As in any ministry, the last couple of weeks have been filled with blessings and trials.
- We have a couple of people in the church who are very "communistic." They don't like to work and those in their family who do work are penalized. Pray for these situations. They create much heartache and many secondary problems.
- Martha, who has suffered through low blood platelets and hospital stays, poor work conditions, and an unsaved husband who cares nothing for the family, is being tempted greatly by another unsaved man. Please pray for the Lord to strengthen her, to keep her from falling and to preserve her in His way.
- Marcos and Ruth are the couple that has been living in our cabin since August. Ruth's mom died about a month ago. She also has a policeman for an uncle who lives in one of the northern states of Mexico where there has been major unrest over the drug traffickers and cartels. Last Tuesday he left his house with his twelve year old son to go to a little local store about 5 blocks away -and when he arrived there, he was shot in the back and killed (They left the son unharmed). Please pray for comfort for Ruth's family and for Ruth to have more opportunities to continue sharing the gospel with her unsaved family. (This uncle was her mother's younger brother.)
- We had a good men's meeting on Friday night, again about Biblical Eldership. Please pray for the Lord to continue raising up men for his glory and leadership of the church here. On Sunday we announced a few needs for cleaning supplies for the church. In the past, all who responded would have been women. Sunday, all who responded to bring different items were men. Even though this seems little, we think it is huge. Praise the Lord.
- We had 2 different ladies visiting on Sunday. Juana brought Oliva, a lady who has been exposed to Christianity before but has had some very bad experiences. Pray that she would be saved. Marbella, with an unsaved husband as well, has been visiting now for three Sundays and has brought three children. Please pray for these dear ladies. The nursery has been a huge help for new families with little ones who can't sit still for very long. They have come back to listen. Praise the Lord for this new blessing.
- We have some special events coming soon. April 10--we are going to be having a Good Friday service for the first time. 6 of us men in the church--Nico, Morgan, Memo, Beto, Marcos and Mike are going to be expounding the 7 sayings of Christ from the cross. Please pray for the men to study well, to be able to communicate clearly and to be a blessing to the church. We will then have the Lord's Supper together. Please pray that Sra. Gloria and her mom, Sra. Maria will be able to attend that service. They have not been able to be at church for a number of months now. Sra. Gloria is now almost completely blind--and very sick from the medications that she has to take. There are also some other people that we know that have indicated a desire to come to that special service.
Then on Easter Sunday, we are going to be having another sunrise service with breakfast here at our home, a tradition we started last year and was a great blessing to all of us. We are also going to be having our worship service here and then lunch afterward, so it will be a busy but hopefully blessed day.
We are entering a new phase of family life. On March 21, Mikey turned 13 and is officialy a teenager. On April 2, Caralyn turns two and that means we will be out of the baby stage. That sounds good. :-)
Thank you so much for your prayers,
In Christ,
Mike for all the Goldfii
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