Dear Praying Partners,
I will begin by only including in this update the unusual. Please note that we do also have normal routine ministry of visiting, counseling ect.
1. Good news: the appliances were fixed from the electrical blow up.
2. On Wednesday last week, Carissa informed me that her best friend's mom was transferring her best friend to another basketball team. Then 40 minutes later, someone stole Carissa's I-pad. This was a special gift that she got to use for school instead of having the customary "Quince años" party. We have a very secure basketball training court, but Carissa DID see a man staring at her. Since many people stare at her red hair, she didn't think anything of it. Carissa thought that the man was a relative of someone training. Then when he was kneeling by her things, she thought that he dropped something. At the end of practice, she found her bag open and the I-pad gone. We were unable to tell Mike anything before the service on Wednesday night. His message was about giving thanks in every circumstance. We were amazed at the appropriateness of the message for Carissa because we were sad for her----especially about her friend.
3. It has been very stressful with the leaving of the dear family who came from the cult called the Perfects 6 years ago. This family was a very big part of our church. The husband wants Mike to preach all these extra rules that are not in the Bible---and therefore, Mike cannot preach them. All three of the sons are upset, and the oldest son (18) keeps calling Mike for help. They are a homeschooling family and the father has decided to have church at home. Mike is challenging the son to honor his parents and to keep his eyes not on Mike himself, or his parents, but on Christ. The heartbreaking thing in all of this is that the youngest is Matthew's closest friend. They are like brothers. The situation is having all of us depend more on the Lord, and Matthew is learning that at a young age.
4. One 30 year old man that was Mikey's friend at basketball has been coming to church for the last 4 months. Mike has been meeting with him weekly for about two months now. He asked to come to the house to pick up more tracts to hand out. Mike got a ride down the mountain with him last Thursday so that Mike could get the microwave fixed. As Mike got down the road, he realized that the young man had been drinking and that the alcohol was having more and more of an effect. The man wouldn't let Mike out of the car, almost ran into 2 cars, and then followed Mike when Mike was finally able to get out with the microwave and get into another taxi. Mike could not get his keys away from him, but the man finally left. And the worst thing is that he could have still been going out to pass out the tracts that he was going to pass out---only drunk!
5. A very strong earthquake on Saturday night really woke everyone up. It was strong and long. We had to get all of the kids out of the house. The movement helped Cara, who had not been feeling well all day, throw up (right after the earthquake). Then Mikey was sick all of Sunday.
6. Monday, our friendly neighborhood volcano erupted. It is 60 miles away, but we can see it from the roof of our house. Carissa had an asthma attack during basketball. I think it was from the extra ash in the air.
7. Someone stole the electric lines for the coper last night again. So we have no electricity from the street. We are soooo thankful to have our generator.
This is not unusual but:
Right now we are counseling a lady who does not have a husband, but has 2 little children. We are using th cabin for her to stay here with us. She will be here for 2-3 days. This is good to get to the root of some of her problems. Our children take care of her little ones while Mike and I counsel her.
Thank you so much for your prayers!!!
We DEPEND on them.
In Christ,
Mike and Faith Goldfuss
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