Update on Sonora

Mike just got back from taking a tour around Mexico. He spent two weeks visiting various congregations, preaching, and giving a presentation about the IELC (abbreviation for the Mexican church body).

During the next few posts here, I'll include updates from some of the places he went. (If you look back, I already touched on Monterrey and Juarez). Today we'll talk about Sonora. Mike gave his trip out to Sonora an A+. Here's the scoop:

Activity abounds in Sonora. Missionary Ron Baerbock (pictured above on left) oversees two congregations there. He also helps maintain several preaching stations.

There's so much work there that the Mexican Lutheran Church recently called two pastors to help serve the congregations. They'll head there in January. The people in Sonora are extremely excited about the new arrivals.

Mike spent five days in Sonora. He gave his presentation 4 different times to a total of slightly more than 200 people. Here are some pictures from his visit:

In the town of Saric, where more than 30 people gathered into a home that's used as a preaching station:



There were 4 confirmations and 2 baptisms during Mike's visit:



Here's Missionary Ron Baerbock teaching a Bible information class:



After one of Mike's presentations, he was invited to a grillout:



The towns that Missionary Baerbock serves are scattered throughout northern Sonora. Here's one of the roads connecting two of the towns he regularly travels to:

Pretty country, isn't it?

So that's a little about what's going on in Sonora. I'll post updates from some of the other cities Mike went to in the coming weeks, including Vicar Carlos's new baby! Stay tuned...