Goldfuss update (December 29)

"Mexico is the world's 2nd market for job related stress, following China. Economic factors, social environments, violence, transportation challenges and family problems all contribute to the stress of most workers" (Reforma, page 2).

This quote was no surprise to us when we read it yesterday. We know of people who get up at 5:00 AM to leave their homes by 6:00AM to take between 3 and 4 hours to get to work. One young lady in our church does this only to arrive at 10:00 AM! When she leaves work, she sometimes arrives as late as 10:00PM depending on the return traffic! Thankfully, for her, this is not every day. Some are not as fortunate. Most also work a half of a day on Saturday.

Working in the world's largest city is very challenging which is why finding extra time to work on the new church building could be equally as challenging. BUT WE HAVE A LORD IN HEAVEN THAT CAN MAKE THE DIFFICULT POSSIBLE! The men have had an excellent spirit facing this daunting task. Please pray for a very essential and important meeting that the men will be having tonight after prayer meeting to decide how we can rotate the work between all to be the most efficient.

Our illness still continues. We may be on the mend. Mike has lost over 10 pounds. Cheri is the worst now.

We depend upon your prayers,
Mike, Faith, Mikey, Cristi, Carissa, Matthew, Cheri, and Caralyn Goldfuss

Goldfuss update (December 21)

Dear Prayer Partners,

Many praises!

The Lord gave Mike and Carissa a very busy, but safe trip to the border. As Mike wrote the following on Facebook:
On our round trip to Texas and back:
# of crashed semi-trucks in accidents--6
# of dollars spent for a year's supplies--too many
# of bullets heard or taken--0
3 1/2 days with Carissa ----------------priceless"

1. Mike had the privilege of preaching at Lala's 90th birthday party on Saturday. He was able to preach to over 70 relatives, the majority of them unsaved. We sought to honor Lala and even more, Lala's Lord. Because of this, we were not able to participate in the church's first work party. This, we are sure, was of the Lord because the people dug right in and began doing the work without us.
2. All Saturday, many of our church people worked at a new location for the church. One problem is that it is going to cost more than what the men of the church originally thought. All expenses will be taken off the rent---so that is a big help. The men feel that one major advantage of the move is that we will be able to put up a big sign and have our own location. (Our present landlord has never allowed that in the past). Please pray for wisdom for the men. They reported that the work party had a good spirit and that all worked well together. You can see in some of the pictures that they had to move a whole pile of red stone up to the second floor (in buckets) to fill in so that the floor will be one solid level instead of two.
3. The next work meeting is Saturday---Christmas day. Since Mexico celebrates Christmas in the evening of the 24th, there is no conflict for them. So that our family will be able to help, we will be celebrating our American Christmas with our family on the 24th, then the Mexican Christmas with them on the evening and night of the 24th. Then there will be another big work party during the day of the 25th.---And finally church on Sunday with a baptismal service, a meal together, and a Christian video following the usual services. Please pray for the great spirit to continue. You all can think of us on Christmas day when we have our work party; and please pray for unity, love, and wisdom for our church people. ***I almost forgot to ask for prayer at the special Christmas service on Thursday evening the 23rd!!! (pictures are included from the 1st work party). So that means activities with the church people from Thursday through Sunday!
4. Mike was invited to preach at another church in the city for their Christmas service on Sunday evening. What a great opportunity as there were many visitors. How we miss Jon to help with all of the preaching. Please pray for stamina for Mike.

Thank you so much for faithfully praying for the ministry here in Mexico City and for our family. How thankful we are to have a Savior from all of our sin! Thank you Lord for sending your Son! And how thankful we are to have you standing behind us in prayer!

With much love, the Goldfusses
(Faith) for all the rest of us--Mike, Mikey, Cristi, Carissa, Matthew, Cherith, and Caralyn

Goldfuss quick update (December 12)

Dear Praying Friends,

Please pray:

1. Tomorrow morning, (right now in about 5 hours) Carissa and I are leaving to accompany Jon and Andrea and family to Texas. Please pray as this trip is much more dangerous here in Mexico now.
2. Quickly, we just found out this week that our church is going to be moving to another place to meet. The new place has a ton of work that needs to be done, but the people are excited about doing it. Please pray that this would draw us closer in the bonds of love and that we would all pitch in and help for the Lord's glory and the good of His people.
3. This coming Saturday, I will be preaching at Sra. Lala's 90th birthday party--in front of many of her unsaved family members. Please pray that the Lord will give me wisdom and the ability to give the gospel clearly and glorify the Lord for Lala's life.
4. Many opportunities for preaching this Christmas season. Please pray for the Lord's wisdom and for the gospel to be presented clearly.

