| | 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.)
You probably heard it on the radio, or read it in the newspaper - Yuma is ground zero when it comes to immigrant-smuggling. That's why it's so important to have a Spanish work here that reaches those souls. In May, President Bush visited this city and the city of San Luis, as both of them are pivotal examples of how important this area is to the hispanic influence in the whole country. Please continue your support and prayers so that we can reach those precious souls.
We have had six people get baptized recently. Some of them are new Christians and others had been saved for a few months but hadn't taken the obedience step of baptism. They were baptized on April 9th when Pastor Scribner at Heritage Baptist Church was kind enough to allow us to use their baptistry. The newly baptized Christians are all coming faithfully - praise the Lord! Additionally, I've started a discipleship class, they are all learning and growing spiritually. It's a blessing to see them so eager to come to the discipleship classes which meet every Tuesday.
On Resurrection Sunday, we had our first Lord's Supper, and those that got recently baptized could partake of it. It was a blessing to see them take part of it. We have others who have been saved but, have not surrendered to be baptized. Please pray that the Lord will work on their hearts. Especially pray for the rest of the Vargas family. Sister Rosalinda is the only one who is baptized and the rest of them need to follow her example.
There are others that have started coming to the church; the Rodriguez family. They had been looking for a fundamental baptist church in Spanish for a few months and the Lord led them to our church. They seem to like it.
OUTREACH IN MEXICO
LOS ALGODONES, B.C (Services at 3:00 p.m. on Sundays) - and SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO, SON., MEXICO
The work in Los Algodones is being blessed by the Lord, but it needs commitment from the people. Most of the people have not made the decision to get baptized and for that reason their spiritual growth has been hindered. I've been preaching about that subject and Lord willing, we will have baptisms soon. There is a new young man coming to church, Ignacio. He recenly got saved through our door-to-door evangelism and came to church the following Sunday. He seems sincere and it has been an encouragement to all the people in the church because we haven't seen new young men coming to the church; most of the time our visitors are women and children. As for visitors - we have had quite a lot but, they have not come back. Please continue praying for the Lord's Will regarding the building. We need our place but we are waiting on God. I have been offered help by a church that is not of like-faith and had to turn that down after praying about it. The offer seemed good at the beginning but it would've indeed opened the door for those people to try to influence the church's procedure. Please pray for the people over there. The three digit temperatures have arrived and some people only have a swamp cooler to protect from the heat. Some of them have infants in their families. Remember them.
In San Luis Rios Colorado Mexico, I have been preaching with a new megaphone that the Lord provided. It is a 50 watt unit and it has been a blessing. It has twice the power of the other one I had! I have been using it in San Luis and Los Algodones and it makes a huge difference. People need to hear the message of salvation and this tool is a great help. There are not as many people on the streets because of the heat but I've been preaching close to the port of entry to USA where the line of cars is and hundreds of people can hear the message even with their windows rolled up. Please continue praying for a work in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico.
ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRAISES
We have taken three more missionaries on for support and are now supporting five missionaries. We are praying for our first Mission's Conference (in Spanish), Lord willing, in November (the weekend after Thanksgiving Day). I am very excited about it and have asked the Spanish church to be praying and consider giving for that purpose. My goal is to double the amount of missionaries we support now, next year.
We had the privilege to help one of our missionaries in Mexico by providing a van for his use in the ministry. A bigger van was donated to us and we traded that for another to give to our missionary (Pablo Sanchez). Also the Lord provided the means to have my car fixed and painted. The paint was falling apart and it had many things that needed to be fixed. Now it runs, and looks, a lot better! Praise the Lord! The Lord also provided the money I needed to visit with the dentist and have all the work that had to be done in my mouth. It cost me a fortune but, I thank God for his provision.
During the months of April to June, 44 souls sent their information professing to have received Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior reading the electronic gospel tracts of my website www. interbiblia. com We have also our own website for the Spanish church running, but not finished yet. www. iglesiabautistaverdad. com I plan to add video lessons for discipleship and training for new preachers.
May God bless you and please continue praying for me. I appreciate your prayers and financial support.
Your servant in Christ,
Missionary Ulises Velazquez |
| | Posted 7/29/2006 3:21 PM - 38 Views
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