Laynes' Line

Dear Praying Friends, We are happy to tell you that God is still blessing greatly in the church and several deaf have been saved, even while we are passing through some high waters. Since returning from our field conference, Ann has been battling lower abdominal pain that had doubled her over and at times took her breath. As you will see in her letter to some friends, she has been through some very rough times for several weeks which finally culminated in seeing the same doctor who operated on her several years ago. I have quoted her letter in part just to hear it from her pen: Dear Friends, Let me go back, since I don't know where I left of before. I had pains for 2 days driving into Mexico in lower abdomen. They weren't as bad after arriving in Guadalajara, but later they came back with vengeance. I went to Dr. on Friday evening in pain and he asked me to have some kind of scan where I had to drink dye. It was too late to do it on Saturday since I had to be fasting, so ...

June 15, 2009 God has done it again and given us a tremendous day in the Lord! We celebrated Father's Day yesterday at church since many of the families go to their parents' house for the actual day. There were at least 75 present to celebrate with us. Several were new ones and several were second or third time visitors. Again, Armando preached a good message followed by a wonderful drama of the prodigal son. The costumes were of top quality and the amazing thing was that most of the deaf memorized their lines - a giant step for them. It is exactly the same as memorizing long passages in a foreign language. for them. As with the American Sign Language, sign are NOT the spoken language on the hands, but rather a separate, recognized language. Therefore, memorization from spoken Spanish is foreign to them. Each time you think to pray for them, remember that the Bible is also in a different language for them. How faithful would you be to read the Bible daily in a foreign lan...