November, 2004

Dear Faithful Supporters,

Hello everyone!  Wow!  We can’t believe it’s November already!  Our time here in the States has flown by!  Since Thanksgiving is coming, we want to focus on our thankfulness.  One thing we are thankful for is you!  You are a blessing to us!  Thank you!

In family news, Caleb had hernia surgery on Monday.  We praise the Lord that the surgery went well and he is doing fine.  The hardest part is keeping him still (any of you who have seen him can understand the difficulty in that!)  We were able to schedule the surgery on very short notice and so that made it difficult to notify all of you with the exact date, but we thank all of you who have been praying for his surgery this month.

God is so good to us in so many little ways.  Josh has been waiting and praying for snow since June when we told him we were coming back to the States this fall.  It’s great to see that God even cares about our little dreams.  Josh saw once again that God answers his prayers!  One morning last week when he woke up there was a good dusting of snow on the ground.  He had a great time trying to make snow angels in the little bit of snow we had.  Then, on Thursday we drove to Massachusetts to visit our cousins for a couple of days before heading down to a church on Long Island.  While we were there, they got about 5 inches of snow, so Josh really had a good time playing in the snow with his cousins!  Caleb however, has never really been in the cold before, and really doesn’t like it much!  Josh also had his birthday this week.  It’s hard to believe he’s 5 now.  Click here to see our latest family photos.

We have been traveling quite a bit in the last couple of months, and have put about 8,000 miles on our new car.  We are thankful that the Lord provided us with a 2002 Explorer to replace our Astro van, which gave us a lot of problems while we were in Mexico.  We are glad to have a reliable vehicle!  While in the U.S., we have been in churches in Indiana, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York. 

We have been doing other things in our home area as well.  In October, Bryan took an outreach class at Baptist Bible Seminary in Clarks Summit.  On most Wednesday nights, we have been able to attend our home church, Mehoopany Baptist Church, where Bryan taught a condensed version of the evangelism class. 

Our financial support has increased some since our last prayer update.  We now only lack $310 per month!  We also still have a few churches that are possibilities that we haven’t heard from yet.  you would like to become a financial partner, click here.

Another request is for a man named Toño.  He is a Mexican brother and friend from the city of Colima, Mexico who was electrocuted by a power line.  One of his legs was amputated, and his other limbs were seriously injured as well.  So far, his medical bills have exceeded $100,000 pesos(which is about $9,000 US).  So far, they have managed to collect and pay $25,000 pesos, but it This will be almost impossible for his wife and children to begin paying.  Please pray for his recovery and the money needed to pay for his medical treatment.

We have been busy packing and getting everything ready for our move back to Mexico.  Everything is pretty much ready to go.  Now, we are just waiting for our lawyer in Mexico to finish getting the proper permission for us to take everything into the country.  She assured us that this should be no problem, which is a big answer to prayer!  Barring any other problems, we are still planning to begin our drive back to Mexico the week of November 28th.  Earl Thompson, from one of our supporting churches near Pittsburgh, is bringing his trailer and will be driving with us to take our household furnishings to Mexico.

Praises:

1.      Safety in our travels here in the U.S.

2.      Our increase in promised support.

3.      You who faithfully pray and provide for us!

4.  Caleb's successful surgery.

Prayer Requests:

1.      Safety in travel back to Mexico

2.      Full financial support

3.      Our team (The Smith’s and Cindy Bishop) in Texcoco.

4.      That we receive our permission on time to take our belongings back to Mexico on the 28th.

5.      Health of Toño and money to pay for his hospitalization and continuing medical care.

We are so THANKFUL for all of you, and are so glad to have been able to see so many of you in the last couple of months.  Thank you for your prayers and financial support.  We could not be in Mexico without all of you standing with us! 

In Christ’s Service,

The Nevin Family

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