Goldfuss update (January 24)

Dear Praying Friends, 

People we have been trying to reach for awhile now:

1. Thank you for praying for Citlali and Lorena. They have both accepted study Bibles and devotional books gratefully. Please pray that they would both desire to have a Bible study and time with Faith. Both of their lives are very hectic and unstable.
2. Eric and Delilah are still coming faithfully to church, but have not been able to come for a study on marriage yet. Continue to pray for the Lord to work in their hearts.
3. Victor has been coming faithfully and seeking to learn. What a blessing. He is studying his Bible on his own and showing some good signs of life.

Growth Among our church people:

1. It is such a blessing to see men who are seeking to follow the Lord. Nico has been going out on Saturdays on his own to different parks in Mexico City. He has been doing an evangelistic questionnaire for people and giving out tracts and speaking to people about their need of the gospel. He has also been inviting different families to his house on Sundays and seeking to encourage and exhort them. It is neat to see people seeking to show hospitality to others.
2. Memo has been seeking to witness faithfully to several of his co-workers. We were able to have dinner with their family today and were able to talk about a few issues that they were wondering about in the church. Memo could be a major leader in the church. We have been trying to persuade him to try to preach on some Wednesday nights. Please bathe him in prayer. His wife Karina is already getting excited about VBS and has volunteered to participate in a major part. (We have not even brought this up to the church yet!)
3. We had a nice visit yesterday, complete with wonderful food brought by our visitors, the Olivares family. They brought chicken, pork and beef and grilled tacos out in the front yard. They are really growing by inviting friends and relatives and striving to please the Lord in what they do.

Recent Newcomers:

1. Bettie and her son Gabriel--came today. Bettie has come about three times throughout the last three years and today was the first day her son came with her.
2. And we will end this week with a real encouragement. Tania showed up to church last week. She has been praying for a good church to attend as she recently left a cult. Through some people in Monterrey who know the Zartmans, she made it to our church and the first people she met were the Olivares--who also previously had been in the same sect. She is very confused about a lot of things but has enjoyed preaching from God's Word the last two weeks. Please pray for the Lord to really show her His truth. She plans to bring her parents next week.

Thank you so much for your support and prayers!

Mike, Faith, Mikey, Cristi, Carissa, Matthew, Cherith, and Caralyn

P.S. Pray for Ruth and Marcos. Ruth broke her foot and it is difficult for her to take care of their two little ones.

Goldfuss update (January 4)

Dear praying friends,

The Lord is working in Eric and Dalilah's hearts. They came to church yesterday and agreed to come tonight to talk with us again. Please pray for salvation in both of them. It was an incredible surprise and blessing to see Dalilah's sister, Aurora, in attendance yesterday. We got to talk with her first about a year ago and we saw her again on Christmas Eve. She has two daughters who also attended with her--Samantha and Andrea. Please pray that they will return and also that God will open their hearts as He opened Lydia's heart in Acts 17.

Victor, who we mentioned last week, came on Wednesday night to our testimony and special hymn night. He was eager to give a testimony. The Lord is obviously working in his heart and life. Please pray as we seek to follow up with Victor as well.

Please pray for the Frutos family that has been struggling with a time of marital infidelity in the family. They were absent today. Also absent for the second straight week was the Lopez family. Please pray for the power of the gospel to work mightily in both of these families.

School has started back up again today. Our distinguished staff of Peniel Christian Academy, Jon, Andrea, Reme and Faith are all upping their load this semester in helping teach. We do ask that you would continue to pray for the Lord to provide another school teacher for this semester if He so wills it. Our distinguished staff is also very thankful for another teacher this semester--Mikey will be proctoring Matthew in 1st grade Science. We are very thankful for the great start that Bekah helped us achieve during our first semester, and we will miss her a lot.

Some have asked about the resolution of the money problem that we had with our offering situation. No one has come forward to confess that, so please keep praying to that end so that there may be restoration.

Thank you for all of your prayers.

In Christ,

Mike for all the Goldfii