Rolling Along

We had a low-attended service on Sunday morning, and then really low on Sunday night.  Vacation time in Mexico is a faithfulness killer!  All of our people are brand new and very immature spiritually, so they don't mind missing a couple services in order to take advantage of their time off with their families.  I've preached about faithfulness to church and being consistent but it is taking time.  It just so happened that everyone was occupied with the things of the world except for 2 faithful families this last Sunday--hopefully it will pick back up by Sunday.  Wednesday night was well attended--we had 4 first time adult visitors, but 2 of them are visiting for a conference here in Mexico and won't be back until next year's conference.  Other than that, we had a lady who hadn't come for a month to return and it was so good to have her back.

One of the visitor ladies, however, came after promising last May to come.  Her daughter came for the first time last Sunday morning, then again on Sunday night and brought her mom on Wednesday night.  Her mom came because she was hungry (physically) and needed help.  We counseled with her about salvation and she assured us she's already a believer (time will tell).  I gave her a bag of food items and advised her to keep her decision to serve God very sure and brought her home with everyone else.  She's been abused by the world, has a multitude of health issues, and is here in Mexico after spending several years illegally in the US.  Her husband is still there awaiting deportation in jail.  She had been trying to kill herself but unable (to the point of hanging herself but the rope didn't hold because of her size).  We visited her the next day and she's doing better, but told us that while she was at church on Wednesday night, someone broke into her house and stole her toilet.  Oh!  The depravity of man!!

We're really praying for a good turnout this Sunday.  We know we're going to be missing one family because they have gotten a new job for Sunday afternoons (it's hard to tell a family they can't work on Sunday when it's not you that's going to go hungry).

We have a huge prayer request.  A lady in the church has been estranged from her husband for 25 years. She left him for another, went back, then left again for good many years ago.  They both have gone through many partners since then, but never legally divorced (hallelujah!).  The lady got saved last January and we've been praying she would get back with her real husband.  What a miracle to pray for!  She would have to get rid of her live in boyfriend and her real husband would have to put out his live in girlfriend.  Well, both her and he have put out their respective partners and are now seeking each other.  Our prayer request is that now that both have made great decisions that they won't repent, will continue steadfastly  and eventually move back in together as husband and wife.  He is willing, she is willing, but there is a lot of forgiveness to be passed around from both sides and a lot of maturing.  It took a miracle of God to get this far and will take an even bigger one for them to be able to live together again after 25 years of separation.  Please pray!