September 2006 Email Update
Dear Family
& Friends:
Back at
home when we needed something we would
automatically go and buy it. My first few months in Mexico it would
surprise me when different neighbors would knock at my door to borrow my jumper
cables, ask for a glass of milk or check if I have an extra avocado as someone
ran out of avocado. I haven't developed this habit of asking my neighbors
for anything as being very independent I am often embarrassed to
ask for something. Recently I started doing this --- asking for an onion
I needed for a recipe, a bunch of cilantro and recently a table cloth I needed
for a women's breakfast I was hosting.
To my
surprise, my neighbors are happy to provide whatever I need.
On August
12, I was hosting a women's breakfast and needed a table cloth. I called
my neighbor Dora to ask if she has a table cloth I could borrow and she
immediately came to my house with a table runner. She ended up helping me
get the house ready for the ladies' breakfast and towards the evening I was
rushing to a prayer meeting and casually invited her to come with me. Her
husband was out of town so she readily accepted my invitation. Little did
I know that August 11 would be the day of her salvation.
Dora came
with me to the prayer meeting and was very impressed that we prayed for all the
prayer requests of the people in the church. She was so moved by the
prayer of one of the gals that she said, "I would like to learn how to
pray". The gal sitting beside her started sharing the gospel with
her and told her, "Yes, you can learn how to pray!".
Dora prayed
to receive Christ on August 11 around 10:30 pm while in our prayer
meeting. Praise the Lord!
I was
grateful to the Lord for helping me be a little like
those around me by giving me grace to borrow a table cloth.
As a
missionary living among the Mexicans, I have a lot to learn on how to be a
Mexican to effectively win souls for the Lord. It could change someone's
eternal destiny, like what happened to my neighbor Dora. I definitely
need God's grace and your prayers.
Thank you
for your partnership.
AV
Fil
3:10 "Lo que quiero es conocer a Cristo,
sentir en mi el poder de su resurreccion, tomar parte en sus sufriemientos y llegar a ser