Men of Valor Conference

Irapuato, Mexico (Saturday, July 31)

Today was the much anticipated Men of Valor Conference, the very first time ever brought to Mexico and the very first in Spanish. About 114 men attended from 4 different states.

Dr. David Harms was the main speaker, with break-out sessions by Armando, Guillermo Tijerina, David Buckert, Robert Silva, and Felipe Vasquez. For those who don't know, Dr. Harms was a last-minute provision from God as the first planned speaker had to back out a couple of weeks prior. They all LOVED him and the message he gave!! What an amazing provision he turned out to be!! Thank you, God, for changing OUR plans and giving us yours!!

After the conference, Armando finished up an evangelism seminar that he started teaching at one of the churches there in Irapuato. This church does not believe in assurance of salvation and one of the things the seminar teaches is that you cannot lose your salvation. Well, they didn't kick him out, so that's a good thing! Everything is backed by scripture, so there's really nothing they can dispute. Armando started with 10 people (and he only had 10 booklets left), but ended up with about 40 people...so the leaders ended up having to make more and more copies! What a great problem to have...not to have enough booklets!! Pray that the people in the seminar would feel equipped to share Christ boldly and intentionally in their community...

The team returns tomorrow (Sunday) evening! Thank you to all who have been praying for them and for Natalia and I. We TRULY appreciate all your support!!!