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May
2003
"She
is very Catholic…"
These were the words of Lorena referring to her mother. Lorena has
been attending our church with her five year old son Brandon since
December. She lives 45 minutes from our church in her mother's home.
When we told her that we wanted to visit her so we could talk to
her mother about Christ, she told us, "She will never want
to come to the church. She is very Catholic and she will never leave
her religion."
Two
weeks later we went to Lorena's house and began to talk to her mother,
Esperanza. "Esperanza" means "Hope" in English.
I talked to her about the precious eternal life that God gives us
through Jesus Christ. She listened attentively and a half an hour
later she was praying to receive Christ as her personal Saviour.
Glory to God! Up till now, Esperanza has been faithfully attending
our church each Sunday for more than two months. It now looks like
the mother is bringing the daughter and grandson to church! God
can change the hardest Catholic, without a doubt.
Tehuacán
and Oaxaca.
Monday, May 5th, we had the opportunity to go to the city of Tehuacán
(2 hours from Puebla) for a conference on the family. Alltogether
we were 23 that went! The next day we went to Oaxaca, a city four
hours south of Puebla, for another conference. We were a total of
eight for that trip. All the members came back very encouraged because
of the tremendous preachings that we heard.
There
is no more room!
Without
a doubt, the most special day for us this month was Sunday, May
11th. Our highest attendance before this day had been 42 people.
This Sunday morning we had the closing of our attendance campaign
and at the same time celebrated Mother's Day. The people began to
arrive early in the morning. When we began the service, our auditorium
was already full! One brother said, "Pastor, there is no more
room!" We put some chairs in the hallway and some others close
to the pulpit. At least ten more were standing outside! At the end
of the service, the same brother told me, "Pastor, I counted
and you are not going to believe it! We were 84 people in total!"
Glory to God we doubled our previous highest day! We had 25 mothers
present and many visitors. Many of them heard the great plan of
salvation for the first time and 3 were saved.
Land
for the church.
Please
help us pray that God will provide land for our church. We would
like to find a very good location for the future place of our church.
Land here in Puebla is very expensive and we need your prayers to
find a good deal. May God bless you and thank you for your prayers!
By
His Grace,
Arturo Muñoz Jr.
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