This past Lord's day we had 3 different visitors. What a blessing.
- Sra. Laura. Last Tuesday Mikey, Cristiana and Carissa were in our local market selling some clothes that they have all out grown. They are trying to earn a little bit of money for going to camp this coming summer. Laura came up to them and asked them if their father was a pastor. They answered, "Yes," and she said that she had received a tract from Mike about three years earlier. The children talked to her for a while and she told them that she wanted to come to church on Sunday. She showed up at our door at 10 AM and waited for us to get ready to leave at 10:30. She came and said that she really appreciated the services and will come again next week. We praise the Lord for the children being a good testimony before her. People are always watching us.
- Gabriella. 12 years ago when we first arrived in Mexico City, Mike met Gabriella's husband Raul through basketball and they became very good friends. Gabriella was a believer and Raul is not. Way back then, Raul told Gabriella that we were Christians but Gaby didn't believe him because he always hated all of her friends. She has gone to many different charismatic churches and didn't like our church at all, but Raul said that if he ever went to church he would attend ours. He is unsaved and tolerates Gaby's faith but doesn't want anything to do with Christ due to some bitter experiences earlier in his life. Out of the blue last week, Gabby called and said that she wants to start attending our church. She didn't give any reasons, but just said to pray for her. She showed up on Sunday and was very attentive. She says that she will be there again next week. Also pray for her husband Raul to join her.
- Sra. Soila is a friend of Gaby's where I had a Bible study with some young college age people about 5 years ago. She also came with Gaby this past Sunday and told Gaby that she enjoyed it very much and that she wants to come back again this Sunday. Please pray for all of these ladies. We are not sure about the salvation of Laura and Soila.
Please make Juana and Reme's property situation an urgent matter of prayer. The past couple of years have brought them very close to losing their property. It appears that right now they are at another one of those very crucial times. We are not sure of all of the details (and neither are they), but they have begun to pack their things, expecting to lose their court case again and be sent packing from the place they have lived for the past 35 + years. Please pray that if the Lord wills, that He would intervene on their behalf and in spite of all of the lies that have been told against them.
We are right at the time where every year we have to renew our legal papers for our stay in Mexico. Please pray that they will again be renewed without a problem.
Morgan and Humberto are continuing to preach on Wednesday nights. Please pray for me to be able to have wisdom in guiding them, giving suggestions, help and correction in their preaching. Morgan has made some great improvement in the past month. Humberto still needs a good bit of work.
We have been very blessed to have a couple (the Wickmans) from our home church visiting for this past week. They have been a real blessing to our church people as Dave taught Sunday School this last Sunday. So many visitors that come to visit have been reared in a Christian home, but the Wickmans were both reared as Catholics. People had tears in their eyes as Dave described how their families still have not talked to them to this day because they left the Catholic church. As Dave explained that their children have never known what it was to have grandparents, Marta put her arm around Marie and hugged her. Our people could really relate to that type of suffering for Christ. But Dave encouraged the people that Christ was worth it all. The people are looking forward to this Sunday's School lesson with his continued teaching in I Peter 4. They have enjoyed getting to meet the people for whom they faithfully pray. We also want to invite you to come down too and enjoy a week or so with our family.
Please continue to pray that the Lord will show himself strong in the lives of each person in the church here.
In Christ,
Mike for all the Goldfii
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