April 2015

                               April 2015

 

Dear praying friends,

It is with great joy that we are writing to you this month, as we have seen the Lord work in extraordinary ways.  God has been faithful in giving the increase, as the congregation of the church keeps growing in maturity and numbers.  This month also marks our 9^th anniversary in this country, and we are thankful for His strength that allows us to keep going even in the midst of difficulty and trials. 

Several weeks ago, a lady (Imelda) and her daughter (Raquel) started coming to the Sunday evening church services.  We recognized them right away because they live close to the church.  About seven years ago, as Steve was door-knocking in the neighborhood, we came in contact with this family.  This is when Roberto (Imelda’s oldest son) received Christ as his Savior.  Soon after, he started the discipleship lessons, and would attend some of the church services.  The rest of the family was not interested in spiritual things.  Nevertheless, we did what we could to help them and show them Christ’s love. They never forgot some of the ways we reached out to them. After some serious difficulties in their lives, they realized their need to receive Christ as Savior. They are now part of our church, seven years after trying to reach them.  The mom and daughter are studying one-on-one discipleship lessons. Roberto is about to start studying again next week. We are grateful to see God bringing forth fruit from seeds planted many years ago!

As we keep planting the seed of God’s Word (5,500 doors knocked and over 400 people witnessed to with the Gospel every three months), please pray that we would be diligent in reaping and being faithful stewards of God’s harvest.

More familiar faces showed up at our church services recently. This time, it was a family that was part of our church over four years ago.  They left our church on friendly terms, but they were looking for something “bigger and better”, and only came to find confusion and disappointment.  They have returned, apologizing for leaving, saying that they wish they would have never left. They are both now studying one-on-one discipleship lessons with us. Please pray for this couple (Esaú and Ruth) as they have been through great trials, and need to understand the importance of resting in the Lord.

Our youngest son, Joshua (4 yrs old) has had a rather rough start to the year health-wise. Since January, he has had chikungunya, rotavirus, chicken pox, and parasites. We are grateful that none of these problems were serious. Please pray that things start improving for our little guy. We took him to the doctor this week, and the doctor says he is doing well right now.  As always, we covet your prayers for our family´s health and well being. Also, please remember to pray for us as parents to have wisdom raising our three children to have sweet spirits and servant´s hearts.

Yours in Christ, The Cernas