Please Pray

"In You, O LORD, I put my trust; Let me never be ashamed; deliver me in Your righteousness. Bow down Your ear to me, Deliver me speedily; be my rock of refuge, a fortress of defense to save me. For You are my rock and my fortress; therefore, for Your name's sake, lead me and guide me" (Psalm 31:1-3).

Please be in prayer for us as we await a verdict with the upcoming hearing. Pray for Lic. Chávez, our attorney, to present a good defense, please pray for favor with the judge, (this lady with a reputation of not being very kind). Pray for the MP (public minister) not to arraign, but above all, pray for God's perfect will to be accomplished!

Dan would like to request permission to speak to the judge that day (Friday, September 4th). Above all, he wants to be a witness of God's love to this lady. He is praying for God to give him the words to say to her.

Thank you so much. My family and some members of our congregation will be fasting as well as in prayer that day. You are welcome to join us, if you wish...

Love,

Ana & Roshon

"Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications" (Psalm 130:2)   I saw the lawyer today, (Lic. Roberto Zamora). He still hasn't gotten Dan's file, maybe tomorrow, he said, or the day after...Oh! Things are taking so long...   Dan called me last night and we talked for a bit. He sounded good.  I miss him immensely! Of course everyone else here does too. We continue to be so amazed with your letters, your words of love and encouragement are like fresh water to our fainting souls. We want our Lord to continue to be glorified through this painful trial. How we need His strength to endure each passing day...   I am sorry I don't have any more information to give you all. I wish that I did. I pray things start to move forward soon. Pray for this lawyer, he needs Jesus too. He is 56 years old. He is divorced and has two grown children.     Daniel's perspective:   I am reminded by God that I signed up for my current status. First I signed up when I gave Him my life. It is His to use as He pleases, and what a blessing to know that what  pleases Him is to ultimately bless us. His plans are so good!   Second, when I felt so much peace and prosperity in my soul, back in February, I again signed up for whatever was to come. I felt sure something was coming and gave my consent to the Lord to allow whatever He pleased in my life that would bring eternal glory to Him. Souls rescued from the enemy's clutches are what brings glory to our Father.   I wish the whole prison could know Jesus and give their lives to Him, but I'm aware that Jesus could have sent me for just one, and if that one comes to know Him, it will have been well worth any price. No weapon formed by men, or demons can prosper against us (Isaiah 54:17).   So, I believe the enemy sent me here in ignorance, and I know the Father wasn't taken by surprise! Please continue to pray with me that the enemy will be the most inconvenienced by me being here, and that the Lord will be glorified. "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples" (John 15:7-8). We love you all very much. We appreciate each of you beyond words! Daniel, Ana & Roshon

"Oh, magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together! (Psalm 34:3) We went to visit my beloved today. The line was doubled the size of yesterday's. Wow! So many people! We were in line for quite of while. Aaliyah, in the end kept saying, 'get me out of here, get me out of here.'  Being surround by a sea of people made her feel claustrophobic, I thing. Dan was so happy to see his grandchildren. He had many people he wanted us to meet and wanted to present his grandchildren to. We were with him for about 2 1/2 hours. It was so hard to leave him, but we were so blessed to have been with him. We hadn't been in the car too long before Aaliyah and Obed were out. Temperatures have been in the triple digits these days, 112° F today to be exact. Yes, I was able to bring my beloved a foam mattress today! Thank you so much for your prayers!!! I also took a fan   and a pillow to him. Again the guard was telling me pillows were not allow, but then he said, 'you're in luck because the boss is not here right now.' Oh, I praise the Lord for His goodness! Dan continues to share the Good News with people continually. Today we heard this young man calling him 'apa' (dad). There are so many lost young people there and they are attracted to Dan! Pastor Fidel in Osobampo this evening was preaching from Philíppians. How appropriate I thought. He was saying how in the darkest of nights the stars shine more brightly. Yes, I thought, my husband is shining bright in that dark place where he is right now.  I had a letter from Dan to read to the congregation. Tears were shed and everyone was encouraged to seek the Lord with all their hearts, just as their 'little pastor', (as Dan called himself in the letter), was exhorting them to do.  Daniel's perspective: I am so blessed to not be feeling remorse for the things that I have taken for granted. Give thanks to God for all things that if one day they are stripped away, you won't have to be wasting time regretting not having appreciated what you had. If you do that, instead of living with regret, you can continue to find joy and be praising God for what you are going through. So many people that in here carry so much guilt, and unfortunately, most of them will soon forget, once they are released, their vows to not take their most precious possessions for granted. "In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you" (1Thessalonians 5:18) We love you all. THANK YOU  FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND LOVING SUPPORT!!! Daniel, Ana & Roshon

