Dear
Friends and Family,
We
hope that all of you are doing well. This last month has been a busy
one for us. We are now leading the church in Atenas full time. Jeremy
has been preaching on the Gospel of Christ, the Baptist Distinctives,
and the book of James. He has also been visiting each week with a
couple of men from the church. We were able to share the Gospel with
many, we saw 2 men receive Christ as Savior. It was a blessing to see
one with tears in his eyes confess his sin to Christ and call upon
Him to be saved. One is Nicaraguan and his brother is Costa Rican.
Their mother came from Nicaragua. The whole family has been attending
with us for about 1 month now. Also, one mother who received Christ
last month has also begun attending with her two sons. For Father's
Day, we did a special Father's Day service. We saw several fathers
attend who had not come in a long time. A couple have made
commitments to continue attending. Last week, we saw our highest
attendance yet. Michelle has been working in the nursery and in
children's church. At the end of the month, she organized a ladies
activity. It was a blessing for all who attended. On the last Sunday
of the month, Jeremy began a series on church membership. We hope to
see many follow the Lord in believer's baptism and become committed
members of the church.
As
for our family, we have been doing well. Lila and Ellowyn have been
really growing in their ability to speak Spanish. Lila had a science
fair at her school and was one of 2 winners from her class to compete
on the school level. It was a good experience for her. Elijah has
also been making progress in both English and Spanish. Last month,
there was a really bad flu virus that passed around with many having
to go to the hospital. Elijah came down sick with a really high
fever. His fever got so high that it was right at 104 degrees even
with medicine. At the hospital, they gave him a shot to lower the
fever and even that didn't work. Eventually, they were able to get it
back down. Thankfully, he recovered after a few days. Other than
that, we have still been working on getting our legal residency taken
care of. At this point, our documents have been accepted, but we are
waiting for it to be processed before we have legal status.
This
month, we will be very busy leading the church in Atenas. Please
pray:
1.
God will bring for the increase and save souls as we bring the Gospel
to the community.
2.
That those who receive Christ will follow the Lord in baptism and
church membership.
3.
That God will bless our ministry and remove any other obstacles
In
Christ,
Jeremy,
Michelle, Lila, Ellowyn,
and Elijah
Blanz
