Medical Missions Union de San Antonio - Friday

Hola Lynwood Bautista Iglesia,

Things have went very well this week and we have been able see to the Lord at work and have felt the prayers coming from all of you prayer warriors at home.

Yesterday, we went to visit the city of San Juan de los Lagos which is home to the shrine to the virgin of San Juan de los Lagos. This is basically a temple where the people worship a doll/idol that the people believe brought back to life a 4 year old girl who died in a circus show in the late 1600s. Each year approximately 8 million people from around Mexico make a journey to this temple. The whole towns economy is based on this idol and the millions of people that come every year to visit. For some people, they walk from their hometowns and it can take up to one month to complete the journey. Outside of the temple, multiple vendors are selling small baby doll idols, rosaries, and crufixes and other goods. Inside the temple, we got to see idol worship firsthand. These people are lost and need to hear the gospel of Jesus. When I was standing at the front of the temple watching the people bow down to worship this doll, all I could think of was Ephesians 6:12, that our struggle is not against flesh and blood but the against the rulers, against the authorities (the priest of the temple), against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. This was the best way I could describe the inside of the temple as they have the location of the doll at the front at center and the crufix of Jesus off to the side. Continue to pray that God will work a miracle in this region of Mexico.

Remember us in prayer as we travel back to Cape Girardeau. We will see you on Sunday.

Hasta luego,

Senor Miguel