October Mexico Mission - Family Conference

Buenos Dias Lynwood,

Hello again from Union de San Antonio.

Bob and I continue to promote the Family Conference tonight by putting up the remaining posters and handing out flyers to people that we meet. Something cool that has happened this time, is that we have not had to put up all the posters. Because there are some ladies in the community that are excited about the conference and are putting up more posters than we have! In fact they ran out and wanted to know if they could have some of ours, which of course we said yes and gave them the remaining posters. This is exactly what we want to happen! We want the people of this community to take charge and promote the conferences and Bible studies themselves. PTL!

Wednesday we met Dennis Johnson and Pedro Marquez for lunch for a time of visiting about future plans and rejoicing about what the Lord is accomplishing in the county of Union de San Antonio and this area of the Highlands of Jalisco. We also discussed how hard this whole area is to reach and the personal persecutions that these people face when they finally take a stand for Christ. Please continue to pray that God would open the eyes of the people to his Word and his mercy and grace.

After lunch we went to one of the local hospitals where Daniel and Laurie had thier first child. Mom and baby are doing fine and will probably come home today. The baby's name is Priscila Laurel Graff, and no, I don't know the baby's weight or length, and I don't have any pictures.......yet.

Later Wednesday evening we attended a Bible study/church service in Lagos with Dennis and the people of the community where he is working. This was a very neat time with the people, to see how much they love the Lord. It is very apparent in the way that they sing and pray. Also in their hunger for God's word. God has also provided a family that just moved into this community a couple of months ago. The man has been a bi-vocational Pastor at a church for three years in the town where they moved from. Dennis has had him preaching on Sundays and they are also out visiting with the people, trying to grow the church. Another example of God providing local people to spread His Word. Someday we will be out of a job and will have to move on to another location. PTL!

Thursday we went out to see our dear amiga (friend) Julia out in Jaugey. She is doing pretty well physically/health wise. But her husband has lost his job, hopefully temporarily. Since he was out of work we actually got to meet her husband for the first time in four years. We are going to purchase a few needed groceries today and take them back out to her. Please continue to pray for her, her family and the ranch of Jaugey.

We will do some last minute errands and logistical items today to get ready for the conference tonight.

I will ask you again to pray for this Family Conference at 7pm. The conference topic or name is "¿Como Conservar la Chispa del Amor? en engles "How To Conserve the Spark of Love" Please pray that the attendees will clearly hear the Word of God and will then have a hunger for more i.e. Bible Studies in homes.

Tu Hermanos en Mexico,

El Jefe y Roberto

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October Mexico Mission - Family Conference

Hola Lynwood,

Bob and I started out at about 1am Monday morning and arrived in Mexico at around 11:15 am. We were picked up and taken to Lagos de Moreno to visit with Pedro and family. They are all doing well. We then picked up our translator and went to Union de San Antonio to check into the hotel. After we got settled in we went to go visit with Daniel & Laurie, a local independent missionary couple we have been working with down here. They are expecting thier first child any day now. We picked up our promotional posters and flyers for the Family Conference from them and spoke to them about some bible studies that they have been able to get started as a result of the previous Family Conferences and thier efforts building relationships with the people of this community. After that we returned to Leon to attend a prayer meeting with the people of the Emmanuel Baptist Church, they are the church that we have a partnership with to help us lead bible studies in the ranches. We got back to the hotel around midnight to end our 23 hour day.

Tuesday we had breakfast with Pedro and then returned to Union de San Antonio. We confirmed our date and time for the Family Conference with the Director of the Casa de la Cultura, of course as usual, they did not quite remember that we had the auditorium reserved, but it all worked out. We spent the afternoon putting up posters in the local tiendas (little shops) and on telephone poles which is the most common method of advertising local events. We also understand that on Thursday we will have a car with a speaker on top going around the town and announcing the conference also.

We got a phone call from our translator saying that she would not be able help us the next couple of days. We really needed a translator as we had planned to visit Clemintina and family in Caliche. We called Rene from Leon and he came out to help us. This turned out better than expected because Clemintina has been experiencing pressure from her friends and family in the community asking if she has changed her religion and why does she let those christians into her home. Rene was able to encourage her and she is strong. Rene deals with these kind of issues all the time and had just the right words. God is in control!!!

In the evening we got to attend a Bible study here in Union with a family Daniel and Laurie are discipling. They own a cheese factory here in Union. They have attended all of the previous family conferences and have a lot of questions. They are seeking to learn more about the Word of God and a relationship with Christ. We had a really good study time with this family and are hoping that they may be a family of peace in Union.

Today we will meet with Dennis Johnson and talk about the Family Conference on Friday. We will continue to promote the conference with the remaining materials we have. There are some ladies of the community that Laurie has a Bible study with on Wednesday evening that have volunteered to make coffee and cookies to have after the conference. It is really cool to start to see the people in town wanting to participate in the work that we are doing.

It is very apparent and exiting to see that the Lord is at work here in Union de San Antonio. Please continue to pray that we will be doing what the Lord would have us do the next couple of days as we prepare for the Family Conference on Friday at 7pm. Please pray for the people that will attend the conference, that they will be open to what the Holy Spirit might be saying to them.

Dios te Bendiga,

Jeff & Bob

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