..........................Short but really sweet!

Hello everyone...we're back! God did some great things through us this past week. Although, it was not a long trip God did place us in the right places at the right times!
On our way to the children's home to give the kids a guitar that was donated, Israel was able to help a man who had twisted his 18wheeler truck off the side of the road. He had been there since 2am when the accident happened. He had a big gash in his knee that Israel bandaged up good and also took the opportunity to witness to the man.
This trip was different than we were expecting..we were prepared to do village ministry and show movies, but God didnt lead us in that direction. We ministered along the way at restaurants, at motels and at the waterfalls in Tamasopo, San Luis Potosi. We also had divine appointments with people that made contacts in more specific areas. While in Tamasopo for the day, Israel had to get the suburban in to see a mechanic and get the break pads changed. He witnessed and gave bibles out to 2 or 3 men there and used the opportunity to share about the love of God.
Later that morning we went to the waterfalls that we had heard about, which weren't far from where we were driving into, west of Tampico towards the city San Luis Potosi.


Around lunch time an older woman had fallen like 8feet from a rocky spot near a waterfall and Israel saw that people started running in that direction and immediately joined the rush to see what had happened. He had another chance to be in the right place at the right time! She had hit her head and face in several places, there was NO one else that had supplies or medical skill around. Israel wrapped her head and kept her calm and they loaded her in the back of a truck on a back board.


The pictures tell the stories, unfortunately we werent able to get as many ministry pictures as it wasnt convenient in every situation.
We were blessed to bless some with Bibles and share the gospel on a more individual basis on this trip.
On our drive home we spent the night in Diez De Abril,(just a few hours south of the US border) a village where Israel's parents have a ministry house by the church there. We had a great time visiting and encouraging some of the believers there and the pastors fed us dinner in their home :)
I left some of my children's ministry materials with them for their children's Sunday school classes....




Thanks everyone for your prayers and support for this trip, it was a lot of driving, we're glad to be out of the car. We thank God for His protection over us that got us home safely.

until next time....blessings!

...................... READY, SET....GO!

Hey guys! We are so glad to tell you we are almost packed and ready to make our ministry-camping trip back into the Veracruz, Mexico area!

Here the girls are helping me get things organized for the village children. Things like tooth brushes, toothpaste, crayons, crafts and medical supplies have been donated to us! Again, the Lord has used some of His servants to help us minister the Good News of Jesus. We want to bless the people we touch as much as we can!


I also have coloring pages and enough items to cover over 100 children. We'll be reading them Bible stories and teaching them songs about Jesus.

We cant wait to let you know how its going, we'll update when - IF - we can while we're there. We may have to wait to access the internet until we come back into the USA.

Please keep us in your prayers...thank you so much for urging us on... You are apart of the bridge that fills the gap between us and the people in need. We appreciate you greatly!

Much love, the Baileys!

........................a word of encouragement and our next trip!

Salutations in the name of the Lord!

God is so good and His name, Jesus, is worthy of our meditations, our conversations, and our song! He wants your whole heart of devotion this day. May He be the center and focus of why we live and breathe.
As I think about how RICH we are in Him, oh how He loves us! He has blessed us with spiritual gifts beyond the imagination of those of the world. Riches with carnal eyes are of wealth with material things. Proverbs tells us to seek wisdom more than that and not to trust in our earthly riches that are soon to perish where the rust destroys.
Let this letter be to you an encouragement in good works, in which we were created for In Him. Ephesians 2:10 (i do love that verse! what joy i have to know we are created with a purpose, not to collect dust, not to die without the hope to see Jesus afterwards and hear his sweet voice say "well done my servant")
We may not leave some great legacy for those who will follow behind, like the great founders of our country, or those in the faith(Hebrews 11). We may not have books written about us, be caught on TV for the good things we've done, we may not ever be mentioned here on earth but - let us rejoice that our names are written in the book of life - and not forget Who knows your name.
For we were created with a great purpose (Jeremiah 29:11) To spread the gospel of Jesus Christ! We were commissioned to GO out into our world and make Him famous! Matthew 28:19

Mark 8:38 says this - If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels.

God tells us to ask Him for boldness and wisdom when sharing the gospel and being a witness for Him. The Holy Spirit will give you the words...share your faith in Christ!! - with the lost, the sick and hurting people around you in your mission field: your neighbors, your co-workers, the random people God places in your path and your family!

The mission is heavy laid on our hearts to go into Mexico again. We're making this trip early since we are ready and able!
We'll be camping out this time! Yes, we are equipped with a tent and all the necessities!

The agenda: we're going to scout out a few new villages in Veracruz, around the area of the children's home. In the new villages, we'll do ministry to the children as well as show movies to the people in the evenings.

I'm gathering small toys, toothbrushes, crayons, coloring pages, etc. we also have the salvation colored bracelets to give away. It comes with a card explaining each color. Black for sin which separates us from God, Red for the blood of Jesus which makes us clean, and so forth.. If you have never seen the salvation message explained by the colors, google that! Its a really easy way to share your faith. I'm planning small VBS type lessons with the children, pray for this to come easy since I'm not quite fluent with Spanish yet. Israel will be helping me and we're taking the guitar to teach them Spanish praise songs.

There is always a chance to face opposition in new areas, please pray for protection over us and our vehicle.

The movies we will show are the Nativity, the Jesus film and the Passion of the Christ with some movie equipment and a screen.

Our desire and hope is to find at least one village that has no church and has never received Christ, please pray for the Lord's direction and leading.

Isa. 55:12 - "For you shall go out with joy, And be led out with peace.." We pray the same for you who reads this!!!

We know that the Lord has us in the palm of His hand...

Psalm 91:9 - Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your tent.



May the grace of our Lord be with you...now and always. May we stay blameless til He comes.

Thank you for reading, for keeping us in your prayers and for your friendship. You are loved!

Blessings!

The Bailey 4

.....................Time in slow motion for a moment...

The future for us is like looking out into the ocean... The possibilities for ministry in Mexico are unending.
When we came home from Veracruz there were lots of things waiting on us to be done! Our Post Office box had lots of good stuff for us to catch up on, our travel trailer and our Suburban needed maintenance, and as of last week, we have sold our Chevy Lumina! A lot of things have been going on for us in a short time!

For this month we're focusing not only on what we'll be doing this summer in Mexico..but also spending lots of special time with our girls.

Here are some fun pictures I thought you would enjoy!

Cousins together! My niece Katie with the blue balloon just turned 3. Allison is her sister in the pink shirt.

Ministry update to come soon....

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