn't come last week. However, he says that the Lord is working on him.
• We were able to get the suspension on the car fixed on Monday. The mechanic said one piece came off in his hand without any pressure. We are thankful for the Lord's provision and protection.

Thank you so much for praying,

In Christ, Mike, Faith, Mikey, Cristiana, Carissa, Matthew, and Cherith Goldfuss

Prayer Update (October 23)

Dear Praying friends,

Thank you for praying. This week was a relatively normal week. In fact, I can’t remember if we’ve ever had a normal week since. . . . . ?????

PRAYER REQUESTS:

• Teresa—after all the stress of last week with her mom’s death, she had a very severe kidney infection this week. Her sister Silvia was not in church today either.
• Faithful men.
• Salvation for Alejandro, Octavio and Fidel.
• Growth in Marcos and Morgan’s lives.
• Continued growth in Nicolas’ life.
• After talking with us for 4 hours last Sunday, Sr. Hector didn’t come back to church today. Pray for him to be saved too.

PRAISES:

• Three different groups or individuals were able to deal with problems biblically this week and get the situations taken care of. People are applying God’s Word.
• Elsa and Alondra left where they were living with Miguel and moved into their own apartment. They are becoming more self-supportive. They come 1½ hours away in 3 different buses to get to church. Miguel was not happy about their moving out (he is Alondra’s boyfriend.) He was very angry, but he was in church today. Pray for him to be saved and for the girls to continue seeking to do what’s right.
• What a surprise today to have Gabby come back after 4 years. She was faithful for 3 years but left to live with an unsaved young man. We were so happy to see her. Please pray that she will return and that she will be saved.
• Memo, Guille’s son with the major problems with his wife came today for the third time. Pray for him to be saved also.

FAMILY NEWS:

The kids all put up signs around this week announcing that we are giving away free dirt. We have so much from the foundation of the house and need to get it out. We had two trucks come this week and take a load. Problem is we still have about 13 more loads to get rid of.

We are hoping to be able to get our suspension fixed tomorrow. We had some things break due to the almost 8 inch potholes on our street. We all used a wheelbarrow yesterday to try to fill in some of the holes. Matthew pitched in with his Tonka dump truck.

Thank you so much for praying,

In Christ, Mike, Faith, Mikey, Cristiana, Carissa, Matthew, and Cherith Goldfuss