December News

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Sorry I have not updated my page all month long but we have been extremely busy. Our teammates are in the States on furloughs so we are trying to hold down the fort by ourselves. We still managed to have wonderful Christmas. My wife organized an awesome white elephant exchange and everyone who came really loved it. My wife came through once again, AMEN! She is definitely my partner in the gospel. We also had the privilege to spend our Christmas with a little girl named Sarai. Her mother Veronica attends the church (La Fuente) but always has to work on Christmas and Christmas Eve, so we volunteered to open our home to her five year old daughter. It was a real blessing for us to serve Veronica and spend time with this sweet girl. God is good!

Prayer Partners

Our supporters and everyone who is on our pray list shares in all the wonderful blessing and victories we are receiving here in Cuernavaca, Mexico. We recently sat down as a team and made a list of some people we are ministering to and then made prayer requests for their lives. I would like to challenge you to pick one or all and put them in your regular prayers. Your prayers make a big difference in their spiritual lives!

Veronica and family—next step in their faith
Chucho—continual spiritual grow
Epiphano– openness to bible study
Ivan– development of relationship with church
Humberto– further bible studies
Gerardo-courage to teach his family
David– opportunity to study the bible
Lourdes-her search for truth
Karina– future bible studies
Antonio– growth after baptism
Sandra– how to deal with her struggles
Danii– steadfast dedication to God and the church

Born Again

Prayer Partners,

Every time I hear someone has put their faith in Jesus and been baptized into Him (Rom.6:3-7), I think of the passage in Col. 2:11-13; In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, When a person expresses their faith in the waters of baptism God cuts away every sin that person has ever committed, Amen! La Fuente was blessed on Wednesday November 2nd to have their second baptism. A seventeen year old named Antonio Rosales made the decision to cloth himself with Christ (Gal.2:26-27). We want to thank everyone who is praying for God’s mission in Cuernavaca. We all share in this wonderful victory!

La Fuente’s first baptism

Being on the mission field in another country can bring many struggles and trials on our life’s but when we see someone give their live to Jesus and obey the gospel (Acts 6:7) it makes it all worth it. This is how we recently felt when we watch a man named Geraldo immersed into Christ (Gal.3:26:27). Geraldo studied at the University just down the street from where we worship and decided to come and visit us. He immediately began to ask questions and study the Bible. He asked us about our free Bible studies and so Jeff Sims our teammate began studying with him for hours at a time. Our family had went to the States to visit our Sponsoring congregation and when we returned we were so excited to hear Geraldo was wanting to obey the gospel. Geraldo was an answer to our prayers for God to send us truth seekers. We hope everyone back home who prays and supports us understands that we all share in these wonderful victories. God is good and continues to bless us here in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Mission Sunday Sermon

Prayer Partners,

I just wanted to thank everyone who prayed for me in my preaching on Mission Sunday at the Sunset Church of Christ in Lubbock, Texas. This was the first time I have ever preached in front of a congregation that has over 1,000 people in it and your prayers helped. My faith and confidence grew through this experience. I have copied the link in case you would be interested in hearing the effort you prayed for. Thank you and God bless. CLICK ON THE LINK————->  http://www.sunset.cc/node/1926

Preaching at Sunset Chapel

God blessed me to speak to the S.I.B.I. and A.I.M. students about team, team development, and preparation..

A New Congregation Is Born “La Fuente” Iglesia de Cristo

WHAT AN AWESOME SUNDAY! Thank you so much for all your prayers, God blessed us on our first Sunday Worshipping at La Fuente Iglesia de Cristo. I felt honored and blessed to preach at our opening service. 33 people attended our first Sunday service, and 18 of them were visitors! Please keep praying as we will follow up on these contacts. Two of our visitors were Sandra and Ivan our neighbors across the street. Sunday evening we invited Sandra and her son over for hamburgers. She said she really like our church and plans on coming to our Thursday night small group. She has confessed some real struggles In her life so please say a special prayer for her. God bless, and thank you for everything you are doing! God is good..

Working hard to accomplish our dream

We are moving closer to having our opening serve in the building we are renting, this building is in a great location and is at a great price. The problem is that is has needed a lot of work and because of small issues, finances, and working things out with the Landlord it has taken a lot longer then expected. With God’s help and speed we will be meeting in the building soon. Just recently I spent the day removing a wall in the worship area. It feels really good each time we accomplish a task that bring closer to our goal.