November 2003

Souls saved.
The last week of the month of October we had the opportunity to visit a lady named Maria Eugenia. While my wife entertained her three year old son Jael, I presented the plan of salvation to her. She paid a lot of attention to the word of God and after half an hour she was on her knees praying to the Lord to save her. The next day she came to church and she has been faithful since then. She asked us to pray for her husband as he was very indifferent to the things of God. Wednesday, November 12th, she arrived at the church with her husband and after the preaching, he was saved! Maria Eugenia was very happy to see her husband getting saved. Now she has a Christian marriage, something that many here in Puebla do not have. Please help us to pray for Puebla!

More Baptisms.
In the month of September we had the opportunity to baptize each Sunday. We baptized a total of 7 people. In the month of October we also baptized a lady whose husband was saved on our church anniversary. A few months ago we began a “tape ministry” of preachings on CD’s so that the church members could listen to preachings in their homes. One of these preachings is “How to Win Souls” by Dr. Elmer Fernandez. One member of the church, Mrs. Cerón, who lives one hour from the church, listened to the preaching over and over again until she had it memorized. She then went to her mother’s home and talked to her about Christ. Her 82 year old mother accepted Christ and was baptized November 16th. Praise the Lord for this!

12,000 tracts passed out on The Day of the Dead!
In the month of November Mexico celebrates the traditional and famous Day of the Dead. According to the Catholic tradition, it is said that the dead come to visit the living: the souls of the children on November 1st, and the souls of adults on November 2nd. Approximately 30,000 people come to the cemetery each year to offer sacrifices of food, flowers, and even mariachi singers to their dead. The truth is that the spiritually dead are coming to visit the physically dead. It was during these days that our church had the opportunity to pass out 12,000 tracts at the main cemetery of Puebla that is only two blocks from our church. Dozens of people were reading the tracts. One lady who read the tract prayed to receive Christ while we were there! That was worth it all. Thank you for your prayers!

By His Grace,
Arturo Muñoz Jr.