Dear Praying friends,
Services today were very good although 2 key families were missing. The Lopez family was missing as Erasmo had to have another surgery on his hand. A work accident caused him to lose parts of several fingers. This is the last of three surgeries. Please pray for Erasmo and Matilde as they try to support their family of 5 children in these difficult times. Please pray for the company to pay for the damages.
Guille and Alejandro were not there due to Guille's pain from her fibramyalga. We are thankful for the great growth that we have seen in them since we've been back. The Lord has really changed them. Continue to pray for the Lord's grace to her even in this time of suffering. Their wayward son Eric is a source of grief to them too.
We were able to spend all afternoon with Marcos who is going to get married to Rut. She has been saved this year and has grown immensely. She has a 3 year old daughter Jimena, but has many attributes of a godly lady even though she has been saved less than a year. Today was our first pre-marital counseling session. Please pray for wisdom for us and ability for them to put Christ first in their lives. Their testimonies today indicate that they want to glorify Christ.
Juana and Reme are an encouragement as always. After the horrible death of the father (he was run over by one public transportation bus that was racing another) in December, they have shining testimonies to the rest of the church. Reme gave a tremendous testimony today of what the Lord has done in them in this year of much trial. We found out last week that they have lost the court case about their property. Many of you have prayed for them not to lose their property to an unjust man, but they have lost the case. They are now in an appeals process. Pray that the Lord would intervene mightily (that is the only thing that can help them) and allow them to win their appeal.
There is a new family (to us at least) Gabriel, Lliana, and their three sons (I'm not sure of all their names yet, but they all begin with Yol. . . We call them the yolos. They are a homeschooling family and have been a blessing.
Jose and
There is much work that needs to be done here. Pray for the Lord to graciously work in and through His church here.
A lady in the church visited us this week and asked for some counsel on how to deal with another person in the church who has been unkind. She realized through her prayers her need to go and graciously confront the unkind lady in a Christlike way. We are so thankful that the Lord is teaching them to go and deal with problems in a biblical way.
As far as our family goes, we have been reeling. Some of the kids have been sick as well as Faith. In addition to her double kidney infection, she also has anemia. Pray for her to have enough strength to get the house in order and for me, (Mike) to be able to get some things done around the house that are not working normally.
We appreciate your prayers for us. We are very tired as the last two weeks have been a daily struggle, but we are thankful for the privilege of serving our blessed Lord and Savior in this country. Please pray for these dear ones in our church who are struggling with extensive and severe trials.
In Christ,
Mike for all the Goldfi
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