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Prayer Letters>
July / August, 2008
September 15, 2008
WE'RE HOME!
It is with great joy that we write to you from our home in Mexico! We are excited about being back to the place in
which God has called us! The church families (Aguascalientes,
La Labor and San Pancho) joined together to give us a "Welcome
Home Celebration" on June 29th. We are very blessed to be
working with people excited about the Lord's work. Bro. Rafael
and Bro. Rafa did a fine job in our absence. There are several
new families in each of the works and for that we are thankful.
Bro. Rafa preaching during our "Welcome Home Service". We have certainly hit the ground running. We have had church camp, a teen retreat, Anniversary Sunday and a "Back-to-School" campaign since our return.
SOULS SAVED AND BAPTIZED
The Lord has blessed and we have seen souls saved and baptized
almost on a weekly basis. For some believers it can be a very emotional time, as it was with Bro. German and Rosalba. Both were saved as a result of the testimony of Rosalba's mother, Ofelia.
Ofelia accepted Christ and was baptized the week before we left for furlough (September, 2007). This past year has been very difficult for them. Their family is not only Catholic by tradition, but by practice. For them to be baptized into the Baptist Church was a tremendous step of faith on their part.
Please pray for them and their family. They are undergoing extreme opposition from the rest of their family as well as their neighborhood. The priest in their neighborhood, which is the same neighborhood the church is located in,
has placed an order against them not to sell goods to them as long as they continue to attend the Baptist Church.
A young lady by the name of Ruth has also been baptized. She was
saved several years ago during a Kid's Club in Los Negritos. Her uncles beat her when she told them and she was forbidden to attend again. She is now 18 and sought out the church so that she could be baptized. She has been attending faithfully and is growing in the Lord.
BUILDING NEWS AND NEEDS
Bro. Rafael and his wife, Carmela, have moved to the property to help prevent more theft and vandalism. We have converted the small building (used for our nursery, office and children’s church) into an apartment for them. The church has been raising money for the blocks needed to build the nursery and office inside the Auditorium building.
The kids classes are now meeting under the pavilion. Because of needing to do this, we have an even greater need to begin construction on the Sunday School building. If you can be of help, please mark any offerings as “Sunday School Building”. Thank you for making it possible for us to serve in Mexico.
For Souls in Mexico,
Allen & Steph Copeland
Field Address:
www.CopelandsinMexico.com
E-MAIL: AllenyEstefani@aol.com
Apartado Postal 33-2
Aguascalientes, AGS
C.P. 20041 MEXICO
Home: (011) 52-449-929-8275
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