[About the pictures: Construction is underway for the Rose of Sharon Church near Atoyac, Guerrero.]
Dear Friends of Mexico Ministries:
Greetings in the love and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. You’re reading this letter around the first part of September, but I’m writing it a few weeks before that. By the time you get this letter I will be in Louisiana where I will spend time with Family Life Church in Lafayette, visit with my brother, and then travel on to Patterson where I will be with Word of Life Family Church. By a wonderful coincidence, Pastor Brandon from Family Life will be accompanying me on my flight down there.
A week after returning from Louisiana, I will be traveling to the Atoyac area near Acapulco where we will help finish a new mission church which is being dedicated to the memory of my precious Mary Lou. On the flight down I will be joined by a longtime friend from west Texas, Victor Leal. So on both trips I am blessed to have good friends traveling with me and assisting me. On September 26 friends will gather to dedicate the building, and it will be named Rose of Sharon. Mary Lou loved roses, and you may remember a few months ago when I shared in our newsletter the poem Rose Beyond The Wall which meant so much to me.
It has been five months since Mary Lou passed away, and not an hour goes by that I don’t think of her and miss her. Those of you who knew her know what a vital piece of the ministry she was. In the early days she traveled to Mexico with me frequently and so loved our people there. When it became too difficult for her to travel she was still so very active in the ministry, staying in communication with supporters and overseeing the office back home. For 45 years she stood alongside me in this ministry, so I am pleased and grateful that she will be memorialized with a church, and I look forward to sharing photos with you next month.
Of course, Mary Lou is not the only person that stood alongside me and helped make Mexico Ministries to be so effective — every one of you has been part of that team too, dear friends and supporters on both sides of the border. I never cease to give thanks to God for all of you, and I constantly pray for His favor and blessings in your life.
Pray for me in the coming weeks, that the Lord will go with me and strengthen me in his service.
God bless you,
Larry