Celebrating 22 years on the Mission Field!
We would like to invite you to a very
special video presentation. It is our anniversary
special commemorating 22 years of service on the
mission field. Please Click on this link to see the
video: Anniversary
Video
We can hardly believe that it has been
so many years since we left for Parras de la
Fuente, Coahuila, Mexico that Labor day weekend in 1987!
Marla and I feel that it has been a privilege to
serve the Lord in the countries that he has had us
live in. We counted it a privilege to be charged
with preaching the gospel in front of 10,000
witnesses in Mexico. We are not ashamed of the
gospel of Christ, it is the power of God unto
salvation.
It is a privilege now, to be in
Eastern Guatemala today, serving the Lord among the
Chorti villages and carrying the gospel to the
unreached. Many of you have been partners with us
from the very beginning. We find it difficult to
express our gratitude to all of you who stand with
us every month. We deeply appreciate all of our
partners, and you are a partner if you sacrifice
your time to pray for us, or if you sacrifice your
money to give, or if you've ever sacrificed yourself
to come. So we say Partners, thank you for this
many wonderful years of making a difference. For
those that have known us since the beginning as well
as those that have joined us along the way, we hope
you will read this newsletter as a testimony of what
we have done together. We invite you to take a look
at what we've done together over the years. Sit back
and enjoy some photos of what we have done TOGETHER.
If you haven't already, click on this link to see
our special edition video:
Anniversary Video
A True Mexican Tale!
The Lord knows the beginning from the
end, but we don't always know. We couldn't have
imagined where we would be today on that labor day
weekend in '87. Our world had just changed
radically and we weren't sure of anything except
that we were following Jesus--wherever he would lead
us.
We arrived in Mexico, with no place to stay. The
friends that helped us move our few remaining
personal possessions sat with us in the streets of
Parras until almost midnight that Friday. The man
that we were meeting was not home yet and we didn't
know where else to go or stay because we didn't know
anyone else in the city, nor did we speak Spanish.
"We played the guitar and sang songs worshiping the
Lord as we waited on him to arrive home", our
daughter, Tiffany recalled as we reminisced about
our arrival in Parras.
The next day we went to the house that we had rented
only to find that it had not been plumbed with
running water nor did it have electricity as the
owner had promised. So the hunt began for a house
to rent...and in Parras that was a difficult chore!
The only thing available after searching all weekend
was a 500 year old house across from the market
square. so we took it! It didn't have running
water inside the house but it did have a bathroom
out back. The 500 year old tile was black and the
commode had no seat but we were sure that we could
make it work, after all Jesus said go!
The Lord soon moved us from that house
and provided us with one that actually had an indoor
bathroom! We soon began showing the Jesus movie in
our home and from there sprang Grace Church in
Parras. We broke ground in October of '88.
Construction began, but we didn't wait for it to be
finished to start services!
Then that day that is forever etched in our
memories!
In 1992 Immigration came and took us away prisoners,
and charged with preaching the gospel. They tried
numerous times to kill us, but God wouldn't let
them. You can read all about it,
72 hours in the book of Acts . We turned the
church over to a Mexican national that had been
working with us. He is still pastoring it today.
God says "Honduras"
The Lord moved us to Honduras once we
had been permanently removed from Mexico. There we
felt God leading us to begin a Ministry Training
School--Flames of Fire. We lived and worked for 5
years in Honduras, seeing over 5000 souls saved
through the outreach efforts of the Ministry
School. Many have gone out to begin churches in
remote villages in the mountains and villages of
Honduras. They continue to preach the
un-compromised word to entire villages, and YOU
helped that to happen!
Guatemala Where God has us now!
In January 1998 the Lord moved us yet
again, this time to Guatemala. We are currently
involved with medical teams, evangelistic
outreaches, feeding programs, and church planting.
You can read all about what we are involved in on
the
Flames of Fire Ministry home page.
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THANK YOU FOR 22 WONDERFUL YEARS OF SERVING THE LORD
IN CENTRAL AMERICA!
YOUR MISSIONARIES, LARRY & MARLA
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