Greetings and rainy day blessings from west central Mexico!
The rainy season has started here - lots of rain, thunder and lightning and cooled down temperatures! Praise the lord!
A busy week past - including a trip to Mexico City - the world's largest metropolis. Good services, and satsifying results.
2 Received the Lord in the Angulo church Sunday - 2 at the Tepic mission, two at the Fresnos mission and 2 more in Josefina's cell meeting. Maybe more, but those for sure.
The Encounter Retreat bunch just got back. 5 baptised in water and 10 filled with the Holy Spirit, and all excited about what God did in their lives in those 48 hours!
Our 35th anniversary for the Angulo church is upon us...our pastor from Autlan (down south from Guadalajara) reminded me that he got saved at our 3rd anniversary campaign in 1978. Pray with us that many more will get saved in this coming anniversary campaign.
It is truly gratifying to look back across many years and see God's work of grace and power in so many lives. God is so good. What a joy to serve Him.
We are ever cognizant of the fact that the Lord has supplied our needs and kept us on the field all these years through the faithful praying and giving of folk like you - and we are thankful. To Him and to you.
Have a blessed and joy filled week ahead serving others in His Name.
Roger & Linda
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Update June 14
Greetings to you, and rich blessings!
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Ps 84.11-12
Its been a fast, busy, blessed, but HEAVY week. We are making weighty decisions, and need lots of prayer, please.
Octavio and Rosalba, cell leaders, reported 2 more people receiving the Lord this week. And 4 received the Lord in the Sunday service.
Some of our leaders and a bunch of our kids took part in a “Missionary Adventure” today. A young African from Kenya was present, along with his missionary friend. It was a wild time! Good seeds for missions sown in tender young hearts!
Please pray for the Encounter Retreat we are celebrating this next weekend. And for all the “encounterees” to have a powerful, life-changing encounter with the Lord.
God bless you and may you have a powerful encounter with Him, as well, as you worship in His House tomorrow.
Thanks ever so much for your faithful prayers.
In Him,
Roger & Linda
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Ps 84.11-12
Its been a fast, busy, blessed, but HEAVY week. We are making weighty decisions, and need lots of prayer, please.
Octavio and Rosalba, cell leaders, reported 2 more people receiving the Lord this week. And 4 received the Lord in the Sunday service.
Some of our leaders and a bunch of our kids took part in a “Missionary Adventure” today. A young African from Kenya was present, along with his missionary friend. It was a wild time! Good seeds for missions sown in tender young hearts!
Please pray for the Encounter Retreat we are celebrating this next weekend. And for all the “encounterees” to have a powerful, life-changing encounter with the Lord.
God bless you and may you have a powerful encounter with Him, as well, as you worship in His House tomorrow.
Thanks ever so much for your faithful prayers.
In Him,
Roger & Linda
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Update June 7
Greetings and Blessings in Jesus,
" I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus." Phil 3:14
I have thought much about the prize and the price. I believe many that fail or fall in their faith do so because they get their eyes off the prize and start focusing on the price instead. There is a price - but the prize is worth it!
Next month we start our 42nd year of daily 15 minute radio broadcasts here in Mexico (and beyond.) Agua Viva - a short, simple program, but how God has blessed it and used it.
I was in a pastors' meeting this week and chatting with a young pastor before we started, I discovered that his grandmother had gotten saved listening to the program many years ago. She was the first believer in that family. Now her son and grandson are pastors.
Octavio Nava is one of our pastors - he was ministering in the Los Fresnos community in south Guadalajara last week. Three young blind fellows were listening...they had been into drugs and had become blind as a result. All three gave their hearts to Jesus. And two people received the Lord Sunday in the Angulo church service, and one more at the Tepic mission. PTL.
Thank you for praying for us and the ministry here. It helps more than you know.
Have a great day worshipping the Lord tomorrow, together with His family there.
In Him,
Roger & Linda
" I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus." Phil 3:14
I have thought much about the prize and the price. I believe many that fail or fall in their faith do so because they get their eyes off the prize and start focusing on the price instead. There is a price - but the prize is worth it!
Next month we start our 42nd year of daily 15 minute radio broadcasts here in Mexico (and beyond.) Agua Viva - a short, simple program, but how God has blessed it and used it.
I was in a pastors' meeting this week and chatting with a young pastor before we started, I discovered that his grandmother had gotten saved listening to the program many years ago. She was the first believer in that family. Now her son and grandson are pastors.
Octavio Nava is one of our pastors - he was ministering in the Los Fresnos community in south Guadalajara last week. Three young blind fellows were listening...they had been into drugs and had become blind as a result. All three gave their hearts to Jesus. And two people received the Lord Sunday in the Angulo church service, and one more at the Tepic mission. PTL.
Thank you for praying for us and the ministry here. It helps more than you know.
Have a great day worshipping the Lord tomorrow, together with His family there.
In Him,
Roger & Linda
Update May 31
Greetings and blessings in Jesús.
Thank you for praying for the travelers last Monday…traveling to the Quarterly Pastors’ Meeting in Colima. Everyone got there and back to their homes safely.
We had an excellent meeting. These preacher kids of mine (some of them are grand parents now!) are good preachers.
We had good preaching, good food and good fellowship.
Last Sunday we had 4 people pray for salvation at the Angulo Center, and a family of five prayed in one of our cells. Praise God.
There is a growing and powerful prayer movement going on in Mexico. I believe we can begin to sense a change in the atmosphere!
And “mid-term” elections are this July and there are a number of committed Christian men running for important offices.
