September 2007 Prayer Letter

Language Institute Underway
Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus. As you know, apart from church planting we have the language institute. The school is underway for the Fall semester and going well. The Whitakers are called of God to take the Gospel to the Canary Islands. That island is owned by Spain, therefore they will be preaching and teaching in Spanish. Be much in prayer for this family as they face the difficulty of learning another language and mastering it well enough to preach, teach and even council in Spanish. Pray for Angelica Contreras, their teacher, as she works diligently to transfer her knowledge of the language to them. This is a real ministry for her as many servants of the Lord are winning Latin people to the Lord and working with them in various parts of the world. She also is very active in her local church and during the Summer helps other churches with VBS.

Also, we have a new teacher for the missionary children. Andrea Leslie, from Fairhaven Baptist Church, is doing a great job helping these kids, who also go thru culture shock. She is also actively involved in the church here, witnessing and starting bible Studies. Be much in prayer for her as her mother has been diagnosed with cancer.

Urgent Prayer
As you know the Mexican government gave the Grace Baptist Church of Aguas. A piece of property 800 Sq. meters. What I never told you is that the same day they gave the Catholic church in that neighborhood 3000 Sq. meters of land, which really didn’t bother us, knowing that the country is Catholic. However, recently the priest in that area has been threatening Bro. Oscar to take his land from him. The priest sent word that Oscar had only 3 months to be in his building or they would take his property. They also had the neighbors throwing rocks at the members, stealing from the property and even call his house and threaten him and his family. Bro. Oscar has since talked to a government official that told him that the gov. registered his church, that they gave him the property and that their rule of one year to be in the building still stands. Still, pray much for his safety and that of his family and church.

Please be in prayer with us as Bro. Oscar begins construction. He did a cost analysis on getting the first floor ready to move into. He believes he can do it for about 28,000 dollars US. We have about 13,000 left so we will still need about 15,000 dollars US. We are confident that the Lord can and will provide this.

Should the Lord lay it on your heart to help, send it to
FBWWM
ATTN: “Iglesia Bautista Gracia.”
P.O. BOX 341356
Memphis, TN 38184

Thank you for your prayers!