September / October 2007
“The
harvest is past, the summer is
ended, and we are not saved.”
Jeremiah 8:20
ONE
DAY TOO LATE! As we arrived
at the small town of Sixth of October on
August 14th a sinking
feeling came over us as we realized we had arrived one day too late! The Catholic Church was
surrounded by 250+
people and around 50 cars. They
were
there for the funeral of someone from that town who had died the night
before. What a sad
sight as they headed
for the grave. Most
of the men were drunk;
I suppose to dull the pain they felt at their loss.
We decided we
would hold the meeting
anyway. We set up and went out to invite
the remaining people in town. I wasn’t
too optimistic since it looked like everyone had gone to the grave.
The Lord had other plans and we ended up with
a good crowd and many that had gone to the grave returned just in time
to hear
the preaching. One the ladies hung back
and gave out many tracts to those returning.
Brother Angel preached and over 100 responded to the invitation.
Please pray that the follow-up will be
effective. We don’t know if the man
would have been saved had we arrived a day before, but at least he
would have
had a clear presentation of the gospel!
PRAISE!! Iglesia
Bíblica
Bautista de Gracia: Bermejillo Durango
Pastor Angel Luna.
The
exterior walls are now up and the first service on the new property was
on Sept
2. The ladies have been making and selling tamales every Friday and
have raised
over $500 towards the purchase of building materials.
Brother Roger Branscum told me when we get
the first floor finished he and some men from his church will come and
build
the second floor and roof.
The church is planning to start a
“circuit”
mission program to follow up on the small towns that were visited this
summer. They will
be holding services in
homes of the believers once every 2 weeks.
There are at least 8 distinct pueblos that need this type
of ministry to
be effective in reaching these souls.
THANK
YOU to these churches that have helped
with building funds: Maranatha
B.C. – Bethany, OK,
Good News B.C.
- Albuquerque, NM, Windsor Hills B.C.
- Okla. City,
OK, New
Testament B.C. - Tuttle,
OK, Massillon
B.T. - Massillon,
OH, Central B.C.
- Lindale, TX, New
Prospect B.C. - Lockesburg, AR,
PRAISE!! Roca Fiel Baptist Church: Carlos Chavira,
Juarez, Chih. Pastor
Josue Robles I turned over my teen
class to Brother Joel the end of Aug.
Pray
for him as he leads this group of young people.
Three
of our teens went with us on the mission trip in August. I was proud of them as
they worked hard and
did a great job of soulwinning and leading groups on visitation. We’ll be
celebrating the 2nd
anniversary October 14. We
are praying
for 200+ on this day! Pray
for us to
reach this goal!
MISSION TRIPS 2008 NOW
is the time to schedule! I recently talked with brother
who told me the results of a trip his church took in ‘98.
Around 50 teens
went. Nine years later 25 are in fulltime
Christian service! How
many of your young people are going into
full time service? Many more would if you’ll bring
them on
a mission trip! I
Did! Call
TODAY to schedule
(915)241-3233. Call
TODAY or
you’ll forget and another
season will pass!
Looking
for that Blessed Hope and Glorious Appearing!
