I promised you a couple of pictures last week of the closing recital after Melissa had given piano lessons for three months. Then I didn't include them. I'm sorry. :-) Here they are.
On Thursday night, a bunch of people surprised Melissa here at our home with a going away supper. Melissa had gone with Faith to the girls' gymnastics class and when they returned, all the people were here. It was a nice time and we also got to have some good spiritual talks with a few people. Friday morning Melissa had a 6:20 AM plane to catch so Morgan arrived here in his taxi at 4AM and we took Melissa to the airport. She made her plane with plenty of time to spare so that was good for her and bad for us. She was a huge help in getting the kids caught up as were a good bit behind from last year's school year still. Please pray for the Lord to provide someone for our second semester for schooling in His plan and time. It is an overwhelming task for Faith by herself. We do thank the Lord for His grace and strength day by day to get done what needs to be done.
This past week Mike had some very good visits with different ones in the church. Jesus and Analilia haven't been back again for the past two weeks. Their oldest daughter, Luz, 11, is with them again after living with other family members in Acapulco. On Tuesday night Mike had the tremendous opportunity of giving the gospel to that whole family for about 1 1/2 hours. It was directed to Luz, but Jesus and Analilia were sitting right there also and listening intently. Luz asked some very good questions and it was a thrill again to share the glorious gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Please pray for the Lord to open the hearts of each person in this family.
Teresa has been struggling with her husband Alberto. He continues to make her life miserable. He ridicules her all the time, puts her down, yells at her and is just unbearable to live with most of the time. The first thing she said to me in our visit the other night was that she was meditating on a certain part of Scripture and that she realized how bad even her good works are most of the time and how much we need to do things just to honor our great Savior. In spite of all her difficulties in her family, it was so neat to see her meditating and thinking about Scripture and letting it work in her to change her to be more like Christ.
Martha had to be admitted to the hospital last Monday with a very low blood platelet count. She said that a person should normally have 150,000 platelets. After a blood test in the morning, she had 50,000 and by the afternoon it was down to 20,000. Since she is very susceptible to diseases, she was sent home. She went to her sister's house where she doesn't have to be outside and can rest more. Morgan and I went to see her on Thursday and she was very discouraged. We had the opportunity to encourage her though and the visit was very profitable. It was a blessing to see her come to church yesterday--she said she had to stop and sit down 3 times betwee the bus stop and church (only a two streets' walk) but she really enjoyed being there. It's always a blessing for everyone in church to see her.
Sra. Gloria continues to struggle with her diabetes. She and her mom (Sra. Maria) were not able to be there again yesterday. Pray for the Lord to touch her body and allow them to again be back in services.
We have been discouraged with several things during the past couple of weeks. Our Sunday School has been pretty sparsely attended right when we are trying to expand the classes because of past overcrowding. Sometimes it seems that many are so overwhelmed with their own problems that they don't have the time or energy to do extra work in the church. Most will come for an extra get together, but only a few will come to help work. Please pray that the Lord would put it in their hearts to get the work done and to attend SS.
If the Lord allows, Morgan and I are going to be travelling Thursday morning to Michoacan (about 2 hours away) to try to meet with a family that has no church. There is a possibility that Morgan could begin to go regularly there to work to raise up a local church by God's grace. Pray for wisdom and direction in that situation.
This Friday night we will have another men's meeting on Biblical Eldership. Please pray that the Lord would raise up faithful men to lead His church here.
Thank you for your prayers,
In Christ,
Mike for all the Goldfii
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