Ladies Day

Yesterday was our bimonthly ladies day class. Esperanza shared a message about being workers for the Lord and not just listeners. Here are some of the pictures from the event.

Yesterday was our missions Sunday. We collected nearly $3,000 pesos (around $300 dollars) and the money will be sent to Guanajuato, Guanajuato. It's about a half an hour from here. Please pray that God will be glorified through this sacrifice from His people!

Here's a couple of more pictures from the marriage seminar.

Here's some picture from the marriage enrichment seminar Friday Oct. 19th and Saturday Oct. 20th.

Please remember the Rubio family in your prayers as they are trying to raise more funds. There are many people working on their behalf during this time and we are excited about the possibilities!

Yesterday Roberto preached on God's love and His command Deut. 6:4-5 for us to love Him with our all. We had various visitors yesterday. One family agreed to studied with the Rubios this Tuesday. Please pray for Alberto y Guadalupe and family!

This Saturday, Esperanza and a dozen or so other members of the church went to the annual ladies day in Guadalajara, Jal. Here's some pictures of the event.

Happy Birthday! Today was Roberto's ?? birthday! We had a good time fellowshiping, eating (pratically the same thing in the church of Christ!) and laughing. Please keep this family and their adjustment to life in Leon in your prayers! Below is a picture of our work day today. Obviously we did a lot more than post pictures on the wall, but as you can see...there was a LOT of pictures!!

Hermanos,
Se que a través de casi tres anos casi nunca le hice un reporte en forma.

Pero se que como dice la palabra de Dios en Eclesiastés 3:12 “Que todo tiene su tiempo.” Y creo que es el momento de empezar a hacerlo empezare contándoles primeramente cuando nos fuimos a estudiar la palabra de Dios a Toluca.

Al principio como todo cambio tardamos un poco en acostumbrarnos, pero con muchas ganas por aprender de las cosas de Dios.

No todo fue color de rosa, pero gracias a Dios pudimos superar todo y terminar bien a lo que vinimos.

Conocimos también a muchas hermanos en Cristo, con algunos de ellos formamos nuestra célula y nos reuníamos cada Viernes para tener un estudio sobre la palabra de Dios. Junto con ellos visitamos a enfermos en los hospitales llevándoles algo de comida, orando con sus familiares y mas importante llevándoles la palabra de Dios.

También nos toco dar el evangelio y gracias a Dios nos he toco bautizar a algunas personas y también como estudiante dar algunos devocionales todo esto gracias a Dio.

En este lapso lo mas importante fue que todo mi familia fue evangelizado y como consecuencia de esto bautizada Esperanza, Jazmín, Lety, Beto solo falta Ximena.

En Abril fuimos Esperanza y yo con un equipo que Carla hizo a Chiapas a trabajar con algunas Iglesias de Chiapas.

En Junio 23 del 2007 nos graduamos Esperanza y yo después de esto estuvimos trabajando casi un mes en una nueva congregación cerca de Toluca. Ahí me dieron la oportunidad de predicar. Anteriormente lo había hecho en el pueblo de donde soy originario en Comonfort, GTO.

Cuando fue nuestra graduación Jazmín nuestra hija que esta estudiando en León, GTO invito a un hermano quizás conocido por algunos de ustedes el es Shawn Gary. El me invito a dar algunas clases en el mes de Agosto más días 2, 3, 4.

Ahora estoy viviendo aquí en León, GTO. Junto con mi familia estamos rentando una casa que con la ayuda de Shawn y algunos hermanos pudimos conseguir.

Estamos aquí para trabajar con la Iglesia de León y primeramente Dios el próximo año trabajaremos al cien por ciento con esta Iglesia.

Ahorita estamos conociendo a todos los hermanos ya nos reunimos en algunas células.

Ximena ya entro al Kinder.

El domingo 14 de octubre me toca dar el mensaje. Poco a poco nos vamos adaptando al cambio de Toluca a aquí.

