Laynes' Line

     Today, the weather has warmed a little and so has the house. Ann has been down with some stomach troubles, but otherwise we are well.      Here is November's newsletter. November 2010 3 Blessed  be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly  places in Christ: 1 Peter 1:3 Dear Praying Friends, We praise the Lord He is still working in the hearts of His people in spite of the problems around them. We just celebrated the union of Carlos Salgado and his new bride, Guillermina. Pictures are posted on our blog as noted below. Both have become avid soul winners that approach their friends about Christ, without intimidating them. We pray them a whole lifetime of service together for Christ. Pastor Armando is in Monterrey for 2-3 weeks to help with the care for his father once again. The doctors are hoping to re-connect the intestine and restore its functioning on Thanks...

     Yes, I know, it's cold in the US also. It reached 28 degrees last night. Our houses are masonry with no provision for heat. To try to heat with electric heat would require doubling our support. We are looking into a small gas heater to cut the cold. Since Saturday, the temperatures at night hover right at freezing, but the days are comfortably warm (72). INSIDE our house was 56 this morning. We always worry about those here who have much less than we in homes of much poorer quality.       We had a good weekend with good lessons taught by Pastor Armando. He is doing an excellent job. He returned yesterday to Monterrey to help his father prepare for upcoming surgery on the 23rd. They are hoping to re-attach his intestinal tract to put him back to normal. The only problem is that the doctor warned there are risks. I will be having the services this week.       When one lives in a foreign country, he always finds a...

     After several days of no Internet service, we are back on-line (obviously). Imagine, somewhere around the 20th of September, a truck struck the telephone pole outside the property on the main road. The jerk it sustained broke our telephone lines, cutting both phone and Internet. I managed to investigate what damage had been done and found the broken connection. I filed a report and then I proceeded to reconnect our lines. Last Friday morning, I heard a terrible bang, but thought the washboard highway had just caused a dump truck to rattle his bed. Later in the day, our neighbor came home to no phone or Internet. We investigated and discovered that another pole in front of the property was cut off at ground level by a blow from a truck (the terrible bang above). At least four of us filed reports of the cut wires. Finally, on Monday, they sent a truck with two new poles and four workers. The poles were installed quickly, the wires re-stretched and left hanging. Th...