Thank you for your prayers,
In Christ,
mike for us all

Goldfuss update (December 6)

Dear Praying friends,

We had a wonderful time in Florida at the family reunion that Mike's mom put together for the whole family. Mom flew us there and back and paid for our whole time together. Everyone had a WONDERFUL time. The kids all got to see their cousins--all 22 were able to spend 8 days together, and about 1/2 of them got to spend another 5 days together after several others had to leave for left for their homes. All of my brothers and sisters and spouses were able to be together too with Mom.

We have just recently started a new SS theme on why the Bible is trustworthy. Last Sunday I asked several of the people in the discussion time how old they were the first time they ever picked up a Bible and tried to read it. One lady said that she was 63 years old, a few people mentioned that they were in their 30's, and another lady who has attended for about 2 years said that she had never read or opened a Bible until she came to our church. Please pray that this study would increase our faith in and obedience to God's Word. Please also pray that Padierna Bible Church will be and remain faithful to God's Word. Pray that all of us will make it our lamp and light for our daily lives.

We have also been three weeks in a new study on the spiritual war that we are in with our own flesh, the world and the devil. There is no shortage of the enemy around and within us, and some folks have really been feeling that battle. The last few weeks, our attendance has been ravaged by a number of people sick and a number of other people just really struggling in their spiritual lives. Please pray for the Lord to give us much wisdom in dealing with different situations each day. Since the rains have gone, it seems like in the past 3 or 4 weeks, MANY are dealing with sinus, cough, cold and congestion due to pollution. Please pray for the Lord's grace to sustain us physically and spiritually day by day.

For the past year and a half, we have been privileged to have the Crocker Family, Jon, Andrea, Paul and Timothy, living in the cabin on our property. Sadly, they have to leave on December 13, a week from today. We are really really going to miss them. They have been a super tremendous blessing to our family and our church in the past year and a half. They have helped in the ministry in many many ways and will be very much missed here. Please pray for them as they will begin full time deputation to come back to Mexico City in the Lord's time. They would be a great missionary couple to support. :-) The church had a going a way dinner for them yesterday. Pray for Jon as he will be preaching and doing the SS hour this coming Sunday for the last time.

Jon and Andrea have helped greatly in our homeschooling for the past year and a half as well. They will be missed in that area as well. We are very thankful that the Lord has provided two young ladies to come and help for second semester--Rachel Steffensmeier and Jessica Snell. We trust that they will be a blessing to our family in homeschooling and that we will be a great blessing to them as well. Jon and Andrea haven't even left, Rachel and Jessica haven't even arrived, but it's probably not too early to mention that we will also need someone to come help with school in the fall. If you know anyone who would like to have that opportunity on a missionfield, please let them know that we would love to hear from them.

We have had a few more opportunities recently to give the gospel clearly. Pray especially for a lady who visited our home last Saturday--Elisabet.

Please pray for Mike and Carissa as they will accompany Jon and Andrea up next Monday to the Texas border. As you may have noticed in the recent months, the drug lords in Mexico have caused much unrest and violence throughout much of the country as they battle for the best drug routes. We would appreciate greatly your prayers for the Lord's protection of us as we travel next week.

Thank you so much for your prayers. We could not be here if you were not upholding us before the throne of grace--that grace that we all so desperately need.

In Christ,
Mike for all the Goldfii (Faith, Mikey, Cristiana, Carissa, Matthew, Cherith and Caralyn)

Goldfuss update (October 19)

Dear Praying friends,

We haven't written for a couple of weeks. Sometimes it seems like there is a sameness and routine--not too much seems new. However, in reviewing the last couple of weeks, I'm sure "sameness" and "not new" are two terms that you won't think fit after you read this. When you are living day by day, some things just seem to not be as big a deal, but we are thankful for blessings and protection.

About 6 weeks ago I received an email from a missionary lady in Peru who said that she knew a couple that was coming to Mexico City where the man was going to study, and could I send directions to our church. Since this city is soooooo big, we have heard things like that before and the people have ALWAYS lived very far away from where we are located. She did mention the school where the man would be studying. I have heard of that place, (if it's the one I had seen before) and it's about 3 minutes down the mountain from our church. Two weeks went by and one Wednesday night there was a knock on the door at church--Jorge and Cecilia, the couple from the email were there. They came right in and haven't missed a service since--including ladies' and mens' meetings. They had not checked their email to get the news and our church address from the other missionary lady until that night and decided to go look for our church. They live one street over and 3 streets down from our church and can come walking. :-) What a blessing they have been in the short time that they have been with us. Praise the Lord with us for them. They have been an encouragement, and we pray that we will be an encouragement to them.

