Sunday, May 8, 2011, about 50 people from the congregation headed down to the local creek for baptisms. Please keep the following new members in your prayers (in order from left to right in the photo): Dolores ("Lolo"), Gonzalo, Leonardo ("Nato"), Omar, Marilu, Elsa, Daniel, Aracely and Marleni (Lolo's daughter). Each one has their story...
Lolo used to make fun of Evangelicals and now that he's a believer is himself now criticized; Gonzalo is a recovering alcoholic, has lost his family, land, everything due to his alcohol problem; Nato is a friend of Camilos from El Tablón, he is the first Christian in his family; Omar and Marilu, a young couple are called, "come pollos" ("chicken eaters") because some people think all we do is give away food so people will convert; Elsa has a young boy possibly autistic with perhaps another mental disability and has an abusive husband who struggles with alcohol; Daniel lives with his two older brothers and sister both his parents left them to immigrate to the U.S, he's entering adolescence; Aracely is the daughter of Peter, the local hardware store owner, and is the first believer in her family.
God is working in each of their lives as He is in all of ours daily. It is exciting to see spiritual growth, but temptations are great and I ask that you would help us in praying that those stronger in the faith would serve those that are just beginning their faith journey so they can resist temptations, and be completely restored.
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