Aug 2007
Frustrate His enemies
08/30/07 10:39 AM
Pray with us that God
would confuse and frustrate the efforts of God's
enemies during this time. After all this time, the
Catholic church is trying to rear it's ugly head and
the Mormons want to have some influence.
Our influence continues
08/29/07 10:30 AM
Continue to pray with us
as we minister to the miner's families. They still
are having a hard time accepting the fact that they
will never see their loved ones again. We will have
many opportunities to counsel and witness to families
after this whole ordeal is over. Pray for the power
of the H.S. upon our ministry as we continue
on.
Fifth hole
08/21/07 07:05 AM
Most of the families are
beginning to lose hope, yet the fifth borehole still
gives some hope. We continue to have prayer before
and after the family updates and our presence there
has been a stabilitating factor. No LDS presence has
been there and only once did a priest show up. God is
impressing upon hearts the emptiness of religion and
the benefits of a relation. Continue to pray.
Continued ministry to miners families
08/21/07 07:00 AM
God has given us a
unique opportunity to minister in this situation. The
first day of the mine collapse, Penny and I went to
check on our families to see if they were affected.
When we got there we realized that several of our
families were connected to the miners that were
trapped. I stayed for the companies meeting with the
families and realized that many of the Hispanics
would not understand and later translated what was
said to them. Since then I have been translating
everyday for the two sessions and throughout the day
we counsel and witness. May God continue to give us
strength to go on.
Miners families desperate
08/20/07 07:07 AM
Sunday the 19th at the
regular miners family update, the news hit hard that
they may never recover their loved ones. We spent
most of the day counseling and comforting family
members. We held a special service at the church
where we are meeting yet many were too distraught to
attend. Continue to pray for strength to continue
ministering to these families.
Bilingual Service planned for miners families
08/18/07 07:10 AM
Sunday the 19th of
August, we will be holding a special bilingual
service for the miners and their families. Pray that
God would bring them out and many might be comforted
and others come to know Him through this
tragedy.
Change of location of mine updates
08/18/07 07:07 AM
We have been meeting in
the jr. High in Huntington for the family updates
everyday, but we are now moving to an Evangelical
church at the end of town. This will continue to
enhance our opportunities to minister to these
people. The Mormon church offered their facilities
but refused to serve coffee and/or allow people to
smoke in the parking lot, so this has opened the door
for Christians to minister to them. Keep
praying!
Strength received
08/18/07 07:05 AM
All of your prayers for
us have given us strength. We know we would not be
able to continue if the prayers for us were not
offered up. People at the site tell us we have been a
great asset and cannot understand why and how we do
what we do without being paid by the company.
PTL!
Crandal Canyon Mine
08/18/07 07:03 AM
We continue to minister
to the Hispanic community that has been affected by
the Crandall Canyon Mine collapse. We have had
numerous opportunities to witness and show the Love
of Christ. There has been a great contrast in what we
do and that of the Catholic church and Mormon churcn.
Pray for eternal results from this.
Lizet is well
08/13/07 07:16 AM
I just wanted to mention
that Lizet has been operated on and she is in
recovery. Things are going well on that front. Pray
for the salvation of her father.
Service of Hope
08/13/07 07:14 AM
We organized a "Service
of Hope" at the center where the family members of
the miners are on Sunday evening. About 75 people
attended. We had special music in English and Spanish
and two messages that also were translated. We sang
hymns in both languages at the same time and had a
very special service. Pray that the lasting effect on
these people would be the spiritual impact that we
have had on them.
Continued support for miners
08/13/07 07:11 AM
We have been at the site
where the family members are everyday. I have been
put in charge of all the religious activity and am
head of the translation crew. It has been a marvelous
opportunity to witness to the govenor Huntman,
Senator Hatch, the head of the Sheriffs department
and so many other government and social workers. At
first we figured on facing all kinds of Mormon
presence here but there has been NONE! PTL! Continue
to pray for us.
Miners trapped
08/06/07 10:25 PM
Please pray for all the
miners that are trapped in the Huntington mine. We
have three hispanics that are trapped, one whose name
is Luis Hernandez is the husband of Karime that we
have been holding bible studies with for several
months. We went tonight 8/6/07 to be with all the
hispanic families to translate for them and I held a
prayer service right there in the center where the
families were waiting news.