Queridos hermanos en Cristo Esperamos que se encuentren cada dia mejor de salud.
La iglesia en Gto esta orando por tu salud de la iglesia en NC.y por los ancianos y hermanos (as)
Damos gracias a Dios de que la gripe solo esta en algunos lugares y oramos por que la ciudad de ustedes este libre de la enfermedad.

Dear brothers in Christ. We hope that each day finds you in better health. The church in Guanajuato is praying for the health of the church in North Carolina and for the elders and the brothers and sisters. We give thanks to God that the "flu"is only in some places and we pray that your city is free from this sickness.

Nosotros tenemos (como sabes) el problema de la gripe y eso nos tiene un poco preocupados pero confiamos en nuestro poderoso Dios y sabemos que pronto esto pasará.En la iglesia en Gto hay algunos enfermos de gripa (pero NO DE LA INFLUENZA) y muchos no vinieron a los servicios del domingo solo 13 personas y algunos niños (enfermos de gripa) asi que les pido de sus oraciones.

We have (as you know) the problem of the flu and this makes us a little worried, be we trust in our powerful God and we know that this shall soon pass. In the church in Guanajuato there are some sick with colds (but not the flu) and many didn't come to the Sunday services. Only 13 adults and some children (sick with the cold), so we ask for your prayers.

La semana pasada se suspendieron todas las actividades en la iglesia (celulas, estudios, clases, reuniones ect..) y casi estuvimos encerrados muchos dias. (la verdad me senti impotente y como leon encerrado) porque el gobierno dijo que asi tendria que ser hasta el 6 de mayo y NO creo poder aguantar tanto tiempo sin "ver" a los hermanos y amigos de la iglesia, asi que her decidido salir desde mañana a cuidar a las "corderos" y enterarme de su situacion (desde luego hemos estado en contacto por telefono con todos pero no es lo mismo aun cuando algunos han venido a nuestra casa) asi que les pido de sus oraciones por nosotros y por la iglesia.
Dios los bendiga y fortalesca siempre
Su amigo y hermano en Cristo

Las week almost all of the normal church activities (groups, studies, classes, meetings, etc) we cancelled... and we we practically imprisoned many days (the truth is that I felt powerless and like a caged lion) because the government said that we should do it until May 6th and I don't think I can stand going so long without seeing the brothers and sisters of the church... so I have decided to go out starting tomorrow to care for the "sheep"and to put myself in their situation (up to this point we have been in contact by phone with everyone, but it's just not the same even though some of them have come to our house). Because of this I ask for your prayers for us and for the church.

God bless you and strengthen you forever. Your friend and brother in Christ. Raciel

Raciel

Updates

I talked to Raciel this week and got a few updates:

The van is still broken. He is walking and has alrady lost 8kg ! He said he should stop so he won't have to buy new clothes.

There are some personality conflicts in the church (between some of the women) that should work out over time but are causing some problems right now.

He has met a new family (an extended family of about 10 people) who want to know more about the church. There is a newlywed couple lading the family, and both the husband and wife have decided to leave their respective religious backgrounds in search of the church they read about in the Bible. This sounds like a great opportunity- please pray that Raciel will be able to talk with them more and teach them.

We are still planning a trip to Guanajuato July 4 - July 9th. Please pray for the effort and let me know if you are interested in going.

Keith Boan

Me gustaria contarte sobre lo que nos paso el dia 4 de abril (Nuestro Aniversario de boda)

Sabado en la mañana nos levantamos temprano para ir a leon y pasar un tiempo en familia, sin embargo al ir rumbo a Silao (cerca del Aeropuerto) nos vimos involucrados en un Accidente.
Una camioneta del año nos rebaso en una curva (hiba a alta velocidad) y nosotros hibamos detras de ellos cuando me di cuenta de que en el piso habia piedras muy chiquitas y eso, hizo que la camioneta (de ellos) empezara a "patinar" sobre el piso,
no pudiendo controlar su camioneta chocaron contra el muro de en medio y despues se voltearon de lado

I want to tell you about something that happened to us on April 4th (our wedding anniversary). Saturday morning we woke up early to go to Leon to have some family time, nevertheless on the way to Silao (near the airport) we were involved in an accident. An older van passed us on a curve (at a high speed) and we were behind them when I realized there were a lot of little rocks on the road, and these made their van start to slide across the road. Not being able to control their van, they crashed into the median and then the van flipped on its side.

