........................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