We have been having two men's meetings per month--meeting before our SS hour. Please pray that the book that we are studying on preaching would be a help to the 7 or 8 men who are attending faithfully.

This past Sunday for dinner we had 2 of our church couples for lunch (actually, it was dinner, we ate "lunch" at 6:00 PM.) It was a very encouraging time as they were interested in how we as a church can be more of a family. We talked about being honest with each other, really loving others where they are, and dealing with problems honestly. Praise the Lord for this interest. Pray for us to all put it into practice.

Reme and Juana and their family have moved up to within about 1/2 mile of where we live now. They are living in a house that Sylvia has on her property. About a week and a half ago, they were awakened at 2:30 AM to what they first thought were fireworks. Then they realized it was the sound of gunshots. There was a shootout right behind their home. The bullets were kicking up dirt and they could hear the dirt coming down on their roof. The shootout lasted 1 1/2 hours. Machine guns, pistols and some other kind of high powered gun were all used. The next day, the big news was that 15-20 men had stormed the nearby house. The people in the house had weapons and fought back. That's why it lasted so long. The father died in the home while the wife and 3 of the children (all older) were taken in a car and found shot to death about 1 mile from us. The family that was all killed was into drug trafficking, so it appears that it was all drug-related. Things in Mexico as a whole have been in great upheaval, but closer to Mexico City, things have been pretty quiet on the drug front. Please pray that the Lord would continue to protect us as He so faithfully has up until now. (Jon Crocker said that he heard it that night from our cabin across the yard.)

Mike's mom has been planning and saving up for a family reunion for the last several years. The fruits of her labors have finally come to fruition. We all will be leaving on Thursday for Florida for the reunion. The countdown has been pretty excruciating for all these kids in school--and mom the teacher along with the Crockers who have had to put up with the excited kids :-) Mom Goldfuss will be present, Mike's 6 other brothers and sisters with their spouses, and 22 cousins/grandkids, etc. Please pray that we will have a nice time of rest, relaxation and spiritual refreshment and encouragemente together. Please pray for Jon and Andrea as they hold down the fort at home and church.

Thank you for all your prayers,
In Christ,
Mike for all the Goldfii

Goldfuss update (September 21)

Dear Praying friends,

It's wonderful when the Lord brings back people from the past.

During the past month, the Lord has given us good contact again with Esther and her three children and Alejandrina. Both have come back to church. Please pray for the Lord in His grace to work in both of them and to make them faithful, Christ-like believers. Both have had some very difficult times and would appreciate your prayers.

Tere has had a rough month since her husband died, but it's a blessing to see her continue to seek to trust in the Lord day by day. She is also having some health issues.

We have almost finished 3 months of messages on forgiveness. Many have commented on the help that they have been and others are still struggling with forgiving others who have offended them. It is always a wonderful truth to remember that no one has ever sinned more against me, than I have against God. So, if He has forgiven me ALL my sins, there is no one that I should not be able to forgive as well. Pray that the Lord will continue to use them for His honor and glory. If anyone has spanish neighbors who would perhaps benefit from this series, we would be glad to supply some cd's for you to give to them.

Some in the church are still struggling financially. Please pray for them not to get their eyes off of Christ and to be controlled by these debts. As well, please pray that we would all have wisdom in our finances so as not to become enslaved in the first place.

Please pray for two ladies in the church who have some friction between them. Pray that the Lord will empower both to be Christlike in their words and responses.

School has gotten started. We praise the Lord for the Crockers and their help in school each day. Please pray for the Lord to provide a helper/s for second semester in His perfect will.

Last Wed/Thursday, Mexico celebrated its Bicentennial. We got to go to Alejandro, Guille and Morgan's home to enjoy some of the best tacos in all of Mexico--around 11 PM. 11 tacos at 11 PM doesn't help one sleep the best, but they sure tasted good. Pray that God in His grace would truly give the independence that only comes through faith in His Son to Mexico.

