CELEBRATING 39 YEARS OF MINISTRY
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The Dyes are now celebrating 39 years of missionary service in México. It all started long ago...
Dick grew up in Salisbury, NC and attended Ben Lippen High School where he met Ann. He and Ann graduated from Columbia Bible College in Columbia, SC. Dick then graduated from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO.
Ann (Solomon) was raised in Montreat, NC where her father was a Presbyterian evangelist. Dick and Ann married in 1963. He served as pastor in Asheville, NC for four years. In 1970, the Dyes went to Acapulco, México as church planters. After the Maranatha Presbytery was formed in 1989, they moved to Querétaro where they were able to establish the El Bajío Presbytery comprising the states of Querétaro, Guanajuato and Aguascalientes, where only 1.5% of the population attend evangelical churches.
The Dyes have two children, Roger and Marie. Roger and his wife, Laura, and their four children are church planters in Chile. Marie with husband Gordon Bobbett and four daughters, resides in New Bern, NC where he is an emergency physician.
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Contact information:
Apdo. 3-40, Querétaro, Qro. C.P. 76150, MEXICO, Tel/Fax (442) 214-31-32
MTW: 1600 North Brown Road. Lawrenceville, GA 30043-8141, Tel.(678) 823-0004
Email: richarddye@mtwsa.org
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In God we trust, no matter what- in politics, in ministry, in family, in health. God has not promised life without pain or problems; but He has promised His presence through it all (Isaiah 43:2).
Thanksgiving – (IN GOD)
Oct. 31- Good presbytery meeting. See our website for the “Nov. 2009 Bajío Presbytery Update.”
Nov. 1- Eye clinic at the San Jose Mission, resulting in many new contacts for Christ.
Nov. 2- On this Day of the Dead holiday, Ann celebrated 69 years of life.
Nov. 22- Medical clinic at the San Jose Mission, resulting in more new contacts.
Christmas- Always thinking of family (WE):
Son Roger and family continue raising funds as they prepare to return to missionary work in Chile.
Daughter Marie and family continue in New Bern NC, as they daily trust God´s leading in their lives.
Dick and Ann continue ministry in Queretaro in spite of health issues (Ann with leukemia, and Dick
with Parkinson´s and neuropathy).
A New Year- Prayer Requests (TRUST):
Jan. 3- Big concert at the San Jose Mission with a singing group and band.
Jan. 10- Day of the Kings celebration at the San Jose Mission with gifts for all.
2010- Provision for our financial support and ministry needs. (see coupon below).
Season´s Greetings,
Dick and Ann Dye
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| Nov. 2009 Bajío Presbytery Update |
Dear Partners in Ministry,
Greetings from Mexico. Thank you for your faithful partnership with us, in spite of our inability to travel to the U.S. for missions conferences in recent years due to health issues.
We are excited about what God is doing here in the Bajío Presbytery (covering the central states of Querétaro, Guanajuato, Jalisco, and Aguascalientes) as we minister to pastors, train church planters and teachers, and coordinate various ministries.
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June
Pictured with us is the orthopedic
surgeon who operated on Dick´s feet
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July
Operation Mobilization sent 80 volunteers to help with evangelistic outreach in the churches and missions, with some of the planning sessions and meals at our house.
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| PLANNING SESSION |
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| MEAL TIME |
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August - Nico Risso and family arrived in Queretaro to head up the youth ministry of the Bajio Presbytery. Their headquarters will be at the Nuevo Amanecer Mission.
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September - San Jose Mission
Classes give opportunity for individual attention.
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Dick giving a prayer of dedication at the party of a XV year-old girl.
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Ann helping serve refreshments
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October - English Congregation
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Young musicians (2 Americans, 2 Britains & 2 Mexicans) accompany worship.
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Prayer Requests:
1. Follow-up of OM outreach. Pastor Valentin of El Buen Pastor Mission has 76 new contacts.
2. Church planter Daniel is discouraged with the fluctuating attendance at the San Jose Mission.
3. Nico and Karina need prayer for their youth ministry, as well as a discipleship group they are also helping start in Spanish of several young couples attending the English congregation.
4. Nuevo Amanecer needs a pastor. This mission is located in an area of about 100,000 families. The man who was slated to come in August had a change of plans.
5. Efrain (pastor at Maranatha) and Rigo (pastor at Rose of Sharon) need wisdom and direction as heads of their homes and churches.
6. The English Congregation, comprised mainly of Americans, Canadians, British, and English-speaking Mexicans, needs a career missionary to serve as pastor. We coordinate this ministry, but it really needs someone full time.
7. Gifts to our MTW account, affected by the economic crises coupled with urgent repairs at the Nuevo Amanecer mission, have depleted our funds. A one-time gift to our account #11725 would help keep us on the mission field. Thanks.
8. Son Roger and family are in the U.S. seeking funds to continue their missionary work in Chile.
9. Daughter Marie and family in New Bern NC are seeking God´s guidance for their future.
“But we continue to preach… And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory. That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day.” (2 Corinthians 4:13-16)
In Christ for Mexico,
Dick and Ann Dye
Send to Mission to the World, P. O. Box 116284, Atlanta, GA 30368-6284:
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I want to help the El Bajio México Project in the following way:
A one-time gift or monthly pledge towards the Dyes’ support (#11725).
A one-time gift or monthly pledge towards church building construction (#93877).
A one-time gift or monthly pledge towards the pastors & church planters (#93878).
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June
Handbell Choir helps celebrate Fathers’ Day in the San Jose Mission and Rose of Sharon Church.
This group will give concerts in Cuba July 1-15. The handbells were donated by the Cedar Springs Church in Knoxville TN.
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| Dick´s feet on June 20 in Queretaro, and daughter Marie´s gall bladder on June 24 in New Bern NC. Dick will receive more extensive surgery on the right foot Thursday, July 9.
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July
Operation Mobilization Evangelistic Outreach, for 2 weeks in Queretaro (July 17-27) with the help of 80 youth and adults from the U.S. and Mexico, working alongside the churches and pastors of Rose of Sharon (Rigo), Maranatha (Efrain), El Buen Pastor (Valentin), and San Jose el Alto (Daniel).
August
New Pastors for the Bajio Presbytery
Josue Rodríguez from Tabasco will arrive in Queretaro to pastor Nuevo Amanecer, and Nicolas Risso from Argentina to work with the youth of the presbytery. Abel Plata will pastor the church in Leon and Raul Hernandez the church in Guanajuato. Funds are needed to help support these new pastors.
Son Roger and family are visiting churches in the US to share about their ministry in Chile. They can be contacted at tel. 803-635-9645.
Thanks for your faithful prayers and gifts.
In Christ for Mexico,
Dick and Ann Dye
P.S. Urgent prayer for Sandra Kessler ( see “ Mother’s Day, 2009”) – The court ruled in favor of visitation rights for the father, in spite of evidence of his molestation towards their five-year-old daughter.
