PRAYER LETTERS
NOVEMBER / DECEMBER – 2018
Dear Friends in Christ, November / December 2018
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.
The churches are doing well, and have had more than 26 souls saved The students of the Bible College have been busy preparing for finals and for Christmas vacation. They have won 26 souls these two months! PTL!
through their evangelistic efforts and 5 baptized! PTL!
We were able to do about 660 bags of candy and gifts for the kids of 12 churches for Susie’s Christmas Kids! Offerings to help with candy and gifts came from: Grace B.T. San Antonio, TX; Grace Bi. B.C. Fruitland Park, FL; Beacon B.C. Taylor, MI; Battlefield B.C. Warrenton, VA; Bible B.C. Chickasha, OK. THANKS SO
MUCH FOR YOUR BLESSINGS TO
THE KIDS!
Also, scholarships came in for the married couple Reyes & Ceci and for the single student Plácido. Thanks to Battlefield B.C. and to Grace B.C. Mason, OH!
We also want to thank Sauk Trail B.T. for their offering to purchase two church vehicles and several other items for the Bible College, and thank you to several other churches for the Christmas offerings for Susie and me along with a special offering of $800.00 for the College from a couple dear to us. Thank you all for your faithful prayers and support.
Yours in Christ,
Rick and Susie
SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER – 2018
Dear Friends in Christ, September / October 2018
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.
The churches are doing well and growing. More than 23 souls have been saved in the churches through their evangelistic efforts and special services like Noche Mexicana, independence celebration. PTL!
The Bible College campus is busy once again with the new school year beginning. We have 16 students this year. Through their evangelistic efforts, the students have won 25 souls these two months! PTL!
We have three special needs for you to pray about. 1) Susie’s Christmas Kids’ Offering to help us with candy and gifts for 500-600 kids. 2) Two Scholarships for three students for the school year, one married couple ($466.00), and one single young man ($383.00).
The married couple, Reyes and Ceci, (with 3 kids) are pastoring a mission nearby in a poor village and have very little financial help. Plácedo’s parents will not help him because they want him to go to a secular trade school. 3) We need $4,500.00 to purchase two vehicles for two of the churches. Please consider helping with these special projects. Thank you all, and God bless. Thank you for your faithful prayers and support.
Yours in Christ,
Rick and Susie
July / August 2018
Dear Friends in Christ, July / August 2018
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 are enjoying many blessings from the Lord. We were able to do a little traveling for a couple of weeks to visit some churches and our grandkids.
They are doing well, and our four-year-old Grandson Sammy recently trusted Christ as his personal Savior! Our oldest Grandson Joshua is getting married! Our oldest Granddaughter Kaitlynn is driving now! They grow up so fast.
The churches are doing well and growing. Over 18 souls have been saved and 6 baptized in the churches. PTL!
Evangelism and leadership training continue in several of the churches and missions through discipleship classes and workshops. They are learning how to win souls, make visits, and do counseling at the altar or in the pews.
Along with the spiritual aspect of the ministry, is the block and mortar part as remodeling continues on the Garcia B. C. and also at the newest work in Cadereyta, the Emanuel B. C. This work is growing well and filling up the renovated house. We are looking for land in order to build a bigger building in the future. Please pray with us about this vision.
The Bible College campus is quiet right now as everyone is on summer break, but we along with the staff and teachers are preparing for another school year. There are staff and teachers’ meetings, preparing the dorms, bathrooms, and kitchen facilities, painting, repairing plumbing, and organizing all of the books and syllabi for three levels of teaching.
Thank you all, and God bless you. Thank you for your faithful prayers and support.
Staff and Teachers’ Meeting
Yours in Christ,
Rick and Susie
May / June 2018
Dear Friends in Christ, May / June 2018
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 the work in Mexico.
Susie and I are doing well and are enjoying many blessings from the Lord. Susie has suffered more pain than usual in her knees due to arthritis and the higher levels of humidity because of early summer rains. I had some skin cancer removed on my left forearm. It was only one spot, and they were able to get it all. No more cancer. PTL for these special blessings!
