Dear Friends and Family,
Last month, we were able to put a stronger emphasis on evangelism. One woman named Emilia received Christ as her Savior. We will continue to encourage her and help her understand the importance of believer's baptism and church membership. We are continuing to seek new ways to get the Gospel to the Costa Rican people. Over the years, there is a great number of people who have asked us if we could teach them English. We are now praying about the possibility of beginning an English ministry. We are also looking at a new meeting location. We will look at a few other options before making a decision. We have also made a little more progress with the establishment of our religious association here and now have our legal books. We hope to soon be able to move forward with other steps like opening a church bank account. Also, beyond the normal church services each week, Jeremy was able to preach in a supporting church of ours by way of a prerecorded video.
As we approach Thanksgiving, we have much to be thankful for. We are reminded of what the Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Timothy 1:12 - "And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry..." What a blessing it is to serve our Lord! We are also quite thankful to be fully recovered from covid. The kids are now back in school and we are once again operating at 100%. The kids are making excellent progress in their Spanish. The funny thing is that Elijah sometimes uses the Spanish word for things when he doesn't know the English word. He gets things a little mixed up, but is definitely coming along! Lila and Ellowyn help Jeremy on Saturday evangelism. It is important for them to see the hard work that goes into establishing new churches, as well as understand not to take their faith for granted! As they get older, they will be able to help out more and more!
Thank you to everyone who prayed for us as we were recovering from covid. We really appreciate that. This month, please pray for the following:
1. That God will help Emilia and her son Michael to begin attending church and follow the Lord in believer's baptism.
2. That God will lead us as we pray about the possibility of an English ministry.
3. That God will lead us as we seek a better meeting location.
4. That Jesus will continue to save souls and build His church here in Costa Rica!
In Christ,
Jeremy, Michelle, Lila, Ellowyn, and Elijah Blanz