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Please send to Mission to the World, P. O. Box 116284, Atlanta, GA 30368-6284:
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I want to help the El Bajio México Project in the following way:
A one-time gift or monthly pledge towards the Dyes’ support (#11725).
A one-time gift or monthly pledge towards church building construction (#93877).
A one-time gift or monthly pledge towards the pastors, church planters, & seminary (#93878).
Name_________________________________Address_________________________________
Email__________________________Tel________________Church______________________
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| ANNIVERSARIES AND UPDATES |
Dear Friends and Family,
Today, June 3, we celebrate 46 years of marriage, along with Ann´s brother and sister-in-law Bill and June Solomon, with whom we had a double wedding. As an anniversary gift by phone to us this morning, June shared a quote from Martin Luther: “The life of a Christian has only two days, this day and that day. And we live this day in the light of that day (Christ´s second coming). “ WOW! That´s our goal, one day at a time.
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Sunday we took these photos of the burned house we wrote you about (website “May 18 – Life and Death”). The men of the San Jose Mission team are making every effort to help rebuild this home. Funds and time are at a minimum. The family must vacate the dwelling they are occupying at the moment. Donated household items are being stored in our garage for immediate transport when the house is ready. Please pray for expediency and provision for this family materially and spiritually.
Sunday’s lesson at the mission was on Zacchaeus, the dishonest tax collector, whom Jesus called by name and wanted to stay at his house, and who experienced a complete turn around in his life. The folks at the mission really related to this story in many ways. May their response be, “Jesus has come to seek and to save me, too. “ (Luke 19:10)
This coming Sunday´s lesson is on Mephibosheth, the crippled son of King David´s best friend Jonathan, who also experienced a turn around in his life because of David´s kindness in treating him as a son. May their response be to accept the kindness Jesus offers so that they can become sons of God (John 1:12).
Other previously mentioned concerns (website “May 21 – Good News and Bad News”) also need your continued prayers: For son Roger and family as they adjust to a year in the U.S. while trusting God to protect their ministry and material possessions in Chile, and for band director Sandra in Queretaro whose critical situation remains the same.
In Christ for Mexico,
Dick and Ann Dye
P.S. May 31, this past Sunday, was the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the presbytery in Acapulco, founded in 1989 upon the completion of our first 20 years as missionaries there. We could not attend because of Dick´s travel restrictions, but sent congratulations by video, and received many calls and wonderful reports of the day´s activities. There were over 800 in attendance representing 19 churches that are now a part of the presbytery. Praise the Lord!
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| 1. Here is the answer to your prayers of last week. This special 3-wheel sturdy stroller was donated Sunday by a member of the English congregation here in Queretaro for this 7-year-old boy with cerebral palsy at the San Jose Mission. Little Jesus is conversing with Papa Dick in the photo. His mother Carolina (orange striped blouse) and aunt (gray shirt) received the stroller with many tears of gratitude.
2. The mother of the two children who burned to death in their house 2 weeks ago, also attended the mission this past Sunday with the rest of her children. We are collecting clothes and household items to given to them this coming Sunday. Please keep these two families in your prayers, as they are in the process of knowing Christ.
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In Christ for Mexico
Dick and Ann Dye
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Sunday, May 17 – Son Roger and family at their church in Chile
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Roger´s last official act at his church in Chile – baptizing 84-year-old Daisy
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The solemn official “Good-bye for a Year” of Roger, Laura, Isaac, Hudson, and Suzy
standing with officers of the church.
They leave this evening, May 19, for a 10-hour flight to Atlanta, then on another flight to Columbia SC.
Please keep Roger and family, and the church in Chile in your prayers.
Thanks,
Dick and Ann Dye
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| 1. Mothers´Day in San Jose
God answered your prayers for the big Mothers’ Day Celebration last Sunday afternoon at the San Jose Mission on the outskirts of Queretaro. A record number of mothers attended with their families.
You may remember little 8-year old Efrain, the problem child who was bitten by a dog, then began to change his behavior to become one of the best behaved children, along with his brothers and sisters. His parents, out of curiosity for the positive change their children displayed in the home, came for the first time to the Mothers´ Day event, along with their eight children. WOW! “A little child shall lead them.” To paraphrase 1 Peter 3:1, “Children, be submissive to your parents, so that they may be won to the Lord by your behavior...”
Please keep praying for this mission among the underprivileged.
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Team choir serenading the mothers Section of auditorium showing happy occasion
2. Sandra (attachment- 3rd from left in blue dress beside Ann with Mothers at the English Worship Service last Sunday)
Today, May 16, is Sandra´s birthday. A court hearing is set for Monday, May 18, regarding the validity of her husband´s accusations towards her mother. Rather than go to jail himself for his sexual molestation of their daughter, he is trying to persuade the court that his mother-in-law did it, and have her committed to jail time, in spite of all the evidence to the contrary. Sandra´s mom is willing to do anything to protect her little granddaughter. You can imagine the heartache, and complete dependency on the Lord as the only hope for justice. Please keep praying.
Thanks again for your faithful prayers.
In Christ for Mexico,
Dick and Ann Dye
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| UPDATE ON SWINE FLU & CELEBRATIONS |
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Thank you , thank you , thank you .
April 26 Children’s Day Celebration – We had advertised and prepared bags of toys and candy, and 250 sandwiches for this big event. Then the swine flu epidemic threatened to cancel everything. But you prayed and God answered – no ban was issued on public activities in Queretaro, and the crowds came – fathers, mothers, teenagers, and lots of children.
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We had great fun! All the teachers dressed as clowns. Ann, pictured in the middle with her “swollen” toes, is being held up by the daughters of church planter Daniel Pinto, pictured here.
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The theme was Luke 18:15-17, “ People were bringing babies to Jesus to have him touch them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. But Jesus called the children to him and said, ´Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.´”
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The classes of children and teenagers discussed “How do I know Jesus loves me, and How can I love Him too?” The adult classes discussed “How can I teach my children to love Jesus, and What does it mean to become as a little child in order to enter the kingdom of God?”
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Just as the party ended, an announcement came on the radio and television that all public activities would be banned and all schools would be closed from Monday, April 27 to Wednesday, May 6!
May 3, Medical Day Celebration fits the swine flu situation, and hopefully will not be banned. The doctors will give free exams and medicines. Please pray for this opportunity to share again about our Great Physician.
“The Incurable Wound and the Great Physician” is the title of the message this same Sunday in the English Worship Service, from Jeremiah 30:12-17, “Your wound is incurable, your injury beyond healing. There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sore, no healing for you. All your allies have forgotten you; they care nothing for you…. Why do you cry out over your wound, your pain that has no cure? Because of your great guilt and many sins I have done these things to you. But all who devour you will be devoured…. Those who plunder you will be plundered; all who make spoil of you I will despoil. But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,' declares the LORD…”'
May 10, Mothers Day Celebration at which a record-breaking crowd is expected. As you are praying, we are preparing several hundred bags of clothes, shoes, towels, linens, etc., to give to the mothers. The theme for discussion will be “Hannah- How was she a good Mother?”
