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Rev. Joel Silos, Director
P.O. Box 40398
San Antonio, TX  78229-1398
(210) 615-1945

Dear friends in Christ,

Thank you for praying for us.  The Lord has answered many of the prayer requests very graciously.

July 1999

My family and I visited churches and supporters in North Dakota, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.

August 1999

It was a blessing, as always, to go into Mexico and minister to some of the missionaries serving under our Board.  We thank God for the privilege of having a small part in their ministry.  Their gratitude for Spanish Baptist Missions humbles us and their church services encourage our spirit.

Karen is not able to travel into Mexico because Stevie and David are susceptible to ilnesses.  Therefore my mother, who is almost 72 years old, travels with me.  Experience has taught us to expect an interrogation and thorough search from the custom officials of whatever we are taking to the missionaries.  For that reason, we have wanted to find a bible publisher in Mexico.  Now I have mixed emotions about it as the interrogations provide us with the opportunity to witness to officials.  

All the Bibles, New Testaments, and gospel literature received from different sources, totaling nearly 500 pounds, were taken to eight missionaries in the state of Guanajuato and to two missionaries in the state of Jalisco.  Videos on the life of Jesus were given to them also.

Two of my sisters and one aunt are teachers and they had bought crayolas, pencils, and supplies for distribution to the missionaries.  These we also delivered and then found out that one of the missionaries' wife had been praying specifically for crayolas for the Sunday School children.

In Leon, Guanajuato, we were able to help minister to some teen-agers and young adult drug addicts gathered to watch a video on hell and then listen to a gospel message.  Several expressed an interest in being saved.  Please pray for them.  Former drug addicts are establishing a rehabilitation home to help others overcome their addictions.

Upon our return from Mexico, we found several boxes of New Testaments and other literature had arrived.  Pray with us that they may be taken into Mexico very soon.

September 1999

I repaired the motor home in preparation to travel with my family as soon as the boys recover from their ear and throat infections.  Our plan is to visit several churches in North Carolina that have supported the ministry faithfully for over twenty years.  We want to personally update the members on the work the Lord is doing in Mexico.

Family News

We are praising the Lord for answered prayer concerning godly women helping with the care of Stevie and David.  Both boys are undergoing Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy.  They enjoy going to Cubbies (part of Awanas) where they are learning the Scripture verses in sign language.  Stevie also attends group violin lessons.  

We thank the Lord for a scholarship granted to Mary that will cover part of her curriculum.  She continues with violin lessons and is enrolled in a sign language class with Karen.

Prayer Requests

The conference planned for November in Huhi, Yucatan, is now scheduled for the week of January 17 - 20, 2000.

Missionary Camerino Vargas, Colonia Jacinto, Guanajuato, works with the people who live in and around the city dump of Leon, a city of three million souls.  Brother Vargas was in a car accident several years ago and suffers constant severe pain.  He hopes to travel to Chihuahua, Chihuahua for a consultation in November with Dr. Michael Berkeley.  Dr. Berkeley is an orthopedic surgeon from Glenwood Springs, Colorado who also has a clinic in Chihuahua.  Please pray that all the needs of the trip are met.  

Your prayers for travel mercies for my family and me would be appreciated.  Pray that the Lord will open doors to present the ministry of the missionaries in Mexico.  Effectual prayer warriors are always needed.

An heir of God through Christ,

Joel Silos, 

Director