Goldfuss update (August 5)

Thank you so much for praying for us this past week.

Our health was very very bad last week. Every one of the kids contacted the "mysterious" illness during the week with several being much worse than the others. Cristiana and Cherith really seemed to suffer the most, but even the baby had a couple of days of suffering. It was one of the worst health weeks we've ever had here in Mexico and we have had some pretty bad ones. Cristiana is still having a little bit of a problem and Cherith also. Please pray that Lord would allow the medicines to do the job so that we won't have to visit the doctor again anytime soon.

Noemí, the other lady with the land dispute, left on Saturday for Tijuana. We are not sure how long she will be gone. Things are not in the best of shape with her husband Mario here in Mexico City, so she is worried about her relationship with him. Mario needs to be saved. Pray for the Lord to work in Noemi during her stay in Tijuana.

Guille called on Saturday morning around 9 AM while we were getting ready for the wedding. She said that her husband Alejandro accused her and said he had proof that she was running around on him with another man. (The truth would most probably be closer to the opposite of the accusation.) Anyway, Guille was absolutely distraught. Alejandro is a man with a lot of bitterness in his past toward his family. Humanly speaking, he seems like a very difficult case, but we have seen God work in this family in the past in seemingly impossible situations. Guille wasn't able to make it to the wedding yesterday but she was in church this morning. That was a real blessing to see her. The message today was on the joy of our salvation and trials. It was very appropiate for many different folks in our church.

Marcos and Ruth's wedding yesterday (Saturday.) It was supposed to start at 1 PM. We started around 2:30 PM. :-) There were many many Roman Catholic people present (including Ruth's parents), and Marcos and Ruth both thought that the most important part of the wedding was the preaching of the gospel. That was a great blessing to hear them say that. In such a situation, it's easy for them to listen, but I am the one who has to preach. :-) We have found out over the years that it's not what we have in common with people that is important, but the differences. I mentioned that Jesus Christ is the exclusive way to Christ as per John 14:6. I mentioned that saints, the virgin, a human priest, good works, sacraments, neither their church nor my church, would give them peace with God and forgive their sins. I wasn't stoned or pelted with tomatoes.

Pray that our Heavenly Father would work in hearts and draw men and women and young people who heard the gospel yesterday to the Lord Jesus Christ. The service was very nice and the meal afterward was very good. There were probably between 200-250 people present. Pray for Marcos and Ruth and Jimena (Ruth's four-year-old daughter) to keep Christ first in their relationship.

Mike's brother John, his wife Jennifer, and their oldest son Jonathan have been with us since Monday. John wasn't able to escape the sickness on Friday and Saturday. He was laid pretty low. Praise the Lord that he was doing better today and he preached in our worship service this afternoon after Mike did SS in the morning. The message on trials was very good for the Lord's people here. We finished our services today with the blessing of the Lord's Supper. It was a blessing.

We are privileged to have John, Jennifer and Jonathan until this coming Friday. Pray that the Lord will keep them healthy and that we will get much accomplished this week.

Thank you so much,
Mike

P.S. Here are a couple of pix of the wedding.