Chris Byrd
The Lord has shown his blessing the past few months. Perhaps the most exciting thing is our evangelistic ESL program, which we started again in February, after having run a four-month program last year. We are seeing significantly greater fruit this year. We’re averaging more than fifteen students a week, and about a dozen have been coming to worship for the past three weeks! Almost all are Spanish speaking with a Roman Catholic background, and so while holding a general belief in God, have little exposure to the gospel. Pray that the Lord will grant these students repentance, faith, and a true knowledge of Jesus as the Word is preached and shared with them. In January I befriended the Muslim immigrant owner of a local Afghan restaurant. I’ve been sharing the gospel with him on my regular visits, and he recently said he would like to read the Bible, and asked me for a copy. Pray for my continued witness and pray for the Lord to open his eyes and heart to Jesus through the Word. Pray also for our upcoming Easter breakfast and service outreach, and pray that the Lord will increase our congregation’s love for the outsider and increase our desire and commitment to making disciples!