Laynes' Line

April 2011 Psalm 121  1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.   2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. Dear Praying Friends, As I write this, we are making final preparations to travel to our BIMI Field Conference near Atlanta. We praise the Lord for His working recently in preserving what He has begun. As I reported in our blog, two families had apparently made a commitment with another disgruntled deaf person that as soon as we left for the field conference, they would jump Fernando Casillas, the acting pastor of the church, take his keys and then work to sell the church from under the deaf. However, the plan was openly discussed by them among LOST deaf who promptly reported it to us! After several days of investigation and prayer, the men decided that we needed to confront them openly and publicly. We did that in March, and were they ever surprised! The main leader attempted to proclaim that he knew nothing about it, ...

     We praise God for His continual blessings on us and the protection of His mighty hand. For yesterday, Fernando asked me to preach and have the baby dedication. The deaf paid good attention and seemed to understand the message. After the main service, we had the dedication service for our two new babies. Both families wanted to make it known to their families, that they were NOT going to have their babies baptized, even though they pressure them greatly. This was their own decision, but they have taken a stand because of their experiences with their family. We praise the Lord for their spiritual strength. One family was dedicating their fourth and the other were newly weds dedicating their first.      Yesterday also brought a rather disturbing announcement from the American Consulate in Reynosa that NO American should cross the border into Mexico because the drug people have announced that they are going to start killing American police person...