the latest news in our ministry …
July 19, 2010
We are enjoying our ministry in Kenora. Today starts one of our Backyard Bible Club. This one is being held at the apartment building where we are living. We are thankful for several who came out for the first night (see photo update) and are expecting more tomorrow. We appreciate you prayers for our ministry.
June 14, 2010
God answered your prayers regarding our ministry last month in Mexico City. The first four days we were at the Peniel Baptist Church, our former ministry. We stayed with the new pastor and his family, who live in the church building. We actually enjoyed this as we designed and built this apartment years ago with the idea that we would live in it in order to put our rent money into the ministry, but ended up never living there. We were encouraged to see the work once again growing and the flock being cared for by a wise and loving pastor. We left with hearts full of praise to God for His goodness and faithfulness.
The next six days were spent in activities at the Roca Eterna Baptist Church as they celebrated five years of development as a mission. The capstone of the week was the organization of the church on May 29th with 47 charter members. These people have a heart to serve the Lord. It was a joy to hear testimonies of how God has worked in their lives and to see their excitement as they look toward the future. We visited in the homes of some of the people and spent two evenings with the group of leaders in the church. Friday and Saturday there were three hours of teaching each night, shared with another missionary couple, with the men and women separated during some of the sessions. Sunday there were four preaching times – we couldn’t wear these folks out! Pastor Eduardo, with whom we had the privilege of sharing the gospel back in 1990, has done outstanding work in developing this ministry while maintaining full-time employment and working on a seminary master’s degree.
By this weekend we will be in the town of Kenora, Ontario, on the north shore of the Lake of the Woods, where we will spend the next three months ministering to the small congregation at the Berean Baptist Church. This is a multicultural, ethnic Native-American ministry which has been through some unsettling transitions recently. Our goal this summer will be to help stabilize and strengthen this group of young believers and encourage them as they look toward the future. Please pray that God will give us wisdom as we work with several of the people who have some counseling needs, help the group develop a vision for the future of the ministry, and seek to create a plan for future missionary outreach in the region. Also, please pray with us that God will lead us to just the right servants who, in the years to come, could help bring this ministry to completion.
Thank you for praying for our ministry connection with the small Spanish congregation in Kansas City. There has been some growth in the lives of believers who have responded to the teaching of the Word. We have worked with the Pastor of the English church on a plan to help the Hispanic leader develop his ministry. Everyone seems to be encouraged.
May 29, 2010
We’ve had a good ministry at the Roca Eterna Baptist Church. We are looking forward to the church organization service on Saturday evening, and a full day of celebration on Sunday. God gave Peggy health and strength for her ministry with the ladies this week. We are tired but rejoicing in the Lord.
May 25, 2010
We had a great weekend at Peniel Baptist Church in Mexico City (our former ministry). It was a privilege to stay with the Pastor’s family and get to know them really well. We are praising the Lord that the church is moving forward, growing and reaching new people for Christ. We had a great time of fellowship with many of our dear friends in Christ. We leave very encouraged that the church is being loved, fed and cared for.
Today we are with our dear friends Eduardo & Rosalía and their sons. We are able to get a little rest before the rest of the week of ministry at their church. There will be visits with many of the families during the day, special meetings every evening and the organization of the church this weekend. Dan will be ministering the Word five times and Peggy twice to the ladies. Please pray that God will give the strength needed for a rigorous schedule (Peggy has not been feeling very well) and the spiritual wisdom to be a blessing to this developing church.