Goldfuss update

Dear Prayer Partners,

Thank you again for praying.  Sunday's services were so well attended that we were overwhelmed with gratitude to The Lord.  He is the one that brings them in.

 

1.  Please pray for Alejandro and Mariana.  They were visiting and asking very good questions Sunday.  They seem to have some knowledge.  Pray that they would return.

2.  Isaac and Silvia.  They have been very attentive to the messages on child rearing.  They have two small children and are not married.  Mike went to their home on Monday night and was able to give them the gospel for an extended time.  Please pray for them to repent and believe the gospel. 

3.  Carmelita came with her mother.  Carmelita is in her late 60s.  She has been faithful before, but has stopped coming because of being offended on several topics of sin that have been preached.  Please pray that God’s Word would work in here heart. 

4.  Nico, Lilli, and family came, but had to leave half way through Sunday school because of Lili's severe pain due to her rheumatoid arthritis.  The good news is that her employer is putting her on his insurance.  Continue to pray as she is basically confined to her bed.

5.  Dinora's 17 year old daughter attended-needs to be saved.

 

Upcoming ladies' brunch--April 12th.  The ladies are busy inviting friends, family, and coworkers.

 

We have not been on furlough for almost 8 years.  We are hoping to visit some churches in a whirlwind tour for two months this summer before we take Mikey to college.  Pray for our plans.

 

Faith

Goldfuss update

Goldfuss update:

1.  First of all, thank you so much for praying for a calmness about school.  We had a very good week.

2.  A very hard trial for one of our children.  We had to decline an important activity on Sunday.  The result was 1.) Unsaved parents thinking that I was an idiot.  2.)  Growth in our very young child.  The Lord worked in her heart to yield that child to whatever the Lord wanted.  ---Yea!  3.) The Gospel given 4 different times to good friends who were pleading on behalf of our child.  I got to share that this is not a work to be right with God, but a desire to just put God first over anything else.  Through this: 4.) One friend opened up about her son who is being rebellious.  She just cried.  She accepted the offer that I will be giving her a good book from our bookstore.  She also accepted an invitation to our ladies’ seminar coming up on April 12th.  Praise the Lord!  This whole thing was a blessing and exhausting.

3.  Lilli from our church (about 30 yrs. old) can hardly move from her rheumatoid arthritis.  Her children have stopped going to school in order to stay home to help her.

4.  Today I was taking Mikey and Carissa down to a basketball game when I looked over and saw a dead body not 10 feet from our car.  I said, "He looks dead.  He looks REALLY dead."  And I just kept on driving.  Two young officers were standing at a distance from the body.  They looked like they were nervous and just waiting for someone to come and pick up the body.  Later today when I mentioned it to a friend who lives near the incident, she said, "Yeah, I heard about it.  They shot him in the head."  Yes, that is the one we saw.  What bothered me later on was that it really didn't faze us.  We even forgot to tell Mike when we got home.  We see a lot here, but the truth is that the need is urgent.  People are dying without a Savior.  Please pray that the Lord would enable us to do more for Him and that many more would come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

In Christ,

Faith

Goldfuss update

Quick update again!

 

Dear prayer partners,

 

Sunday’s services were very well attended although we did not have two main families.  One did not come one due to health reasons.

 

We have had a very sad situation this past week.  We told you that we have been taking care of Sra. Gloria.  Everything was going very well--the Lord helped us to get her blood pressure regulated and her sugar down to within normal range.  It was amazing!  She hardly needed to use her insulin.  Our children really enjoyed having her, and the little ones would go over to the cabin and color with her.  On Saturday evening she began to be a little different toward us, and on Sunday she said that she did not want to go to church.  We couldn’t leave her at the house all day long, so we helped her get ready and took her.  At church she began saying things about Vanessa to other ladies, and the sad thing is that some of the women began to believe her.  I asked Vane if she said those things, and she denied them.  We definitely believed Vanessa.

By Sunday evening, Gloria had reconciled with her brother and told us that she wanted to go back and live with her brother.  We were happy that everything was alright again with her brother, but confused because we had worked hard to make her feel at home with us.  The children had spent much time with her during the last 3 weeks. Mike arranged for someone to move all of her furniture again, and they were to arrive at noon on Monday.  About 10:30 AM one of our children came into the house very upset because she said that Sra. Gloria was lying on the telephone.  Mike went and listened outside her door, and she was telling her doctor that she was at an American's house, that they would not let her leave, and that we were changing all of her medications, and she felt very ill. She had given the doctor Mike's name and also the name of the friend that had moved her from the rest home and who was coming to move her to her brother's house.  She was giving the doctor our address when Mike unplugged the phone.  We were shocked by what she was saying as we have known her for many years, and she has been so sweet.  Also, what she was trying to do on the phone was very serious—accusing us of serious things.  People here are guilty and placed in jail until they are proven innocent.  More than all this, we were saddened by her sin of lying. 

 

You would think that her leaving would be a big relief for us.  In a way it has, but the sadness of the whole situation has been a great burden.  When she was confronted with her lying, she said that she was not going to come to church anymore.  Pray for the Lord to work in her heart.

 

My main prayer request for our family is that you would ask the Lord for calmness so that we can finish school.  This year has been the hardest ever.   If it is not His will that we have calmness, pray that at least we would be able to concentrate on our studies in the midst of the storms.  We have now had 4 major situations this year with people who are very dear to our hearts.  The older ones, who do school on their own, are in fine shape.  We are just behind in school with the younger 3.

 

Please pray for our services tomorrow with child training and discipline.  We need much grace and wisdom.  Thank you for your prayers.

Faith