Mérida Mission Trip Info & Prayer Request Update 2
Teri Cain was able to talk to some of the Mérida Missions team last night and the following are some highlights that she posted on her blog:
All is going well and the team remains excited and energized by all that God is doing. Dennis reported that they have had many good witnessing encounters throughout the parades. One man stood out in particular…he told his wife, who was anxious to leave, that he was staying to listen! The team was able to present the entire Gospel to him and it is their prayer that the encounter will produce fruit for the glory of God.
The seminar on Saturday was a great success. There were many positive reports and excited participants. Approximately 70 people (adults and youth) attended the day-long training session. About 30 of these are now serving with our mission team at the parades.
You may remember that we had asked prayer earlier for our friend Eduardo (pictured at right with Dennis and Eduardo’s friend Mar on our way to witness at the Yucátan State Fair last November)…Dennis is excited to report that not only did he attend the seminar, but he is taking what he learned to the maximum level! Dennis said, “watch out and just stay out of this guy’s way, because he is on fire!”
A special prayer request to report: Millie, Pastor Sam’s wife, is going into Cuba soon to lead an evangelism conference for 500 women, which is tremendous news about a country closed to the Gospel. She was furiously taking notes during the seminar; pray that Dennis would be granted permission by its producers to leave his Spanish language copy of the seminar DVDs with her to take into Cuba. We do not know if this is a possibility or not considering that it hasn’t been released yet. We consider it a gift from God that he was even able to use it in Mérida, and he will certainly freely accept God’s answer regarding this, but keep this and the Cuba conference in your prayers…
We also asked prayer for Pillin (pronounced “Pee-shing”) the professional clown. Dennis actually ran into him downtown during one of the parades!… Continue to pray for Pillin’s salvation and another chance to share the Gospel with him.
The team plans to go into the village of Hocába tomorrow (Monday) morning to share the Gospel of law and grace. The church has a mission there where they teach, preach and reach out to this small community of people living in huts tucked away in the jungle. They are working on providing a system of running water for the church neighborhood there, as well as other basic physical necessities.
Pray that the team will have successful encounters for God’s glory both in Hocába as well as later in the day back at the parade in Mérida. It will be a busy day tomorrow.
I also spoke briefly with Fran (Dennis’ Mom) and Mary. I could hear the excitement in Mary’s voice about all that God is doing. She also reported making many new friends and how sweet and wonderful the church members have been to the team. She said that she can see why Dennis and I (Teri) love them all so much.
Fran reported that they can’t hand out tracts fast enough…especially the million dollar tracts. She said hands come at them from every where – so many and so fast that it reminds her of the hungry begging for bread. And on the back of that “novelty” million dollar tract IS The Bread of Life: the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
Dennis hopes that Tuesday or Wednesday their schedule will allow for some “down time” and that he will be able to find a computer to borrow (one with an English keyboard on it!) so that he can send more reports and some pictures. In the meantime, I will continue to report anything that I hear, but hopefully I will be able to post a more detailed report later in the week…
Please continue to be in prayer for the team.