Thank you for praying for us!
- We are happy to report that the Lord has been bringing MANY NEW PEOPLE during the last few weeks! Last week we were very full and this week even bought some more chairs.
- While we were happy about all of this, we are also saddened because FOUR OF OUR FAITHFUL FAMILIES WERE NOT THERE. The husbands of two of these families are two of the three leaders in the church. Reme has a saying that she often reminds me. She says, "When the Lord is working mightily, Satan is not going to sit around with his arms crossed." Right now there are family problems in all three of the leaders’ families. Please pray for wisdom in directing them to Christ for the strength that they (and we) all need for daily living. We are at the point to where probably around 30 of the people are mature enough to be able to be discipling and helping others who are coming.
- Pray for the new ones---Maricela, Sophie, Francisco, Sergio, Erica, Cristian, Moises, Fernando and some others.
- God seems to be working in FRANCISCO AND SERGIO's hearts.
Francisco is a young man (around 30 years old) who plays basketball with Mikey. Many years ago he played basketball with Rhett Mortland --- who is the son of another GFA missionary family--they are now serving the Lord in Maine. So the seed was planted back then. Mike feels that Francisco may not be far from salvation.
Sergio's story is very interesting. One Sunday in early November on our way to church, we saw a couple fighting in the park. Their fight ended up exactly in front of our church. Some of the church people intervened because the woman was screaming for help. The police came and hauled the man (Sergio) to jail while the lady (Erika) went home. Then this same couple showed up at church only three weeks ago. We were so happy to see them, but we did not know their whole story. The police put Sergio in jail for a whole week. He got out the next Saturday evening and went straight to his brother's house to tell him that he was sorry that he did not meet him the Sunday evening before as planned. When he got to his house, there was a black ribbon on the door meaning that someone had died. Whatever Sergio’s brother had planned to do with Sergio went horribly wrong (again, while Sergio was in jail.) Sergio’s brother was stabbed 45 times the day that Sergio was put in jail and missed his appointment. When this couple showed up at church three weeks ago, Sergio quietly related to us what had happened. He sadly stated that he wished he could have been there to protect his brother. All of us stated that perhaps the Lord was preserving his life to live for Him. He paused and said that through this whole situation, he had come to our church so that he could get help to change the direction of his life and know the Lord. Many people say things like this, but we write all of this because he has been faithful to every service since. He has even brought his very little children even though his wife has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. We need a lot of prayer for wisdom to help her. Sergio realizes that her problems are spiritual. - YOUNG COUPLE IS MOVING-- Please pray for Lenny and Mariana who will be moving back to the USA to New Mexico because of a new job in his same company. Although we are extremely sad that they are leaving, we know that this is probably the best decision due to the fact that his job is very dangerous. During his auditing, he has found that many are stealing LOTS of money from his company. Typically here in Mexico, they usually do not take kindly to being squealed on and many are not afraid to fix the situation their own way. Pray also for them to find a really good church in Albuquerque (if you know of one, please tell us) and for the birth of their first baby in three months.
- All of the new people who are coming to hear God's Word!!!!!
- Our water truck arrived on January 29, yesterday. We only ordered it on November 20. Now we are waiting for a truck that we ordered on Dec. 7 and Jan. 6. Faith's unsaved friend's husband still has not found the stolen semi-truck that was loaded with supplies for a large job that he needs to do. He did not have insurance.
In Christ,
Mike, Faith, Mikey, Cristi, Carissa, Matthew, Cheri, and Cara Goldfuss
Mike, Faith, Mikey, Cristi, Carissa, Matthew, Cheri, and Cara Goldfuss
P.S. As Faith was writing this at the children's PE classes, she could hear the sirens of all of the vehicles due to an explosion. Her friend, Alma, told everyone what had happened. Mati, another friend, was understandably concerned. Her husband works at the Pemex headquarters where the explosion took place. Thirty minutes later she was able to hear from him and found out that he was alright but needed to be evacuated from the building. Even though the explosion was 15 miles away from where Faith was, many of the injured were being brought to the Pemex hospital which is 1/2 mile away from our church. They are saying that it was an electrical explosion???? Many here doubt that story.
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