Pray for the Schierkolk's

Dear praying friends,

We finally made it back down to Jerez here in Mexico! Thanks so much for all of your prayers for our travel. The trip was uneventful. We came over the hill and saw the lights of the city at about 8:00pm and felt the joy of being home again. Our several months in the United States were so good. We enjoyed meeting new friends and spending some wonderful time with old friends and our families as well. God used all of you to help in renewing our spirits and refreshing our strength. We are very grateful to God for all of you.

There were some wonderful surprises that awaited us when we returned. We were delighted to see 3 kids from the youth group in church on Sunday and to hear that they have been coming regularly! Praise God for that! Two of them had only been able to come on Christmas and Easter and the other one had come one or two times in addition. An extra wonderful surprise is that several of the kids from the Kid’s Club have been coming to the worship services on Sunday as well. We are very thankful to Danny Giles who has been working with the youth group since we’ve been gone and he has also been picking kids up on Sunday mornings. Please continue to pray for Danny and Marcela as they seek God’s direction. For now, they will continue to work the youth and we are very happy about that. Please also pray with them for God’s provision for their financial needs. As Short-Term Assistants they depend on the freewill offerings of people back home. I know that any gifts sent to the World Missions Department in Minneapolis for them will be much appreciated.

• Oscar seems to be doing pretty well. He is being trained in on the new sound equipment at church.

• Little Samuel’s daddy, Fernando, is coming back the beginning of December for a visit. Please pray with us for him to know Christ as his Savior and for the restoration of his marriage.

• In one of these recent months the number of Spanish Ambassador Sunday School lessons downloaded topped 4,000!!!! Incredible! Dan continues to get letters from people around Latin America who are using the lessons.

Well, there is more to add but I’ll stop for now. Thanks so much for your continued prayers for us and to the many who have contributed financially to our ministry as well. We could not do this work without you.

May God bless you all with a Thanksgiving overflowing with thankfulness and joy,

Todd and Barb Schierkolk