Hello All,
Thank you to some of you who knew to pray for our trip from Mexico City to the border. We are travelling to Houston today (Monday) to meet with Faith's parents as they have not seen the children in three years. So this should be a wonderful time with Grandma and Grandpa.
There have been drug wars around the border, especially between Monterrey and Reynosa, the last 2 1/2 hour leg of our trips to the border. Last week there was a two hour shoot-out between the army and drug lords. The drug people have taken over in this area and have been stopping cars to take whatever they want. (This we found out after making the trip). We did drive by the shoot-out place, and the Lord kept us safe the entire trip.
We stayed with the Zartman's for Saturday night and Sunday service, and then made it safely to our friends Jack and Mollie at the border in McAllen. It was a sweet time with both and we are so thankful for their hospitality.
Even though we are looking forward to a wonderful time with grandparents, our hearts are in pain. When we were at the Zartman's, Jon Crocker called to say that Miguel and Alondra's little boy Cristopher is in very serious condition. They went to the socialized medicine and the doctors said that little Cristopher was fine. He was not getting better however, and now now he has a collapsed lung and the other is working at 50% capacity. All of this due to pneumonia. The doctors give him little hope for survival. We beg you to pray for this young couple. We have three little ones in our nursery that were all born within 2 weeks of each other: Alejandra, our baby Caralyn, and little Cristopher will all be turning 3 in the next 2 weeks. Our hearts are heavy that we cannot be with them at this time. For many of you that might remember, Alondra was one of the twins that our church people were able to help for about 3 years. Now both twins are married. Miguel and Alondra have desired to move closer to the church as they come a couple of times every 3 months or so because they live 2 hours away. Please pray for the Lord's perfect working in their lives ---however hard that might be---even though our hearts cry out for the Lord to completely heal little Cristopher. We must remember that our ways are not HIS ways and we must submit to his loving divine will as He knows how this perfect picture is being painted.
The men are leading in our absence. Morgan is preaching and Jon is teaching Sunday school. Both Marcos and Memo will be leading the services. Praise the Lord all of the men are working together and two are reaching out to have newer less established people into their homes for the purpose of discipleship and encouragement in the Lord. Only the Lord can take the fighting that happened for several months and make us all better for it. He is a marvelous Lord. Please again remember little Cristopher. We love you and thank you so much for upholding our people and ourselves in your prayers.
In Christ,
Mike, Faith, Mikey, Cristi, Carissa, Matthew, Cherith, and Caralyn Goldfuss
PS--We received word this evening that little Cristofer has become more stable. Please continue to pray.
No comments:
Post a Comment