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

November  2007

Family News

On Thursday, October 25, Karen and I were participating in a Missions Conference at Garth Road Baptist Church in Baytown, Texas.  Back home, Mary and Chelsey (David's care-giver) decided to make some doughnuts.  The next thing they knew, they had a kitchen fire!  We praise God that our neighbor, Tom Weir, an experienced fire-fighter, now retired, knew what to do as the fire-department took 20 minutes to arrive.  Thank God no one was hurt.  The house did not burn down.

We have been living in hotels while the kitchen is being repaired and the house cleaned completely from top to bottom to eliminate the smoke damage.  On weekends we stay at Karen's mother's house.  Please continue to pray for us.

 Annual Board of Directors' Meeting

 Our annual Board of Directors' meeting is scheduled for November 16.  We will meet for lunch at 11:00 A.M. at Canaan Baptist Church, 5581 Salem Road, Covington, Georgia 30081 (Phone 770-786-8885).  Pastor Scott Caudill and the members generously provide a meal for us in the fellowship hall.  The meeting is open to any who would like to attend.

"Elijah School of Prophets" "El Evangelista" Bible Institute

Please pray with us about a new ministry the Lord has laid on my heart, "Elijah School of Prophets".  It would be a satellite extension of the Bible Institute "El Evangelista" (The Evangelist) at Iglesia Bautista "Bet-el" (Bethel Baptist Church) in Leon, Guanajuato.  The plan is to record on DVD's the courses taught by Pastor Isidro Ontiveros and others.  These would be distributed, free of charge, to the missionary pastors who have planted churches.  They, in turn, would start Bible Institutes to train young people called into the ministry.

Mephibosheth Ministry "Eating At The King's Table"

Reaching out with the gospel to people who are physically-challenged. II Samuel 4:4

We thank God for some forthcoming wheelchairs and walkers for children and adults.  These would be distributed without cost to people who are physically-challenged.  Our goal is to reach them with the gospel.

We praise God for a special offering designated to enable physically-challenged people and their care-givers to attend camp next spring.

Update on my nephew, LCPL Nathan Silos

Nathan is currently on convalescent leave and receiving out-patient care.  He will be evaluated in two weeks.  Please continue to pray for him and also for my sister, Becky, who is waiting for the oncologist to decide how to treat her cancer.

Translation

(Received August 30, 2007)

Iglesia Bautista Monte Sion

Cantera #38 El Pedregoso

San Juan del Rio, Queretaro

I give thanks to the One who strengthens me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he found me faithful to place me in the ministry.

Brother Joel, I am glad that I can say "hello" to you with this letter hoping that you are enjoying the blessings of our great God.  My wife, daughter and I are well, thanks be to God, working arduously in the work of Jesus Christ our Lord.

We have been working with the "Winners of New Souls", teaching them how to speak to the people and invite them to church, and when they are in church, to speak to them about baptism.  Among these workers is a brother who after teaching him for almost a month I sent him with another brother who also had been winning souls to Christ for a short time and they encountered Jehovah Witnesses in three houses.  When they returned to church after winning souls, he was very nervous.  He told me, "Pastor, I couldn't answer any questions; I stayed quiet.  Please teach me more as I want to know how to win these people to Christ".  He concentrated on doctrine and this past Saturday, he encountered another Jehovah's Witness.  And he was able to win him to Christ and on Sunday he took him to church and he said he would continue to come to church.

We have become aware that the priest of the largest Catholic Church here in San Juan del Rio (Iglesia de San Jose Obrero) is admonishing his parishioners to be careful with the new Baptist Church that is located at Canter #38 because it is a dangerous sect.  Several of the parishioners place wooden boxes or plastic cans on the curb so that our church members cannot park, and other similar acts.  Some of the neighbors started a petition to get signatures requesting that the owner of the house that we rent, oust us, but we have been praying and the owner said that as long as we pay the rent on time, he would not have any problem to continue renting to us.

Please help us to pray:

That God will continue to have an open door in this city.

That God will give us of His grace so that we will be able to continue onward.

For the "Winners of Souls".

That God will continue to give us recourses so that we may continue to build benches as every day we need more.

Thank you for your prayers and support,

Your brother in Christ and faithful servant says "goodbye" to you,

Pastor Isai Toledo Flores

An Heir of God through Christ,

Joel Silos, D.D.