MARCH NEWS

It’s that time again (or even past time) for a March news update.  As you can see, we are using a new service here with WordPress.  Blogger has turned into a major headache (as Jessica and other former users can testify), so I felt that it was finally time to make a move to another service.  WordPress seems to be pretty good (although some services do cost), but I am trying the free service for now and will see how long that lasts. 
March was a great month with a baptism of one of our contacts that you had been praying for (Patricia), as well as the formation of some new plans for the future.  In many ways this month was business as usual, while in other ways we were excited to see changes take place.

Patricia’s baptism definetly is the big news of the month for me.  She seems to be a real woman of faith and has really opened my eyes to God’s plan for the work in Leon.  Jess and I started studying with Patricia a few months ago after she and her family started coming to worship with us.  Patricia was first contacted through a flier last year handed out by one of our new AIMers coming to Leon named Donovan.  The flier reached Patricia’s daughter Evilyn (who happens to want to get baptized this week), which later brought the entire family into our lives.  Anyway, long story short, Patricia has come a long way these past few months and has demonstrated a great deal of faith.  I was excited to see her accept Jesus as her Lord and can’t wait to watch the entire family give their lives to Christ.

On the family side, many of you know that we have been trying to adopt a child.  Last month we became frustrated as we were told by some of the agencies here in town that we could not adopt in Mexico because of our age, citizenship, etc.  However, we have not given up just yet.  We do know of an agency out of Mexico City that may be able to help us.  I plan on speaking to them at the end of April in person and looking around their facilities.  Please keep this dream in your prayers.  Jessica and I just feel that this is the right thing to do and want to help some child in this way.  It would be a shame for us not to be able to adopt when our hearts really are driven to do so. 

As some of you know, next week begins Mexican spring break with two solid weeks of holiday.  For us here, this means less contacts in the city and fewer chances to connect with the body as people leave town.  Yet as we prepare for the “dead time” of ministry, we look forward to a busy summer.  We eagerly await the arrival of new AIMers (who still need to contact me by the way) coming to work for us.  Likewise, we can’t wait for the Let’s Start Talking team, Shawnee group, and other who are set to help us out.  Having groups like these arrive makes our ministry that much fuller and creates a bond between ourselves and the congregations back home.

Finally, we were frustrated a couple of months ago to learn that once again we are being threatened to lose the building we rent to another business.  However, we were able to find a great option very close for renting and will make that move (Lord willing) in June.  Although the cost is higher, the space is several times larger and will be a great place to meet as we seek to bring in more contacts.

That’s all for now.  The work is still going well as Jessica and I tred through our third year in Mexico.  This adventure has been crazy for us, but we are blessed to have you in our corner as God leads us to more and more people.

Chris