I’d better jump right into this letter. So many exciting things that have
happened over the past two months.
This is a missionary prayer letter, so you are expecting to hear about souls that
have been saved: Number One at the top of my list has to be my 6 year-old
grandson, Joshua Andrew Miller who was saved on October 7. I pray the Lord
will give wisdom to Steve and Ruthie to raise him so that God can use his life in
a very unique way. I know just as precious to the Lord is Gabriela, a nurse who
was saved at our Nursing Home visit on October 27, when one of the ladies led
her to the Lord. The next morning, Claudia was saved when I gave the invitation
after teaching my Sunday school class. On November 4, there were 5 saved in
the Sunday morning service, and the special thing about Miriam’s Salvation is
that she is the Mom of one of our Vacation Bible School students. The following
Sunday, 3 more precious souls were saved.
I was honored to be the guest speaker at a local Baptist Church, where the
ladies were celebrating the 10th Anniversary of their ladies’ meeting.
I know I say this every year, but if you base our Banquets on the attendance,
this really was the best one of the twenty. Although there was a record
attendance of 129 ladies, what made this Banquet so wonderful were the 15
ladies who were saved following Pastor Alejandro Ramírez’ sermon. Please pray
for the ladies and me, as we do follow-up work. I pray the Lord will use these
ladies to win others. Among our special First Ladies, was a judge from a nearby
town. This was her first time to attend.
Two days after the Banquet, we drove to Ixtapa, where I attended the Annual
Conference in the Church that my son in law, Ulises Martínez started. I was
invited to speak to the Ladies’ that Sunday morning. The next evening after the
last service, there was a Banquet…actually an annual event that Ulises started 8
years ago, thanking the Lord for my 58 years of living in México. I was
overwhelmed as I was lavished with so much love and gifts, and bouquets from
the ladies. Although Ulises is in Israel, the different churches he started
continue to thrive under the ministries of the men he trained.
One of the many joys of devoting our lives to helping young people is seeing
them fall in love and marry. Esteban is a result of the boys’ home ministry my
husband started years ago. He is such a fine young man, and faithful to the
Lord. Anai was just a little girl when her family started attending our church.
She works in the music department, and teaches children. They were married
here in our church on November 23. I pray God will use their lives to bring
others to Him.
Although this is my Christmas prayer letter, since I won’t be writing my next
letter until February of 2019, I have been thinking about all the dreams and
plans I have for my different ministries next year. I hope your year will be full of
dreams come true, and excitement as God helps you to achieve your goals for
Him.
Your friend,
Billie Sloan
Nahum 1:7
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