Current news and prayer
Hi everyone.
Just wanted to let you know what all is going on right now in our lives.Â
We are preparing for Home Assignment (a valuable part of our ministry – but in Canada) from September to December 2009. This is an important time for the ministry God has called us to and we pray that He will make a time of encouragement, growth and rest. The biggest part of Home Assignments are being away from our church family here in Mexico. The challenges are many when it comes to preparing servants to carry on the ministry in the church. Please pray for the areas of: music ministry, youth ministry and children’s ministry.Â
Shelli is feeling better everyday and is working hard at the Summer Kid’s Club “Circus Circus” which we look to God to use to transform the lives of the many many children that will participate, Lord willing. These preparations coupled with getting ready to head to Canada make life interesting!
Shelli’s mom Wendy has been here for almost a month to help in the house with Shelli being on the mend. We are taking her to Tucson, Arizona tomorrow for her flight home. She has been a huge blessing to us!
There are some challenges at the ministry centre recently. We really need to get water and sewer hooked up. Last week it looked like it was going to be a done deal for about $2000.00CAD. When we, Mario and I, went to pay the city wanted to add on $1600.00CAD more and that we have to buy and bury all the pipe. Another $5000.00CAD! So once again it has become costly and complicated.  The worst part is the tension that the matter has caused between a couple church members. We have learned much over the years as a church and have decided that, as Christ’s body and as examples in the midst of corruption being a way of life, we need to do things according to the law and not through who we know of by “short cuts.” This is very counter-culture but honoring to Christ. It’s a challenge because few are convinced that it is even possible to get anything done by sticking to the law. They may be right looking at it from a human perspective but I am convinced that God blesses righteousness and justice. So please pray that we’ll somehow get water and sewer (my prayer is that it happens before we head to Canada). Thank you!
You can be praying for the Arbol de Vida congregation as we respond to the tragedy of the 44 kids that died in the fire here last week. We have been praying and have visited the hospitals and God is working. We hope to help in the long-term as the acuteness of the situation fades off in the media, etc. There will be many needs to meet and we need God’s wisdom and love in how to go about it.
I am going to post this for now even thought I could go on. Thank you for your prayer!
Greg