"He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, And your lips with rejoicing" (Job 8:21) I am rejoicing today, my heart is singing. I got to spend  three hours with my beloved. It was so very good to see him! He looks great, he has complete peace. Of course he would want to be out as soon as possible, but he wants God's will to be accomplished in his life. I had to be in line close to three hours to get in. Some of the guards told me how Dan was anxiously waiting for me since early in the morning. They quickly led me to where he was. They were glad to see me with my husband. Tomorrow, Lord willing, I will see him again. Roshon, Aaliyah & Obed will go too. People kept saying "hi" to Dan left and right as we walked around. Saturdays and Sundays the prison is filled with people that come to see their loved ones. It was amazing to see so, so many people everywhere, lots of children too. Some come from far away and have to wait in line for hours in the hot sun. Moms, dads, sisters, brothers, sons & daughters, grandchildren, aunts & uncles, etc. It is amazing to think they all have a story to tell. Dan was telling me about this young guy that he met there, he wasn't able to make the payments for his motorcycle,  or something like that, so now he is jail. Dan told me how his wife was going to have to go to work in Tijuana and how this young man named Carlos was so worried. I couldn't believe it, among all the hundreds of people in line, Carlos' wife was in front of me. She was talking about him and she was saying how she would have to go work in Tijuana... Dan already has so many stories to tell. He told me so many people there are innocent. He said how he thinks the staff there in jail should be the ones in jail, they are so amazingly wicked and are always doing such corrupt things. I grieve for my country! I will try again with the mattress tomorrow. Dan has some boards and a blanket he got from someone and that is his bed. Seeing him so at peace and smiling his beautiful smile made my heart rejoice and filled me with gratitude to my Lord. I think I will sleep better tonight because I have his handsome face fresh  in my mind...    DANIEL'S PERSPECTIVE: "Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life" (Revelation 2:10) Back around the middle of February, I shared with some of you how I had been feeling so blessed and how I felt like I was in the calm before the storm. When they took the girls away on February 27th the storm had began. For the next 67 days we were tying to get the girls returned home to us with no success. As you know, on the 5th of May I changed addresses. It's amazing to see how deceptive the enemy is and also how desperate he is. The bottom line is that he is the biggest loser of all. I continue to feel like one of the richest, most blessed people that I know. I'm rich because of all of you, all the people that God has brought, and continues to bring into my life. I take comfort in Revelation 2:10 knowing that the devil has placed me here, and I take comfort in so many other passages that assure me that God is sustaining me while I am here. He knows the plans He has for me, plans for good and not for evil. I thank God for my family (all of you) and for the privilege of being His child. I am beyond blessed! God bless you all, Daniel, Ana & Roshon

"And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away"  (Revelation 21:4) I saw my husband today for a little bit. No, I was not able to deliver a mattress to him...maybe tomorrow, I hope... I am staying in Cd. Obregón tonight. My nephew Héctor that goes to school here rents a house with other students. All of them went home for the weekend so I am here by myself. I had trouble receiving e-mails yesterday, but Roshon came to the rescue again and this morning was able to restore the system. She printed all the letters you all wrote for me to bring to Dan. I just read them all before starting this letter. I cried till no more tears came...and then some more. My whole being cries out for my beloved. Oh! How immensely I/we miss him! Roshon was saying, 'Lord, if you want dad in prison ministry, that's okay, just allow us to have him at night time.' But then I was reminded, and told her, of the Scripture that says how our Lord 'made himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men,' just to relate to us humans. So I guess he wants my husband to be like one of the prisoners because He wants Dan to identify with them. I am okay with that, I just hope that it won't be for a long time... While visiting with Dan today a tall prisoner came to see a lady that was waiting to talk to him. Dan said hi to him and called the lady by her name, (so he thought). This guy, Dan told me, accepted Christ yesterday with him. But the lady that came to see him was not his wife like Dan thought. Anyway, Dan told him right away that it was wrong for him to be seeing someone else that wasn't his wife. We are both anxiously waiting for tomorrow when we can spend a few hours together. Saturdays and Sundays we can visit him from 8AM-1PM. That is why I stayed here tonight. Roshon and her children will come on Sunday. Only  wife, children, parents, grandparents and grandchildren are allowed those two days. Monday, Wednesday & Friday  friends and other relatives can come and have their 5 minutes with him. I am so glad we will get to be with him that time, but of course it will seem like such little time. But for now, that'll have to do...Tomorrow, Lord willing, I will have something to write from him to you... I want to answer every letter I didn't get to answer yesterday, but I don't know if I will be able to. I continue to be absolutely amazed with such awesome letters you guys write. God knew I needed to read them tonight to calm my anxiety and the deep sorrow that overcame me. Delia, me encantó la canción que  mandaste. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND AWESOME SUPPORT!!! Ana & Roshon

"Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me" (Psalm 55:5)

I went to see my husband today. Oh! I was able to hold him and be next to him for a while. It was a bitter-sweet moment. I had a bunch of money with me that is why I was able to see him. They told him he could get a really comfortable room if he paid a big amount of cash. Well, he gave them the money and he got a room...

I am totally at loss of words to explain the magnitude of this corruption, words elude me, my mind feels numbed, my strength fails me...Being inside the jail today overwhelmed me. In my whole entire life I had never had the need to deal with this overwhelming world of corruption and deceit. God in His sovereignty has allowed my husband to be in this place, oh! How He must love all those wretched, desperate and needy souls that He has allowed His servant to go there to share His amazing love with them! Oh, that He would strengthen and inpower my husband and give him the ability to carry out His saving plan!

