Weekend in the Cahabon area

How exciting to meet our friends and to see the spiritual growth. 

When we arrived the women had already

been busy cooking in the kitchen.

These women brought ground corn meal to be patted into 

tortillas for our meal.

How exciting to be at the baptism for six new members.

Many visitors attended and listened with interest.

Some took pictures of this new event.

Children watched intently during the baptism.

Pastor Mariano and the congregation

prayed for these new members.

The church served a meal after the evening service.

We set up our tent and laid down around 1pm.

Within an hour a brother woke us up to request

that we take a sick woman to the hospital

in Cahabon, an hour’s drive away

 as the ambulance couldn’t come.

Around 5am we got back into our tent. 

It had been a long night with little sleep.

Last year this couple lost a baby at birth

How exciting to celebrate with them on Sunday

the baby dedication of another new baby.

Pastor Mariano and his wife Matilde also

had their grandchild visiting.  They were grateful

for our car to take their children back

to their house in Chicoj.

Geraldo shared his testimony of how difficult

it had been to attend the evangelical church alone. 

His family didn’t understand and spoke harshly

against his decision.  However now his parents

and three siblings became  baptized members.  

With tears Geraldo pleaded that the

congregation continue to pray for the unsaved

members in his family and community.

Geraldo’s father and mother and siblings

Jose, one of the first believers also shared his

testimony of God’s healing upon his life. 

His face glows with the joy of the Lord.

Phyllis enjoyed a conversation with Hilado

who has been freed from his alcohol addiction.

Thank you for your continued prayers for

Mariano and his wife Matilde as they continue

to nurture this congregation.