This year has been a whirlwind as we look back upon it. We began the year after just having celebrated the first anniversary of the Open Bible Baptist Church. At the same time the Grace Baptist Church of Morelos was trying to obtain land from the government, (which they did). LAMTI was starting the second semester for the language students. Then, on top of all that we had four church groups come to visit. If that’s not enough, in the middle of the year our partners left us to return to the States. By the way, this term, we have seen three families come to help and then leave. Please pray that God will call and send missionaries with stickability, (is that a word? Ha!) Well, you know what I mean. So, now we had the responsibility of LAMTI and kindergarten graduation on our shoulders with the responsibilities of the new church and a group coming to do construction on the new building of the Grace Baptist Church. Did I fail to mention we were due a furlough at the beginning of this year? Well, there was no way we could take a whole year so we were given permission to take 5 months. So, in the midst of the institute, the church building, the new church and help leaving, we had to prepare to leave for furlough. We are very grateful to the Clark Paquette family who stepped up to help with our church and with the institute. We have just wrapped up our furlough traveling. We were on the road for the entire month of Sept. I had meetings close to home in Oct and then gone again the entire month of Oct. We traveled well over 10,000 miles and stayed in all different places. The Lord was so good to us as He protected us and provided for us. We saw a lot and met a lot of great Christians. Now pray for us as we have one more meeting in Dec. and then pack to return to Mexico. We have stayed in touch with the people there and all is well as they anticipate our return .

After returning and settling in it will be back to all the duties at the institute, teaching, planning activities, maintenance, etc. Also, we plan to take a day with our workers at the Open Bible Baptist Church and plan the calendar for the rest of the year, activities for SS, Youth, and Adults. Also, the Missions Conference and other events, such as Vacation Bible School, Camp, etc. I plan to really train, not just soul-winners but trainers of others. Please pray with me as I would like to give one day a week to help Bro. Oscar and his men on the construction of the building.

Speaking of the building, one of our main goals is to get that building up by the end of this year at least enough that they can meet in it and hold services. Praise the Lord we now have another group of men, Eastside Baptist in Greenville, TN, that are coming down this Summer to help with the construction. We also are so grateful to the Lord that Temple Baptist in Herndon, VA recently sent another $15,000.00 toward the building. WOW! I wish you could’ve heard Oscar’s excitement when I told him. Our main goal is that the people grow in their relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