“It was ‘T’ that was pulling us and encouraging us to come to church,” explained a mother of one of our youth group members who began attending around the beginning of the year. They had invited us over for carne asada (steak) tacos about a week ago. She went on to explain to Pattie how much their daughter loved coming to youth group and how she never wanted to miss. She continued with sharing how most of their family enjoyed attending church when they could, however, asked us to pray for their son who is 10 years old does not like it and tries to make excuses not to go. Please pray for this family. While they are living as a family, the man and woman are not legally married and struggling in their relationship. Please pray that ‘B’ and ‘C’ would come to know the Lord in a personal way and then seek to obey Him in their relationship and as a family. From a human perspective, it is a very messy and complicated situation but isn’t it wonderful how our God delights in taking messes and making them beautiful for His glory?!
We are also thrilled to mention that we had six people desire to follow in obedience and be baptized last month (photos above). The mother, uncle and grandmother of one of our youth were part of the group as well as two of our youth. Both Josué and Arturo are part of our youth leadership team as well. We cannot even begin to describe the emotions we feel as we continue to see many of the youth growing and maturing in their faith. We will miss them dearly while away for our home assignment.
In a few hours Phil’s sister, Karen, will start her journey from Alaska arriving here tomorrow afternoon. She has graciously offered to come and help us out as we prepare for our upcoming home assignment. The days seem to be flying by and June 16th seems way too soon. We appreciate your prayers as we determine what to pack to take with us, what to leave behind, etc. We look forward to reconnecting with so many of you first hand while we will be back in the states. Please also continue to pray for our kids as the reality and emotions of leaving behind home continue to surface more and more as the date draws closer. Pray that we would have the wisdom and sensitivity they need right now as they process through this transition.
Delighting with you in the One who renews and restores!
Phil and Pattie
Phil and Pattie
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