Hermanos les pido mil disculpas por todo lo que le he fallado al no reportarles como es debido. Pero de aquí en adelante les haré saber de todo lo que hagamos y tenerlos al tanto de lo que nos pasa.

Gracias por todo lo que han hecho por nosotros y se que nunca podemos pagarles que gracias a ustedes podamos estar junto mi familia y yo. Pero mas que todo agradecerle que gracias a ustedes podemos conocer la verdad conocer nuevamente a Dios. También les agradecemos al sacrificio al estarnos apoyando. Dios los bendiga, porque gracias a Dios y a ustedes hace tres años empecé a conocer la verdad y desde ese día mi vida cambio junto con la de mi familia.

Reciban todo nuestro agradecimiento nuestro amor los amamos en el amor de Cristo.

Roberto Rubio y Familia

Brothers and Sisters,

I know that over nearly the last 3 years, I have hardly written a formal report.

But I know that the word of God en Ecclesiastes 3:12 "Everything in it's time..." And I think this is the moment to start, so I will start when we moved to study the word of God in Toluca.

At first, like in any change it took a while to get use to, but with a lot of passion to learn the things of God.

Not everything was perfect, but thank God we were able to rise above everything and finish what we planned. We met a lot of brothers in Christ, with some of them we formed a small group and we met every Friday to study God's word. Together with our small group we visited sick people in the hospital, we took them something to eat, we prayed with their family and above all took them the word of God.

We also shared the gospel and thank God we were baptized some people and also as a student, we gave some devotions all thank to God.

During this time the most important thing was my family heard the gospel and because of that, Esperanza, Jazmin, Lety and Beto were baptized, only Ximena is left.

In April, Esperanza and I with a team that Carla picked went to Chiapas to work with some of the churches.

June 23, 2007 we graduate, Esperanza and I, after that we were working nearly a month in a new congregation near Toluca. They gave me the opportunity to preach. Before that I had preached in my home town Comonfort, GTO.

When it was our graduation, Jazmin (our daughter studying in Leon) invited a brother that some of you might know named Shawn Gary. He invited me to give a class August 2nd, 3rd, 4th.

Now I am living in Leon, GTO with my family. We are renting a house that with the help of Shawn and other brothers we were able to get. We are here to work with the Church in Leon and Lord willing, this next year we will work 100% with the church. Right now we are getting to know the church and we are a part of a couple of small groups. Ximena is in Kinder. Sunday October 14th, I will preach. Little by little, we are adapting to the change from Toluca to Leon.

Brothers, I beg your forgiveness for not writing reports like I should have, but from now on I will keep you informed with everything we do. Thank you for all you have done for us and I know that we could never repay you for allowing my family and I to be together. But above all, we want to thank you that we know God. We also want to thank you for your sacrifice in partnering with us. God bless you, because thanks to Him and you, 3 years ago we started to know the truth and from that day my life changed along with my family. Please receive our thankfulness and love in Christ. Roberto Rubio and Family

translated by M. Shawn Gary

Much love for the Rubio family in their transition. For nearly a week, the Leon missionaries and AIMers worked to get their house ready for them!

Here's some pictures of the missionaries and AIMers working on the Rubios house and of the "first" memories of their time in Leon, Guanajuato!

Bienvenidos

Hey everybody. I'm super excited to announce the arrival of "The Rubio Family blog". Roberto has asked me to help him post reports, pictures, etc in an effort to better communicate. He will write the reports in Spanish and I will help translate and post them on his blog. He has also given me permission to post pictures, and brag on them, since they are very humble people.

The Rubio family was invited to work with the Leon Sur congregation in July and arrived early September. They have hit the ground running with Bible studies in their home, multiple visitors, etc. Moving is always a financial challenge, not to mention exhausting and stressful. We have seen them shine through all this and continue to learn and work for the Lord. Please keep this family in your prayers during their continued transition and adjustment to life in Leon, Guanajuato!