OMS Mexico Prayer Blog

Pray for Paty, house church leader who fell recently and struggles with her thyroid. Ask for a healing touch on her body.

Praise the Lord for the training that has begun every Thursday in the La Loma church for those who would like to be involved in outreach in the community. Pray this will produce leaders for house churches and workers in the harvest.

Praise the Lord for the five people being prepared for baptism.

Pray for the plans for 2010. Ask the Lord where the team is to go both ministerially and personally. Pray for the house churches who will be working on their own with only monthly visits from Diana and Zoel

Confirm Zoel’s decision to join the team in Villa Hermosa, Tabasco. Pray that the Lord will also confirm this with his wife Sandra. Praise the Lord that she is recovering well and that baby Mateo is growing and healthy.

We praise the Lord for the way the Lord is sustaining Miguel as he pastors two churches and is the president of UNIFAM. Ask the Lord for wisdom and continued strength.

Pray for the house church in Poza-hondo. They are thinking of changing their service to Saturday and have not been very consistent because of Maria de Jesús’s therapy. Pray for that this change will be for the better and for God’s healing touch on Maria.

The hostess of this house church is Concepción and she asks for pray for her hasbands diabetes. Mónica is a potential leader for this church and is eager to learn. Pray for her husband who worships “Holy Death” a very large cult here in Mexico

Continue to pray for healing for María de Jesus. She is scheduled for surgery on her cranium to see if they can relieve some of the pressure on her brain. She fell from a billboard and has been paralyzed.

Pray for God’s touch on José Luis, Maria’s son. Ask that he will come to know Jesus in a very real way. Pray, too, for salvation for the rest of the family.

We praise the Lord that the Texcoco house church host and hostess were baptized yesterday! Pray that the person they share and entrance to the property with will come to know Jesus and allow access to their house. It is difficult to grow because of the limited access.

Pray for Luis, 15 whose mother left with his sisters and left him with his dad. He is feeling abandoned and doesn’t understand why she left. When the team went and prayed with them last week Luis told his aunt that he felt something his heart even though he didn’t pray to recieve Christ. Ask the Lord to bring Luis to him and heal his broken heart.

Pray for Teresa Lara who is being sexually harassed at work. She is asking the Lord to provide different employment for her. Pray, too, for her 13 year old children who are studying and going to school

Pray for the touch of the Great Physician on Esperanza who will be having surgery to remove a tumor in her stomach. Pray that God will use this to bring her back to Him.

The team ask for prayer for the Urano house church. There has had a misunderstanding and we are asking for God to bring them back to learn more about Him. The host couple is Maria Luisa and Roberto. Patricia is the lay leader and needs the Lord’s touch on her thyroid and for her job. Her husband Juan Miguel does not want to learn about the Lord. This house church ministers mostly to children in the neighborhood in an effort to reach the parents.

Another leader in the house church is Alma. She asks for prayer for her husband Victor to become a Christian. She also asks that her children Hector and Bere will be able to attend the youth encounter this coming weekend.

Tere and Maty have been handing out pamphlets and helping in the kitchen preparing breakfast for the children. Ask for God’s continued touch on them

Leslie and Lupita ask for salvation for their husbands.

Lucia has heard the Gospel but is afraid to make a desicion for Christ because she is afraid of her husband’s reaction. Pray that both will come to a saving knowledge

María Elena is a neighbor of this house church and has had a stroke. Her condition is not good. Pray for the team as they visit her in these days and that God will prepare her heart to receive him. Ask too that her family will allow us to visit and the God will open the doors to share with her.

Pray for Maria, one of the grandmother of the children who attend this church, that she will find peace.

Alma and Lidia have hear the Gospel and made decisions to follow Christ but do not want to come to the house church. There is always something to do or somewhere to go. Pray that God will put in their hearts the need to be with other believers to grow.

Pray for Gabriela and her husband. She has heard the Gospel and they have been invited to the house church.

Pray for Zoel’s wife, Sandra who has been in the hospital with a high risk pregnancy. His son Levi is having trouble with his eyes and will be getting very strong glasses. Pray for their economic situation as well, that God will provide for their needs.

Diana asks for pray for her mother as she recuperates and for her sister Emma who has not been well lately.

Pray for the house church in Urano. The children have stopped coming because of a misunderstanding about offering. Pray as the team works to clarify this and that the parents will allow the children to return to worship.

For the house church in Chamapa that they will understand that their commitment is with God not with man and that only in this way can they have a strong church.

Pray for Katy, lay leader in the Caracol church as she gives the lessons and makes plans in this neighborhood.

The work in Olimpica has begun again but unfortunately no new people have come. Many of the neighbors voiced opposition. Pray with us, please, that the Lord will touch hearts in this neighborhood. Pray for Patricia and Israel that God would heal them spiritually and they would understand their need for Him. Many are fighting alcoholism. Pray for Teodora and her husband that she will continue to grow and that he will have victory over alcohol. Their daughter, Leticia, will sometimes not speak with her mother because she is a believer.

Strong leaders are needed in the San Juan area. Pray for the outreach happening in this area.

Pray for Maria de Jesus from Poza Honda. Pray for God’s healing touch on her and that God will continue to work in her life.

Pray for Monica as she would like to learn more about the Gospel. Pray for her husband as he worships death. Pray that God would break these chains of bondage.

Pray for Monica and Manuel from Texcoco as God continues to restore their marriage. They have decided to be baptized. Pray that God will continue to work in their hearts. Pray too for the construction on their home for the necessary funds and that they will invite their neighbors to the services.

We began training for the lay leaders in El Puente. Pray for understanding and for those who have decided to be baptized.

Many of the believers in El Molino sell products on the street and this limits their time for service and training. Pray that they will be willing to pay the price to follow Christ and this church won’t be closed.

In each house church, we are showing a movie about death, explaining the significance of Halloween and Day of the Dead. We pray that God will work in the lives of the people who have heard.

On November 14, we will be having an evangelistic campaign in Revolution Park in conjunction with the Campanario team. Pray for us and those from the churches who will be participating.

Dear praying friends,

It is with a heavy heart that I report to you that baby Jocsan is resting in the arms of Jesus. Please be in prayer for his parents, Isabel and Elisao, as they mourn this loss. Pray especially for Isabel as she is expecting their second child.