"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings glad tidings of good things, who proclaims salvation..." (Isaiah 52:7)

We would like to ask for prayer for seven new Bible studies that go on during the week. Two of them I was doing in two different communities,  and now ladies from those communities took them over, Yolanda in Mocúzari and Trini in Mezquital. Chuy continues to have her's on Wednesdays in 'Las Minitas,' Carla started one on Tuesday mornings in Osobampo, I am doing one that same day in Jusibampo. Also I do one on Wednesday in Alamos.

Daniel told me he is going to start taking Carla with him on Wednesdays, together with some of the girls, to drop some of them off in a community called 'Huazahuari' that is on the way to 'San Antonio.' He went by there a few months ago, after hurricane 'Norbert' hit, because the regular road was unaccessible. All the people seem very friendly, Daniel told me, they always  wave to him, and there were lots of kids. (In San Antonio the kids are infamous for not waving at anyone) Yesterday he had  dropped off Cindy's older daughter Ashley and Carolina together with Dulce, to work with the children, and it went very well. (Actually he has been in contact with them for about 3 years and a couple of the people from their community have gone to the Bible study in San Antonio several times) Josie and Shelina, one of Cindy's other daughters went on to San Antonio to teach the children in San Antonio while the Bible study goes on there.

We have prayer that goes on six days a week at the ranch. Also Mezquital has prayer almost every day of the week. There is a prayer meeting in Mocúzari on Mondays,  and also in 'Las Minitas' on Tuesdays. 1 Peter 4:7 tells, us: 'But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.'

"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings glad tidings of good things, who proclaims salvation..." (Isaiah 52:7) We would like to ask for prayer for seven new Bible studies that go on during the week. Two of them I was doing in two different communities,  and now ladies from those communities took them over, Yolanda in Mocúzari and Trini in Mezquital. Chuy continues to have her's on Wednesdays in 'Las Minitas,' Carla started one on Tuesday mornings in Osobampo, I am doing one that same day in Jusibampo. Also I do one on Wednesday in Alamos. Daniel told me he is going to start taking Carla with him on Wednesdays, together with some of the girls, to drop some of them off in a community called 'Huazahuari' that is on the way to 'San Antonio.' He went by there a few months ago, after hurricane 'Norbert' hit, because the regular road was unaccessible. All the people seem very friendly, Daniel told me, they always  wave to him, and there were lots of kids. (In San Antonio the kids are infamous for not waving at anyone) Yesterday he had  dropped off Cindy's older daughter Ashley and Carolina together with Dulce, to work with the children, and it went very well. (Actually he has been in contact with them for about 3 years and a couple of the people from their community have gone to the Bible study in San Antonio several times) Josie and Shelina, one of Cindy's other daughters went on to San Antonio to teach the children in San Antonio while the Bible study goes on there. We have prayer that goes on six days a week at the ranch. Also Mezquital has prayer almost every day of the week. There is a prayer meeting in Mocúzari on Mondays,  and also in 'Las Minitas' on Tuesdays. 1 Peter 4:7 tells, us: 'But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.'   Ladies worshipping with Daniela & myself in 'Jusibampo'  We continue to have people in our congregation that are very discouraged and it is so sad to see their light not shining, but we continue to battle the enemy in that area and will not grow weary,  with the Lord's help, to continue to stand firm. There are so many that are doing better than ever and just like we see the USA being split down the middle, we seem to be seeing the whole world split apart! Thank the Lord for all those that are drawing closer to the Lord and sharing their faith with others.

More good news for Josh's sake. My dream orchard is bearing lots of fruit! Thank you Frank Sanders! Thank you S. Carolina!

Please continue to pray for precious Levi. He will have to wear a patch on his good eye to be forced to use the other one. It will be quite frustrating for him, (since he loves to look outside), as well as for his parents. The possibilities of his eye getting better are slim, but we know that 'with God all things are possible' (Matthew 19:26)

This is Jaciel, my nephew Hector's son. He was born with this congenital disease called 'Tretalogy of Fallot' which refers to a group of four types of heart defects. According to 'Google search,' this condition is classified as a cyanotic heart defect because the condition causes low oxygen levels in the blood, which leads to 'cyanosis,' a bluish-purple coloration to the skin.

At birth, infants may not show the signs of the cyanosis, but later on may develop sudden frightening episodes called 'Tet spells' of bluish skin from crying or feeding. This was the case with Héctor Jaciel. They never knew he had the condition till he was already 2 years old. He is now six!

This condition is considered rare. The cause of this congenital heart defect is unknown. The symptoms include: difficult feeding (poor eating habits), failure to gain weight, poor development, etc. He shows most of the signs.

Surgery to repair the heart defects is always done when the infant is very young. Like I said before, he is already six years old and has not had the surgery, or surgeries, the doctors are saying he needs two. There is no known prevention for this condition.

My brother Miguel Angel divorced his wife many years ago and left. His ex-wife was living with someone else, so we really distanced ourselves from them. I just recently (now that I am doing the Bible study in my brother's ex wife's house), seriously started asking about the boy's condition.  Héctor is my brother Miguel Angel's second oldest son. He has a daughter too that is a bit over one year old. Héctor's wife Chuy seems quite serious about learning more about Jesus. She started going to church in Alamos and taking Jaciel, he really loves going.