This room my husband is so blessed to have tonight, (he was able to call me this evening), doesn't even have a bed. It is totally and absolutely bare, but it does have a bathroom for which my husband was rejoicing. He was able to take a shower! I was so sad, I told him, that he would have to sleep on the bare concrete floor...he laughed a laugh of relief and told me what a blessing it was just to be alone there, and he said that after sleeping in a concrete slab for 8 days, the floor there sounded inviting...

He was staying in a cell that has 21 concrete slabs and there were 45 of them there. He was given the privilege to have one of the 'beds' and it was the farthest from the bathroom. People were making noise way after midnight, smoking all the time, even pot for which they were getting beaten when they were caught, but went on on doing it anyway. He was getting up at 4AM to have a moment by himself and with the Lord every morning, he told me.

Okay, now I have to find a way to get him a mattress, some sheets, a pillow and a few other things. I am truly dreading to have to deal with those people again, you know, the ones in charge... But after reading what Brenda Ray is praying for, I thought that perhaps I will be able to do that and more...This is her prayer: 'for God to cause the communications to be so powerful and effective--even beyond my limitations and weaknesses--that I will have determinations with humility (I specially like this), love and courage to do just the things He puts on my heart' THANK YOU, BRENDA, and all of you that are praying!

A few of the staff there in jail told me how my husband is always surrounded with people, 'he is always telling them about God' one said, 'and they like to hear him.' Yes, my husband wants me to bring a whole case of Bibles inside. I will have to bring them one or two at the time. He requested a case of reading glasses the other day. Yesterday he gave me a list of different color nylon thread and beads some of the inmates use to make bracelets. Yes, it is kind of funny. Roshon was telling me how we'll go bankrupt having him there. 

PLEASE pray God will use Lic. Roberto Zamora, he is the new lawyer I met with today. He is very knowledgeable and seems nice, but then again, I dare not to trust in flesh...

For all of you that gracefully offered to contribute financially I would ask you to get in touch with my sister Delia in California for details. (714) 593-5999 cell (714) 514-1444.

May the Lord bless you all.

Ana & Roshon

 

"But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint"  (Isaiah 40:31)   I couldn't send or receive mail all day yesterday. With my 'technician' being gone, any problem I encounter with technology I am without a clue on what to do. Thank God for Roshon, she sits and works and figures out the problems...she takes after her dad on that...   Anyway, all of you that wrote yesterday and didn't get an answer, please write again, specially those of you that had questions about my husband and all. I desire to answer any of your questions as best as I can.   Well, I had my five minutes with my husband yesterday. He told me they will move him to a different place inside the prison today. As many of you already know, we have had really bad luck with lawyers and this one working on Dan's case, we just found out, is not very capable of doing a good job.   We started frantically looking for a 'good lawyer' yesterday, hopefully we have more success this time. "Mache, I was thinking about you this morning."  'In this world wrong and right are just opinions,' like you said, 'justice just means you lose and I win...'   Some dear people from our congregation wanted to go and stand outside the jail, have banners demanding his release, etc. I was moved by their love and their willingness to do anything so justice can be served. But they are thinking of justice as defined in Webster's dictionary: the quality of being righteous, rectitude, impartially, fairness. The quality of being right or correct, sound reason; rightfulness, validity. Just writing the definition makes me laugh with irony, how far this world's justice falls from the mark..!   There isn't much I can tell you all at this time as I don't really know what will be next, except the waiting of the trial and my husband being changed to a place that is not so temporary, which we hope will change his conditions a bit and make it a bit better and not so unsanitary. I will be meeting with an attorney in Cd. Obregón tomorrow morning. It goes without saying of course, but I will, more than ever, absolutely covet your prayers as these things we are dealing with are so foreign to me.   In a much brighter note, for those of you that have been praying for Jaziel, (my brother Miguel Angel's 6 year old grandson with the heart condition), he had his first surgery last week in Cd. Obregón. The doctors gave no hope when they took him to the operating room. The surgery resulted in a complete success for which the doctors were in awe. Yes, they don't know we serve and awesome, all powerful God. I got to see the main doctor yesterday when I went to visit Jaziel in the hospital, and let him know people were praying for God to guide his hands as he performed the surgery. He smiled at that...           It was amazing for me to see how the color on Jaziel's face had changed. He no longer has the purplish color on his lips and nails characteristic of his condition, ('Tetralogy of Fallop,' a congenital heart defect which is classically understood to involve four anatomical abnormalities), therefore within 6 months he will need yet another surgery.   Chuy, the mom, tells me Jaziel keeps telling her how well he feels. This is a new experience for him. As long as he can remember he has felt out of breath when talking or walking a bit, so what he is experiencing now is all knew to him. To God be all honor and glory forever!     Thank you, a hundred times thank you, for your faithful prayers, your loving support, your encouraging words, etc.   Trusting and relying in the One that sees all things, knows all things and stands in control of all things.   Ana & Roshon