For several years now, the Colonia Jalisco church in Ensenada has been holding a family retreat over the Easter weekend. It is a very special time of spiritual renewal, Bible teaching, outstanding fellowship and good old family fun. This year was now exception.
I taught a series of Bible lessons on the fullness of the Holy Spirit. Those present really enjoyed the teaching, and they were greatly encouraged to discover their spiritual gifts in order to begin to serve in ministry.
Since we must rent the camp facility, we are never sure of its availability. This time around another church group had signed up for that same Easter weekend, and unless they canceled we would be left hanging. So the congregation prayed about it, and sure enough the Lord favored our prayers. The other group canceled one week before the scheduled date. God does work in marvelous ways.
This year we were honored to have visiting guests from Mexicali. A family from the Colonia Polvora church came to share the weekend with us. Little did they know what was about to happen back home. They returned to the capital city on Saturday evening. At 3:40 p.m. the next day, the 7.2 earthquake hit with a vengeance. Thank God that no tragedies have been reported so far among our own brothers and sisters in the Lord.
Those of us who stayed behind to celebrate our Easter Sunrise service were just packing up and getting ready to leave when some of our own felt the tremor. I didn’t feel a thing because I was already in the car waiting, but others who where checking on any items that might have been left behind did feel it.
Ironically, only a week had gone since I had touched on this subject in private conversation with one of my men. I said something like this: “I wonder what the Lord needs to do in order for people to wake up and realize their need of God in their lives.” I never expected something like this. May the Lord use it for His glory in many lives saved by the power of the gospel.
THE BAJA EVANGELIST 
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