The ”other” celebration still needed is the Lord´s supply of $3,000/month towards the deficit in our support account, in spite of our inability to go to the U.S. to raise the funds. Please keep praying with us about this.
Thank you J, thank you J, thank you J.
In Christ for Mexico,
Dick and Ann Dye
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DYE-A-GRAM FROM
MEXICO
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March, April
May 2009
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Sunday, March 15, Birthday Celebration ( Dick´s 69th ), and Baptism at Rose of Sharon Spanish Church, of a third generation baby (first the grandparents 19 years ago, then the children, and now the granddaughter as a child of the covenant)
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Sunday, March 29, Award Ceremony Sunday, April 5, Palm Sunday
for those with excellent attendance at the San Jose Mission. Celebration at the San Jose Mission
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Sunday, April 12, Easter Celebration at the Rose of Sharon English congregation.
Sunday, April 26, Children’s Day with toys for all.
Sunday, May 3, Health Day with doctors giving free medical consultations at the San Jose Mission.
Sunday, May 10, Mothers’ Day with bags of clothes for all.
Thank you for making these celebrations possible with your faithful prayers and gifts for the ministry here in Mexico.
We are in need of another celebration. Our support account at MTW has taken a big hit due to the economic crisis. Many who have supported us for years have been forced to reduce their support or stop giving altogether. These cutbacks in donations have caused our monthly support to drop considerably. Our issues of health, ministry and finances make it difficult to return to the U.S. to raise funds. As our partners in ministry, please pray with us about this critical situation, that we may celebrate together as God supplies.
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Son Roger and Laura, MTW missionaries in Chile, will arrive in the U.S. on May 19, to raise support because of their monthly deficit. They will live in Winnsboro SC during their one-year HMA, and would appreciate your prayers. Before leaving Chile, they will celebrate the birthdays of Suzy (6) and Isaac (14) on May 12 & 17.
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Daughter Marie and Gordon in New Bern NC celebrated the birthdays of Leah Cameron (12) and Addy Caroline (6) on April 7 & 16. They hosted granddaughter Deanna Dye in April for ten days of spring break from Ben Lippen High School in Columbia SC.
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Ann’s leukemia and Dick’s new hip and Parkinson’s continue stable. Thanks for your faithful prayers.
In Christ for Mexico,
Dick and Ann Dye
P. S. Gifts to our support account #11725 may be sent to: Mission to the World, P. O. Box 116284, Atlanta, GA 30368-6284. Thanks!
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DYE-A-GRAM FROM MEXICO
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Annual ‘Thank Christ Anew’ Letter
December 2008
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Dear Praying Friends,
Season’s Greetings. The thanksgiving Psalm 100 reminds us that God desires that “all the earth” and “all generations” know and serve Him, and experience joy and gladness in His presence as we “give thanks to Him and praise His name.” This summarizes the purpose, vision, and goals of our ministry in Mexico.
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Thanksgiving
1. We thank you for your partnership of faithful prayers, giving, and summer teams as we flesh out together Psalm 100 in Mexico.
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2. Thank the Lord with us for the special “El Buen Pastor” dedication service Sunday, Nov. 9, where Valentin is pastor (photos). What a celebration, after so many years of waiting and working toward this goal! There is still much to be done, but they are now under a roof, with floors, windows, doors, lights and plumbing, thanks to the summer teams, and gifts and prayers of so many of you.
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3. Thank the Lord with us for the weekly worship services of the San Jose Mission with church planter Daniel, which started with 200 in attendance on September 7 in a borrowed building (see attachment “San Jose Mission).
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4. Thank the Lord with us for the Music Institute outreach, which was held in pastor Efrain’s Nuevo Amanecer Mission in July, with a total of 89 students and 20 teachers, mainly from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico .
5. Thank the Lord with us for Ann’s apparent remission status of leukemia, and Dick’s patience and coping skills with Parkinson’s.
Christmas
As we celebrate the Advent of Christ, the Light of the World, “shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in our hearts,” (2 Peter 1:19), we praise God for our family as they serve Him with joy:
1. Roger, Laura, and children in Chile (with Deanna at Ben Lippen High School in SC).
2. Marie, Gordon, and children in New Bern NC.
New Year
1. We are all challenged with the changing economy. Our greatest concern is for the San Jose Mission among the unreached and underprivileged, which is meeting in a building that is for sale. We will be out on the street again soon, unless the Lord provides for it to be purchased for the mission. Please pray for God’s guidance for this very critical situation.
2. Your prayers are also needed for the Day of the Kings celebration at the San Jose Mission on January 11, with a special program, city choir concert, and gifts for all. Some of you who have helped us in the past will remember the 1,500+ who have gathered for this event.
In these uncertain times, we say with the Psalmist (119:111-112), “Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart. My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end.”
In Christ for Mexico,
Dick and Ann Dye
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Dear Praying Friends,
PRAISE
What a miraculous month of July we experienced, thanks to your faithful prayers and partnership!
1. The roof of Valentin’s church was finally completed, as the photos show the various stages, with teams from Mississippi, Michigan, Texas, and Arizona working alongside the Mexicans.
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2. The Music/Language/Arts Institute at Efrain’s church, with 89 students and 25 teachers and helpers from the U.S., Canada, Japan, Cuba, Argentina, and Mexico, resulted in a positive influence in that neighborhood.
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3. The evangelism outreach at Daniel’s mission in San Jose el Alto and at Valentin’s church, again through the joint leadership of Mexicans and U.S. teams, challenged children, teens, and adults to love the Lord and let Him rule in their hearts and homes.
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PRAYER
1. Continued construction at pastor Valentin’s church (Jesus el Buen Pastor). The next stage will be installation of doors, windows, electricity, bathrooms and floors, as funds permit.
2. Follow-up of the new contacts from the Institute at pastor Efrain’s church (Nuevo Amanecer).
3. Guidance about starting Sunday services at church-planter Daniel’s mission in San Jose el Alto, and provision for a place to meet.
4. Dick’s health. After a relapse the first week of July, the doctor doubled his medicines for Parkinson’s. He also had minor surgery on his feet again to remove ulcers, and is now under physical therapy evaluation.
“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably above all that we can ask or think, according to His power at work in us, to Him be glory in the church and in Jesus Christ throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen.” (Eph. 3:20, 21)
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In Christ for Mexico, P.S. Please visit our website for a better view of each ministry,
and audio video of the Institute.
