How beautiful it is to see how the word of God really works in the hearts of all those who seek him. God's promises are great and incomprehensible. When I see how a seed of the word of God can dwell in the hearts of those who seek it, it makes me have more faith in God and more courage to continue sowing the seed of salvation. The process is incredible, the prayer and the company make that over time the seed has an understanding of obeying God and allowing the seed that has sprouted in the hearts of those who are understood to grow more and more. Jesus said: Matthew 13:23 But he that was sown in good soil, this is the one that hears and understands the word and bears fruit; and he produces a hundred to sixty-thirty to one.God knows when he is going to abort his seed, hearts must have the seed in their hearts, the time to understand God is theirs. The process takes patience and faith in the Lord. In the ministry in Spanish, we continue to plant, grow and encourage each other to continue to grow and continue to allow more seeds in our hearts to understand God and our purposes for the church and his will. New Creature: Tiffany Flores decided to obey the Gospel of Christ and give herself to Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins. She is the wife of Enrique Flores. He has helped a lot with his example and dedication in the Lord, we have been in the study of the word of God. God bless his new life, the church is happy with his new life and union in the work of the Lord. They have three children. greet them in the Lord when you see them. The word of the gospel is power to save. Evangelism: We continue with our hands full of seeds every week, every day, when we see that God gives us the opportunity to know and sow the seed of God to the unconverted and to those who have come the Lord, so that we can grow and enjoy the blessings of His word the harvest continues. This month we have had an attendance of Sundays from 15 to 33 gathered. And on Wednesdays from 5 to 12 meeting. We have been visiting, encouraging and studying the word of God with brothers and visitors. In this month of October doing a total of 16 Bible studies and 9 invitations to new people and people who already know the church. Here we have two cases of evangelism: Tiffany:She had been visiting the church, her nobility is remarkable and her personality. During the visit, we talked for months about the need to believe in God and above all to take the step of being a disciple of Jesus Christ. She took the message well and was going to meditate on it. During the process of the arrival of her new baby, she was very happy to see the love that the church has for her soul and her family. Her husband, Enrique was helping the worship during my mission in Honduras and he was also teaching her the church, the Christian life and the need to be with God. A week ago we were visiting them and we studied what the gospel meant. When she finished the study, she recognized that it was time to give herself to Jesus Christ. Last Sunday she gladly obeyed the gospel. It was beautiful to see a happy ending, to see the number of brothers lining up to hug her and share the heavenly happiness of seeing one more soul as a disciple and being a child of God. God bless her church and the seed of her word. A returned couple:Two years ago, like in June 2019, I had the beautiful opportunity to meet a couple. The connection was from Facebook. They had a need, and a friend gave them the address of the building and said there were people there who could help. They noticed that it was a church, they began to come, but a few days after talking about the need to obey God, they stopped attending for work reasons. We were in contact often by texting and messaging them. That we prayed for them and that God loves them. They contacted me this month and decided to return. They have come these days of worship. In one of the Wednesday classes that our brother Enrique gave, the man and this couple asked me if he could teach her more about obeying God. I gladly asked him if he would allow me to teach them 4 Biblical texts. That Wednesday we were studying and they recognized that they have the need to obey the gospel and they understood that they have to marry to show repentance in God. They are beautiful to see how a seed can still be in the ground and germinate with difficulty, but God makes everything possible. After two years they returned and the most beautiful thing they brought another couple with them to visit the church and worship God together. What a blessing, God's seed is never sown in vain. Please pray that they keep in consideration and understanding the need to obey the gospel and even more so, the couple that they brought studied together that Wednesday night and the other couple that were guests also agreed to obey the gospel. But everything is a decision, in understanding. Please brethren, let us pray for those whose seed was sown and that God help them to find God's salvation. Social media We have been on the internet, trying to spread the gospel and make the church of Christ known in the city, communities and nations. It is powerful to see how social media can test your faith and the strength of your defense of the gospel of Jesus Christ. This month we had a viral interaction for almost a week, on the Latin Facebook page. In which I shared a biblical text to this Spanish community on Facebook. During that day there were men, publicly accusing, blaspheming and offending God and the church. When that happened, I was constantly giving biblical texts to their misconceptions about the current false teaching. For example: The first comment was about a man inviting me to learn more about the Greek word for the name Jehovah to know. I have been responding to the Jewish term Jehovah and giving texts applicable to them. Among that other men accused that it was not a page to talk about God, but to sell and