{FECA Vision Choir} Update 12

Before we walked from the Pastor's home to the church to join their Elder's (at least church leaders) weekly dinner meeting at 7 (or is it 8? one is never sure of time in Mexico), we prayed for Stephen Pang (it was at 4:30 PM LA time). A couple brought their old mother there thinking the special healing service was going to be tonight (it is suppose to be Tuesday), so we surrounded her and Kaitlin asked her what she needed prayer for. She had problems hearing, a herniated disk on her spine, and leg pain. We prayed for her three times, seeing improvement each time. After the third round of prayers, she said she could hear, stood up and shook her leg and said the pain was gone. We then had a light dinner of Mexican food. At the start of dinner, a lady brought her son to Hannah and asked her to pray for this boy whose feet turned in and was flat. Hannah, Kaitlin and Natalie prayed for this boy and they could see his feet correct and an arch form on his feet. After the meal, Chris thanked the church for their support these last seven or eight months. He reminded all of us that following Jesus involves suffering. Marshall told the church the story of how God closed the door for us to go to Indonesia and opened the door to Taxco and how we were so blessed to be part of God's movement here in Mexico. We than sang "Holy Is He" and "Jesus, Name Above All Names" to the church leaders. Pastor Jesus then invited us to come back next year for a week; he has an idea to hold a three day tent meeting crusade in Taxco attracting one to two thousand people, spending two days in Tetitlan and a day in the cornfield tent. He said he would fast and pray about this and challenged us to do the same. We the returned to Martelas, the name of the building we are staying to shower and sleep.

July 23 - We woke and found that both Kaitlin and Gentle are both running a fever, but Tim has recovered. Hannah has a light cold and she, Natalie, Jason, Rachel, and Eugene have stomach problems. We prayed for Kaitlin and Gentle and had them stay at Martelas to rest while the those reasonably healthy returned to the pastor's house for breakfast at 9. We are so grateful God brought Physician Assistant Connie here just at the right time to nurse all these sick people.
Apparently, different church members have volunteered to cook meals for us and serve them at the pastor's home. Houses here are built on the side of mountains, and so are multilevel. We meet in a lower unit which has kitchen, bath, two rooms and a large living/dining room which can accommodate 30-50 people for a meeting. The pastor lives in a two level unit above. We ate a delicious breakfast of ham and cheese wrapped around tortillas. We returned to Martelas after breakfast to do our devotions on Jacob (Gen. 32) and began to debrief our trip. Eric reminded us to pray the armor of God on ourselves as we prepare for our last ministry tonight. After devotions, we broke into a time of prayer and worship for over an hour. It was an anointed and sacred time together with The Lord.

We began by sharing what impressed us most on this trip. After about an hour, we also discussed Pastor Jesus' challenge to us about next year. We tossed several brainstorming ideas around. These included:
Joining their youth and have a Taxco Vision team here to sing with us and translate for us like Indonesia.
Forming a team with Epicentre Lincoln Heights and Chris' new church plant as well as adults from other FECA churches.

We then left for lunch at one of their church leader's home, Hector and Vicky. Praise God Kaitlin and Gentle are well enough to join us. Hector and Vicky have a beautiful home situated at the top of Mount Taxco with a lovely view of the countryside. They barbecued carne asada (pork, beef, chicken) with cactus/tomato/onion salad and lots of other accouterments for us. Pastor Jesus and his wife Olga along with other church members joined us. Here is a picture of us at lunch sent from the wifi at their home.