{About the photos: “WE STILL NEED YOU!” We ALL still need each other as we work together to expand the Kingdom of God. (Pastor Carlos, Pastor Brandon, Pastor Alex, Pastor Jose, Dr. Lulu)]
Dear Friends of Mexico Ministries:
July is one of the most important months in our lives. On the 25th Mary Lou will celebrate her 84th birthday, and on the 30th I will turn 86. When I turned 80, six years ago, I asked the Lord for ten more years of serving him in Mexico. He has graciously given me the past six, and I am counting on the next four too!
People frequently ask me, “How long will you continue with the missions work?” Friends question if I’m not getting tired of the flying back and forth to Mexico, of making those bumpy trips up into the mountains, of sleeping in the back of a truck, and of the general work required. So while in Mexico this past week I decided to ask my friends and co-laborers there the same question - should I hang it up, or should I keep going?
It just so happened that Pastor Brandon Miller from Lafayette, Louisiana was visiting so I asked him, and Alexandro (Chenahlo), and Cesar (Tuxtepec), and Dr. Lulu (Chiapas), and Jose (Atoyac), and Carlos (all over, and several others as well. “I’m an old man; what do you say; should I stop now, or keep going?” The same answer came from them all: “We still need you!” I am so thankful to still be needed, and I am very happy to spend the rest of my days serving the Lord and the people of Mexico. I pray he gives me four more years, but I will keep serving him until my very last day.
Whenever that day comes, the work in Mexico will continue. We have a great team of leaders throughout Mexico, and our office in Texas is in good hands. When I am out of the picture I thank God that churches will still be built, pastors will still be trained, the sick will still be ministered to.
My friends, thank you so much for supporting this ministry for all these decades. Let me echo to you what the people in Mexico said to me. “We still need you!”
God bless you,
Larry