October 24-26, I had the opportunity to go to Michoacan, a state northwest of Mexico City. Morelia is the capital. There are almost 1 million people. Most of the agricultural workers in the U.S. come from Michoacan. I knew Manuel when he was 8 yrs old on the Texas border. His father pastored a church in Rio Bravo. 10 churches were planted through his father’s ministry. Manuel wants to do the same thing in Morelia and throughout the State. Pray for these hardworking workers of the gospel. They gathered all the children’s clubs the Saturday we were there plus the visitors. There were 140 children. Phil Christensen, pastor of Hill Country Bible Church Southwest in Austin Texas, along with Ariana Dean and John Coffman and myself were there to share the Word, our testimonies and participate with the Gomez’s. The blessings we received from our visit were overwhelming. Pray for the Gomez’s church, Baptist Christian Church. The Gomez’s have two girls, Morelia and Denise. Denise is 1.5 years old and she needs a hernia operation in the area of her belly button.
Archive for November, 2007
We began a kid’s club on Saturdays beginning in October and it will run through mid-December. We have averaged 28 kids per Saturday. Our workers are the Morales family, Luis Ramirez, Edith Oliva, Marcos and Karla Luna and others that come and go whenever possible.
1. Pray for the salvation of the children and their parents.
2. Pray for the workers as several have suffered setbacks such as being robbed, job loss and a host of other things. In spite of it all, they are encouraged.
3. Pray that we can find a house with a double lot that we can rent. There is one available as far as we know, but we locate the owner. His name is José Luis and he lives in Mexico City somewhere. Pray that we can obtain a phone number or that we can run into him when he passes by and checks on his house.
4. We have set up a Project number with #063609 and is labeled “Cuautitlan Church Plant”. The project is for $4000 dollars so we can buy tables, chairs and a tent like structure to meet under. If you are interested in giving toward this project then send your financial gift to CAM International, 8625 La Prada Drive, Dallas, Texas, 75228. Specify the project number with your contribution.
Josh is not a fan of WWF, but one can find these masks all over Mexico in the street markets. Josh needs to add a few pounds if he is going to wrestle with the big boys!
We welcome Tracy Fite, a soon to be graduate of Texas A&M University in December 2007. She is teaching English at Benito Juarez Elementary School in Lomas de Cuautitlan. Besides this, Tracy teaches English as well as others subjects in Spanish at a small private school for Special Needs Kids. This coming Sunday November 4 we are hosting the 15 students and their families for a birthday celebration for Tracy. Pray for us as we share the gospel and show them our love. The owners of the school, Fernando and Maru, have begun their first study of the bible three weeks ago! Pray for them!!!
