The Blessing of the Gospel This month we have been in blessing, joy in being able to see the power of the gospel. As God he directs us in those people who seek his will, his love and his truth. We have been in much happiness, in seeing how the brothers and sisters were able to serve the others who visited us. To see them cheer up, to grow, to experience a spiritual blessing. A spiritual feast, all united and gathered under one goal: To save souls. 1 Corinthians 3:8-9 8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building. Evangelism We want to share with you the blessing of two precious souls, who sought from God, sought his word, sought his love and peace. Elma and her son Michael. They obeyed the gospel of Christ Jesus, knowing when it is important to understand why Christ died, was buried and resurrected in Christ Jesus. After worship in Spanish they were baptized for the forgiveness of sins. She was found, when a group were visiting another home in that neighborhood , She was invited to the seminary, upon hearing of the church, she was moved and confessed to us: I have been praying to go to a church, to worship with my son. Because it is not good to be without serving God. The brother asked her if they could visit her after the other bible study close at her home. She immediately said yes. After the lunch, we went back to her home, she had us a very rich natural fresco, she cheerfully confessed to us, the desire to look for a church. We speak to her and encourage her and pray for her and her son. She has been very much in company with the church. Our Oscar brothers at the beginning and then Lily have been helping him with transportation. She heard many preaching from brother Enrique also. One Sunday Sister Lily confessed to me that Sunday evening service, that she (Elma) wants her son (Michael) to be baptized and that she is confused about her previous baptism. We knew of his Pentecostal baptism. therefore, we took them that same evening and began to talk about why Christ commanded to preach the gospel. What was the gospel? She, because doubtfully could not explain to her son about the word gospel. We begin to teach both of them the importance of being sure of our obedience to God in the gospel. At the end of this study, she decided to perform biblical baptism and her son also to obey the gospel of Christ Jesus. I thank God that souls not only see a meeting place, but a family that also helps them and motivates them to fellowship and mutual help in the Lord. Please include us in your prayers, for those we are studying, for those who the seed was planted, for those who visit us, for those we could not study, for the church, for my family and our health. We were all blessed in common. God bless the gospel, the fruit of them, where we rejoice in the beginning, but rejoice more spiritually. we have 456 invitations and 16 bible studies and 4 baptisms. We had this month lowest attendance of 43 and highest 92. We have two families visiting us, and more people to contact them for a possible bible study. Please help us with your prayers, that our Lord, help this families to come close to God and Christ our Savior. Ministry It is wonderful seeing our new members working in anything the church needs. It is special to me seeing new members getting involve in needs and support of the activities in the congregation. Some of them, serving, cleaning, making sure everything is going well. Two of our members Enrique and Manuel led Sunday morning services to our brethren from Memphis TN. I thank for them on this activity. We are so happy in how everybody is learning, cooperating and being active when God need us and do what we can in His name. Family
As you know, after these activities, we traveled to Texas to see our great grandma Payne. Before she passed away. We are heartbroken but in the same time joy that she is and a better place to be. We thank everybody for your support and love to us and special my wife and her family. We also gave a surprise to my kids , We went passing by Dude Perfect Office.( a place where they record all the videos they have) Our kids got lucky to have one of the staff going out and talked to us and gave them a dude perfect T-shirts .Also we have some activities for the kids, while the rest of the family stay with our great grandma Payne during our visit at Texas. We love you great grandma Payne and missed you already. Also, we got sick during this time, but with your love and prayers we all are getting better. Thank you so much for everything you do to us in Christ. Here are some pictures.
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AuthorElias and Kristi Roque have been married for 9 years and during this time have planted/grown 4 congregations. They have 4 boys 7 and under working alongside them. Archives
April 2024
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