July 19, 2006

Happy Birthday to my sister, Johanna, who celebrated her 4oth yesterday! :) We love you, Jo!

Recent happenings:

• The youth group in San Jeronimo continues to go strong! The family who lives in the house where we minister on Saturdays believes that God is leading them to open their house for a church start. Please pray for us as we seek God's direction in this possible new church.
• We see an opening in the hearts of the youth in Ojo de Agua. Please pray for them as they struggle with how to broaden their group and reach out to the youth in this community.
• Angel will begin to collaborate with God in a men's small group Bible study on Fridays at 9pm. Pray for him as he prepares to share with these new believers.

We continue to ask you to pray for the following personal items:

• Greta's health. We picked up results of a blood sample taken last week. Since Greta's doctor is on vacation, we will not know exactly what is going on until July 23. Please pray that whatever is not functioning properly will be easily treated!
• Provision for needs. We continue to trust God to provide for our daily needs. Please pray that He will provide sources of income as we serve Him in His work.
• General health, etc. We continue to ask that you pray for our general health and for continued emotional wellness as we minister alongside the local Baptist church in Ojo de Agua to reach youth for Christ and to start new works in the areas where God leads us to go.
• Angel's visa situation. We have received communication from the American Consulate. We pray for God's will to be done.
  
  

We thank you for your prayers and petitions on our behalf. We praise God because we know that the following items come as direct results of your intercession:

• Angel, a young 1-year old Christian, has commited to baptism.
• Cecilia, also a 1-year old Christian, has commited to deepening her relationship with Christ by learning to maintain her focus on Him in all situations.
• Four of "our" youth will attend CONAJEBA, a country-wide Baptist youth conference in Puebla, Mexico from July 23-28, 2006.
• God is leading us to new communities and to people who long to know more about the true, living God!
• We have a wise and helpful doctor who has patiently walked us through processes to find out what is happening with Greta's health.
• God continues to bring glory to Himself by working in our lives and allowing us to be a witness for Him to others who do not know Him.