Update Mother's Day

Greetings and Blessings this Mother's Day

I wrote earlier, thinking that was it. Since I wrote the government here has come forward with another directive - canceling all public gatherings (including church services) until May 18!

So we have spent the day mobilizing to get our people in home meetings tomorrow as much as possible. Of course, those that are already in cells are fine - but the rest needed to be directed toward a meeting place tomorrow and for the 17th. We have also already postponed a kids' ministry all day activity and may have to cancel the coming Encounter Retreat (May 15-17.)

Just think. of all the Gospel churches in Mexico (the whole country) that will not have meetings tomorrow and the souls that would have been won to the Lord. Certainly people can be reached in the home meetings, but others could have...would have been reached in the regular services, too. (Oh. One person DID receive the Lord last night in a cell metting in Los Fresnos.) Praise God for that.

Help us pray this virus off of the planet, please!

On another note - Happy Mother's Day all you moms.

In Him,

Roger & Linda

Update May 9

Greetings and blessings in Jesus.

I am sending my Saturday evening email a little early this week.

We didn't have anybody saved n the services last Sunday. We didn't HAVE any services. Church meetings all over Mexico were closed last Sunday because of the swine flu scare.

Today, things are getting back to normal. We have services tonight - though I won't be there. I was fine all through the "epidemic" but yesterday got a cough and slight cold! I don't want to scare anybody away from the service. They still have their eye out for people with symptoms (like mine!)

So I'll stay in until Sunday. Thank you for all your prayers for all of us in these days. We expect BIG things Sunday.

Our May Good News is online. This is the 425th edition!! God is good! And sooo faithful!

In Him,

Roger & Linda

Update May 3

Greetings and blessings of health and well being (Shalom!)

What a week. We celebrated services here in Guadalajara last Sunday (2 prayed for salvation at the Angulo church and three at the Tepic mission church.) We had a good cell meeting Monday night, but then the government closed down all church meetings until May 6 because of the swine flu thing.

We had one of our highest attendances ever last Sunday - people concerned about the seriousness of this epidemic. No telling what tomorrow would have been...we trust that the concern for their spiritual welfare will continue after the shut-down time for our meetings here in Guadalajara.

We had a good get together with the young married couples class this afternoon - had pozole. Umm! Good!

On another note, please pray for David and Becky Garcia, MRC missionaries to Managua, Nicaragua. Thier 19 year old son was killed Friday in a car accident.

Have a blessed Lord's Day. Enjoy for us, too! And thank you for praying for us and for Mexico.

In Him,

Roger & Linda