Nosotros pudiomos " ver" todo de primero mano, pues hibamos detras de ellos, así que hice lo que pude para detenerme y no chocar contra ellos y gracias a Dios nos detuvimos como a 1 -2 metros, cerca muy cerca de ellos.
Cuando nos pudimos detener salimos ilse y yo disparados hacia ellos a tratar de ayudarlos (Recuerda que la camioneta estaba de lado) y cuando llegamos pudimos ver que el brazo del niño estaba atrapado entre la camioneta y un block de cemento, en la camioneta hiban 4 personas (los papas y 2 niños) gracias a Dios los 3 salieron sin problemas, pero el niño tenia una grave cortada en el brazo izquierdo y salia mucha sangre.

We could see all of this first hand, since we were behind them, so that I did what I could to stop myself and not crash into them and thank God we stopped aout 3-6 fee away, close - very close - to them. When we were able to get stopped, Ilse and I got out and shot over toward themto try to help them (remember, their van was on its side) and when we got there we could see that the arm of the boy was trapped between the van and a block of cement. There were 4 people in the van (the parents and 2 children). Thanks to God, the 3 got out without problems, but the boy had a grave cut in his left arm and a lot of blood came out.

Una vez que Ilse, un hombre y yo pudimos levantar un poco la camioneta (lo suficiente) el niño pudo sacar su brazo y nos dimos cuenta de que en realidad estaba grave su cortada, así que le pusimos un torniquete en el brazo con un trozo de tela y pedimos a la ambulancia con mi cell.
La verdad fue algo muy desagradable el rato que estuvimos ahí (como 2 horas) aunque habia mucha gente pasando en sus coches despacio junto a nosotros NINGUNO se detuvo para ayudar (solo unos 4-5 hombres, pero asi como llegaron se fueron)

Once Ilse, a man, and I were alble to lift the van just a little (enough) the boy was able to pull out his arm and we noticed that his cut was really serios, so that we put a tourniquet on his arm with a piece of fabric and we called for an ambulance with my cell phone. It truly was discouraging that during the short while we were there (like 2 hours), even though there had been many people passing by slowly in their cars none of them stopped to help (except 4-5 men, but they left about as soon as they arrived)

Nosotros nos fuimos solo hasta que todo se termino y pudimos ver como se llevaban a la mama que por cierto estaba embarazada y al niño al hospital en la ambulancia, cuando se fueron los bomberos y la policia federal nosotros tambien lo hicimos.
Fuimos a Leon pero ya no hibamos como al principio, pues la verdad estabamos impactados de pensar que por un instante nos hubiera tocado el accidente a nosotros.


We left ourselves after everything was over and we saw how they took the mother (who was certainly pregnant) and the boy to the hospital in the ambulance... when the firemen and federal police left, we left too. We went to Leon but it wasn't as it was at the beginning, because we were truly impacted in thinking how much the accident had touched us.

Gracias a Dios que pudimos estar ahí en el justo momento para ayudar a esas personas.
Cuando regresamos de leon nuestra camioneta se paro de nuevo, bajo un puente y gracias a Dios en ese momento paso una patrulla y le hice señas para que nos ayudara y nos mando a una mecanico (ángel verde) y me dijo que la bomba de gasolina ya no sirve y que tambien cambiara el filtro.
Asi que desde el sabado la camioneta esta parada y nosotros estamos moviendonos en camion o caminando a mis estudios y celulas.
Espero que todo lo que te conte no te halla aburrido y te pido por favor por tus oraciones para nosotros.

Thank God we were able to be there just at the right moment to help these people. When we came back from Leon our van quit again, underneath a bridge - and thank God that a patrol passed us at that moment and I made signals so he would help us and he sent us a mechanic (green angel) and he told me that the gas pump wasn't working anymore and that we also needed to change the filter. Because of that the van has been stopped since Saturday and we are moving around to my studies and group meetings on the bus or walking. I hope that you ahvn't found all of this boring and I ask you for your prayers for us please.

Queridos hermanos en Cristo:
Este es el reporte del domingo 5 de abril.
Fuimos 22 personas en el servicio,(muy pocos) muchos estan de vacaciones de semana santa y regresaran hasta el 19, asi que esperamos estar todos juntos en esa fecha.
Muchas gracias por su ayuda y sus oraciones.
Dios los bendiga siempre.
Raciel

Dear brother in Christ:
This is the report of April 5th. We were 22 people in the service (very few). Many are on vacation for Holy Week and will return the 19th, so we hope to all be together again on this date Thank you very much for your help and prayers. God bless you all forever.

