October 2007

Psalm 73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. KJV

I hope this prayer letter finds you well and blessed in our Lord Jesus. I am happy to re­port that plans are well under way for the evangelization of the Coclé province, which contains a population of approximately 221,514. With the help of Brother Russ Hanson (Grace Bearing Precious Seed) and Fellowship Tract League, I look forward to receiving 100,000 gospel tracts in Spanish. Brother Hanson has already sent me 5 boxes of Romans Scripture portions with a gospel presentation. I will be passing them out on November 6th which is the celebration of the “cry for independence” here in Penonomé. There will be people present from the entire Coclé province. We have stuffed response cards for our correspondence Bible courses and a flyer announcing our 1 hour radio program which airs daily at 1P.M. I estimate a 10% response out of the 100,000 tracts which should give us 10,000 students of the Bible courses. Hopefully we will make 1,000 contacts from the new students, and find 10 people to disciple.

I want to thank Berean Baptist Church for the $1,400 love offering to get the gospel into 14 different schools. We are already scheduled to begin presentations in early November with an hour and a half presentation in each school. Each presentation is divided into two 40 minute periods with a 10 minute break in between for refreshments. The presentation consists of teaching several children’s Bible activity songs, a Bible lesson on a chosen theme, coloring pages and activities, a puppet presentation, a flannelgraph presentation, a video presentation, prayer with the children, learning a memory verse, and passing out tracts and New Testaments and an offer to their parents to study the Bible correspondence courses.

I am still in the process of looking for office space for a print shop/meeting place. Rent is high in Penonomé due to a lack of commercial buildings. I am praying that the Lord will give me something soon. Please pray that I can get this need resolved quickly. We had three new visitors come to church services in our home the last Sunday of this month. On October 13-23 I made a trip to the country of El Salvador. I was offered room and board for free and I saw it as an opportunity to pass out some tracts with response cards for our correspondence Bible courses and to get to know a little more about the people and country. At the same time I had the opportunity to share Christ with four men who traveled with me, three of whom I am building relationship with at this time. El Salvador is very similar to Panama in many ways, and I found out that there is a great need for sound doctrine. I am hoping the Lord will spark some interest in the correspondence courses and that some might get saved through them.

I want to thank you for your prayers for me and my family. We appreciate your kind sup­port for what we are trying to do here in Panama. May God bless you richly in all things.

In Christ Jesus,

Michael Lea and family