"Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution" (2Timothy 3:12). Our special get together in honor of Paul & Ruth yesterday in Osobampo turned out great. We had a blessed time, and God anointed His Word. Daniel shared from 2Corinthians 4. Paul had some special words of love and encouragement for all  and he made the translator (that would be me) cry. It has been so special to have him and Ruth these few days. The Lord is good to us!  Paul is such a hard worker "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal" (2Conthians 4:17-18) Isn't this a great Scripture! My husband was asking if we would be willing to suffer all the persecution and heartache of this life  for about five minutes, because compared with eternity, our years here on this earth, he said, 40, 60, 70, whatever amount, would be much less than five minutes in light of eternity with our Lord, where all suffering will stop and no more anguish or suffering of any kind will bother us any longer. What a blessed hope we have in Christ.     The group from Minnesota with Chris their leader, have been working in Mezquital, Tesia, building a brick room for Carla's grandparents, picture above. The grandpa is 90 years old, but still works every day. This group has always been a tremendous blessing to us, this is the 9th time they've been here, and we hope many more trips await them. Each group that comes, each person the Lord sends is always a huge blessing to us. The Lord truly never ceases to amaze us! Of the people coming to help out, Chelsea Stearns, sent by our Lord too, she is not the exception, she is a blessing from above to have. "Paul & Beth, thank you so much for allowing your daughter to come and be part of what the Lord is doing here. And, yes, Beth, she is a such a good translator, and so willing to do whatever needs to be done, including brick laying with Dan."  Daniel's perspective: We are in the middle of a spiritual workout for sure! It's amazing how many problems we are having with cars, tires, mechanics, lawyers, politicians, etc. The good thing is that the church seems to be doing really well. We  miss the girls so much and today I finally went with a lawyer to ask him to try and find out exactly what is going on. I told him that we need someone to interpret for us all the politics that are taking place because we can't for the life of us figure out what is going on with these people. I know that we wrestle not with flesh and blood but against spiritual wickedness in high places....but even though we speak two languages, three if you include the most important one, love, we still can't figure out politics! So anyway, please pray for the lawyer to be able to get the information that we need and also that we would be a witness to him. We are going through the fire this month but we know that it's the closest we will ever be to hell. On the other hand, we are trying to help others so that this time on earth won't be the closest that they have to heaven! PRAYER REQUESTS FOR RANCHO MARANATHA, ALAMOS, MX We praise God for the help He has sent us, Rogelio, Samuel, Chelsea, Paul & Ruth and the group from MN. We are expecting Paul & Pam Cooper next Thursday, we are excited about having them working with us, and also are so thankful for having more people helping out. We continue to pray for travel mercies for them. We continue to have lots of problems with vehicles, it seems like every week one or two brake down. The biggest problems is not finding a mechanic that will fix them. Pray for the Lord to provide an honest & competent person to fix our vehicles. Our ministry requires so much driving, it is so essential to have vehicles in working order. We thank God for Hebaristo (AKA Chito), he drives a van for us and he has been so amazingly reliable and responsible. We could use a few more people like him. This goes without saying, PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THE GIRLS, for the Lord to move the hearts of the people that have the authority over them, and if it is His perfect will, that the girls would be able to come back soon. Pray that while they're away, they will be witness of God's great love and power. That the people that are taking care of them, or are in contact with them, would see a difference in our girls, that the amazing light of our Lord would shine through them. Pray for my brother Miguel Angel in the mountains of Chihuahua. Killings and all kinds of evil things continue to go on in this great state. He also asked me to pray about them (the believers) getting a vehicle they can use to go to other villages to spread the Good News. The believers there in 'Cieneguita' where he lives are very eager to go share and have fellowship with other believers.¨ Please pray for Jaziel,my brother Miguel Angel's grandson, the six year old I told you about with the medicals condition 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. Rochelle has been looking into him being brought to the USA to Vanderbilt hospital in Nashville, TN to have surgery. Jaziel has had about 5 appointment for surgery, since his condition requires it right away, but until now they have never been able to perform it for one reason or another. We are praying for God's will in Jaziel's life. He can hardly do any physical activity at all. Just walking leaves him out of breath. Pray for wisdom for us in all these issues that try to consume our lives. "Rocío, thank you for remind us not to be consume with the problems at hand that we forget our purpose here on earth." Please pray for upcoming 'One Day Women's Retreat' hear in the ranch, Lord willing, April 10th. For the Lord to be lifted up, for soft hearts where the Word of God can penetrate and make lasting changes. Pray also for the group, Lord willing, coming from California March 22nd. For the Lord to use them here and for us to be able to bless them as they come to bless us. Pray for the new communities where we have started new Bible studies, for the Lord to work in the people's lives and for Him to be known to many. People live in fear these days, and they need to know the Lord can free them from their fears. "The harvest is truly plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest" (Matthew 9: 37-38). We love and appreciate you all so much, Daniel & Ana