Dear Pastors, Friends and Family,

February 1, 2025 (Dec. ’24 – Jan. ’25)

Greetings in Jesus’ Name from Mexico City! We hope you all had a Merry Christmas. Thanks to those who sent cards and gave extra during this time. Happy (belated) New Year to you all. The Lord continues to do a great work here. We are excited about this year.

In December Mary made baked goods (i.e., cookies, caramel corn and muffins). We then wrote a nice letter including the gospel and enclosed Christmas gospel tracts, taking them to our doctors, neighbors, and other people we know. We even gave our Jewish friends and Jewish acquaintances Hanukkah tracts that explains that Jesus is the Messiah & Savior. We have verbally witnessed to all these people before, but we are praying that these “paper missionaries (e.g. tracts)” will continue to speak truth to these very nice, but lost people. There are so many Jews in our immediate area, now over 50,000. We see them everywhere and will focus more on our Jewish outreach this year. It is always a blessing to see people saved in church, but also while we are out knocking doors or in the open-air markets. Mexicans are generally … Read More »

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 »