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September 27, 2005
October 2005 WHEREABOUTS & PRAYER GUIDES
THE LEES IN CHIAPAS, MEXICO
October 2005
Our children have started, since early August, countdown the days to meet their dad who is still in the field for some reasons which they don’t quite understand yet. They are successfully readjusting to new school, and enjoy very much to be with prayerful Christian teachers. Nathan and Nahum, however, are required extra language help. Daddy will come home on Oct. 25. Pray Abe’s safe trip to Los Angeles and our fresh start for home service.
Our 10th anniversary will be celebrated on Oct. 28. Thank God for letting and protecting us in our run as a Christian couple along with three lovely children. We are grateful for more ups than downs in our walk. Pray that our marriage will grow even more, not in number (!), to be a source of blessing for others in marriage struggle.
Another thanks to God for amazing progress Keith, Elaine’s brother, has made so far. He is now motivated to drive a car after months in bed. Although he showed good at, we force-fully advice him to wait until his unopened right eye is completely healed. As of Sept. 11, he has returned to All Nations CRC (L.A., CA) to pastor High school department. Also, he in-vites you all to his ordination service on Nov. 27 at his church. Please pray for his complete recovery on his right eye and upcoming glorious day of ordination to minister of the Word.
Abe is wrapping up 5 years of ministry among the Chols in Chiapas. He has been busy visit-ing and being invited to churches mostly for farewell services. Pray that they will grow firm and bold in faith regardless our permanent absence. Pray for the spiritual awakening and church growth though Chiapas Reformed Bible Institute.
Pray for Efren and Melina as they drive down this week to Chiapas from Ciudad Juarez, Chi-huahua. Pray for their safe travel, Melina’s pregnancy, and finding a place to make their home.
Pray for Mexico City seminary students (especially for Esdras, Eusebio, Jorge, & Drucila from Chiapas) to be equipped with high vision of God and go back to serve their own people.
Pray for Esperanza, Pastor Pedro Gutierrez’s wife, whose pregnancy (12 weeks) just sur-vived from abortion threat.
SOME SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES:
1. During Oct. 3-7, a Culture Tour (or Vision Trip) to Oaxaca, neighbor state to Chiapas will be made. Abe and Chol students will visit newly planted missions in this poor state. For two purposes: share the gospel and learn their church planting experi-ences.
2. Abe will conduct infant baptism at Bethesda church (Oct. 16). The parents requested him for ‘missionary’ blessing. May the event be done for the glory of Christ!
3. In Oct. 10-12, a Chol presbytery of National Presbyterian Church will have Abe for a course on church planting. It designed a local program to train church workers and upgrade its quality of church planting effort.
4. Pray for the recently named Community Development Committee (Chol presbytery) scheduled to create new projects with Moises Colop (CRWRC) for Oct. 13-14. Join us in prayer for their interest not in foreign funds but the programs and its outcomes.
5. Pray for upcoming important meetings: COMUNI, a combined ministry body between CRWM Mexico Team and RPCM church representatives (Oct. 18-20); and Annual Field Council meeting (Oct. 20-24). Both held in Mexico City.
6. Chiapas Reformed Bible Institute will have classes during Oct 17-21 (Palenque) and 24-28 (Tocob). From then, it will start running the program by the Chol staffs. Please with your prayer lift them up in spirit so they will stay firm in any circumstances.
Thanks for your faithful and ongoing support for our ministry. God bless you abundantly!
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2005 Korean Newsletter updates
Please click 2005 Q1, Korean Newsletter, 2005 Q2, Korean Newsletter, and 2005 Q3, Korean Newsletter readable with Adobe reader.
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September 07, 2005
God's house has been invaded
My heart breakdown as I share this sad news with you. Today a church of ALPREPA (Presbyterian Alliance in Palenque) has been robbed. Her pastor Pedro Gutierrez bitterly told me what had happened early this morning. His entire church staffs ran to the church to confirm the happening. The thefts demolished part of the entrance wall beside breaking off two locked doors. They took along two electric guitars, an accordion, a keyboard, and two mixers (total worth of U$2000). The church had almost losed them but saved somehow last Saturday when there was another break in. Unfortunately such mission has been accomplished today probably by the same guys.
However, the church seems to be calm and did pray for these spiritually lost to come to repentance in the Lord. May God continue to comfort this church!
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September 2005 Prayer Guide
Praise God for his mercy! Our three children are now in Southland Christian School, Los Angeles. Naomi is in 3rd grade, Nathan in 1st, and Nahum in preschool. Hope that they will enjoy a year of schooling in the States until our return to Mexico next June.
PRAISE & PRAYERS
• We attended All Nations Seminary’s 5th commencement in Ciudad Juarez. All Nations CRC, our home church, mobilized 100 church members including mission committee plus alumni of the last four generations. It was a joyful celebration sharing the church’s “Vision800” with all attendees.
• Last week, two Chol youth (Jorge Sanchez & Drucila Peñate) left to Mexico City for seminary education. Both PKs have finished high-school and will be studying for 3 years. Abe did interview them and pray that they will be nourished further spiritually and become visionary servants of God.
• Keith, Elaine’s brother, is doing much better. Though his right eyelid takes long from opening, he will try to drive a car this weekend. Pray that he will successfully manage himself. He will be back in fulltime position at All Nations Church from mid-Sept.
• Finally I got a car part after 2 months of its search in Mexico. A parking break cable was mysteriously difficult part to find in Mexico. Thanks to this dealer in El Paso, TX for getting it in 3 days.
• Sept. 1-2: Abe will teach in Tocob center. It drastically reduced its student’s number from 6 to 2 this month. The reason unknown yet. However, we pray that it will nevertheless be a blessing to those last runners.
• Sept. 1-2: Reformed presbytery (Chol churches) staffs will have an important meeting with Moises Colop (CRWRC), looking for a cooperative ministry for community development.
• Early September Efren and Melina will drive down to Palenque from Ciudad Juarez.
• Sept. 7-9: National Presbyterian (Chol churches) will have a specially designed study program for their evangelists. It’s to enrich and encourage their level of church planting capacity.
• Sept. 17. Abe will visit Estrella de Belen Church which was helped to finish her churchfloor and wall two years ago. The church programmed for a farewell service.
• Sept. 19-23: Reformed Bible Institute of Chiapas’s week in Colonia Los Robles. Four subjects will be taught, three of them by the same local leaderships.
• Sept. 26-30: Reformed Bible Institute of Chiapas’s week in Tocob. Two subjects will be given this time.
• Sept. 29-Oct.2. Abe will visit newly planted missions in Villa Flor, Buena Vista, and Shashi-Ja. May his presence be an encouragement for them. Many times a missionary visit was taken as a special blessing.
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