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June 13, 2005
Praying family,
Thank you for your faithful prayers for our team and our people group.
We have some specific requests this month and we really need your prayers
as never before. But first let me share our praises with you.
In the municipality of Huimilpan, (say wee-MILL-pan) we had a very
special time of prayer walking on Saturday afternoon the 4th of June. The
Iglesia Bautista Bet-él participated with us and also Iglesia Bautista
Jerusalén along with our house church. Altogether there were about 50
people saturating this small town with prayer and thanksgiving. We
congregated in the plaza in front of the Catholic Church and team member
Antonio preached on Jesus calming the sea. I believe this was the first
time the gospel has EVER been preached in this town. We plan follow-up
visits weekly to this community to plant house churches.
Another great praise that we want to share with you is that Eduardo
from La Paz was saved last week. On Tuesday night we went to his house to
share the gospel with him and the Holy Spirit had already been there and
done His work. This week we begin discipleship with Eduardo and it is our
goal to have a house church started in his house soon.
The third praise that we have to share with you is in regards to the
Iglesia Bautista Jerusalén. About six weeks ago we began teaching this
church, on Sunday evenings, healthy church principles. There has been an
enormous amount of healing that has taken place within this group of
believers. We give thanks to God for what He has done with this church.
We ask you to pray specifically for two events that will be taking
place between June 17th and July 2nd. There are two groups of volunteers
that the Lord has sent our way and they will be working with us in several
different communities.
First of all for the community La Paz here is the need: We are going to
be conducting a door-to-door campaign in this community for three days
next week. This is the community of our new convert, Eduardo. There are
about 2000 people living in this community with no evangelical church of
any kind. We hope to have three or four house church locations as a result
of this campaign. A neighboring community called Santa Cruz Nieto is also
part of this three day effort. Santa Cruz Nieto has been a Catholic
stronghold for years. This is an older town that has no hope and is dying
without Jesus. The younger families have transferred to other communities
for work and the only ones left are the older people who are loyal to the
Virgin Mary. We have experienced difficulty in the past trying to get
anyone to open their doors. On June 13th we are prayer-walking this
community and asking the Lord to tear down the strong-holds that hold the
people of Santa Cruz hostage.
The second event is a discipleship ministry with a group that will be
helping us in leadership training. One observation we have noted here in
Querétaro is that it is not difficult in leading someone to the Lord but
trying to develop them into leaders, or strong believers, is another
story. Please pray for the leaders of our house church and our team as
they receive training. Pray for leaders in the Iglesia Bautista Bet-él as
they participate in this training also.
So in brief pray for:
- The community La Paz
- The community Santa Cruz Nieto
- Leadership training and continued healing of the Jerusalén church.
- Volunteers from Crockett, Texas, and Jeffersonville, Indiana, who
will be working with us.
- Churches, Iglesia Bautista Bet-él and Iglesia Bautista Jerusalén.
- Also we ask that you pray for Jody and me as we plan a short trip to
the states next month to see family we have not seen for a year.
Thank you again for your prayers. We believe the Lord is seeking and
saving the lost sheep of Querétaro because His people are praying. Thank
you also for your faithful giving to mission causes through your church
and individual gifts also. Please print this prayer letter and have your
Sunday school class pray for the needs also. We do enjoy hearing from you
from time-to-time. Please write and tell us what the Lord is doing in your
life or how you or your group has been praying.
Bro. Rich & Miss Jody
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