In our children's SS classes, we have one adult who teaches and one of the young people who assist with verses and crafts. Cristi recently worked on different clay scenes for her activity in the class. I've enclosed some pictures so that you can see her handiwork. Please note the intricate flowers and even the braids in Pharoah's daughter's hair. Man, I would have the patience to do about 1/4 of one of her fruits or flowers before I went crazy. She is VERY talented in art. Hope you enjoy them.

Thank you again for your vital part in this ministry! We love you and thank the Lord for you!

Mike and Faith for all the Goldfii

Goldfuss update (August 19)

Dear Praying friends,

Thank you so much for praying for everything! Your prayers have been with us, and we have sensed them! May the Lord richly bless you for the time that you take uplifting the dear people here before the Lord.

1. VBS!!!! The Lord answered your prayers! We had an average of 35 kids each day with 47 different children over the course of the week. The Lord also answered the prayer request of using our teens. They really stepped up to the plate and taught verses, organized the games outside, and helped wherever was needed. Our goal is to have them organize and run the whole entire VBS in a couple of years. Livia, Faith's friend from gymnastics, brought her daughter Alexia--and then asked many questions later. Please pray for her salvation. Victor taught the Bible stories and Lourdes did the missionary story. They did a wonderful job! Carina organized the entire craft of making a treasure chest. Twenty different people from church participated and worked hard to make the VBS run smoothly. Our children now want us to have 2 weeks of VBS next year like we did when we were children. We'll have to see. Adults were skeptical due to a potential for exhaustion, but praise the Lord for their desire to be there and learn!
2. We had the Batorys from GFA near the end of the next week. Norma Helle and Diana Boss needed to get their paperwork done here in Mexico City and so they came from farther north to see the Batorys. It was so good to see them again. Dr. Batory gave an excellent message this last Sunday about viewing trials as a blessing from the Lord. He referred to the trials that they as a couple have passing during the past number of years. Since three of our church families are passing through serious difficulties, it was a tremendous blessing. Mrs. Batory was able to talk with Faith's friend Lorena from gymnastics. They have a common bond in an interest of nutrition. Mrs. Batory used that as a springboard to share with Lorena how the Lord has been guiding them as a couple. Lorena was very moved and opened up to Paula. We praise the Lord that she is now showing more of an interest in spiritual things. She is reading a book that Faith gave her and has called thanking her for the book. Pray for Lorena and her husband Pepe as we seek to help them with the only true help that they can have—God's Word.
3. Teresa's husband Alberto died on Tuesday morning. This began a series of events that allowed us to give the Gospel to around 200 people! Early in the morning, when Alberto was fighting for every breath, Teresa said to him, "Honey, if you are trusting only in Christ for your salvation, it is ok, then you can relax and go to be with him." It was then that he stopped fighting and passed away. This gave Teresa a small glimmer of hope that he was truly trusting in Christ.
   We arrived at their house at 10:30 am and stayed until after midnight for the wake--they bring the body the same day and family, friends, relatives and neighbors all come. Some come all day and stay all night with the casket right in the living room. Teresa is one of 10 brothers and sisters and Alberto was one of six. Almost all of those siblings are grandparents--so you can begin to see the quantity of people that the Lord brought our way. Teresa asked Mike to preach three times--at 2 pm, 6 pm, and at 10 pm. What was incredible was that these all have seen how the Lord has changed both Teresa and her sister Silvia. Some were very open. In between the services we had long conversations with more than 20 different people. Mike used those conversations to give him fuel for each time he spoke. People listened intently and respectfullly to those three different messages! Faith was sitting in the middle between Teresa's son Alan and Teresa herself when Alan expressed concern that most of the people there were probably expecting someone to do the rosary. Teresa's response: "Your father and I believe---in---the ---WORD, and THAT is suficient." She was kind but firm. When her little brother asked her if he could do the rosary, she said, "If you need to I will respect you, but it is not necessary. Nothing at all was done between the messages until we left. We felt God's presence and power as we were able to talk with so many. Oh, please continue to lift up these dear people before the Lord and ask Him to open hearts to respond to the gospel.

As I (Faith) was sitting there, I was overwhelmed with joy in thanking the Lord for this opportunity. Then I remembered that directly because of our baby Crystalyn's death, Teresa's relatives came to our church. I could honestly thank the Lord for taking Crystalyn to Himself. Her death began a chain reaction---nine years ago---that has allowed the Lord himself to look big in the eyes of man and in saving several for His glory. The praise goes to him. How can I begin to explain how exhausting yet how thrilling it was to be able to share the Gospel so freely for so many hours.

