Exciting News!
The Lord has
added a new member to our family! We are expecting the arrival of baby Collins
in early 2019. Please pray with us for health for Sarah and the baby during the
pregnancy. Please pray also for God’s provision for the physical and financial
needs we will have as we anticipate the birth of our child. We are very
thankful for this precious gift from God!
Preparing for Greek Exegesis
Chris has been
spending a lot of time the last few weeks studying Greek and preparing for
his Greek Exegesis class this fall at Puebla Bible Seminary. One of the
assignments for the students is to translate John chapters 1-4, so he has been
working on translating that passage. In addition, there are multiple textbooks
to read through (in Spanish!), so there is still a lot of preparation to do.
Spanish Tutoring
One of the main
things we’ve been working on the last few weeks is improving our Spanish.
Though we are both fluent, there is still much more for us to learn and improve
our grammar. We have a tutor, Silvia, who comes to our house 4 days a week for
a two-hour Spanish class. We have really enjoyed our classes, and we have
learned so much! We are also praying for an opportunity to share Jesus with Silvia.
She is a Jehovah’s Witness and seems to know the Bible, but we are praying that
God will help us know how to share the truth with her.
Friends
We are also very
thankful for the friends God has already provided for us here. We have really
enjoyed our fellowship with both Mexican believers and also other missionaries
here. We were recently invited to join a Bible study with some other younger
couples, and we’re very thankful for this opportunity. God has been so good to
provide us with community so soon after arriving.
Pray for Us!
- Pray for health
for Sarah and baby Collins.
- Pray for
opportunities to share Christ with our Spanish tutor Silvia as well as
with neighbors here.
- Pray for
wisdom as we seek opportunities to minister in orphan care
- Pray for Mexico's elections on Sunday, July 1
- Pray that
we would continue to walk closely with God.
Thank you!
Your fellow servants,
Chris
and Sarah Collins
Wonderful news about baby Collins coming soon, she or he will be a lucky child to have picked you for their parents. Sounds like God has you where He wants you and you will do what is right as you follow his will. Question, Are there Bibles written in Spanish?
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