Latest Prayer Requests (Print Version)

Praise the Lord that the Bible study with the Bulldog gang members is slowly moving forward! The men are slowly responding. Praise the Lord that eight men were baptized on a different yard. Pray God will send a full-time Protestant chaplain. We have not had one for the past four years. We need someone inside all the time. The Catholic chaplain has helped when he can.

Pray our church will make a connection with our community. Pray God will bring the right people. Pray we will serve well as the school year comes to an end. Pray for God’s protection on our family and the church body.

Our family has been getting threatening texts. I don’t know if this is a real threat or a prank, but authorities have been contacted. This has been a strain on our family. Our ministry has been going well, and it feels like spiritual warfare is ramping up. Pray we stay the course and continue to place our entire hope and trust in Christ alone.

Pray for my wife and me as we are expecting our second child about a month after we launch our church replant in August. We have a 2-year-old son and are expecting a baby girl at the end of September. In addition to launching in August and welcoming another child in September, I will be completing my Master of Arts in Ministry Leadership through Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary by December. It’s a fun season but a lot of big things at once. We trust the Lord, we are grateful, and we just desire prayers for strength, sustenance and rest. Thank you!

We would be so grateful for your prayers as we seek to share the love of God with our community. Our team has been working diligently to create welcoming spaces and meaningful gatherings, but we’ve faced some challenges in seeing new guests join us. Despite our best efforts, growth in attendance has been slow. Pray God would bless the work of our hands and grant us favor as we strive to reach more people with the hope of the gospel. We long to see lives transformed by the message of Jesus and to help others take their next steps in following Him. Thank you for standing with us in prayer. Your support means more than you know as we continue trusting God for fruitfulness in our community.

Pray that all of the pieces for our homeless ministry will come together. We have a potential food partner who is interested in coming alongside us. That would really take a weight off our shoulders. Pray that our influence will be mighty for the kingdom in our baseball community where I coach and our boys play. Pray for the community events we are leading and that people would be reminded how much Jesus loves them and be pointed to Him.

Our church has grown from 60 to 110 people. With growth, opportunities come. Pray for the unity of our lay leaders. Pray for the youth of our church. In the period of one year, a 17-year-old and a 25-year-old died by suicide. Though this has been difficult, the youth group has grown from 10 to 40—praise God! Pray God will provide the church with a van. Half of our church attendees cross from the Mexican side of the border to worship and do voluntary work at our church. They do not cross with their cars because of the long waiting lines—sometimes two hours—so we need to go and pick them up at the border. Pray for my wife, Rosita, and my associate’s wife, Paulina. They work hard helping us with the administration of the church but they also, like us, are bi-vocational. Also pray we can start a little cafeteria or restaurant at the church’s building to improve our financials. Thanks to you all for the notes letting us know that you are praying for us. We have received notes from different churches, even from kids of different churches. What a blessing! Your prayers are important to us, and we thank you much for praying for us! Please come to visit us. We need your encouragement!