Dear Praying Friends,
Thank you for all of your prayers from the past week. The Lord hath done great things for us whereof we are glad.
Fidel and Juana's hearing was on Thursday before the magistrate. Supposedly there is a legal document that will be sent out today commanding them to leave their property. We aren't sure if they will have one day or eight days to leave. Several of their family members are already up here living with us. Please pray that Fidel will look for a place to live and that they will be able to live in their own place quickly.
Saturday was our very first men's meeting. Of the 13 different men in the church, 12 of them attended. We are studying the purposes of Elders and Deacons and their requirements so that they will know what they need to be striving for in their own lives and so that they will know what to be doing in our local church. The men wanted to meet again in two weeks, but due to our young people's meeting, we will have to make it three weeks from now. I am planning on dividing the lists of requirements for elders and giving each man 2 or 3 to study and explain at our next meeting. Pray for our men.
Yesterday, Martha, the lady that Ruben was able to speak with and who also made a profession of faith, came to SS with Silvia. She listened extremely well. In spite of the incredible amount of tremendously difficult trials in her life, she was present and seemed to really enjoy it. Our SS lesson was on remaining faithful to Christ, not apostatizing, and not being deceived by the deceitfulness of sin. Oh how each one of us is so prone to an "evil heart of unbelief" if we are not daily walking with our Saviour.
We had our second message on the family yesterday. It has been very well received. On the way back up the mountain bringing several different families and people home, there was much discussion of the message. Some had questions and others had some very insightful comments. Please pray for the Lord to raise up Godly families for His glory.
Last week, we had invited Guille, Morgan, Christian and their family to dinner. They said they couldn't come then. Morgan called on Saturday night asking if they were still on for Sunday. "Um, ah, er, well, Yes!" The thrilling thing is that Alejandro (the dad and husband) came to church with them for the first time in 4 or 5 months. Memo and Karina (Guille's son from before being married) also came to dinner with their three children and we had excellent and profitable conversation. Please pray for Alejandro to return again to the services, and for the Lord to save him.
Many of you have prayed in the past for Elsa, Alondra and Miguel with their little boy Christopher. Elsa and Alondra are the two twin sisters that have been sporadic throughout the past 4 years or so. Alondra, Miguel and Baby Christopher all came last Sunday and what a surprise (and great blessing) to see them show up again yesterday with Elsa also. Please pray for each of these young people to be truly converted to Christ and to grow in His grace and knowledge.
Things are always busy. Pray for the Lord's grace in dealing with family and ministry day by day.
With love in Christ,
Mike for all the Goldfi
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