Dick and Ann Dye
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| This week - June 25, 2008 |
Dear Praying Friends,
Thanks for your prayers for the work of the Lord here in Querétaro and the Bajío area of México.
The Medical outreach this past weekend at the Rose of Sharon Church was truly a success. We prepared the food at our house for the Sat. and Sun. breakfasts at the church. For supper Friday night we served KFC at the church and Sat. night they ate pizza. Takes a lot of food to serve 85 medical personnel + 10 helpers and pastors! We reserved space and pre-ordered food at the El Pata Tacos Restaurant for Sat. noon, and Caporales Restaurant for Sun. noon. The Sunday morning program was well-attended, and very edifying, interesting and informative. The Christian bookstore downtown provided a book table on very interesting topics of a medical nature, and the Gideon organization gave New Testaments to all. The participation in special music was also an added attraction.
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We received an email yesterday about the carpenter whose new eyeglasses accidentally fell out of his shirt pocket into one of the wooden crates he had made for items being sent from his church to an orphanage in China. When he realized what had happened, it was too late to retrieve his expensive eyeglasses he had just bought that day. The crates were already nailed shut and delivered to the ship. A year later the director of the orphanage visited the church, and thanked them profusely for the eyeglasses they had sent in one of the crates, saying that the Communists had invaded the orphanage, and among other things, had ripped off and destroyed his glasses. He had been suffering severe headaches until the crates arrived. The eyeglasses in the crate were his exact prescription. The carpenter learned that day about how God makes PERFECT MISTAKES! Reminds us also of Joseph being sold by his brothers. Another of God’s PERFECT MISTAKES. May we always be sensitive to God's PERFECT MISTAKES.
The Biloxi guys arrived Sunday afternoon, and have been busy daily in construction at Valentin’s mission. They have hearty appetites so we enjoy cooking for them. They are staying in the patio guest room. They will be here till July 4. The Holland MI group of 15 arrives July 5. They are excited about their upcoming participation in construction and children’s clubs at Valentin’s mission. One of their teenage boys preaches on the Sunday they are here, and sent the title of his sermon, “Comfy or Committed,” which is very appropriate for mission work, as well as for all Christians. They leave July 12, and the Music/Language/Arts Institute begins July 13, with the arrival of stateside teachers starting July 11. Today and tomorrow, 6200 invitations for the Institute are being distributed door-to-door by a team of people from the churches here. Ten minutes after they started the distribution, we began to receive calls from interested people. Please pray for wisdom, guidance, and strength for the Institute ministry, and a harvest of new believers as a result.
In Christ for Mexico,
Dick and Ann Dye
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DYE-A-GRAM FROM MEXICO
June - July 2008
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Dear Praying Friends,
Yes, we are still alive, and God is building His Church here in the Bajio Presbytery (central Mexico- states of Queretaro, Guanajuato, Aguascalientes, Jalisco). Construction of pastor Valentin’s “Jesus El Buen Pastor” church building continues, as you see in the photo. We had hoped to get the roof on before the rainy season, which officially started June 8 with a downpour. Funds for construction have dwindled, due to dwindling in summer teams. We thank you for continuing your generous giving towards this MTW project #93877.
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By the time you receive this letter, some of the following will be after the fact, for both praise and continued prayer for the ongoing results:
1. June 22 – Medical Sunday with 85 medical personnel from the U.S. and 85 medical personnel from Queretaro holding a forum on “Caring for the Whole Person,” as an outreach into the medical profession of this city.
2. June 22-July 4 – A team of 5 men from MS to help with church construction.
3. June 28 – Presbytery meeting, with the examination for ordination of church planters Valentin and Daniel.
4. July 5-12 – A team of 15 youth and adults from MI to help with construction and children’s clubs.
5. July 14-25 – Music/Language/Arts Institute at Efrain’s Nuevo Amanecer Church with teachers from OK, NC, SC, MI, TX, GA, Cuba, Japan, and Queretaro, as an outreach to help this church grow.
6. July 26-August 2 – team of 2 from TX, and 2 from AZ to speak in various churches and help some in construction.
7. July 30 – Home-school conference in Queretaro, led by the Texas couple.
The prayer with which we started our missionary career in Acapulco in 1970 was Psalm 90:17, “…establish thou the work of our hands.” We want to conclude our career with 2 Timothy 4:7, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race.” Goals for finishing the race entail:
1) Helping establish Valentín’s church and Daniel’s mission.
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2) Finding pastors for La Vid Verdadera Church in León, and Maranatha in Queretaro. (Pastors are very difficult to find. That is why the Seminary by Extension program is so important for the future of the church. The program has recently been put on hold because of the unexpected departure of the couple who had come to teach.)
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3) Finding a career missionary as pastor-coordinator of the English congregation.
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For these goals to be realized, your continued help is needed, not only in prayer and giving, but also in sending or coming. Mt 9:37,38: “The harvest is so great, but the laborers are so few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge, asking Him to send out more workers for His fields”, especially to this city of over 2½ million people. Do you hear the Lord asking: “Whom shall I send? Who will go…?” Will you answer, “Lord, I’ll go! Send me”? (Is. 6:8) If God is calling you to be a missionary pastor for the English congregation, or a 2-year or career missionary, or to teach in the Seminary by Extension, please contact MTW.
We are reminded constantly of the following:
1. Psalm 127:1, “Unless the Lord build the house, its builders labor in vain.”
2. Deut. 31:8, “The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."
3. John 15:16, "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will last." The God of the universe has chosen us to be on His team as His fruit‐bearers. Will you join His team in Queretaro?
In Christ for Mexico,
Dick and Ann Dye
P.S. God’s answers to your prayers:
1. Our Leukemia & Parkinson’s remain stable.
2. God is blessing our children’s ministries in medicine and missions where they are planted in NC and Chile.
First grandchild Deanna needs prayer for her huge change in August from Chile to Ben Lippen High School in Columbia, SC.
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| Praises and Petitions January/February 2008 |
1. Samaritan's Purse Events – Thanks so much for your prayers. Our daughter Marie and her 4 girls, as well as the 2 couples from her church in New Bern NC, arrived safely through customs with the extra suitcases of gifts. Over 1,500 children received gifts, plus the message of God's gift of salvation!
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2. Miguel Angel and Adriana, one of the leadership couples with serious marital problems for whom you have been praying, gave a party at their home recently to celebrate and rejoice in God's blessing and saving their marriage! (he in white shirt & she in stripped sweater)
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3. The Good
Shepherd Church (El Buen Pastor) in a low income area where Valentin is
pastor, now has a foundation and
walls because of your generous giving, and the congregation is growing!
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4. The San Felipe/San Jose mission where church planter Daniel (standing with white shirt) leads, still meets in the dirt streets. This is where the largest Samaritan’s Purse event occurred. The mission needs a permanent meeting place. Please pray for guidance.
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6. The Seminary program is struggling to survive after the decisions mentioned in the December 2007 letter posted on our web site.
