Goldfuss update (August 2)

Dear Prayer Warriors,

So sorry that we are late in writing. Things have been very good, busy, and difficult. We thoroughly enjoyed our time with Mr. Frank Davis from Bible Community and Ethan Regan (Mikey's friend) from Westerville Bible Church. We were sad to see them go on Tuesday. Mike's brother (Pastor John Goldfuss) came on Monday with his wife Jennifer and son Jonathan. So it has been a great time with visitors.

Prayer Requests

• Please pray as our children have been extremely ill. I can't remember an illness this bad. One by one, each has gone through vomiting, high fever, then severe abdominal cramps (We had to first rush Matthew on Saturday and then Cristi on Monday evening to the doctor), then a fever again with a very bad sore throat and continued stomach pain. The baby has this now and it was so sad to see her in pain this morning. She seems to be doing better now. We just found out that the contamination is unusually high—so that is probably the cause. That is very very abnormal for our rainy season.
• Please pray for Marcos and Ruth's wedding this Saturday. They seem to be doing well and truly want God to be glorified in everything. There will be 300 guests—only 75 from our church—so the majority will be Catholic. They are praying that the Lord will use the service in people's lives. Pray for Mike as he does the service—this is only his second wedding and the first was 9 years ago, so this is an almost new experience again. Pray also for Ruth's family as they are staunch Catholic and are very unhappy that she is a Christian and that she is marrying a Christian young man. They mentioned not coming to the wedding and they did not come to her baptism last month. (Little Matthew is in the wedding).
• Noemi (that was falsely accused because she co-signed something for a friend) is planning on leaving Mexico City Saturday after the wedding to live in Tijuana. She will be taking Alexis, her 11 year old son, with her. We would have preferred her standing up to the situation and seeing the Lord work his perfect will, but this is the path that she has chosen. Pray for her to find a good church there. We will miss her.
  

This past Sunday, church was very well attended with no seats empty. We were missing Faith and three kiddos, and Nico's whole family. They had a scare with his wife who is eight months pregnant. Everything is ok though and we are thankful for that. Pray for Liliana's last month of pregnancy. Pray also that the Lord would convert her.

I know this is quick, but we all feel sick. Pray for the Lord to be glorified in all!

Faith