Hi everyone. Thanks so much for the overwhelming response that we got from you guys after sending out our last newsletter. We just wanted to write you again with another challenge to pray since even though we haven’t been in any further direct danger, another incident did occur last week in that same neighborhood where we minister.
What happened was that at about one o’clock in the morning last Wednesday night members of the drug mafia attacked and broke into the house of a local police officer, killing him and very seriously wounding his wife.
This was another act of terror, because they left the front of the house totally pock-marked with bullet holes in order to provoke fear in everyone else in the neighborhood. There have also been other reports of many other police officers being killed in different parts of the Laguna.
Rather than allowing these events to inspire fear, we would like to take them instead as a challenge to pray. We believe that it is time for the reign of terror to stop, and that God’s people need to cry out for divine protection, especially over the police force. That is the challenge we will be sharing in the Vineyards and with the body of Christ in the Laguna, and that is the challenge we share with all of you who are supporting God’s work here in prayer.
When the darkness is greatest, the light shines the brightest
I guess our point here is that this situation is about much more than just praying for us. We believe that God is at work in this time in a powerful way, and that this time of darkness is only the necessary prelude before the light breaks forth. We believe that an incredible revival has started and will continue to grow in our area. This is part of a general revival which we believe will come to all of Latin America and we feel Mexico is going to be a key player in this movement. For that reason we do not think it’s any coincidence that the administration of current Mexican President Felipe Calderon has been marked by a severe crackdown on the trafficking activities of the formerly dominant drug lords. It is because the drug cartels feel the pressure that they are fighting back, trying to strike terror and to intimidate the government into backing down. Before, the drug related activities were actually more prominent, but they were less visible because they had no opposition.
Anyway, we know that the darkness can not overcome the light, so we are committed to shining God’s light as brightly as we can. One powerful way to do that is by prayer. The Mexican police and army will not be able to stop the violence of the drug lords without God’s help. But by praying for protection over the people who are fighting for what’s right, and for God’s blessing and favor as they seek to capture the enemy, the light will prevail over the darkness.
We thank you so much and we trust in your continual prayers – both for our people, and for all of Mexico and Latin America.
Love to you all,
Larry and Kim
Glad to hear you two are safe, and I’ll be praying about the widow of the police officer who was killed.
I’m still prayerfully considering finding a way to do a medical mission trip to your part of the world with some of my staff members and anyone else I can round up. Don’t know when, but it’s on my heart.
The car looks nice. So what is or is not a suspicious color? You know, you could have painted it something really garish, like pink and purple, or maybe something with the church marquee on it. I don’t think any drug lords would be driving a truck that said, “!Jesus puede salvarte!”
How’s support coming along?