"I Now Pronounce You Man and Wife":

This past Thursday we traveled down to Navojoa to help prepare and to be a part of the wedding for Jorge and Erika. Jorge is a young man that was saved during our time in Navojoa with the work there and Erika is the daughter of our good friends Pastor Ismael Zamarron and his wife Lourdes. The newly weds will be an active part of the ministry there at Iglesia Bautista Providencia and the Instituto Biblica Provedencia. Jorge is also planning to enter the institute to study for the ministry.

While in Navojoa we also had the opportunity to preach on three occasions and meet up with a lot of friends both in the churches and others in the ministry. It is a great encouragement to see what God is doing and to be challenged to continue faithfully. I was also able to make a detour to go by and see a friend who has "quit". He has been through some hard times and gave up and went back to his old life. I believe that he has realized his sin but feels as an outcast with nowhere to go. Pray for Lalo and his family.

Big Step Of Faith

Peggy's Sunday School Class:

It was a big step of faith and it requires a lot of work to prepare but Peggy is now teaching her own children's Sunday School class. She has about fifteen possible students under age nine although they have never all been in attendance at any one given time. All of them are children of adults who attend our services and it is a necessity to separate the children during the service to allow the adults to listen. It comes as no surprise that there is basically no parental control over a child's behavior in this society. This step in ministry was big for Peggy we have even received comments from some of the parents that the teachers at their schools have commented on the change in the child's behavior. God's Word does make a difference!

Sunday nights Abigail takes these children and reviews what Peggy taught them in the morning. Both Abigail and Peggy are always excited to see which one of "their" children will be at any given service.

A Basket Case:
A few Sundays ago our services were interrupted by a lady looking for help. She remained for the duration of the service and after service I began to deal with her and her needs. I have met basket cases before but this poor soul beats all! Her life is a MESS. Probably not more than thirty years of age with three small children. This past Sunday night will live in infamy as one of those stories that missionaries tell. I doubt that you would ever meet such a soul in the states unless you visited certain specialized care facilities. It is all an issue of sin and the answer is the Word of God. We need to see a miracle in her life and look forward to a future date when I can share the change that God has wrought in her life.

Agua Prieta

A couple of weeks ago Pastor Ismael Zamarron stopped by Magdalena on a Wednesday on his way to the city of Agua Prieta for a Mission's Conference at Templo Bautista Belen with Pastor Miguel. We enjoyed the overnight stay with Pastor and Mrs. Zamarron and then traveled with them to help them arrive at Agua Prieta. It was a joy for us to meet Pastor Miguel and his family and his people there at Templo Bautista Belen. The work was started in 2006 and is one of the few churches where I have seen an honest missionary vision. Amazingly most of his people are from the state of Chiapas (way south in Mexico). I was invited to preach on Friday night and enjoyed great liberty in presenting the great commission from the theme text of the conference, Romans 10:14,15. On Saturday we made our return trip to be in our place here in Magdalena for Sunday.