The First of the Last Week....

Life has been full here in Mexico.  Programs, church services, meals with the church familys, and of course... sleeping in :)

On Sunday evening we had the privildge of singing in the Summerfelter Community about 1/2 hours from the Colony we are staying.

     A Summerfelter school teacher by the name of Hans Abrahms invited us to come sing for their church ( they call themselves New Summerfelters, and are born again, and are excited about their walk with the Lord).   This school teacher has gotten several threats from the Old Summerfelter (which are more like the Nebraskan Amish))that they were going to kill or hurt him, and he even got put in jail overnight.  Although, that was done illegal by bribing the police... So he was released the next morning.   This is the opposition that this new church body is facing.  

     When the Old Summerfelter go to this "new" church only once, they are as good as excommunicated from the old church, so there is a lot of fear.  None of Hans' neighbors talk to him, or even say hi when they meet on the road!

    The program was held in Jacob & Esther's (one of the church members) equipment shed.  All of the new Summerfelter church was there, and a lot of the people from "our" church were there.  A total of about 200 people.    

      The evening was such a blessing, we could clearly feel the presence of God, and many people shared how the music blessed them.  Some didn't understand a thing that we said, but later shared with us (through an interpreter) that although they didn't understand the words, they were still encouraged.  And that is only something that The Lord can do, and we are Praising Him for what he has done.        

I also want to thank each one of you that have been praying for us, and supporting us in that way.    

The building where we had the service

Notice the fan in the right side of the picture, and that none of the sleeves are rolled up?  It was actually a beautiful evening, even a little on the chilly side... But as we were setting up that afternoon, there were fly's buzzing all over the place...(one almost walked into Josiah's mouth). So they brought the fan to keep them away.  It cooled off by the time we started so they had slowed down... I ended up with 4 fly's riding the keys on the keyboard for most of the night :)...