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Would You Help Us Get Some Bibles?

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Would you like to help our church in a practical way? We need some Bibles!

Every Friday we have a Bible study with both adults and children from our church, and of course we have services and Sunday school on Sundays. Shari is in charge of the children’s ministry at the church, and she puts hours into making sure the kids are getting teaching that is biblical and fun!

Hannah with students at Friday Study
Hannah with some of the kids from the Friday study – thanks for teaching, Hannah!
On Friday, we’re just starting a new program to help the kids understand the Scriptures from beginning to end. We want to make sure that every child has a Bible to open and learn from every week. So we’re trying to get a set of Bibles (in Spanish, of course – the version is NBLH) that we can use each week.

NBLHThese Bibles can be shipped to our door for about US$15.55 or CA$19.61 each (including shipping) from Amazon.com. At the moment we need 6 Bibles, but of course if we get more we can use them for the adults and for more kids as the church grows. So if you like, you could get a single Bible, or get them all for around $100 or so.

Remember, these need to be sent to our address in Mexico, so if you’re interested, contact us directly for our address.

To order, use this link to make sure you get what we need:

bit.ly/nblh-2018

Thanks for your help!

Baptisms (and Anniversary Service)

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As most of you know by now, last Sunday was a very special service! It was the 8th anniversary of the Path of Life Bible Church in the community of Jesús María. But it was also a joint service – between the church in Jesús María and the new church in Las Palmas.

12 people were baptized on Sunday, from both churches. This was the first baptism service for the Las Palmas church (although some people in the church had been baptized before we officially started meeting.

Nathanael was the 12th disciple to be baptized. 🙂

I made up this video – about 4 minutes – to share with you, and also to show this morning to those who missed the service. It’s in Spanish, of course, so I’ll explain briefly.

This took place in the new baptismal tank in the new sanctuary in the church, so you can see the progress that has been made.

At the beginning, Pastor Ismael explained the theme – the unity of all believers. So you’ll see that. He shares a verse – you might be able to figure out what it is!

I would have posted more from the service, but so much was music-based, and YouTube gets skittish about that kind of thing because of copyright issues.

But there was congregational singing, there was a special women’s choir, participation from kids and youth, and Rod preached.

Afterwards, Ismael explains a bit about baptism, and then the baptisms begin!

It’s hard to get a picture, though I tried — but basically most people crowded around the stage to watch, with a few actually on the stage – those are the ones you will mostly see toward the end.

These are 12 people to pray for – and people that many of you have been praying for! Enjoy!

Baptisms Today!

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Congratulations to the 12 people from 2 churches who were baptized today! Seven were from the church plant in Las Palmas. I’ll try to get some photos and video online in a week or so. Exciting day!!

And… special congratulations to Nathanael, who was baptized today! 🙂

Nathanael's Baptism

Prayer Request: An Important Sunday!

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Every Sunday is important, of course, but this coming Sunday is a big one!

Not only that, but – well, many of you know the feeling when the spiritual battle seems to be unusually close to the surface, and the challenges are mounting and you just know you need to pray more than ever? Well, here we are.

This Sunday, the 25th of March, is the 8th anniversary of the Path of Life Bible Church in Jesús María (Iglesia Bíblica Sendero de Vida Jesús María). Can you believe it? Exciting!

So we’ll be meeting in their still-under-construction sanctuary to celebrate.

So do pray for the church and their preparations for the big event (and yes, it will be a big event!). Pray for all the things you would pray for in your own church – unity in the Spirit, growth in the knowledge of God, a new love for one another and the Lord (Ephesians 4:1-7; Philippians 1:9-11).

Baptism in Jesús María 2016This service will also be a baptism service for both churches. That means that this will be the first baptism service of the Path of Life Bible Church of Las Palmas (although we have baptized some in this church, but it was not at a service of the church. It was before we started officially meeting.)! As you might imagine, there is a lot of spiritual opposition when someone wants to declare their faith in the Lord publicly.

So please pray for every person who is preparing to be baptized, and for their family and their church. That God would work in each heart, and maybe even bring more to Himself through this service.

Maybe some of you would like to make this a daily item of prayer this week. We sure would appreciate it!

This verse was included in our invitation to the service, from Pastor Ismael in Jesús María:
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 5:23

Camp Bighorn Team

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Thanks to everyone who prayed for our time with the team from Camp Bighorn! As far as I could tell the team had a good time of ministry here. They are spending about a month in Mexico altogether, but their time in Ixtapaluca is done.

Thanks to the machinations of our friend Samuel, they had the opportunity to eat many delicacies that even many Mexicans haven’t dared to eat. After all, this is a group focused on “adventure”!

Camp Bighorn at school
The team with some high school faculty and students.
We went to a high school in a small town, where we had a chance to talk to and play games with the students. Some of the team members exchanged dance steps, though our class was too nervous to try (until later, when they thought they might get out of more classes!).Marcos, Rod and Bri

We also had an event where we provided hearing aids and reading glasses to many in need. One of the girls on the team shared her testimony and the Gospel with the group.

We were able to talk with some people afterward, and help them with their new hearing aids. Please continue to pray for those who heard the Gospel at this event.

Shari helping with a hearing aid
Shari helps a local woman with her new hearing aid.

The next team will be coming from within Mexico at the end of April. It will be another team from the Word of Life campus north of Mexico City.

Hopefully we’ll see Camp Bighorn here again!

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