Laynes' Line

     Thank you for your interest in our ministry and your faithfulness in praying. I know many of you are praying for us as we make this trip. Yesterday, Cheyenne and Roberto brought a large tarp to cover the patio are of the house and we spent all day on ladders and the roof fixing it so it won't rain in on our dryer and other equipment. Last night my arthritis was acting up so much I knew we could not leave early today. SO, we are planning an early leave tomorrow (Wednesday) with the possibility of going straight through. Sunday are all of the local elections and the government is expecting the drug lords to interfere, stop or make difficult any voting, especially in the border areas. We definitely want to be out of Mexico before the weekend.      Even the less dangerous route we have chosen involves going through two check points where the gangs have this week attacked the Army & Navy who are stationed at these checkpoints. We KNOW He is faithful and certainly knows how to

     Another wonderful Sunday as the Lord blessed the time together around the Word. We often have a few hearing folks that come, but yesterday was all deaf and I enjoyed preaching "deaf." Armando was in Monterrey for a wedding over the week end and asked if I could preach for him. We had a smaller crowd but one that really got into the message. I preached on 2 Timothy 2 on the four examples given of a strong Christian. I used 27 pages of illustrations with the video projector and the deaf really liked the visual effects.      Rains have finally started here and they bring a tremendous relief from the heat. There are years when we have very little hot weather, but this year was an exception. We had more than two months of 95-100 degree weather. Remember that we are at 5200 feet elevation which helps with the warmer weather. I cannot imagine what it must have been at the beach areas. A "normal" year means that we have rains the three summer months and then maybe a s

     As you can imagine, it has been quite crazy trying to move from three houses (A FEW ARTICLES IN FIVE HOUSES AND THE CHURCH) to one fifteen miles away. We have done it all in my truck with the help of Roberto's VW Combi (van) and Jonathan's pickup truck. But first, a catch-up of the news.      Mother's Day was a good day with a good number in attendance. The men served the meal after the service and two received Christ. By the way, I am not in pain, I am praying for the meal and the mothers. Since the service, we have been able to lead one mother and three sisters to the Lord because of their attention at the service.       Last week, Christian Carlos and his girlfriend asked to talk to the pastor and I. They have decided to get married! His girlfriend, Guillermina (Willimina) was one of the many people that Carlos won to the Lord shortly after getting saved himself. He made his rounds of all his friends and won more than 30 of them to the Lord. Guillermina immediatel