Sinaloa de Leyva and Speaking With the Girls!

Hey!  I told you I would write again soon and I have some time this afternoon so I wanted to finish telling you about my missions work here in Mexico.  Every Sunday we go to a city called Sinaloa de Leyva.  There is only one baptist church in all of Sinaloa de Leyva so the youth of Bethel Baptist Church go every Sunday and play with the children so the adults can listen to the word of God without distraction.  One amazing thing I have noticed about this church is that despite the very low attendance and the fact that there's no technology the worship is incredible.  Everytime this church worships I feel God's presence.  The son of the pastor who I think is around 15 has a guitar and plays some worship songs.  There's no music minister and no other instruments but there is God and he rejoices with this church every Sunday.  I do see a need for more people to go to Sinaloa de Leyva and continue to help grow this church.  This church and the pastor and his family are constantly on my heart and I've started praying that God will send a missionary to this city and to this place to work on growth and making disciples.  This place is having some drug issues and is in desperate need of God and missionaries to do the Lord's will.

(The Sunday morning service at Sinaloa de Leyva)

(The pastor and his baby)

Another amazing opportunity that I was given was to speak to the girls in the youth group about relationships.  I spoke about finding inner-beauty and self-esteem in the Lord.  I explained that our relationship with God is what makes us beautiful and God should be our main focus.  Our relationship with the Lord will attract the Christian man that the Lord has for us.  I explained to the girls what type of guy they should look for: God should be number 1 in his life before any girl or anything else. he should love others and be humble towards others, and he should have a Christ-like love which is unconditional, limitless, giving, and sacrificial.  I also explained to the ladies that when this man has found you (because women should not be the pursuer)  your relationship should look like a triangle with God on top.  The closer you each grow to God the closer you will grow to each other.  At the end the girls prayed with a partner for each others purity, to have patience to wait for the right man, and that God will be number 1 in their lives.  It was an incredible time!  There were tears and it really was a touching moment for the girls of the youth group.  I'm grateful that God gave me the opportunity to speak to these girls and that he gave me the life experience so that I would know what to say to the girls.  God has dealt in my life in powerful ways and now I can share this with others.  To God be the Glory!!

Speaking with my translator Star!

Prayer Time With a Partner!

The Girls!

Prayer Requests:  Pray that God will continue to work through the youth of Bethel.  Pray that God will help the adults in Bethel to see that they're needed to do missions work also and not just the youth.  Pray that God will grow the church of Sinaloa de Leyva and will place a missionary in this city to share the good news of Christ and help the pastor to grow the church.  Also pray for the safety of the pastor and his family and the people of Sinaloa de Leyva.  Pray that despite the influences that surround the girls of the youth group of Bethel, they will keep a pure life and keep God first.  Thanks for your prayers!  Miss you guys soooooooo much!!