Dear Praying friends,
We haven't seen the sun for almost a week now. It has been cloudy, drizzly and rainy and pretty cold. The family is going through one of our pretty hard cycles of cough/sinus and throat problems. We appreciate your prayers for the Lord's grace in this time. We do have a wood stove but I recently replaced the door gasket and it is a bit too small so we can't use it right now as smoke comes out and fills the room. We hope to be able to get a new one from the States by the end of this week. A small request but it would be very helpful for our family.
Our communication has been a bit hampered also. We have been without telephone service for over a week and very limited internet. When you receive this email, you will know that our internet service is back--at least for a few seconds or minutes. :-) The telephone company told us that they will try to fix the problem today or tomorrow so we shall see.
Erasmo is still in some pain from his surgery. Please pray that he will be able to recover fully and quickly and be back to driving his taxi so that he can provide for his family.
Sra. Gloria and her mom Maria have been able to make it the last couple of months to our services but Gloria's shingles are still bothering her. The last couple of weeks she has only been able to stay for SS.
Martha missed last Sunday but was there yesterday. She is struggling with illness and the great burden of unsaved family at home and an abusive husband. He will not supply for any of the needs that his family has but still expects Martha to make food for him. She works as a nurse to make about $150 dollars a week. Things are extremely difficult for her physically and economically, BUT to see her in church as she hears about the Lord Jesus and what He has done and is doing for her is such a joy to see. You can actually see her face change during the service and when she hears a pertinent point about Christ, she just kind of closes her eyes, sighs deeply and smiles. It is such a blessing.
Another blessing is to see people whose lives are filled with physical difficulty and suffering actually in tears as they sing and worship during the service. Sometimes I am arrested with my own lack of worship or thought in the songs as I see someone who is actually so involved in their singing and the message of the words that they are brought to tears. May the Lord truly give us hearts to be filled and affected by what we say we believe.
This past Wed. night our longtime friend Pedro (unsaved) showed up for our Wed. evening service. He was with his bother Alejandro, and his wife, Norma with their little girl. Please pray for the Lord's saving work in each of their lives.
School continues to progress. Melissa has been a wonderful help to Faith and our family. Because of Cristi's intensive therapy last year, we were not able to begin school until October of last year. However, in two weeks Mikey should be completely caught up with school and Carissa should follow him very soon. We praise the Lord for allowing Melissa to be with us which has allowed us to get caught up. Cristi is doing so much better with her dyslexia challenges. Our monthly therapies continue. Thank you for praying.
Melissa is offering her piano playing abilities to the entire church. Eighteen people have signed up to take lessons. Only about 10 had their lesson last week. I announced that this next week is the last opportunity. Then we will revise the list if they do not come. Please pray that the church people would take advantage of this wonderful opportunity.
Our next young people's meeting will be this coming Saturday. If the rains stay this week, we will have our third straight creek walk. The kids are hoping for that. We'll try to send some pictures next week.
Thank you for all of your prayers,
In Christ,
Mike for all the Goldfii
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