February 4th Update
A prayer request.
If there was ever a family that I could truly call my “Mexican” family, it would be the Hernandez Family. Salvador and Panchita Hernandez have three children: Rosa, Teodora and Efrain. Efrain is 25 years old, currently studying architecture at a local university and was my best friend of all my Mexican friends. They were the kind of family who would invite me over to their home for dinner almost every week while I lived in Puebla. And the times that I wasn’t invited, I would drop in anyway, and it was just fine. They are a very special family to me. Efrain’s oldest sister Rosa and her husband Abel have a son named Eli. He was born when I arrived in Mexico and because Rosa and Abel live in a room adjacent to the Hernandez home, I got to see little Eli grow up as I frequently visited their family. Actually, we’ll be “dropping in” to see them when we visit next week.
The Hernandez family: Teo, Efrain, Panchita, Salvador, Eli and Rosa.
Right now little Eli is really sick. He has been in and out of the hospital over the past few weeks with apparent kidney infections and chronic diarrhea. The doctors did all they could to help him, but nothing seems to be working. Their only option right now is to keep giving him the medication that the doctor prescribed, which has up to this point not been working, and to pray. Please remember little Eli in your prayers this week as you also remember to pray for Len, Ruthie and me regarding our upcoming vision trip to San Andres.
An Opportunity to Give
I had to pry to find out if they needed financial help to pay for hospital bills, medicine, diapers and so forth, because I knew they don’t have very much money. If you would like join me and others who have already contributed to this need to help pay for little Eli’s medical expenses, please email me at jon.mountz@gmail.com or call me. It is something that must be done by this Friday, Feb. 8th because we leave in the wee hours of the morning on Saturday. All of their medical debts at this point sum up to about $1200. Right now I have $300 set apart for this need, which in itself is much more than then Hernandez family would ever expect. I know this is short notice and I was very hesitant in asking because many of you who are reading this have already given towards our trip for which we are very grateful. But I trust and pray that the Lord will move in the hearts of those whom he chooses to use to provide for this need, that through it all He may receive the honor and glory, and perhaps He may be pleased to use us in this way to see Eli healed.
They think he looks like Len
Blessings in Christ,
Jon