| | Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! I would like to thank each and every one of you for your prayers and support for my ministry on both sides of the border.
YUMA, AZ (Services on Sundays at Sunday School - 10:00 a.m., Preaching 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. and on Thursday at 7:00 p.m.)
The Lord has been working and giving the increase in the Yuma church. We’ve had new visitors coming to church and it has been wonderful to see the church grow, little by little. I decided to concentrate my focus on the church in Yuma and establish the work here. It was my prayer that this church could support the rest of the missions. Since I made that decision I have seen the hand of the Lord moving amazingly. Five families have joined the church since last October; an average of one family, per month. The Gonzalez, Rojas, Marquez, Ochoas and Rosales are the five families that have joined the church. I have also been very busy discipling the new converts.
The Lord has brought also a man that is a great help in the ministry, Bro. Miguel Gonzales. Bro. Gonzales used to be a pastor and has recently embraced fundamentalism. He is also a preacher and has helped me a few times preaching in my place when I have to travel. There are seven families that have joined the church in total, as well as four single people. We have also seen souls saved during our street preaching and door-to-door evangelism. Wehave started going door-to-door on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and we have seen the Lord’s hand working. Two people have come to the church as a result of this outreach.
I asked the people in the church to pray for a piano and the Lord gave us one that same week we prayed. Then, I asked the people to pray for somebody to play it. The Rosales family showed up. They had visited in the past but, this time, they spoke to me about joining the church. Then, they mentioned that one of their daughters is learning how to play the piano and she might be the answer to our prayers. Praise the Lord!
Please pray for our upcoming baptisms. There are many that need to get baptized and it’s my desire to have them baptized before Resurrection Sunday to have them partake of the Lord’s Supper.
Weare supporting two missionaries at the moment. Our missionary budget has increased and we will be able to support three more missionaries soon. Weare very proud of our missionaries, they are doing a great job, for the glory of God. Ever since that Missions Conference in San Antonio, TX in February of last year, the Lord opened my eyes about supporting missionaries even when the church is just starting, and through that too, the Lord has blessed our church. I feel thrilled to
see the people sharing my vision about supporting missionaries, it really blesses my soul.
OUTREACH IN MEXICO
LOS ALGODONES, B.C
(Services at 3:00 p.m. on Sundays)
- and SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO, SON., MÉXICO
The Lord has been gracious and merciful and has blessed the work in Los Algodones. We have had up to one (1%) percent of the population of the town attending our church (50 people). I’ve invited the church in Yuma to go to Mexico a few times and hand out gospel tracts while I preach with my megaphone. It has been a tremendous blessing and has been an encouragement for all of them.
Weneed another place to meet in Algodones. The Jimenez family has been very generous letting us use their house for free but, sadly some people won’t come because they simply don’t feel comfortable going to "somebody else’s house." We definitely need our own place. Please help me in praying about this. I covet your prayers on whether we should buy our own piece of land and start building. But anything we do must be done according to God’s will and timing.
There is also a man that is a good candidate to become a pastor there as well. In March he visited the mission and I feel peace about him being the person to stay as a pastor in the future. I also need direction from the Lord regarding this matter and I would appreciate your prayers.
Bro. Richard Zakrajsek has been a big blessing. He stayed in the area for a few months and helped me with making visits and being my door knocking partner, both in Mexico and in Yuma. I have been teaching him Spanish and he has been making great strides in this area. He is now able to read a gospel tract in Spanish and he has done it using the megaphone in Mexico several times when we went street preaching. Bro. Travis and Sister Tanya have been helping also a lot in Los Algodones (as Sunday School teachers) and the children have been growing spiritually. They have been memorizing the books of the Bible, verses and learning Bible stories.
I also have continued preaching in San Luis, but not as often as I used to. Since the work in Yuma has grown, my time is very limited. I am sure that soon we will be able to start something with the help of the Spanish church. I have been thinking and praying about different projects on how to start a church in San Luis. Please help me to pray about this, too.
I also had the privilege to help in a project to hand out CDs with Bible stories in Mexicali, Mexico. It was through Iglesia Bautista Esperanza in Mexicali. My friend, Jose Gutierrez, is the pastor there. Bro. Mark Ring and Comforting Mercies Ministries donated 5,000 CDs with Bible stories, very professionally done, for distribution. The people were very thankful and it was an outstanding experience to see how happy the people were who received the CDs. Wewent door-to-door
and handed out those CDs that included the plan of salvation in the last tract of the CD. I am sure many souls will get saved out of these materials. I also would like to encourage you to support Bro. Ring. He can be reached at (559) 683-7028. He is also a Bible believer and works with, and under, the authority of local fundamental baptist churches.
ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRAISES
I had the opportunity to go to the West Coast Blitz in Marysville, CA. It was a profound blessing to be able to minister onthe streets again in San Francisco, Sacramento and Marysville. Bible Baptist Church in Marysville were excellent hosts, as always. The preaching and instruction were great, too. This time, though, the people in San Francisco were very reluctant to receive the tracts. It took me two hours to hand out just 50 chick tracts. That should give you an idea on how hard it was. I thank the Lord for this church and Pastor Parker for having this blitz, and I hope they continue to do so.
Sixty-seven (67) souls got saved from the electronic gospel tracts in my website http://www.interbiblia.com. I have been able to do some follow ups on some of them and they have been able to download helpful discipleship materials from my website.
Since the Spanish church has grown, the church has planned to start giving me a salary. Lord willing they are planing to start in the month of April. Since the work has grown and my time to go on deputation has been reduced dramatically, this will be a great blessing for me.
I apologize for not sending my newsletter from October to December of 2005. I am trying to include both this regular newsletter, as well as the events from October to December as well. I hope this won’t happen again and that I’ll be able to send my newsletter faithfully every three months as I normally do. Please feel free to call me anytime if you have any questions or if you have a prayer request. I’ll be glad to pray for you, my cellphone number and email address are included
above.
Thank you again for your continued prayers and support. May God bless you richly.
Your servant in Christ,
Missionary Ulises Velazquez
Acts 20:24
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