September

 Missions  Conference in Durango

The city of Durango where we went to preach a missions conference.

Matt preaching at Iglesia Bautista Emanuel in Durango.

This is one of the kids class rooms: a bunch of block stacked with a tarp over it.  It wasn't too bad until it started raining.  The kids didn't seem to mind though.

The younger kids class.  Some of these kids were so neglected, (the little boy without shoes has some; he just took them off :-) but thank the Lord for a church that cared about them.  All of them are precious to Him.

 

The pastor's wife and another lady with some of the church kids.

They were all so hospitable and generous.

They took us to a mining museum while in Durango.

The kids seemed to enjoy it...at least using the hats and the vests. 

The Pastor's meeting

 The Pastor's Azteca meeting

The pastors enjoying lunch

Activities for the church men

 The men have a monthly men's meeting.

Here they are painting a lighthouse scene as a project.

The church men have started a soccer team.  Even though they have not won many games, it has been a good learning tool for them in unity.  They have also enjoyed the exercise and fellowship, and it has been a way to get into the community a little bit more.  (The ladies that come to root them on like to tease them about "Brighten the Corner Where You Are")

Rincon de Romos

Preaching the 5th Ann. services for the Iglesia Bautista del Camino.

Family odds and ends

We were making a visit a couple of weeks ago and as we were standing outside talking Enoch was running up and down the street.  He fell and this is what happened.  Of course he's fine by now.  All in the day of a kid!

Judah loves to eat...and it usually shows!

Patiently waiting for the museum tour

We had to make him get down because he kept trying to climb higher.  The balcony was about three to four stories high.  He sure was happy while it lasted though.

All of them like to help with Judah.  This time it worked out to be "A bite for me, a bite for you..."

Ryan

Ryan has been able to add some activities for the church in Luis Moya.  Apart from the normal mid-week and Sunday services we have, he's started prayer meetings, and regular visitation.  Here he is holding Judah during a service.

Pastor's conference, Luis Moya land, and 1st Anniversary in Ojo Caliente

Although it's a little late, we wanted to post some pictures from the past few activities we've had at the three churches.  The first was the Pastor's conference here at Victoria.  We were a little over 100 with pastors, families and a few christian workers.  We had three preaching services, several different work-shops, and some wonderful fellowship. 

Matt's class on "The Pastor and His Titles"

A hair cutting class for the ladies

Jamee Angeles teaching a class on "The Pastor's Wife.

We got to take everyone bowling; some of them had never been before.

Each of the churches prepared a meal; here the men from Victoria are making carnitas for everyone.

All the pastors (including the three assistants)

The pastors and their wives

A couple of days later we went to Luis Moya to have a 'Field Day' at the church property.

Volleyball (the net's tied to a tree and the van)

The tree was a problem, but just a few times.

The kids found ways to have fun too.

Cooking nopalitos (cactus)

Putting corn on the fire

Alan preaching

The next week starting on Wednesday, we had the First Anniversary services in Ojo Caliente.

Just last week (two weeks after this conference) the church voted on Hno. Fernando to be their Pastor; his wife is playing the keyboard behind him.

Hno. Roberto preached the three days.

We had to rent a building across the street because our building wasn't big enough.

The last night we served birria for supper (goat).

Not much to comment on this one!

Hno. Chuy and Hna. Tere made the meal.  They are one of the most faithful couples in Ojo Caliente.

Thank you so much for your prayers for these activities.  Each one was a blessing.

Hey all, I am going to try this out for a while and see if it works. It might take some doing to get it where I want it but hopefully it will be a blessing and a help towards prayer and interest in our ministry. Here are some pictures from the last couple of months. Most of the people pictures are from the larger activities that we have reported on in the last couple of reports. The ear picture is from Matt's ear after crashing into a tree playing capture the flag! The kid pictures are so that you can see how big they are getting. And the van picture is from where we got rear-ended a while back.