7. Pastors are still needed for the churches in Leon, Aguascalientes and Maranatha in Querétaro.
In Christ for Mexico,
Dick and Ann Dye
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Dear Praying Friends,
We thank Christ anew during this special season of the year for all His precious promises and for keeping us focused on Him through thick (blessings) and thin (difficulties).
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1. The fall semester of the seminary program resulted in a packed out church on Nov. 24, celebrating 23 students receiving certificates for courses completed. A 40-voice choir accompanied by an 8-member band, which were an extension of the seminary, enhanced the celebration with a mini-concert.
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2. Thanks to generous gifts from you, the foundation and walls of pastor Valent in’s church were completed in December. Our next step is roof, doors, windows, and flooring, as funds are available (MTW project #93877). Third phase will be classrooms,sanctuary, bathrooms, and electricity. All help is greatly appreciated to complet e thi s let MTW know if you can bring a team.
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3. Son Roger with Laura and children in Viña del Mar, Chile, have been spared damage, other than things falling off the walls and shelves, from the 30+ earthquake tremors in their area during the month of December. They are so very busy trying to balance family and ministry.
4. Daughter Marie and Gordon (M.D. in New Bern NC) were able to squeeze in numerous medical appointments for us during our brief visit with them in December. Then Marie and daughters, and several members of their church in New Bern, will visit us in January to help distribute the Samaritans’ Purse gifts.
5. Dick’s Parkinson’s and Ann’s leukemia continue stable. We are grateful for 44 years of marriage (3 in seminary and teaching, 4 in the pastorate, and 37 as missionaries in Mexico). Here’s a “flashback” photo from about 40 years ago!
6. We appreciate you as co-laborers through your faithful prayers and giving, even though we are physically unable to visit and share personally all that God is doing in Mexico.
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1. Although the seminary semester was successful and classes were to resume on Jan.19, the program has been put on hold. The pastor who is Minister of Education of the presbytery, had gone through the process of affiliating our seminary program with the existing two-fold San Pablo Seminary in Mérida and MINTS in Miami. But two of our pastors who have not been active in the seminary courses vetoed the plan, with the idea of considering other possibilities. We, as well as the teachers (which includes Robert Bristol who arrived in July) and students, are disappointed. Please pray for the seminary program, which is so vital to the future of the presbytery.
2. The San Jose/San Felipe mission, led by church planter Daniel Pinto, still meets in the dirt streets. Please pray that the 18-wheelers full of gifts will arrive on time for the big event in this area on Jan. 12, where over 1,000 children will gather for the Samaritans’ Purse outreach. This mission needs a permanent building as soon as possible. We are reminded again of God’s promises and focus in 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness...That is why I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
In Christ for Mexico,
Dick and Ann Dye
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Dear Praying Friends,
Thanks to each of
you for your prayers regarding Hurricane Dean in August, and its effects in
Mexico. We are also dealing with Hurricane Devil and its effects in the
ministry. Pray with us for the pastors and wives, and lay leaders in the
churches of the Bajio Presbytery. The enemy “roams about like a roaring
lion” seeking to destroy the testimonies, and in some cases, the marriages, and
thus the ministries of these key people in the churches. Pray that
emotional infidelity and unfaithfulness to the Lord will be thwarted, and that
each struggling couple will allow God to give them discernment and submissive
hearts to His rule in their marriage and ministry.
In our family devotions recently, Dick and I
read from the book of Job how Satan is more interested in attacking the
Christian and causing his downfall. The non-Christian is not a threat to
him. This is precisely the disastrous hurricane of spiritual warfare we
are experiencing during these days. Please prevail in prayer to the God
of heaven for these couples, that Satan will not prevail, but that God will
bring victory, and receive all the glory. Praise His Holy Name!
Seminary classes resumed Sat., Sept. 8. Pray with us that another
hurricane of the enemy will not deter these students from following
through with their intentions to study and prepare themselves for leadership in
the church and family.
At the presbytery meeting on Sept.21, two churches in
Guadalajara were added to the Presbytery of the Bajio. Reminds us of Jabez' prayer in 1
Chron.4:10, "Oh Lord, enlarge our territory..."
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The photo of presbytery delegates
was taken at the MOVIPRES conference in Mexico City recently. Notice Papa Dick
in the middle on the right. Valentin, pictured on the right front,
needs prayer for his congregation who is still meeting in a lean-to on dirt
floors, after three years of trying to raise enough funds for a church
building. Daniel, 2nd on right in photo, pastors the area of
SanJose/San Felipe among the underprivileged. We had great attendance at
the street clubs there in August, and at the big event
in September in a borrowed warehouse. Funds are still
needed for a church building in this area.
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The English congregation continues to grow. New families are constantly arriving in Queretaro. "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few." (Matt.9:27)
Praise the Lord with us for the July arrival of MTW short term missionaries Robert and Amy Bristol and little Sophia. Robert is pictured behind Dick in the photo. What a joy and encouragement to work together in all of the above!
Dick's Parkinson's and Ann's leukemia continue under control. Son Roger, with Laura and children arrived back in Viña del Mar, Chile, August 2, after their year of HMA. Daughter Marie, with Gordon and children, enjoy opportunities for outreach in their community and church in New Bern NC, and in the hospital ER he directs.
Your co-laborers in Mexico,
Dick and Ann Dye
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Dear Prayer Partners,
We have to rely exclusively on letters to
communicate with you, since health-wise we are unable to travel and share personally about the Lord’s
work in Queretaro. The next few
months in the ministry here are crucial – too much to do, and no teams or money
to do it with. We need to win the
lottery, God’s lottery!
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The estimate to build
the church for pastor Valentin’s congregation in a low-income area on the property
pictured here is $100,000 US. It’s
going to take a lot of digging and concrete and steel beams. Building supplies have more than
doubled in the last couple of years.
To date, our church building fund at MTW has
only $404. We know that God can
supply the money through His people.
That’s why we are making the need known again, since we’d like to get
this church built this summer.
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The second immediate
project is to purchase this warehouse (for sale at $50,000 US) in San
Jose/San Felipe among the underprivileged, where 100 adults and 500 children meet
regularly. If the warehouse is sold to someone else, the mission, led by pastor
Daniel, will be out on the street again.
They need a permanent place as soon as possible to worship and grow
spiritually.
Humanly speaking, these needs are enormous
and impossible. But “with God all things are possible¨ (Matthew 19:26). Therefore, we share
unapologetically, because we strongly believe that 1) time is short to
accomplish these tasks, 2) the best investment in missions is the building of
churches for the continuance of ministry after the “foreign” missionary leaves
the scene, and 3) God wants our participation in His project of “I WILL BUILD
MY CHURCH” (Matthew 16:18).
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sending a summer team, and/or giving?
You will be investing in God’s building program. Thank you.
