Dear Friends in Christ,                                                                                May / June 2019

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We thank the Lord for you and deeply appreciate your faithful prayers and financial support for us and the work in Mexico.

Susie and I are doing well and praise the Lord for His  blessings on the ministry. We celebrated our 50^th wedding  anniversary by taking a cruise for the very first time!

 It was great, and we even ended up back in Mexico – at Cozumel! Go figure! Hopefully we can do it again in another 50 years! Naw, we don’t want to wait that long. But it was a wonderful time of relaxation and time for each other. We also got to see our first great grandchild, 3 month old Manny (Emmanuel Joshua Biven) during a brief trip to Maryland!

The churches are doing well, and have had more than 48 souls saved through their evangelistic efforts and Mother’s Day Celebrations with 13 baptized! PTL! Several thousand fliers and invitations to the churches during evangelism have been distributed throughout several communities. Also, discipleship is going on in many of the churches along with plans for a missions trip to Misión Bautista Trinidad (Trinity Baptist) in Cuernavaca to disciple new believers there.

The students of the Bible College were busy getting things ready for the graduation that takes a lot of preparation. Also, there were 46 saved through their evangelistic efforts! We had a great graduation under the tent with over 350 present and 7 graduating. Pastor and professor Aarón Rocha preached a wonderful challenge to all. Afterward, under the outdoor lights, we had a delicious dinner and fellowship.

Thank you all for your faithful prayers and support.

Yours in Christ,

Rick and Susie