The churches are doing well and growing. Over 22 souls have been saved and more than 8 have been baptized in the churches. PTL! We had two S.E.N.D. Groups down these two months to help on two of our three church projects. Thanks you Bayshore Bible Church from Corpus Christi, TX for their help at the Los Jardines Ch. in Cadereyta putting on a metal roof and pouring a concrete floor!
Thank you Palmetto Ave. Baptist Ch. in Sanford, FL which built a new Sunday School building for the Soledad Mission! Tremendous blessings from both groups, and 30 souls saved!
The Bible College graduation was a wonderful success with over 500 present under and around the tent! We graduated 11 students, had a great challenge preached by Pastor Pablo Luna and had dinner in the open air, all before the rain started PTL! It was a wonderful time with the students and church brethren. Thank you and God bless. Thank you for your faithful prayers and support.
Yours in Christ,
Rick and Susie
March / April 2018
Dear Friends in Christ, March / April 2018
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 the work in Mexico.
Susie and I are doing well and are enjoying many blessings from the Lord in our family and ministry. Our grandson James (with spine a bifid) is running, climbing and chasing his pet pig! He was never supposed to walk or even crawl.
Another grandson Gabe, was recently baptized after trusting Christ as his personal Savior! PTL for these special blessings!
The churches are doing well and growing. We are working with three churches that are in building projects to make room for more growth. We are working with others to help spread the Gospel.
Several churches celebrated Children’s Day with the Lord’s teaching on little children, then following with a fiesta – piñatas, candy and gifts for hundreds of exciting kids! Over 42 souls have been saved and more than 12 have been baptized in the churches. PTL!
The Bible College students won 45 souls to Christ during their evangelistic efforts these two months! Preparations are being made for the May graduation and for the S.E.N.D. Groups coming this summer. God bless.
Thank you for your faithful prayers and support.
Yours in Christ,
Rick and Susie
January / February 2018
Dear Friends in Christ, January / February 2018
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 the work in Mexico.
Susie and I are doing well and are enjoying many blessings from the Lord in our ministry and family. We are finally over the flue and doctor visits for now.
The churches are doing well and growing. Several churches celebrated Friend Day. Hundreds of invitations were hand delivered to friends, family and neighbors. Special services were planned based on God’s love, friendship and salvation along with banquets and fellowship. The children received small tokens of love and candy along with Bible teaching about God’s love for them. Over 28 souls have been saved through the churches. PTL!
The Bible College students won 31 souls to Christ during their evangelistic efforts! And a big thank you to Trinity B.C. in Big Spring, TX and Trinity B.C. in Berryville, AR for special offerings to cover scholarships for two of our married couples at the Bible Institute.
Also, a dear friend’s help made it possible for us to send all of our students and their 
children on the annual missions trip in February to Fresnillo, Zacatecas.
We had to get the vans serviced, 2 new tires, the trailer repaired, and funds for fuel and food for 5 days. Our students preached and sang at the conference and 12 were saved! Quite a trip! God bless.
Thank you for your faithful prayers and support.
Yours in Christ,
Rick and Susie
November / December 2018
Dear Friends in Christ, November / December 2017
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 the work in Mexico.
Susie and I are doing well and are enjoying many blessings from the Lord in our ministry and family. The churches are doing well and growing, and our family is too! The grandkids are growing like weeds, and are doing great in school.
We praise the lord for the souls saved in the churches these past two months. Thousands of evangelistic fliers were distributed throughout many communities and over 35 souls were saved! Many new contacts were made and several new visitors in the churches. We even had snow in Monterrey the 8th of December!
The Bible College students won 11 souls to Christ during their evangelistic efforts! We had a wonderful Christmas party for the staff, students, and children of the married students.
Thanks to a special offering from Bible B. C. of Chickasha, OK, we were able to buy the 12 children new clothes, new shoes, and a big toy wrapped up and under the Christmas tree. Most of them had never had a Christmas like this. Also, Susie was able to prepare 600 candy bags and gifts for 10 of the churchces. God bless.