What a wonderful thing it is to be able to send emails…and have events covered before they happen. I always wrote my mother on Mondays, and even so she received the letter long after the event took place.
I say that because your prayers DO play such a vital part in what we do here! Thank you for praying for us and the work!
Have a wonderful, blessed day in Father’s House where you are.
In Him,
Roger & Linda
Thank you for praying for the travelers last Monday…traveling to the Quarterly Pastors’ Meeting in Colima. Everyone got there and back to their homes safely.
We had an excellent meeting. These preacher kids of mine (some of them are grand parents now!) are good preachers.
We had good preaching, good food and good fellowship.
Last Sunday we had 4 people pray for salvation at the Angulo Center, and a family of five prayed in one of our cells. Praise God.
There is a growing and powerful prayer movement going on in Mexico. I believe we can begin to sense a change in the atmosphere!
And “mid-term” elections are this July and there are a number of committed Christian men running for important offices.
What a wonderful thing it is to be able to send emails…and have events covered before they happen. I always wrote my mother on Mondays, and even so she received the letter long after the event took place.
I say that because your prayers DO play such a vital part in what we do here! Thank you for praying for us and the work!
Have a wonderful, blessed day in Father’s House where you are.
In Him,
Roger & Linda
Update May 24
Greetings and Blessings this Sunday afternoon!
Yessiree. Got in too late last night to get the emails out. Its been a busy…no, hectic week. Yesterday was filled with interruptions as I worked on messages for Sunday and Monday.
And a part on the program celebrating a fellow pastor friend and his wife’s 25th wedding anniversary.
Monday we have our quarterly Pastors’ Meeting in Colima, a beautiful little city 2 hours and 30 minutes south of Guadalajara.
Pastors from 5 states will be gathering for a time of fellowship, teaching and rest.
Please pray with us for safe travel for all of the pastors and their wives.
We had one come to the Lord last Sunday at the Angulo Center. Five more in one of our new cells, and three at the new Tepic mission. Praise the Lord.
Our youth meeting last night was blessed. Attendance was sub par…everything seems to be a little bit so as we recover from being shut down by the swine flu thing.
Los Fresnos cell/mission continues to be a “hot spot” of activity.
This Friday Brother Octavio and Rosalba did an outdoor movie there…had a good audience. And a good group of kids for their lesson.
Thank you for your prayers for us and the work…they are such a blessing!
Have a wonderful week…may the Lord use you to bless someone in a special way this week!
In Him,
Roger & Linda
Yessiree. Got in too late last night to get the emails out. Its been a busy…no, hectic week. Yesterday was filled with interruptions as I worked on messages for Sunday and Monday.
And a part on the program celebrating a fellow pastor friend and his wife’s 25th wedding anniversary.
Monday we have our quarterly Pastors’ Meeting in Colima, a beautiful little city 2 hours and 30 minutes south of Guadalajara.
Pastors from 5 states will be gathering for a time of fellowship, teaching and rest.
Please pray with us for safe travel for all of the pastors and their wives.
We had one come to the Lord last Sunday at the Angulo Center. Five more in one of our new cells, and three at the new Tepic mission. Praise the Lord.
Our youth meeting last night was blessed. Attendance was sub par…everything seems to be a little bit so as we recover from being shut down by the swine flu thing.
Los Fresnos cell/mission continues to be a “hot spot” of activity.
This Friday Brother Octavio and Rosalba did an outdoor movie there…had a good audience. And a good group of kids for their lesson.
Thank you for your prayers for us and the work…they are such a blessing!
Have a wonderful week…may the Lord use you to bless someone in a special way this week!
In Him,
Roger & Linda
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
May 17 Update
Greetings...and Blessings 1 Peter 3.9
Praise the Lord, we are back to church here. 2 Sundays without meetings in the building. The second Sunday we were better prepared...had 17 homes and almost 200 attending. We were arranging more homes for the 17th, but the curfew was terminated Thursday morning. PTL.
The Gideons International released some 30,000 New Testaments for distribution in Mexico in light of the flu epidemic. One of our men is a Gideon - got us 3000 Testaments. Many of them were distributed to homes in Los Fresnos yesterday evening. Good results. One woman gave her heart to the Lord right there. (See photo below)
Many of you prayed for Arturo and the surgeries he went through. One of the photos shows him distributing New Testaments. Our Agua Viva program is in its 41st year of daily broadcasts. We don't get that many letters any more, but in meetings and gatherings wherever we go, I hear testimonies of blessings the program has brought.
Thank you for praying for us, the program and the ministry here in Mexico.
Have a blessed and joy filled day in His House with His people.
In Him,
Roger & Linda
Praise the Lord, we are back to church here. 2 Sundays without meetings in the building. The second Sunday we were better prepared...had 17 homes and almost 200 attending. We were arranging more homes for the 17th, but the curfew was terminated Thursday morning. PTL.
The Gideons International released some 30,000 New Testaments for distribution in Mexico in light of the flu epidemic. One of our men is a Gideon - got us 3000 Testaments. Many of them were distributed to homes in Los Fresnos yesterday evening. Good results. One woman gave her heart to the Lord right there. (See photo below)
Many of you prayed for Arturo and the surgeries he went through. One of the photos shows him distributing New Testaments. Our Agua Viva program is in its 41st year of daily broadcasts. We don't get that many letters any more, but in meetings and gatherings wherever we go, I hear testimonies of blessings the program has brought.
Thank you for praying for us, the program and the ministry here in Mexico.
Have a blessed and joy filled day in His House with His people.
In Him,
Roger & Linda
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