Combe Family Missionary Update 

June 15, 2008

Family News:  Family life with 3 children is a little bit different than 5 children.  Please continue to pray for our son, Jasper, and daughter, Hannah.  The decrease in family members has allowed us to huddle more and spend more time together.  Lesson learned:  Spend more time with your children; they will soon be gone.       Ministry News:  Before leaving the states, I took our van for basic maintenance in Harlingen, TX to Cesar Zavala.  He is a dear Christian friend who takes care of our van and keeps it in tiptop shape.  He is shown in the driver’s seat while his crew looks on.  He is one of the main reasons that our 16-year-old van with over 100,000 miles is still running great.  Thank you Cesar! As I stated in our last update, a new law in Mexico allows only vehicles that are 1998 or newer to be registered in Mexico.  We need a newer van to replace our 1992 model so as to register it with Mexican plates.  Please pray about this matter. On our return trip to Mexico, we went through Monterrey, Mexico to pick up over 200 BEAMS Bibles from Missionary Carrie Suhl and her son, Caleb.  While there, we were given a tour of the property of the Iglesia Bautista Monte Hebron, where Dr. Tommy Ashcraft is veteran missionary.  Receiving the Bibles and touring the property was a blessing but an unexpected blessing was the Peavey Synthesizer, Speaker and microphone that they gave us.  We send a big “THANK YOU” to the Suhl Family.   It was the second time we had been through Monterrey since coming to the mission field almost 3 years ago.  My how time flies when you are having fun. Upon our return, we were pleasantly surprised to find that the Iglesia Bautista Monte Calvario had a Welcome Back Pastor and Family Sunday.  It came complete with a delicious meal, banner and many gave us a heartfelt “We Missed You”.  Knowing that the folks we have reached with the Gospel appreciate our investment and love makes bringing the Word of God to one of the largest cities in the world well worth it. The tent that keeps the sun out of our eyes and from burning our heads does not seem to do very well with the heavy rain we have been experiencing.  This last Sunday night the water came down by the bucket full.  We are looking for some roofing panels to put up in the front yard of the yard where we are meeting.  We have been told that a major construction company here will donate the material for this need.  The cost of such a roof would normally be $3,000.00.  I will believe it when I see it.  This would, of course, make our auditorium more user friendly and much more importantly keep the water out.  We hope to put up this roof in the next month.