Pastor Isaac Garcia, president of the Lutheran Synod of Mexico asked that you continue to pray for them and their ministry in Mexico.

•  Pray for the four students at the Seminary in Argentina: Samuel Perez Herrera, his wife Mayra, and two sons, Samuel & Paul; Neftali Garcia Guevara; Job Jimenez; and Guillermo Leyva; their parents, brothers & sisters, and their home churches.
•  Pray for San Juan Lutheran Church in Mexicali that the Lord would provide them with a leader and that they get excited and work together with the Lutheran Synod of Mexico.
•  Pray for wisdom, faith, and action as to what to do about buying a piece of land in Las Moras, Sinaloa, Mexico, (served by Lay-pastor Jóse Reyes) and raising the $2,000 necessary so that the people and especially the children of that community can be better served.
•  Pray for continued blessings on the mission in Rio Rico, assistance with the problem of the roof, and the needed church furnishings.
•  Pray for funding for Betania’s mission trip to Veracruz.($600).
  

The full update is in this pdf.

Rev. Norman Finke

Hello my dear friends in Christ,
He Is Risen Indeed!

I have had a concern for a while now. It concerns how we feel about being in ministry. If you ever had a chance to meet, personally, these men and women that we are helping in their ministries down in Mexico, you would find some people who you would love and certainly admire. All the help that we give is to aid them in their ministry of bringing God's plan of salvation to the people of their communities. We have seen success in much of what they are doing but that doesn't take away their hurts, frustrations, needs, or desires, efforts to fulfill what God is asking all of us to do. To put it simply, their needs don't go away simply because we lose interest or get distracted or decide that God isn't blessing us enough to help others.

I have to thank the Lord for His faithfulness in making sure that somehow or another we are able to keep going and help "hold up the prophets hands." For some of you who may think that I don't know what I'm talking about, (and maybe I don't), by prophet I mean anyone who has been called by the LORD to speak His Word.

I guess the thing that makes it difficult for us is when someone or some group has been faithfully supporting these people in doing the Lord's bidding suddenly, or at least it seems that way to us who don't know what is happening, stop giving anything to help. People, God isn't done yet!

Click here for the April Newsletter (pdf).

Please, include this ministry in your daily prayers. If you can't give or increase your gift, help find some other people to get involved. Post this Newsletter in such a way that people can actually see and read it or post some of the items in your Newsletters or bulletins. Maybe you could even post some of it on your Facebook page or whatever is the in thing these days. God calls us to action not to sit on the bench!

Maybe I need to eat a Snickers candy bar.

Rev. Norman Finke