Mission update: April, ¨07

Dear Friends,

We hope you are all fine and finding joy and rest in the Lord. These special "nine months" for us are indeed very special but also very different. As we spend more time at home for Angelica to get the rest she needs we are learning new ways to minister to each other as well as to those outside. God is faithful to bring people to our door both to be a blessing to us as well as offer us an opportunity to be a blessing.

One example is a young Christian woman who came with her husband last night requesting that we visit her ailing uncle in a nearby community. We went with her this morning and indeed found a 62 year old man who has been very sick for years with infections on his feet and hands. Angelica was able to diagnose his medical problems and promised him medicine early next week but she was also able to lead him in a prayer of repentance and acceptance of Jesus into his heart. Others have come to our front gate as well who bring joy into our lives as we are able to share with them.

The clinic at the Rocablanca Base is running very well with our new doctor and Josanna, a recent dental graduate who is considering joining us full-time. We need to raise $200/month to be able to contribute to her support. The need is very great, especially in the mountain villages, for a dentist. Please pray with us to know when the time is right for her to join us. Laura and Isidro are driving back from the border today with a used pick-up that was donated that we are hoping will be used to bless the people of the Ixtayutla region. It will allow Isidro to make more regular trips with much needed food rations, supplies for the missionaries living in the region and just enable us to be more present to the people there. God is doing amazing work in that region amidst great changes that are coming with road improvement, govt. infrastructure and more "outsiders." Pray for wisdom to know how to share the Good News amidst all this change.

We have a busy next couple of months with many short-term medical, construction and evangelistic teams. Pray that they all will be a blessing to the people they visit in the mountains and that each person on the teams will be touched in a special way with what God is doing in and around them. In July we plan to head for Angelica´s hometown in the state of Puebla (about a 10 hour drive) to await the blessed event of the birth of our first child. We are growing more excited everyday as we hear ever more clearly the heartbeat and feel the baby moving.

Thanks to each one of you who share with us either by reading this blog, praying for us or giving financially. The address to make contributions to our ministry is:

Victory Latin American Outreach (VLAO) Inc.
421 1/2 E. 30th Avenue
Hutchinson, KS 67502
(with Dan & Angelica on the memo line)

for Christ´s Kingdom,

Dan & Angelica