Now, Daniel's perspective on things:

We have a history with communications on our ranch that is interesting. (More interesting to Mike Gaude and myself than others). It started out many years ago with Ham radio. Ham radio was a huge blessing and it allowed us to be in touch with a lot of you out there. Before that, communication by letter was about a 30 day turn around. Then, through Ham radio and friends like Grady and Roxann, along with others, we started communicating by email, facilitated by Ham radio. That was great, but when we were able to get Internet by satellite,  that was a huge step. For the last seven years that has been great, but it started getting worse over the last 3 years due to saturation problems. Anyway, last week we were able to finally install something that I have been thinking should be a possibility for a long time. We now have Internet from town that is transmitted by radio. It is working as good as the satellite without the penalties.

Anyway, this isn't about Internet and communications as much as it is about the importance and the blessing of being in touch. One of the reasons that we are able to do all the Bible studies and things that are going on around here is because of the prayers that are going up on our behalf. 
I want to thank you all again for keeping us in your prayers. This has always been a team effort, and the more that is going on, the more prayer we need to keep things from spinning out of control.

  I always think of the juggling acts where the man spins the plates on the top of poles that are like broom handles. He has to keep them spinning and going back and forth between them to make sure that they don't stop spinning and thus come crashing to the floor.

Moses had to keep his staff held up high in order for the Israelites to prevail against Amalek. When he became weary and his hands would come down, the Amalekites would start to prevail. He was so tired that Aaron and Hur had to prop up his hands. You can read about this in Exodus 17. My thought is this, what possible advantage could Moses holding up his staff give to thousands of soldiers in the heat of battle? And so, what difference would it make if they were helping to hold up his hands or not?

Believe it or not, I do believe  these guys were making a huge difference. The reason that they were making a difference is because they were in communication with the Living God. Moses, Aaron and Hur didn't win that battle, the Lord did. We aren't going to win any battles either...but guess what? Jesus is. And He lets us do little things, like we do, that in truth can't make a lick of difference if God doesn't change people's hearts. How I wish that we could do that, but we can't. Only Jesus can. But he lets us hold up the staff, (or His Word), He lets us pray and gives us the pleasure and privilege of being a part of a much greater team of people (all of you)  that are really all doing the same thing. We are all just holding up each others hands and praying that the Lord will touch hearts.  After all, He has been in the communication business for a long time!

PRAYER REQUESTS FOR RANCHO MARANATHA
Please pray for the girls at the ranch, especially the younger ones. How we desire for them to truly know the Lord! We have been having some problems with them. We realize we are powerless to change their hearts, only the Lord can do that. Pray for their hearts to be soft to His work. Praise the Lord for the ones that are doing good, it's a long road, but they seem to be getting there.
Pray for us. We are spending the night in Hermosillo (Capital of Sonora). Roshon & her children are with us as they need to renew passports here in the American Consulate. We will be going to see the people in charge of social services for the state of Sonora. Things with DIF have been quite bad in the area of child services all over. They are requiring lots of information from us, since we started the children's home back in 2000. Pray for the Lord to give us favor with them, for us to be a witness of His love. Also pray for Obed, Roshon's son, he has been running a fever since yesterday. On the way here today, he was feeling sick and has been all afternoon.
Please pray for the Lord to provide for Jaciel's surgery, for Him to touch his parents, especially the dad, that they would seek to walk with Christ.
Continue to pray for the communities we work with. For the people to grow in a deeper relationship with the Father, for them to be mature in the Lord and not be moved.
Pray for wisdom for us as we need to daily make choices in various areas of life (just as you, we are sure. We have been having lots of problems with our vehicles lately. Last Sunday, two of our vehicles (Las Minitas and Mocúzari) broke down. I was very thankful when I started reflecting back on the way it is used to be a while back, we had problems every Sunday with vehicles. It isn't like that anymore. Anyway, please pray for us to find responsible mechanics to fix our vehicles. Pray for Carlos, he is the one working on 3 of the cars right now. Pray for Alfredo, he used to work with our cars. I could mention many others that have, they all need the Lord. Most of them, sadly, have done such a poor job. Pray for the Lord to protect us from people that want to do harm, but also for us to know and have discernment for when He sends those that will receive His saving message. Pray for the short term groups that will be coming next month. We have started two projects in two different communities where we will use their help. We started the building of a room for Carla's grandparents. The man is already 90 years old. They live in a room with walls made of cardboard.  We are also making a room for Doña Martha (she lives in the same conditions as Carla's grandparents. There was a picture of this lady in my previous 'update.' She is the lady that cannot read, but 'has ears to hear.' 
Continue to lift up in your prayers Brian & Rochelle and their twins, especially Levi. We are so thankful for what the Lord has done, and continues to do in their precious lives. Thank you so much for praying for our requests. We are so thankful for each one of you!
"...be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless" (2Pe 3:14)

We love you all,

Daniel & Ana