Thank you for your faithful prayers and support.
Yours in Christ,
Rick and Susie
September / October 2017
Dear Friends in Christ, September / October 2017
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 the work in Mexico.
Susie and I are doing well even though we have battled through some flu and food poisoning. We got to feeling better just in time for Susie to have trouble with severe neck pain and stiffness. After three weeks of therapy she is doing better and able to teach her classes at the Bible Institute.
We praise the lord for the souls saved in the churches these past two months. Some of the churches celebrated ‘Noche Mexicana’ which is a celebration of their independence from France. Invitations went out to the communities, the churches were decorated with flags and banners, and specialty foods were prepared. There were blow-ups for the kids and mechanical bulls for the teens and adults. Many visitors heard the Gospel preached for the first time and over 30 people trusted Christ as Savior!
We had a great September 4th Convocation to kick off the new school year. Over 150 attended for the preaching and fellowship that followed. Ten first year students enrolled along with five for the BA Degree course in the Seminary. We have a total of 25 students this year and praise the Lord for their involvement in ministry. They have won 25 souls to Christ these two months!
Please pray for three of our married couples who need scholarships. They each have two children and come from poor families. The cost this year for their tuition and books is $470.00 per couple. Thank you for your kind consideration of them. God bless.
Yours in Christ, Thank you for your faithful prayers and support.
Rick and Susie
June / July 2017
Dear Friends in Christ, June / July 2017
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 the work in Mexico.
We had a wonderful 2017 graduation with about 400 present for the two graduates. Pastor Mario Carranco preached the charge to the student body and congregation, and we had a great time of fellowship during the graduation dinner. The students will return on September 3rd and 4th, and the convocation will be on the 4th with the first day of classes beginning on the 5th.
Now that the public schools are finally out for summer break, the churches are doing VBSs. Hundreds of kids are being ministered to, and the Gospel is presented to the kids and their parents. There are piñatas, candy, and clowns for the children, and many new adult contacts will be made for future home visits.
We praise the Lord for the Bible Institute students and their involvement in ministry. Of course they are off campus right now until September. However, there is a lot going on while they are away. Windows are being reconfigured and installed in Carter Hall (the married dorms), an apartment remodel for our new dean and his family is taking place, and relocation of the girls’ dorm closer to the bathrooms will be done. Thanks to some offerings from a dear friend, we have been able to acquire another work vehicle, legalize a van for the Bible Institute, and begin the work for the school campus.
Please pray for our family. My mother passed on July 19th after a brief illness, and it hit everyone pretty hard. My three sisters, Susie and I are doing better now but still feel the void left behind by the one who was the bedrock of our family. Special days throughout the year will never be the same without her. We know she is in a much better place now with Jesus and dad and others that went on before her. We love you mom and will miss you greatly.
Yours in Christ, Thank you for your faithful prayers and support.
Rick and Susie
MARCH / APRIL 2017
Dear Friends in Christ, March/April 2017
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 the work in Mexico.
Susie and I are doing well and in good health except for the arthritis pain and discomfort that always seems to be hanging around. We are so thankful for the Lord’s many blessings in the churches. There have been over 52 souls saved and 8 baptisms!
Children’s Day was one of the special events that many churches participated in. There were piñatas, candy, and clowns for the children, and many adults as well as the children responded to the Gospel.
We praise the Lord for the Bible Institute students and their involvement in ministry. The students have won more 38 to Christ these two months. They are finishing up their studies in April and will be preparing for the school’s graduation during the first week of May. Graduation day is May 5th.
We did a brief furlough time of three weeks and are grateful to the churches for their hospitality and fellowship. The love offerings helped us to pay $4,000 on a new loan for the roof on our house. We still need $5,500.00 to finish the loan. Then we will need help with legalizing a van for the Bible Institute. The van legalization will cost $900 to $1,000. If there is a church or individual that would be interested in donating a van in good mechanical condition for our ministry, please let me know. Thank you and God bless you all.
Thank you for your faithful prayers and support.
Yours in Christ,
Rick and Susie