Many expressed to me how incredibly Teresa was responding and dealing with Alberto's death. I was able to say, "Tere is a wonderful person, but what you are seeing now is Tere's GOD sustaining her. His grace was so evident in Teresa that many were astounded.

In the midst of these two weeks since we last wrote to you, we were also able to put up a swing set that Westerville Bible Church (OH) and Trinity Bible Church (SC) went together to provide for both our children and our church family. We pray that this will be a tool used for the Lord. When we are counselling parents, our children know that their ministry is to take the children outside to play. We have a large window for the parents to be able to see exactly how their children are doing. This will give the children something extra to do while we are talking with the parents.

The other project that we were able to do was to install solar tubes that will heat our water. Gas costs about $100 per month. It is supposed to cut costs to $100 per year. Hopefully the solar tubes will pay for themselves in about 1 1/2 years. It is rainy season right now, so there isn't much sun, but the few days we have had sun, they have worked fabulously. We praise the Lord for this!

Please also pray for Nico. Last Thursday night he was in a very serious car accident in which he would have been killed except for God's obvious hand keeping him safe. He is in a neck collar at the present time and off of work. Please keep him and his unsaved family in your prayers. He's using this "forced vacation" to read and study God's Word even more. Praise the Lord.

Thank you again for your vital part in this ministry! We love you and thank the Lord for you!

Mike and Faith for all the Goldfii

Goldfuss update (August 1)

Dear Praying Friends,

Our biggest request is VBS this week from 3:00–6:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The church people have done a lot of work to get things in order. Pray that we will do the Lord's will in each and every aspect of the week.

Teresa didn't come today for about the 4th week in a row. Please pray for her as she battles with discouragement in her struggle to help her husband.

Martha often makes it to SS, but has to leave to work. She was able to stay through for our worship service today. It was wonderful to have her and it was wonderful to see her spirit in the service. Please pray as she recently had some radiation treatment.

We do have a significant praise. The main books that Cristi needs to read for her coming school year from BJU press have already been recorded through Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic!!!! This will help her immensely and she'll be able to do a great deal more of her schoolwork by herself and it will also free up Faith to be able to teach other subjects to the little ones. Praise the Lord for helping us find this tremendous rescource.

Thank you for praying,

In Christ,
Mike for all the Goldfii

Goldfuss update (July 27)

Dear Prayer Partners,

You might be shocked, but we are freezing down here!!!! We have had to light the woodstove three times this week. In Mexico????? Well, we live in Mexico City where we are just about 10,000 feet--almost twice that of Denver. The rains have been very cold and the sun hadn't come out before today for about 6 days. We praise the Lord for a cozy home where we can take refuge from the downpours.

Praise:

We had a very good teacher training sesson last Saturday where 5 teachers received positive constructive criticism on their presentations by Victor Labelle and the rest of the listeners. We appreciate Victor's hard work helping our teachers develop their abilities. We are scheduling more training sessions so that the other 15 teachers and assistants can give their presentations and benefit from all of the feedback.

Prayer requests:

1. Wisdom in dealing with two difficult church situations.
2. Teresa--who is very discouraged. Her husband Alberto has a very serious lung condition. Teresa has been doing everything for him. He is very depressed and will not speak to her. He is also refusing to take his medicine. Pray for the Lord to give Teresa endurance as it is hard for her to sleep at night with his care giving. Pray also for her as she struggles because she so wants the Lord to save her huband. And lastly, please pray for Alberto's salvation. They are only in their late 50's. Alberto's brother died about 2 months ago from the same rare lung condition.
3. Jason and Danielle Boyle--as they are looking for a permanent home in the city. Right now they are staying with us above our garage. Their goal is to begin language school this fall. (In the meantime we are putting them to work in VBS!)
4. Reme and Juana as they have to move again. This will again be a temporary situation. Pray for permanent housing.
5. Jon and Andrea Crocker---(Our missionary co-workers that live in our cabin) They will be leaving tomorrow for about two weeks, travelling to California for Andrea's sister's wedding. Pray for Mike as he has additional preaching responsibilities. **Also, another church just called and needs a preacher for Sunday---so Mike will be going over there on Sunday evening. Please pray for endurance and wisdom in helping this church as they have had problems in the past.
6. Two of our teens who are helping in VBS---that the Lord would develop a love for teaching and serving Him.

