Mike & Mary's Monday Message from the Mountains of Mexico City

Dear Pastors, Friends & Family,                         January 30, 2023

Greetings in Jesus' Name from Mexico City! I am feeling much better this week. Thanks for your prayers. Mary is still having problems, but I found another specialist and hope to get her an appointment this week. We have tried and are trying many natural things that have been recommended, apart from regular medicines, but no success yet.  Apart from the pain, her intestines aren't working well. But we were both back out together ministering this week. What a blessing!

We took the church group up to some open-air markets in the nearby mountains Wednesday. I snapped a couple pictures of Mary passing out tracts (photos 1, 2). God always blesses, often seeing a soul or more get saved, but sometimes not.  Though we saw no obvious fruit in the markets that day, we gave out lots of tracts. Misael in his mid-40s received a tract earlier that day and read it. That night he came to church for the first time and said he knew his religion wasn't enough. I believe the tract prepared his heart and after hearing the gospel that night, he prayed, trusting Christ as His Savior and was born again. 

Friday at the orphanage, the orphans had a wonderful time. They love Mary. They made a gingerbread house that we bought and brought from the U.S. as a kit. They also made & decorated cookies. They loved it. There is a new orphan girl named Noemi. She is shy but pray that one day soon, she will open up & open her heart to Jesus and get saved. We hope to get permission to start bringing the orphans back to church for our services. Everything shut down during Covid for them, but we are hoping they may can start coming to church soon. Attached are a couple pictures (3, 4). 
 
We were back out Saturday witnessing and inviting people to church. I am glad I felt better because we were back at it, climbing steps and mountains to get the gospel out (photos 5, 6).  That day we also passed by a cemetery and met Monica. She wasn't from the area, but she had traveled a couple hours to come care for the grave of her mother. Though obviously the cemetery is filled with death, Monica received eternal life after Mary witnessed to her and shared the gospel with her, then she prayed asking Jesus to saved her (photos 7, 8). I then asked her, "Monica after the decision you just made by faith to receive Jesus as your Savior, if you were to die today, where would you go?" She smiled and pointed upward and said, "To Heaven to be with my Savior Jesus Christ." Amen!

Yesterday church was full at Hope Baptist, and we had one first-time visitors and several visiting for the second time. Sundays are big here, and we are away from home all day. We were a bit worn out and, on our way home last night when I received a call. It was from a couple that was saved in our church last year and later fell out of church. They were having some marital problems so late last night we agreed to go to their room (not their house) in someone else's house where they rent. We were met in the street about 9pm and escorted to a dark, sketchy place and I had a hand in each pocket on my mace canisters. To enter the room, you had to go out the back side of the building and climb out on the side of a cliff onto makeshift steps and it was very dark. The only thing I saw as I felt like I was dangling there, was a big rat run across my foot. Thankful I didn't jump or else I would probably not be here to write this. We arrived and tried to help for about an hour, but I don't think it went well. Please pray for Fernanda & Jose Luis, and their children. 

Thank you for your time and for praying for us, as well as everything else you do for us. We are "...your servants for Jesus' sake." 2 Corinthians 4:5.

Mike & Mary Wallace, Missionaries in Mexico City