Dear Praying Friends,
It is an exciting time to be writing a prayer letter. The Lord has done so much in people’s lives since we last wrote. More people are taking steps to grow in their faith, and God is allowing us to develop various areas of the ministry. On a personal level, our family is very thrilled about some new developments.
In our last letter, we wrote about Marlon Escobar. He was saved in December of last year. Thank you for praying for him. He was baptized two months ago, and is now starting to get more involved in the ministry. Also, his brother Mauricio has been coming to church with his girlfriend Dora. He expressed to us the desire to let God order his life. If the Lord permits Mauricio and Dora, who have two small children, will get married in our church this month. Mauricio also has started discipleship lessons with Steve. Please pray for the continued spiritual growth of these two brothers, and that we would be able to reach more of their family.
About 2 months ago, a young man named Santiago was led to the Lord. He has been studying the discipleship lessons for over a month now, and his spiritual growth has been evident. By God’s grace, Santiago was baptized this past Sunday, and he has expressed a desire to learn how to lead people to Christ. Please pray for his spiritual growth.
It is exciting to see how God is answering prayers in both the men’s and women’s ministries. Every Wednesday evening, the men of the church get together to pray. We thank God that the group of men that get together to pray is steadily growing. This is strengthening the group’s faith since we are seeing answers to prayer on a regular basis. If the Lord permits, it is our desire to start a Bible institute next year, so that these men could be trained further to serve the Lord. Also, Christine has started a Bible study with some of the women of the church. Every first and third Tuesday of every month, Christine teaches the ladies about marriage and motherhood from a Biblical perspective. We pray that the Lord would continue to touch the hearts of the men and women of the church to fulfill God’s will for their lives.
Thank you so much for your faithful prayers and support. One burden that God has placed on our hearts since the beginning has to do with the development of world missions in El Salvador. God has already used El Salvador in a great way when it comes to world missions. We believe that so much more could be done. With the Lord’s help, we are trying to foster a heart for world missions in our church, and believe God will allow us to eventually train and send missionaries. Currently, we are helping to support nine Salvadoran missionary families on a monthly basis. Some live in El Salvador, and some are in Europe and Asia. We are currently helping to support a Salvadoran Baptist church planter in Romania. There is no doubt in our minds that if we continue to be faithful to the Lord, that He will eventually raise up many more missionary families from El Salvador to different parts of the world. Obviously, your faithful prayers and support are going a long way in making this vision a reality.
Finally, we are thankful to God for giving us a new baby. Christine is two months pregnant. Please pray for us as we prepare for this new addition. Rosa is excited about having a new sibling. Her first reaction to the news was: “Are you serious?” Please pray for our little girl as she started Kindergarten in a Christian school three weeks ago. Caleb is growing, and can pretty much say anything he wants to say. God has kept us healthy over the past few months. May the Lord greatly bless you.
My sister sends me craft supplies every once in a while. She happened to send very fancy "jewels" recently, which turned out to be perfect for making crowns when we studied about David becoming king. I can't tell you how excited the kids were to make these crowns. If anyone wants to send us something, some craft supplies are always a good idea!
This is Nati, Dora and Mauricio's oldest child.
This is Michele, Marlon's oldest.
