Buenas Dias from Mexico,

Just a quick note with a prayer request...

In my last email I mentioned a few plans we had for 2008--- the first is coming upon us pretty quickly in February!! I was asked to help out with the YUGO's Medical Missions program as a liason with the pastors when we do an outreach at a church as well as teach Missions to the medical interns in the summer. As a result of this I am taking some training on the Perspectives on World Missions course in Fayetteville, Arkansas from February 18-27. It is a one week intensive course (Condensed form the usual 3 week long course!!). But with that are some additional costs that need to be covered and I'm asking that you would pray with us in this regard:

Flight - $250.--
Food-$250
Accomodation- $580
Course Tuition- $350.00
Car rental- $300

Total $1730.00

As for an update on Lupita--- she is doing well. Pastor Martin had an appointment with the hospital and she has been looked at and is doing well. He will have another appointment for her next week to see how things are continuing to go. Missionary Cindy Reid is going out there today to visit with the family. We are looking at the best way to get them power- we have a donation to cover the cost of either a generator or a power pole-- right now they burn $30.00 worth of candles each month for light-- We're going to ask them which would be less likely to be stolen, the generator or the power pole... it's a toss up!

And a small praise report / prayer request.

I was asked to go to the Colonias in East Tijuana to find a lady who is scheduled for surgery February 8th- only she did not know about it! So I had to go to this area with a picture and general idea of which colonia she lived in. Think needle in haystack.
Ivan, my interpretor came by to visit so we decided to go out last Wednesday to find her. I talked to 2 pastors who know the area and who may have been able to help us, but by the time we made it out there- neither one of them could help. So off we went looking for another fellow who may know too. While on the way we met up with Feliciano and Marisella who were waiting at the side of the road. We chatted and they asked what we were up to so we showed them the picture of the lady. "she lives across the road from our church!!"-- so off we went in search for her. she wasn't around, but her husband was on his way to work so we spoke with him-- It turns out she is in Southern Mexico- Guadalajara- and he didn't know when she'd be back (maybe 2 or 3 years he shrugged his shoulders???) But we have a new cell number and a landline as well and hope to get a hold of her in time to get her surgery done. She has a very bad burn-scar on her throat / chin that keeps her face pulled towards her chest.

Please pray for Rosa Maria!!

Also pray for Mitzi and her family-- a 2 year old girl who is the 2nd youngest of 7 children. She has cleft palette and cannot talk. She is hopefully getting surgery too via YUGO's medical missions and Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego in February!

Thank you for being a part of this ministry!! May God bless you!!