September 2015

       

Annie, one of the children Rosa babysits while Christine and Dora disciple.

         September 2015

Dear praying friends,

The Lord has given us so many blessings over the past two months.  He continues to allow us to take part in the work of the Great Commission, the groundwork is being prepared for starting more ministries, and our family continues to serve in the midst of the usual trials.

The door-knocking ministry continues to bear fruit, as Steve led a young man (Samuel) to the Lord. Please pray for him as we do the work of follow-up on him. We are thankful to report that, as a church, we knocked on over 3,000 doors for the months of July and August.  By God’s grace, we continue to see fruit that remains from this ministry.  Earlier this year, a young man (Vladimir) whose uncle was reached to the Lord from door-knocking, received Christ as his Savior at the end of a Sunday evening service.  Vladimir was baptized along with three others last month, and has started the discipleship course with Mauricio (our song leader) who was also reached to the Lord by door-knocking five years ago.

Slowly but surely the church continues to grow. Please pray for wisdom in starting more ministries with the purpose of giving our faithful men and women greater opportunities to minister. There are two men at the church that have preached at least once a month since the beginning of the year. Next year, we want to start an outreach ministry in one of these men’s homes. This would give them the opportunity to preach several times per month, and thus continue to develop as preachers. One of our greatest desires is that, eventually, men like these become ordained for the ministry.  This would allow us to start many other churches, and send missionaries to other countries.

Christine discipled a lady named Dora a few years ago. Dora has grown spiritually and has been discipling others.  Now, Christine and Dora are discipling ladies together.  While Christine discipled a mother (Imelda), Dora discipled her grown daughter (Raquel). These two ladies have completed the 16 lesson series and are preparing to serve in the church very soon.  Now Christine and Dora are looking at the next two ladies that they will disciple, side by side. Please pray for Mirna and Vanessa, as they prepare to study the one-on-one lessons with Christine and Dora.

While Christine and Dora disciple, Rosa (our oldest) babysits her brothers and Dora´s three children.  While this job is not easy for a ten-year- old, she overall enjoys the work, knowing that she is serving Jesus. Please pray for our daughter, as we teach her about serving others. Recently a church member told us that Rosa works well with others, is attentive, and is a servant. You can imagine how happy these words made us, seeing results of ten years of teaching. Please keep Rosa in your prayers, along with her younger brothers Caleb and Joshua.  We daily need God´s wisdom to raise them properly. We are grateful that the health issues they had at the beginning of the year have subsided. These past two months have been very healthy months for our family. Thank you for praying for our family. Thank you for praying for our ministry, and for your faithful support.