Iglesia Unión

We have very good news on a number of counts:

1) The thirty plus believers that were expelled from their community near Huejutla in the middle of last year were allowed to return about a month ago. Thank you so much for being part of that praying army that brought this answer from the Lord. So few Christians ever get to go back after being expelled; many more have to make their lives elsewhere, losing their lands, their livelihood and ancestral home. Please continue to pray for a family in yet another community that was expelled at more or less the same time that these returned.

2) José Carpio now has three Proclaimer New Testaments in his language variant, which are moving all over the sierra, proclaiming God´s word orally to the indians. In the next couple of weeks, four more are being carried in by Christians whom God has provided to do this. Two of these Proclaimers are in other variants of the same Huastec Nahuatl language, which he will be able to share with the other groups he works with.

3) The team from LAM Canada was an incredible blessing and success in all they did in Camp Kikomar. I have a list of twenty eight projects, large and small, that they completed in just 10 days of work. And all of this in spite of miserable weather, with cold, wind and rain almost every day. Everyone finds it hard to believe that our usually sunny and warm Tuxpan gave such a grim outlook for that long. The weather took a casualty when my dad (who was here to support us with the team) slipped on a muddy slope and fractured his ankle three days before the team left. He is happily back in Costa Rica now, with his cast coming off just before Holy Week.

4) The giving out of leftover bread from the supermarket bakery every Thursday continues to be a huge blessing, and is building so many bridges in the people along our island. Last Saturday, the truck broke down right outside one of the little thatched roof huts. Within seconds I was surrounded by our “bread people”, who gave me water to add to the radiator and wise counsel as to how to get it going again. While I waited for it to cool down, I was pulled into a birthday party. I protested, saying that I didn´t want to gate crash their party, but they insisted, saying it was a way to thank us for the bread. And we are getting more and more opportunities to share the Gospel as we move back and forth to the camp. People know that we care for them, and that earns us the right to be heard.

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