Dear friends, family, and pastors,
December 1, 2024 (Oct. & Nov. ’24)

Greetings in Jesus’ Name from Mexico City! We had a good & busy last two months with many first-time visitors, people saved, baptisms, and regular church activities. The rainy season here went much longer than normal this year, but it is over now. Though the rain has stopped, God continues to shower down blessing here. Thanks for your prayers and support. We made a quick trip in October to a supporting church in Ohio where Mary spoke at a ladies’ conference one Saturday, and I preached the following Sunday in the church. One day here while we were out witnessing in the open-air markets, Mary couldn’t go with me as she had to stay home to practice her chalk-art in preparation for the conference. She wanted to go witnessing but prayed that God would give her an opportunity anyway. God answered her prayer as two exterminators arrived at our property to empty rat traps of dead rats and add more poison bait. Their names are Alfredo and Luis. They asked Mary what she was doing, and she was so ready to tell them. She witnessed to them, sharing the gospel … Read More »

Dear Pastors, Friends and Family,

October 1, 2024 (Aug. – Sep. ’24)

Greetings in Jesus’ Name from Mexico City.  We’ve had a great two months here since we sent out our last prayer letter.  We’ve seen people saved in church; saved in the open-air markets; saved door-to-door and saved in the drug & alcohol rebab. center.  We had two church groups visit us from different supporting churches in Ohio.  One visited us in August and helped with VBS.  The other visited us in September and helped during our church’s 9th anniversary and Mexico’s Independence Day.  Both church groups were used greatly by God to help draw people to hear the gospel through the VBS and music, resulting in much spiritual fruit.  We began working for the first time with the boys’ orphanage.  On our first visit we took them backpacks with school supplies and had pizza & cake.  On second visit Mary began teaching them music, but we also were able to share personal testimonies about salvation.  We hope soon to see these young boys & teenagers come to know Christ as Savior, as has been the case in the girls’ orphanage.  It is interesting that some of the boys and girls … Read More »