Dear Praying Friends,
“Bless
the Lord O my soul, and all that is within me bless His Holy name.”
La Iglesia
Bautista El Camino
(The Way Baptist Church)
· The
El Camino Baptist Church is regularly overcrowded during Sunday services with
many standing outside. The building program is going slowly but we do have a 40
x 60 steel frame up with the metal roof on so far. Please continue to pray
concerning our church building program and for continued growth of this
ministry. During September and October there were over 100 professions of faith
with 14 baptized, 124 first time adult visitors and a high attendance of over
300.
BIBLE INSTITUTE:
(Independent,
Fundamental, Baptist Institute)
·
Our
fall semester is progressing well. There are 16 first year students from ten
different churches located in six different states. We have a total of 23 men
and 19 ladies in classes this year.
· We
were blessed by several churches coming in the past few years to build
classrooms, importing mobile homes for dorms, building a married couples
apartment building and a ladies dorm. We want to get rid of the old buses used
as men’s dormitories and provide them with a dorm building. Pray about future
building.
· Several
of our students returned to classes this semester after getting married this
summer. We are thankful for the Lord’s supply of our apartment building for
married student’s housing. We are blessed with our entire student body as God
works in their hearts giving them a great attitude and purpose in their studies
and preparation for the ministry. We are always desirous of your prayers for
this tremendous ministry.
·
The new
highway
under construction is 1500 feet from our campus. We will be in the middle of
one of the fastest growing parts of Mexico mostly made up of middle and upper
class. We are praying that the Lord will provide so we could purchase the 9
acres right next to our campus. The 9 acres at present is priced at $6.00 per
meter ($200,000.00). Investors in the area are calculating that the price of
land will rise to around $50.00 per meter in the next five years. Please pray
with us about our future expansion which we will absolutely need to do within
the next few years.
PERSONAL PRAYER REQUEST:
·
We are
praying about putting a small apartment on campus for our housing. Please pray
with us that the Lord will show us His will. Living there would allow us to be
even more involved in the institute ministry.
Thank
you for your faithful prayers and responses to our news letters, reports and
petitions.
In Jesus’ Name