9/21/2009
9/21/09
Hello Pastors and Fellow Christians,
God has been good to us, and our endeavor to preach His Word. I believe this is a direct result of your prayer and financial support. We greatly appreciate the fact that there are people who are on their knees on our behalf.
A LOT has taken place since our last letter! We want to announce that God has given our family another baby girl! Her name is Esther Estrella Montoya, born on July 2nd, 2009. Then we had our highest attendance of 40 people! Lastly, we have chartered with 15 qualifying members.
Big Day! We are asking for prayer concerning our Harvest Sunday, November 22nd, 2009. We are having 500 custom New Testaments printed, 500 “What’s behind your light?” booklets, and 500 custom tracts printed. We will saturate the area around our church location, with hope of having an attendance of 50 people. Please pray that our efforts would be blessed, and that we would see this amount of people attend our services. We will have Brother Matthew Wootan preach for us during that time, so please pray that God’s Power would be evident.
Building Update! We are currently in our 3rd location since we started a little over a year ago. We have a little work to do in order to bring our current building up to code concerning an assembly permit in a mercantile coded building. God is working out the details, so we just need about $1,000 worth of materials. Our people, with the help of a few other churches, will do the construction. Please pray that we can finalize our building situation until we find our own property and a permanent building.
Also, we will be on the road for one week in October. We will be attending a missions conference the First Baptist Church of Geneseo, IL, Pastor Joe Kobernat. Please pray for a safe travel and that God would use us to challenge the church about missions. Every time we take such a trip, I always pray for people to be saved and people to surrender to serve the Lord. God has always been faithful to that request, whether we win someone on the streets or see them saved in church.
As you know, we came to reach the mountain towns of Northern New Mexico, and we are in the process of meeting that goal. We are planning on starting a Bible study in the nearby town of Penasco, NM. Our goal is to build a strong nucleus, and start an official church in spring. We will have “circuit riding” ministry, and will preach in Taos, NM and Penasco, NM until God gives a qualifying pastor to take over the work in Penasco, NM.
One last request. We have had the opportunity to be in several different ministries through out the summer, but now that winter is coming, we will slow down our travels. That also means we will not be receiving love offerings as normal. We are praying first that God would allow our ministry (Mountain View Baptist) would get to point of supporting its own pastor. If that does not take place, we are trusting the Lord to give finances through other means. I am a graphic designer, and have designed for many churches. I design tracts, trifolds, postcards, web sites, etc. Normally I give churches the costs for printing for shipping, and if able, the church will take a love offering for my work. Please consider using our design service to help your ministry: www.designadvanced.net
The Montoya family would appreciate your prayers in the following requests:
God’s Power in our family
Attendance of 50 people
Salvation of souls in Taos, NM
Baptism of those saved
God’s Power in the county of Taos
Song Leader and Pianist (I think the people are tired of hearing my voice, as I make a joyful Noise unto the Lord)
Thank You and God Bless,
The Montoya Family
Acts 8:40
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Hello Montoya family from Las Cruces. We are members of Cornerstone Baptist Church. Our fall program is adopting a missionary. We chose you as we appreciate what you are doing for our home state. We will be praying for you, and your ministry. We see your specific needs listed in your letter and will lift those things up to our Lord.
God Bless!
Charles and Janie.