...................... 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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...........................................................Blessings on the way out...to see whats behind the next door!

Well everyone I'm slightly behind on posting, I know!! Its WAY over due!

We've had lots of opportunity to bless the communities around us... here Israel is helping our base group build benches for a local church about an hour away in a city called Martinez. The kids love to help out with these projects!

After building the benches the people of the church prepared lunch for us, we had banana leaf tamales. They we're pretty yummy and a tad bit spicy but our girls ate them up too!



Moriah had a great little birthday, April 15th she turned 2 years old! I made two chocolate cakes to see that everyone got their fill!!



You will see two new children in this picture that have been added to the children's home. Nadin is 5 and his brother Fransisco is 10 years old. Fran is in the orange shirt and Nadin is here with Israel in this picture. Chicken Mole - prepared by Anna and Irene.


Later in the evening we celebrated our departure with a special Mexican meal called Chicken Mole!! It was also a wonderful time of getting everyone together. We ate, we cleaned the kitchen, then we sat and visited...the guys, I think, played soccer outside way into the dark evening hours and had a great time together...we left the next morning and headed home...

We've had a wonderful time at the children's home there in Veracruz, and we've fulfilled all that we set out to accomplish there...we will pop in and visit the kids and families from time to time.

....and now its time to look into what God has for us next...our hearts are set on the unreached people back in the mountains of Veracruz and Hidalgo, Mexico.

We're home in Lubbock, Texas now and preparing for our next trip!~
Getting all sorts of things together, we are currently working on a newsletter, doing maintenance on our traveling automobile, the Suburban, and taking care of business.

Thank you so much for all your prayers and your support! With your help, we'll be winning souls for Christ and doing the 'works' that He has created us for in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:10
Let us all run with endurance the race set before each of us...

Please remain in prayer for us in this time for we are surely having our faith stretched to believe God for the provision for the journey ahead!

May God bless you in all that you do on your journey this summer....

Happy Birthday to Evey - she is 4 years old!

March 17th was Evey's birthday! So we baked a cake and celebrated with her ALL day! Here under the palapa we shared cake with the people and all the kids had some! What a wonderful time we all had. They made it extra special by singing lots of "birthday" songs to her and everyone came and gave her a great big hug! We got Evey a Mexican dress, from here in town, and she loves it! There is a picture below of her in the dress.







This is a man we were able to help get a PET - Personal Energy Transportation - like a wheel chair, but it can handle the terrain in Mexico better. We were blessed to bless this man!


Things are going well. Yet, there are prayer requests we would like to share with you about our endeavors.
First let me share with you some things that may stir you up to good works! (Heb. 10:24)
This week we met a pastor, Nicolas, from a town not an hour from our town, Flores Magon. Israel is meeting new pastors often and finding out there are TONS of villages all over the mountainous area here just a few hours away from where we live. These places speak several different dialects and it is very likely that some have never heard the Truth of Jesus Christ. This summer we are gearing up to get back into these villages, whatever it takes! We want to get a set of movie equipment and show the Jesus film and other movies like The Passion of the Christ. We also hope to get these movies in the languages of the people we go to.

Prayer requests:

1. Financial support -
We are more than willing to go and be the feet to take the gospel to the unreached of Veracruz Mexico, but we must have the bridge to fill this gap of finances. If you desire to participate with us and be the hand that gives a Bible to someone who has never owned one, please pray about what amount you are able to give.

2. The materials we need - the movie projector and screen, the movies ( in the different languages)
3. We also want to take things to the people like reading glasses and Bibles :)

Thanks for your prayer support!! With love, The Bailey 4

our puppet stage is up!

One day at a time...

Its been two weeks since my last update via the blog...I hope you, whoever reads this, is encouraged to keep the faith in the work God has set out for you, specifically. I also know that you too, have trials of your own that you are facing and giants that you are currently defeating in Jesus name! May we lift our eyes to the hills, from where does our help come from? The Lord, almighty to save, is with us to be our comfort, our refuge and also to fight our battles that we may be victorious in Him, that He receives all the glory! Amen!
You may think I wrote that for you alone, but no, I say it for me too! The bible tells us to encourage ourselves in the faith, to stir it up inside us! right?! and boy have I needed it this week!

We may think a 'battle' must be of certain size for it to be called that, and you may think my battle is a small concern and should not have been made bigger. But when mold starts to grow throughout your house, on your walls, on the shoes in the closet, all over the bathroom, this is no small fight! This is a battle we will most likely face as long as we are here but it will not be one to kick me while I'm down! Hah! It has been trying our patience and our stamina, but with Clorox we have it under control. Not to mention the fruits of the Spirit, amen! I've been leaning on Christ and His strength because my strength, due to allergies to the mold and life in general, has dwindled! My eye infection was most likely caused by the mold and Evey may have a slight allergy to it too. Its been a lot of work getting the mold cleared out and will take constant air movement with fans and open windows to keep it clean, not to mention the often scrub down in certain areas.

On a better note, God is moving in our hearts and with strategy we are moving out into the unknown places where people need to hear the good news of Jesus Christ and the redeeming love of God. A few days ago we traveled slowly, down a long and bumpy road for about an hour, until we came to a village finally, its called the 2nd of October, only 5 miles away! hah! and it doesnt have a church! We dont know anything about it but hopefully we will be able to go back soon, inquire, and make some friends...
In the meantime, life is happening here at the Children's Home. Day in and day out, we live as you do with laundry, meals to prepare, a house to clean, children to care for and the such. We are meeting new pastors in the area and continue to scope things our with purpose, seeking the Lord's will everyday.

The kids have been eager to sing and listen to us sing! So we taught them a song we know in Spanish and English and they are doing great with it! Some of you would know it...
"Hablemos de Christo/Let's talk about Jesus" is the name. Anyway, we will continue to teach English and try hard to make it fun and new for them every time we teach so they dont get too bored with it. So pray for our creativity to come alive as we teach them.

Thanks, love and God bless you all...

(if you read this, please leave a comment in the box below and let us know how things are going in your life too! Thanks!)
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