Four and a half years ago Lupe and Leti returned to their
home town of Negritas
as missionaries to shine Jesus’ light.
They have been working hard to reach their family, friends and neighbors
for Jesus.
This prayer request is for a different kind of harvest… a
physical one with real corn and beans.
Lupe and Leti live in a mountainous desert area of central Mexico . Crop failure is the norm rather than the
exception. I have been going to Negritas
for years and I have never once seen a stand of corn like what is common here
in Oregon . It is much more common to see withered, half
grown stocks standing in parched earth.
Lupe likes to farm and he needs a crop to help feed his
family. We support them financially but
it is not enough to completely provide for his growing family of six. But that is not the reason we need to pray
for Lupe’s harvest.
The more important reason is that people in Negritas are
watching… and they need Jesus. God
blessing Lupe’s harvest is a way to demonstrate his glory to the people in
Negritas. Every year that Lupe has
planted his small field he has had a slightly better crop than everyone else in
town. And the farmers have noticed. Last year a neighboring farmer brought his
idol to bless his field. Lupe watched as
the man carried his little god all around the field to bless his harvest.
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| Lupe, Leti, and family 2 years ago |
Lupe often gets discouraged and wonders if he will ever reap
a harvest of souls. When I visited him
last November I encouraged him. I told
him that being a good farmer three months a year was part of being a good
missionary. I told him a story about a
friend who grew up on a large farm in central California . They had lots of fields and one of their main crops was cotton. Year after year, one field always out
performed the rest. It wasn’t because
the soil was any better. It wasn’t
because that field got any more water or fertilizer. It wasn’t because it was weeded more
often. It was because my friend’s mom
always prayed for that field. She prayed
for that field and God blessed that field.
I told Lupe that every year I have been praying for his
fields, that God would bless them more than all the other fields around. I encouraged Lupe and Leti to pray for their
fields. God has given a slightly better
harvest to Lupe and the other farmers have noticed. I am praying for a huge harvest that everyone
will notice.
Please join me in praying for Negritas, that God would show
his glory and would triumph over the false gods of the area. The people are expecting these false gods to
punish Lupe for leaving them. That
hasn’t happened in over four years. Pray
that God will show Negritas who is God.
Pray for God to glorify his name and to draw many people to himself.