Ann’s leukemia and
Dick’s Parkinson’s are presently under control, and the surgery on Dick’s feet in January was successful. Praise the Lord!
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DYE-A-GRAM FROM MEXICO
Apdo. 3-40, Querétaro, Qro. C.P. 76150, MEXICO, Tel/Fax (442) 214-31-32
MTW: 1600 North Brown Road. Lawrenceville, GA 30043-8141, Tel.678 823 0004
Email: richarddye@mtwsa.org website: www.Christ4Mexico.org February 2007
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Dear Prayer Partners,
The "Day of the Kings" (January 6) Samaritans Purse event, held in the heavily populated poor area of San Felipe/San Jose on the outskirts of Queretaro, was well attended with over 1000 children and 350 parents. There were several hundred more lined up outside which we did not know about until after the event. We did not have enough gifts for them anyway, but it makes us realize the great need in this area both physically and spiritually. Our team of 40, made up of folks from both the English and Spanish congregations, worked happily and tirelessly. The Gideons gave out New Testaments to all the parents and teenagers. The Christian clown we hired for the event was a great attraction as well.
The next big event in this area is Saturday, February 3. We plan to give away bags of clothes with gospel tracts to the parents. Besides the Bible classes for all, there will be classes of handcrafts for the children, plus music and English classes for the teenagers. There are some 300 teenagers that need ministering to. They are ripe and ready for the gospel and growth! Is there someone out there who is ripe and ready (prepared and able) to come as a missionary now, not a year from now, to dedicate themselves to this task? Anyone called to help with the parents and the other 700 children?
Next item on our list for prayer is the Seminary by Extension classes, which reconvene January 20, that God will motivate many to study and prepare as leaders, teachers, and pastors. This ministry is vital for the future of the churches of the Bajio Presbytery. There are presently three churches in the presbytery without a pastor (Leon, Aguascalientes, and Maranatha in Queretaro).
Now comes the prayer request closest to my heart, Dick’s health. During our stateside visit in December, doctors and specialists confirmed the fact of his Parkinson’s advancing more rapidly than expected. His medications have increased, and he is now under the care of several doctors and therapists in Queretaro since our return. We had hoped to attend mission conferences in the U.S. in February and March, but travel has become increasingly difficult for him. Please forgive us for not being able to visit and share first hand what God is doing here through your prayers and gifts, and please ask MTW for a copy of the DVD our son Roger made for us, and show it in your church as a visit from us.
Dick longs to finish the task here before retirement. One of his goals is to construct a prefab building for Valentin's church, which has been meeting under trees and lean-tos for two years. Another is to buy an already constructed building for the new church forming in the San Felipe/San Jose area where the big events formerly mentioned have been taking place over the course of two years. If the money were in hand ($120,000 US), these two projects could be accomplished immediately. Please pray with us for God's guidance.
Another goal is to have someone take over the English congregation, a very viable ministry in this metropolitan city of two million people. Do you know of anyone who is available with the following requirements: called to be a career missionary, married, able to preach practical and doctrinally reformed sermons which hold the attention of the congregation, good at visiting, musical, able to lead singing, wife who plays the piano well, able to delegate and involve the congregation in leadership, wife able to teach children in Sunday School and ladies in a Bible study, and train and delegate others to do the same, able to prepare a worship service and weekly printed program, willing to use their time and talent in other local MTW ministries, able to arrive in Queretaro by May 2007 to assume responsibility.
Despite his physical disabilities, Dick continues a ministry in the El Bajio Presbytery of stability, solidarity, spirituality, and sabiduria (wisdom). I can hear him say, as Paul to the Philippians and to Timothy:
"I am being poured out like a drink offering, and the time is coming for my departure.
I am fighting the good fight, I want to finish the course...I am torn between the desire
to depart…, but it is more necessary for you that I remain...so that your progress and joy may overflow."
Then as Paul, he exhorts the leaders:
"Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ,... stand firm in one spirit, contending for the faith of the gospel...in unity, love, fellowship, tenderness, compassion, being like-minded and one in spirit and purpose, doing nothing out of selfish ambition or vain deceit, but in humility...with an attitude the same as that of Christ Jesus, doing everything without complaining or arguing, holding out the word of life...keeping your head in all situations, enduring hardship, doing the work of an evangelist, discharging all the duties of your ministry."
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Annual ‘Thank Christ Anew’ Letter
We’ve been thinking about the word “new” a lot lately, as we long for new bodies. “We grow weary with groans and sighs in our present bodies, longing to slip into our new heavenly bodies” (II Cor.5:1-10). As we begin a new year, the prayer of our hearts is that many in Queretaro will experience the new creation. “With the old gone, the new has come! All this newness is from God, who…is reconciling the world to himself in Christ… making His appeal through us.” (II Cor.5:17-20)
That appeal comes through the following ministries:
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1. Follow-up of Mi Esperanza, the 3-day Billy Graham evangelistic programs which were televised nationwide Nov. 9-11, 2006.
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del Sol (construction is slated for summer of 2007), Daniel in San Felipe (where a church building is needed for 150 children and 50 adults now attending), Rigo at Rose of Sharon (9th anniversary was celebrated Oct. 2006), Efrain at Nuevo Amanecer (construction was completed Nov. 2006), and Dick (English congregation).
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4. Seminary by Extension –New courses and new students are slated for January 13.
Thank you for your faithful prayers for the above, plus the following needs:
1. Renewed health for Dick, despite Parkinson’s symptoms. God’s promise to him – “Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar…they will run…they will walk and not faint.” Is.40:31
2. New pastors to fill the vacancies of three churches in the Presbytery. (God’s promise – Jer.23:4)
3. A new place for the Institute. Jim Blomstrand, who has taught violin for the past 8 summers, is now here year-round to help coordinate music for the Institute and the Presbytery. Praise the Lord!
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Happy New Year,
Dick and Ann Dye Please Send coupon below to Mission to the World.
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I want to help the El Bajio México Project in the following way:
q A one-time gift or monthly pledge towards the Dyes’ support (#11725).
q A one-time gift or monthly pledge towards church building construction (#93877).
q A one-time gift or monthly pledge towards the pastors, church planters, and seminary students (#93878).
q Go on a work team in May, June, or August of 2007.
q Help in the Music/Language/Arts Institute in July of 2007.
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DYE-A-GRAM FROM MEXICO
September 2006
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Dear Praying Friends,
Our May letter to you expressed our desperation as we faced another mammoth summer of work. God answered your prayers again! He´s not the God of the impossible, He´s the God of the possible, because “with God all things are possible.¨ (Matthew 19:26)
ANSWERS:
1. Ann’s leukemia check-up August 12 showed her white blood cell count almost in the normal range! Dick continues prevention measures to ward off Parkinson’s.
