Carnival time

We are now in full swing of Carnival. It is the time of year that we avoid leaving our house much. This morning there was a band in the back of our house that started at 10AM. We are still having our bible study here at the house tomorrow night though. I am using this time to get to some things caught up on like our taxes. Oh what fun. We do have an extension because we live outside the U.S. but it always helps when we are home on furlough in May. Carnival does give us a bit of a break with church as La Roca is located on one of the main roads of the carnival we decided to use this time to attend other churches in Autlan for two Sundays. This past Sunday we went to Estrella de Belen which translates into the star of Bethlehem and were blessed to see Nahum get baptized by his dad. Nahum has been growing in the Lord and attends our bible study among other things like helping at La Roca on Sunday evenings and attends the youth group. Needless to say we were honored to see him get baptized. For those of you who know him, he is now 17 years old.
This Sunday, we will go to two different churches. Vida Abundate (Abundant Life) who we work with at various times and then in the evening a Nazerine church who we have started working together with their youth. We have seen that this really encourages these other churches. There is something about getting people together who all have a desire seek the Lord together. The Nazerine church is combining our youth groups this weekend and next. This week I will share and next week the other pastor will share. It is exciting to see this type of thing happen as it doesn't happen very often. It is a way we can uplift each others ministries. Please pray for us as we seek more opportunities like this.