Coming dates:

• July 31: VBS final preparation meeting from 2–4 p.m. We will also be giving out invitations in the neighborhood.
• August 2–5: VBS
• August 9: the Crockers come back
• August 11–17: Visit from the Batorys-our GFA director
• August 23: school starts
• September 4: teacher presentations

Family news: We are trying to be able to download some of Cristi's textbooks to be able to listen to audibly. She is reading well, but the amount that she now needs to do with entering junior high will be exhausting and give her a headache. Pray that we will be able to figure out exactly what she needs to study well on her own. We thank the Lord that BJU press is helping us in this process.

Thank you again for your prayers. We depend upon them.

In Christ,

Mike, Faith, Mikey, Cristiana, Carissa, Matthew, Cherith, and Caralyn Goldfuss

Goldfuss update (July 22)

Dear Praying Friends,

This has been a very busy time.

We were privileged to have good friends of ours, Dave and Marie Wickman, from our home church, visit us for an entire week. They were a great encouragement and a huge blessing in helping get some projects done and also just talking. Praise the Lord for great friends.

Please pray for a number of people who are discouraged about debt problems that they are having. Because of this, it is affecting other areas of their lives, including their worship and walk with the Lord. Please pray for encouragement and wisdom for them and for us.

Thank you for praying for the church discipline issue a couple weeks ago. The Lord worked in that situation and both parties appear to be seeking to do what God wants them to do in the situation. Keep praying.

Our Vacation Bible School is coming up quickly--it will be August 2-5. Please keep this spiritual endeavor in your prayers. Pray for visitors, and for God's Word to work in the hearts of our own church children who are able to attend.

You may have heard about recent violence here in Mexico. Mostly, Mexico City has stayed free of the drug violence that has been rocking much of the country (that is apart from all the normal everyday violence that is characteristic of a big city). :-)

1. However last week, Teresa, from our church, told us about the federal police agents/SWAT agents in front of her house. They told her to stay inside while they arrested her next door neighbor who has been involved in some kind of drug activity. She just thought he was a normal next door neighbor.
2. Just this morning as Mikey was on his way with Morgan to basketball practice, they were detained about ten minutes as three police trucks passed their taxi, stopped a man in a car, pulled him out, threw him down and stomped on him. Mikey said it was right before him. He came home talking non-stop about what they had seen.
3. Monday, Mike and Cristi made a border trip (735 miles) to McAllen, TX to pick up Jason and Danielle Boyle. Jason was our first intern about 10 years ago. They now have all their support and are coming down to live permanently now. We made it up Monday evening. Jason and Danielle came on Tuesday and we left McAllen for Mexico City yesterday (Wed.) morning about 6:30 AM. The Mexican border city with McAllen is Reynosa, Mexico where there has been a lot of drug violence in the past year. We praise the Lord that He kept us safe and that we made it home here last night about 9:30 PM. We got to stop in Monterrey to have breakfast with our wonderful friends the Zartmans. This morning Mrs. Zartman wrote with the news headlines from yesterday morning. I'll just give you the translation:

Three Die in Shootout in Reynosa
A heavy shootout between two groups of organized crime members left a total of at least 3 people dead and also paralyzed traffic on the Reynosa-Monterrey Highway around kilometer 21.
According to witnesses, the shootout happened about 8:00 AM and lasted about 45 minutes . . . dozens of people who were going to Monterrey or Gustavo Diaz Ordas were direct witnesses to the confrontation between the two armed groups.

From our calculations, we only missed that by 5-10 minutes—we went right through there. If you were praying for us on Wednesday, thank you very much. The Lord is good. When we get to heaven, it will be very interesting to see how many times He spared our lives here on earth because He was not yet done conforming us to Christ's image.

There continues to be a heavy amount of violence in Mexico. Please continue to pray for the Lord's protection and that we would be faithful witnesses of our Lord Jesus.

Please pray for Esteban, a tremendous contact that Faith and I had an opportunity to witness to in a taxi last week for about two and a half hours. Also pray for Olivia, a friend who execises with Faith. She had opportunity to witness to her today for about two hours as well. May the Lord find us faithful.

In Christ,

Mike for all the Goldfii

Goldfuss update (June 24)

Dear Praying Friends,

The team left early on Monday morning. We have enclosed some pictures from our church get together with them on Saturday. We had a good number of visitors on Saturday and Sunday at church. Pray for the visitors to return.

Please pray also as Friday night several men in the church will be following the second step of Matthew 18 in church discipline for the family who has been loaning money with interest. Please pray for repentance for the family, for the truth to come out, for the church to see the seriousness of sin, and for all of us to grow through this situation.

In Christ,

Mike for all the Goldfii