buy. And he blasphemed religion and churches. There we were talking about why we did not tithe, that the church of Christ, we are not interested in people's money, because money corrupts etc. And many more people entered the teaching. During those days of answering each one their concepts. Many sent me messages separately to the church, asking me the church's worship schedule. This gave me a teaching, when one makes God known and his word publicly one has to be firm defending the faith. You have to recognize that you are going to experience everything. But in the end others are watching and interested in the healthy word of God. Souls were taught and invited to come to Christ and know his church and his truth. We continue to preach as we can socially, making the gospel of Christ known. Network Scattered "Scattered" We continue to personally help this group of brothers who passionately continue to preach the gospel to the whole world every week. With themes that encourage Christians and non-Christians to truly seek God. I continue to help translate each month's article into Spanish. for the Spanish speaking audience. The vision entrusted by them, is to broadcast podcast in Spanish in the following year, I have already received a team that they sent with their funds so that I can record and broadcast the podcast locally and worldwide. What a blessing to sow the seed of God. Benevolence: This month we had several families, being helped as much as possible, people who return as well. And others who help each other due to the difficulty they have when the month ends. Thank God we can help God's family and people who come to take for what they need. This month we had 8 families of 2 to 6 people per house, who on days other than those stipulated come and enjoy the blessings of God for their needs. Thank you for sharing your blessings with others. Ministerial development: It is a great blessing to see how we are integrated together, united in making the name of God great and also we are the ministry in Spanish as part of the activities together growing in the Lord. New converts: We begin to open a new section on Sundays at 4 pm, to teach those who cannot receive discipleship classes on weekdays. They can be done at that time on Sundays. What a blessing to see as brothers with courage and faith, they come at that time and spend two hours serving and learning about God's way and his teaching. Please pray for the new creatures in Christ Jesus, in his faith and dedication to follow him as a disciple. Applying growth: This month in my absence I left the local brothers to carry out the different meetings and teachings and in everything that is needed. The men we have showed a degree of great responsibility in bringing about the worship of God. Our brothers, Leo, Oscar, Enrique, Edgar and Raúl had the wonderful opportunity to help the church. Our brother Enrique has shown a lot of love and encouragement to teach the word of God. He is beautiful as brothers who are only months and years old are already serving and helping the church in worship and whatever the church needs. Please pray for the faith and dedication of these men of God and his families to magnify the name of God. New Ministry: The Bread of Life We have involved the members to be part of this beautiful activity, which will be taking place every beginning of the month. It consists of bringing a loaf of bread to invite a family member or friend to church. Come to their home and give them bread as a gift from the church of Christ in your community. I am very happy that we can help each other in showing love for souls and being able to experience how important it is to seek souls for the Lord. Thanks to Sister Michelle and her daughters for being able to help us greatly in baking and providing us with the bread to be able to label them with Saint John 6:51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven; If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. And we tape a card with the church hours. We hope in the Lord to achieve our goals of all save souls. Extra mile:
My family had to make a very important decision, to go to Honduras and be able to finish the children's dining room. It was a decision that required diligence. The goal was accomplished thanks to God, It is incredible how God when his hand is in his work he makes what seems the impossible, possible. Immediately the next day we arrived, we began to work in the area to condition it, on Tuesday, the goal was to cook for the children on Saturday. Every day we had tireless working and prayers, with the aim of finishing the project. I thank God, the families involved in this project, the brothers my sisters who together with my family and children and my wife. We took, shovels, we used our hands for everything that was needed at any time. We use shoulders to carry, time, dedication and dedication locally to finish this project. Thank you God for all those who helped us even those you already know. We succeeded, the churches have for the first time their children's dining room, which for almost 10 years was cooked in difficult conditions to teach and feed the children in the communities. Now there is a place where you can sit and rejoice in the word of God, a place that you will remember that God filled you physically and Spiritually, a place where you can find peace and love in the Lord Jesus. Thank you for your prayers, it was amazing to see the bravery of my children to take the Covid test three times and they would always tell when they put the swab in their nose. For Honduras !!!!! Thank you God for everything, for making what you put into our hearts what you have in mind come true. Guide us every day to do your will and magnify your Name. Amen. Here I share some photos.
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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
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