2. God’s guidance and presence were evident in the work of the construction teams, dental clinics, evangelism outreaches, and the Music/Language/Arts Institute. Please see photos of all these activities on our website www.Christ4Mexico.org. A picture is worth a thousand words!
LOOKING AHEAD:
September – Seminary by Extension classes resume.
October – MTW Latin America Retreat in Panama.
November – Billy Graham’s nationally televised outreach in Mexico.
December – Samaritan’s Purse distribution in our state.
FAMILY:
Son Roger, with wife Laura and family are in the U.S., sharing about their church planting work, and trusting God for funds to return to Chile in May of next year.
Son-in-law Gordon, with Marie and family in New Bern NC, are searching for more ER doctors to fill needed vacancies under his supervision.
We look forward to spending this Christmas together with both families for the first time in many years.
THE EL BAJIO PRESBYTERY:
Pastor Valentin is discipling new contacts from the dental clinic in August. We hope to construct a building for his congregation next summer.
Three churches are without pastors (Leon, Aguascalientes, and Maranatha in Queretaro), and the church planter in Celaya is leaving soon.
Problems continue at Rose of Sharon in Queretaro, and the Presbytery is praying for wisdom to know how to handle the situation.
Thank you for your prayers for the above, and gifts for our support (#11725), for church construction (#93877), and for pastors and seminary students (#93878). (Mission to the World, 1600 N. Brown Rd., Lawrenceville, GA 30043, Tel.678-823-0005)
In Christ for Mexico, P.S. Son Roger made a DVD of our life, which is
Dick and Ann Dye available for the asking at MTW.
tel/fax (442) 214-3132
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Dear Ones,
We are at a breaking point and crying out for help!
1. Two groups are coming to Queretaro (June 10-17, and June 17-24) to help with the construction of the second floor of the Nuevo Amanecer pastor's house. Pastor Efrain and family have been living in the Sunday School rooms for almost 5 years. Two weeks' work is not enough, so we will need to hire Mexicans the months of June, July, and August. If you are able financially to help complete this project, we would be ever so grateful. (Project #93877, Mission to the World, 1600 N.Brown Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30043).
2. Only by the grace of God will the Music/Language/Arts Institute be a success this summer (July 3-28). We are lacking teachers, as well as physical, mental, and emotional stamina. Please make this a matter of prayer.
3. Our national pastors and church planters are also hurting. They are hard-working men of vision, living on faith because funds in their support account, MTW project #93878, have been depleted since March. Presbytery meeting May 27 will be crucial.
4. We desperately need more national church planters because of the overwhelming response to the gospel, and no shepherd to lead them. On April 29, there were 350 children and 90 adults in attendance at our monthly child evangelism club in a new poor area of the city (where a medical team will work Jul.29-Aug.5). It's time to start a church there. "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few."
5. Our son Roger and family arrive here May 16 from Chile for 2 weeks, enroute to the U.S. for 10 months to visit churches. On May 20, Roger will give a conference on the book he authored, De Donde Vinimos (Where did we come from?) This event has been publicized in the newspapers and on the radio. It will be held in a school, with professors, medical doctors, and students in attendance, many of whom do not know the Lord. Please pray for this outreach and follow-up, and for Roger as he also preaches in two churches each Sunday he is here. He thought he was coming for a vacation!
6. Ann's leukemia and Dick's Parkinson's symptoms remain under control, but low energy levels can sometimes be discouraging.
This cry for help is real! We are inadequate for the responsibilities of the next few months.
Brethren, pray for us. (Psalm 18:6, 34:15)
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December 2005 Annual ‘Thank-Christ-Anew’ Letter
Thanksgiving -
1) for God’s provision of the $12,000 to finish 2005’s ministry debt. Glory, Hallelujah, Praise the Lord, Amen!
2) for our pastors, church planters, and seminary students.
Clemente & Angelica in Aguascalientes have experienced church growth since their arrival last year.
Ricardo & Gaby in Leon are starting a new church about 10 miles from the church he resigned in October, which now is in need of a replacement.
Alejandro, Ricardo’s brother, will be assisting in the new project on a volunteer basis.
Sergio & Nelida in Irapuato replaced Joel & Miriam, who are now in Chicago, where he pastors a Spanish congregation.
Roberto & Adriana in Celaya, after one and a half years of ministry, give thanks for: a) the 20 adults plus children attending their new mission, b) the recent baptism of eight members, and c) the recent offer of an auditorium for their worship services.
Efrain & Gaby at Nuevo Amanecer are also helping elder Miguel Angel Gonzalez at Maranatha Church (where Onesimo resigned in October), and seminary student Miguel Angel Herrera with the new mission in San Felipe.
Daniel & Ester, who are seminary students, are starting a new mission in Desarollo San Pablo.
Valentin & Ana Luz in Tenochtitlan are now in the third year of their new mission, which still meets under the trees.
Rigoberto & Berenice at Rose of Sharon are in an unsettling situation resulting from only sixty percent voting for his reelection, and five families leaving the church.
Tomas & Elvira at El Castillo continue with the mission, although, sadly, they have left the Presbytery and Rose of Sharon, under whom they served.
Photos of each of the above can be viewed on our website. Thanks for your prayers for them.
Christmas
The family focus is on Dick’s health. Extensive testing in November for the tightness in his chest revealed inflammation of the lining of his heart (pericarditis), which was then successfully treated with medication. He is presently being treated to prevent the beginnings of Parkinson’s. However, there is no explanation for his constant dizziness. Please pray about this. Meanwhile, Ann’s leukemia seems to be in remission. Her white blood cell count is now in the normal range. Praise the Lord!
A New Year
1) Samaritan’s Purse gift boxes will be distributed on Jan.7 to 500 children in the San Felipe mission area, and on Jan.14 to 400 children at the Hospital where our Summer Music/Language/Arts Institute meets.
2) The Bajio Presbytery meets Jan.21. Their main concerns are: a) for more pastors and church planters, and funds for their support (project #93878), and b) for funds to construct their church buildings (project #93877).
3) Seminary by Extension classes resume Jan.28 with two new courses.
4) Robert and Amy Bristol travel to China in January to get baby Sofia, and hope to be in Queretaro by July to start their two-year missionary term helping in the Seminary by Extension program.
5) Summer teams (construction and child evangelism) and teachers (Music/Language/Arts Institute) are needed. Please contact MTW if you can come.
6) Our 2006 support account (#11725) is still lacking $1500/month (see website www.Christ4Mexico.org , Oct. prayer letter). This is a big concern for us, “but God is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think…” (Eph.3:20)
Yours in Christ for Mexico,
Dick and Ann Dye
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THE BAD NEWS:
World-wide disasters this year have affected us directly. Our support account is at an all time low, the lowest in all our 36 years as missionaries. MTW informed us this past week that we need $12,000 in one-time gifts before the end of December, and an additional $1500 monthly starting in January 2006 in order to continue our ministry in Mexico.
