A New Believer!

The Christian Expo ended on Sunday night. Apparently, it was a huge event, with over 40,000 people between Thursday-Sunday night!!

The evangelism seminar (called "You Can Tell It") that Armando conducted on Saturday went very well. Thanks for your prayers...his throat held up!

Tonight, he is in Acambaro, doing two seminars on relationships (The 7 Principles by Josh McDowell). He is very tired and his throat is still sore, so hopefully he can rest well tonight.

Now, for the exciting part! Armando has some relatives in Mexico City and he stayed at one cousin's house after the expo on Sunday night. Long story short, they stay up talking till the wee hours of the morning and his cousin ends up trusting Christ!! Praise God...one more saved!

I was thinking after hearing the exciting news, "What if the whole point of this entire 9-day trip was simply to gain one more soul?" Out of 40,000 people, one became a believer. Depending on whether you see the glass half empty or half full determines whether you will see this as something really great or really daunting. I choose to see this as something really great! You see, this particular cousin had a similar (horrific) childhood background as Armando. With enough follow up and development of her relationship with Jesus Christ, she can truly become a passionate Christ follower. SO, even IF there was only one believer out of 40,000 people, I believe that one passionate Christ follower can exert more positive influence and effect more change than numerous believers without passion.

Again, thanks to all who have been praying for Armando and for me. He will be back Thursday morning so I'm counting down! We would appreciate your continued prayers for continued safety and rest for him...

Mexico City Christian Expo

The first part of this trip was to attend a Christian Expo in Mexico City from Thurs, Oct 22 through Sunday, Oct 25 as an exhibitor with EvanTell. This is the first time we have even heard of it so Armando and crew did not know what to expect. It's been an interesting few days! There are MANY rules they have to follow as exhibitors and they have to be there at their booth from 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM, which was a bit shocking to hear, but I guess many people come even that late!

Many ministries are represented, including some pretty weird ones--one particular one was giving out evangelism tracts as well with some pretty scary pictures on them.

Their booth is fairly hidden; however, God has brought many people their way. In fact, by Friday night, they were down to the bare minimum as far as evangelism tracts and other material. Many are very interested in bringing the evangelism seminar to their churches! One church leader that Armando talked to wants him to come in January. Armando told him that if he can get about 40 people together, he can fly there on a weekend...the guy said, "How about 200 people?"

Please pray for Armando's health. He has had a sore throat, but it may also be a combination of having to talk so much. This morning (Saturday), he was supposed to be at a church in Mexico to give the You Can Tell It evangelism seminar, so hopefully, his voice held up. I'll find out the next time he calls me.

Till next time, thanks for all your prayers for Armando and the whole EvanTell team!!