Dear Praying friends,
I (Mike) am still in Mexico City for the rest of this week. I have been very busy with ministry and house work. That’s why I didn’t have the opportunity to write this past weekend.
Last week was spent in much work on the house. Faith was here from Thursday, January 19 until Friday, January 27. It was wonderful to have her here with me and work along side her. Juana and Reme took Matthew and Cherith for about three whole days and it was quite a help to just be able to get lots of work done. Faith and I boxed up many things and got a good bit moved from the cabin to the house. The carpet was laid, two of the four closet/drawer/chests were delivered (they were due here on the 27th of December) and some more woodwork was done. Last week was the first time that Faith and I have been alone together in 3 ½ years and it was fun to work and be with just her for a change.
This week, the work goes on—it goes quite a bit slower without any help. We had a good Lord’s Day. Thirteen different people from our Ajusco neighborhood accompanied me down the mountain to our church. It seems as if the Lord is opening the doors for a church here also. We had our three-hour Bible study on Saturday night and then another one on Sunday night after our church services. On the way to take the three teens home, they asked if I would come one night and counsel their parents. I said that there was no night like the present. They invited me in—dirt floor, very cold, no hot water heater—they heat their water with a wood fire to take their baths. The man (Benjamin) has been drinking a lot and coming home abusive. The amazing power of the sinful heart to blind people to the seriousness of their sin is astounding. Please pray for him and for Matilde his wife to be saved—as well as the teens (Janet, Vanessa and Jain.) I was finally able to get home on Sunday night around 11:00 PM.
As the busyness of life goes on around each day, we often forget that people are dying. Margarita, (the store-owner in front of our house) just lost her mother to a sudden two-day illness last Friday. I went to pick up two 4x4’s today and the man who has delivered much of our building material during the last two years looked terrible. He informed me that his wife (33 years old) just died last week of an apparent heart attack in the night. Please pray for Juan that I would have more opportunity to speak with him before I leave this weekend after church to drive to Ohio.
Ruben and Heidi Zartman are arriving tomorrow to take over the work here for our time in the States. A young man from New Lexington Bible Church in Ohio (Aaron Jaffee) is arriving tomorrow also to work with me for three days and then accompany me on the 50 hour trip home. The best news of the day is that they all three arrive in Mexico City on the exact same flight. I don’t have to fight traffic to get to the airport two times—only once.
Another man, Vicente, has said that he would like to accompany me to Texas and just talk about many problems in his life. Pray that the Lord’s will would be done there and that he will be saved.
Pray for Faith and the children in Ohio at Mentor Christian School and Cristiana’s therapies. We have been getting very good reports on her. Thank you for praying.
In Christ,
Mike for all the Goldfi
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