This news comes at a time when the ministry is at an all time high with 1) seminary by extension courses, 2) growth in the churches, 3) new missions forming, and 4) exciting follow-up with students of the summer institute. (see below)
Thus this S.O.S. letter (Save Our Service). Because we are not able to leave the work to go to the U.S. and try to raise the needed funds, we humbly ask you to pray for our “Disaster Relief”, and consider a one-time gift or monthly gift to the Dye support account #011725.
THE GOOD NEWS:
1. The Seminary by Extension classes continue each Saturday with enthusiastic students in training to lead the new missions.
2. Many new families are attending the churches and missions in our El Bajio Presbitery. Remember them and their pastors and leaders in your prayers: Rose of Sharon (Rigo) , Nuevo Amanecer (Efraín), Teotihuacan (Valentín), Maranatha (Miguel Ángel González), El Castillo (Tomás), Celaya (Roberto), Aguascalientes (Clemente), Irapuato (Sergio), León (Ricardo), Silao (Alejandro), San Juan del Río (Raúl). (see our website)
3. Two new missions are forming, one in Desarrollo San Pablo under the leadership of Daniel Pinto, and the other in San Felipe under the leadership of Miguel Angel Herrera. Both men are studying in the Seminary by Extension. (San Felipe is a new housing development, where we gave out Samaritans Purse Christmas boxes to 250 children last year. The club continues to meet the first Saturday of each month.)
4. Another mission will likely result through these follow-up programs of the Summer Institute of Music, Language, and Arts, held at the Burned Children’s Hospital:
- Purpose Driven Life course (Vida con Propósito) taught to 50 adults each
Wednesday of Oct. and Nov.
- Children’s party Oct. 8, replete with professional clown, local teachers of the
Summer Institute, and gifts for each of the 100 children who attended.
- A dynamic discussion on dating planned for Oct. 22, for 75 young people.
Thanks again for your faithful prayers and gifts,
Dick and Ann Dye
Phil. 4:19 – trusting God to “supply all our needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus”
P.S. Please contact MTW if you can come to Querétaro with a summer team or as an individual to
help in evangelism and construction or in the Music/Language/Arts Institute.
P.P.S.
Dick awoke Sunday morning, Oct. 23, alarmed by heavy chest pains and dizziness. After lab work, x-rays, and doctors' exams from Sunday, Oct. 23 to Tues.Oct. 25, revealed nothing, and because further medical work the doctors felt he needed was not available in Queretaro, they recommended that he be checked in the U.S. So we took an emergency flight Wed.Oct.26 to New Bern, N.C., where our son-in-law is a medical doctor in charge of the ER at the local hospital. He was taken straight from the airport to the hospital, where he remained under observation and underwent more lab work, x-rays, and examinations by various doctors til Sunday afternoon the 30th. Then he had more tests Tuesday, and will have another Thursday.
So far, they have concluded that 1) he had a stroke sometime during this past year which has affected his right side, 2) the heaviness in his chest area may be caused by an inflammation of the lining around the heart, and 3) the dizziness may be caused by lack of easy blood flow to the head. He is now taking medication for #2 and #3.
Today, Nov.2, I turned 65, and celebrated with my own doctor's appointment at 8:00 a.m. So we hope to be in good shape when we get back to Queretaro.
Thanks for your prayers for us.
In Christ for Mexico,
Dick and Ann Dye
UPDATE Saturday, November 19, 2005
Thanks so much for your prayers for Dick. The inflammation of the lining of his heart has been treated successfully. He still suffers from dizziness. He is taking medication to avoid the beginning of Parkinson’s. We returned Dick and Ann Dye
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DYE-A-GRAM FROM MEXICO
August - September 2005
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Dear Praying Friends,
Thank you, thank you, thank you for praying for our survival through this summer’s ministries. God answered “abundantly above all that we could ask or think”. (Eph. 3:20)
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Our first ministry of the summer was most delightful, that of being doting grandparents June 2-16 to our granddaughters, ages 8 to 2, from New Bern, N.C. Son-in-law Gordon allowed daughter Marie to brave the airways alone with all four in tow, identically dressed, arriving in time for our 42nd wedding anniversary the next day. Each visit with them makes it harder to say goodbye.
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Jim Blomstrand from Tulsa OK, and Mark Andress from Mesa AZ arrived June 14 to help us get ready for the Music/Language/Arts Institute, as well as the first construction/evangelism team, who arrived June 18 from Biloxi MS.
They helped lay tile on two more classrooms, pour flooring and plaster walls in the pastor’s house at the Nuevo Amanecer Mission, hand out flyers for the Institute, and conduct evangelism clubs in four different mission areas.
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Then on June 25th two specialists in wind instrument repair arrived from Marrieta GA and Plainville MN to dedicate an entire week to cleaning and repairing all the wind instruments for the Institute. The Institute faculty of 70 also arrived from everywhere the last week of June, including a team of 14 from South Dakota. Classes started July 4, with 120 adults and teens enrolled. Their magnificent closing program was July 15.
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The final team arrived the 30th from Knoxville TN. In the mornings some taught English to teachers in the government school system, while others worked on the same pastor’s house. Walls were painted, doors and window frames welded and painted, and roof of the first floor weather-sealed. Afternoons were spent in evangelism clubs in the same four other mission areas. They returned to the U.S. August 6.
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Mexican workers will continue through August 31 preparing the first floor for occupancy. Any gifts toward the $3500 needed to complete this project (#093877) would be greatly appreciated.
Dick will be teaching a cell group seminar August 18-21 in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz. And after a three-weeks break, the Seminary-by-Extension courses for the Bajío Presbytery resume in Querétaro on Sept. 3. Please pray for the pastors and seminary students. They are listed with their family photos on our website.
Ann’s regular leukemia lab report August 8 showed her white blood cell count still high, although she does not feel the effects of it. However, she does feel the effects of your prayers. Thank you so much.
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Son Roger, with Laura and our other four grandchildren continue their church-planting ministry in Viña del Mar, Chile. Please pray for their safety, as theft in their neighborhood is recently on the rise. Their oldest, Deanna, pictured here, turned twelve July 30. We miss them lots.
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Lastly, MTW reports that we are lacking $400/month in pledges and $6000 in one-time gifts towards our general support. If you are able to help with this need by praying or giving, we would be most grateful.
In Christ for Mexico,
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Please send to Mission to the World:
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I want to help the El Bajio México Project in the following way:
q A one-time gift or monthly pledge towards the Dyes’ support (#011725).
q A one-time gift or monthly pledge towards church construction (#093877).
q A one-time gift or monthly pledge towards the Pastors and Seminary (#093878).
q A one-time gift towards the Chilean singers ministry in Mexico (#093879).
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Tel _______________________ Fax _____________________ Email __________________________
Church___________________________________________________
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