VIOLENCE IN MEXICO CONTINUES

Our last blog was posted in May of 2012. It is time for several updates. I will be posting several blogs today to get things up to date with the Bakers of Eagle Pass, Texas. 

While I was in Zaragoza with Caleb and a team from Illinois and Indiana on Monday, November 5, Rosa had to stay in Eagle Pass instead of spending time in Zaragoza. She had piano lessons in the afternoon. She likes to go to the Eagle Pass flea market on Monday and made her regular visit. During her visit, a gun fight broke out in Mexico, just across the Rio Grande from the flea market. Some stray bullets made their way to the flea market parking lot. The Eagle Pass police did not allow any one to get their vehicles and leave the area. She had to watch and hear the shooting for about two hours. She was safe but needless to say shook up. She did not o back to the flea market for several weeks. However, when our daughter Frances and her family visited us for Thanksgiving she made a return visit and has been back several times since.

The above picture was printed in the local Piedras Negras Newspapers.

Your prayers are needed as we continue to serve on both sides of the border. The situation in Mexico is very fluid. We seem to have periods of calm and then without warning, something new comes up. There are weekly and almost daily reports of shootings and other activities which are drug related. While Rosa and I were away from Eagle Pass, there was a gun fight in Eagle Pass less than a mile from our house. I am still convinced the only answer to this situation is the Gospel. However, all indications are that this situation will continue until the return of our Lord!