July/August 2011

Dear Friends in Christ,
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We thank the Lord for you and deeply appreciate your faithful prayers and financial support for the work in Mexico.

Susie and I are doing well and enjoying many blessings from the Lord. While the dangers around us escalate, we have decided to begin preparations for furlough. Hopefully after reporting to our churches and raising support that has been lost due to economic problems in the States, the dangers will have diminished and some normalcy restored to the area of Monterrey.

In July a S.E.N.D. Group from Capitol City B. C. in Holt, MI came to help us build a dormitory using our open-air tabernacle as the beginning phase. Along with their offering and the offerings of two other churches and two individuals, we were able to complete the dormitory. What a tremendous blessing this is for our students who have been cooped up in small rooms.

Shortly after the group left, within a week of each other two Mexican pastors suffered a horrible experience when their sons were kidnapped and held for ransom. Thankfully the ransom was paid and the boys were set free! The families have had to be moved to a safe house.

We praise the Lord for the 55 souls who trusted Christ as their personal savior during the VBSs! Also the Senior Youth Camp had six saved and ten that surrendered to fulltime service! Several of them will be enrolling in our Bible College in the near future. Please continue to pray for our churches and the Bible College and for the work in general throughout Mexico. Pray for their safety. God bless you all.

Yours in Christ,
Rick and Susie