Laynes' Line

  August, 2026 Psalm 89:1 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.   Dear Praying Friends,             We praise God for His faithfulness, never failing us, even though we fail Him. We are so thankful to have the Word of God that shows us the way no matter how those around us are changing.             The work continues every week, but we are seeing the deaf yield to the world rather than to God. They acquiesce rapidly to the teaching/preaching of the Word of God, but yield just as quickly to a friend who says the party will start before church is out. Oh, how much we need to learn about faithfulness from our most faithful Friend.              Gary has been taken off the original biologic because it worked wonders with the...

Dear Praying Friends,             This is just a short update to keep you in the loop on our family and ministry,             Gary continues to endure the Psoriatic Arthritis, that is not a complaint, it's just a statement. There is no cure, so it is a matter of making it as good as possible. I still have fatigue and have been un an downward curve the last the last couple of weeks. Suddenly, my blood pressure goes down, my glucose up along with my Triglycerides, and a few aches in the joints. No complaints because it has been much worse.             Ann has done well controlling her Essential Tremors, but that requires additional rest and a regular schedule, which we are not good at.              Family – you can imagine how excited the family is. THE very fir...

 Tuesday, February 24, 2026      About Noon today, the governor dropped the Red Alert for Jalisco. Nearly at the same time, the US Embassy dropped the "shelter in place" alert for all Americans. We are not out of the woods completely because some areas even in our state still have major problems. Surrounding states are still involved in conflicts. That moves us to an orange alert which means eyes open to our surroundings and no unnecessary movements. There have been more than 200 tractor-trailers burned taking the lives of at least six drivers. I am sure the same can be said for drivers of private vehicles.      Our city looks like a war zone (which it was). We hear all kinds of numbers of police and National Guards that have been killed as well as many "bad guys."  Local Mom & Pop corner stores were threatened at gun point to keep their shops closed yesterday. Carcasses of vehicles have been moved off the roads but are still beside where they...

                                                  PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THIS ON THE INTERNET      Day 2 - Things are slowly returning to order, although there are still reports of blockades in some parts. We are still under "shelter in place" orders and do so happily. The traffic in front of our house is moving after the authorities starting to remove burned vehicles. At 3:00 PM, both sides of the highway (four lanes) are opened enough for fluid flow, even though traffic is light. ( See the video in your email . )      It is still recommended that we do not present ourselves outside our walls as there are extra eyes everywhere seeking information about anyone. I will not mention the actions that caused this nor our location. The government and our neighbors know who we are and where we live, but hopefully not th...

 Dear Praying Friends,      THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR YOUR MISSIONARIES! A few minutes after 8 AM this morning a horrific burst of gunfire ran out just outside our gate, followed by a dozen or so single shots (like a pistol).  I figured that it was a shoot-out with the police. I was downstairs and my cellphone was upstairs, so I went up to write our daughter to stay put. As I started writing, another burst rang out and I could hear the bullets buzzing by my window.  Another round of pistol shots rang out followed by a third round of AK/ARs. A few shots continued through the village and finally all was quiet.       After ten minutes or so, I could hear the neighbors talking out at the highway, so we walked out to see what had just happened. VERY near our door were three vehicles burning in one direction and two or more in the other. For the moment, everything is mostly quiet (3:15) even though we have been warned that they are still in th...

 Dear Praying Friends,        I (Gary) received extra good news today from my rheumatologist. Cheyenne called to see if we could change the day of the week for taking the low-dose chemo treatment used for my psoriatic arthritis. I have been taking it for two weeks and it has knocked the strength out of me. My rheumatologist immediately said to stop the treatment and return to my previous medicine. I was ready to go the distance, but it was keeping me from our ministry. I was taking the treatment every Saturday, as directed, but it was making any effort nearly impossible due to the harshness of the medicine and the lack of strength.       I am scheduled to have lab tests on Monday and will then be cleared for biologics, medicines derived from living organisms as opposed to chemical entities. They have promised that this will really make a difference with the disease.      I had just gone back to my rheumatologist in January and she r...