Queridos hermanos en Cristo.
Este es el reporte del servicio del domingo 29 de marzo.
Fuimos 35 personas y gracias a Dios ya estan participando dos hombres jovenes en los servicios Cesar y Erick (estas son las fotos), ellos estan iniciando su capacitación y estudiando y las cosas parecen ir bien por el momento.
Espero verlos pronto y poder alabar juntos a nuestro Dios.
Gracias por sus oraciones y por su ayuda en la obra misionera en Guanajuato.
Por favor respondan a este Email.
Dios los bendiga siempre
Raciel

Dear brothers in Christ.

This is the report of the service on Sunday, March 29th.

We were 35 people and thanks to God there are already two young men participating in the services, Cesar and Erick (they are in the pictures). They are studying and starting their qualifications and things seem to be going well for the moment.

I hope to see you soon and be able to praise our God together.

Thank you for your prayers and for your help in the missionary work in Guanajuato.

Please respond to this email.

God bless you forever.

Hola queridos hermanos en Cristo.
Este es el reporte del domingo 22 de marzo del 2009
Fuimos 32 personas en el servicio y muchos no vinieron porque algunos estan enfermos y otros (no lo se) sin embargo gracias a Dios continuamos con estudios y clases evangelizadoras.
Muchas gracias por su ayuda y por sus oraciones en la obra misionera en Gto
Dios los bendiga siempre
Raciel

Hello dear brothers in Christ.
This is the report for Sunday, March 22, 2009.
We were 32 people in the worship service and many didn't come because some are sick and others... (I don't know); nevertheless, thanks to God we continue with studies and evangelism classes. Many thanks for your help and for your prayers for the missionary work in Guanajuato.
God bless you forever.

Raciel also instant messaged today that they need our prayers - he and the 2 kids have been sick since Friday. Only Ilse is still well (so we need to pray for her too!!) - tkb

March 1, 2009

Queridos hermanos en Cristo:
Paz,Salud y Misericordia tengan todos ustedes de Dios padre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo.

Dear brothers in Christ: That you all have the peace, wellness, and the mercy of God the Father of our Lord Jesus.

Este es el reporte de lo que paso este domingo 1 de Marzo.

This is the report of what happened this Sunday, March 1st.

Fuimos 41 personas en el servicio mas 2 invitadas (última foto)
Se llamam Teresa y su hija Brenda (son mama y hermana de teresa, esposa de Cesar, los maestros de la escuela dominical); ellas comieron con nosotros despues del servicio y me preguntaron que si podian reunirse en la iglesia. (obviamente les dijimos que si)
La verdad es una gran bendicion "ver" como Dios permite que su obra cresca dia con dia en Gto, la iglesia esta en estos momentos muy animada con todo lo que esta pasando
(Clases,celulas de evangelismo, reuniones de mujeres los sabados, ect..) y sobre todo
que la integracion es cada vez mas evidente.

We had 41 people in the worship service (and also 2 guests). The guests were Teresa and her daughter Brenda (the mother and sister of Teresa, Caesar's wife - Teresa and Cesar are the Sunday school teachers); they ate with us after the service and they asked me if they could meet with the church (obviously I told them YES). The truth is that it s a great blessing to see how God is allowing His work in Guanajuato to grow day after day - at this time the church is very excited with what is happenening (classes, small evangelism groups, womens meetings on Saturdays, etc.) and above all that the inclusion (of the people in the activities of the church) is more and more evident.
Por eso y muchas cosas mas damos Gloria a Dios por su Bendita Misericordia para con su iglesia en Gto, sin embargo el domingo faltaron 13 personas que siempre vienen al servicio, por favor oren por ellas.
Muchas gracias por sus oraciones y por su ayuda en la obra misionera
Por su confianza y su amistad
Dios los bendiga siempre

For these and many more things we give thanks to God for his blessed mercy for his church in Guanajuato. Nevertheless, on Sunday we were missing 13 of the people who always come to the worship service - please pray for them.

Thanks so much for your prayers and for your help in the missionary work, for your confidence, and for your friendship. God bless you forever.
Raciel, Ilse Annie y Samuelito