FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH AND APRIL 30-2011.
PUERTO PLATA CHURCH OF CHRIST AND AREAS AROUND.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
Thanks to God, our work in Puerto Plata, areas around and also about the national church, goes ahead for God´s grace.
We have a good working team, who is being training every week at the 27 of February avenue church of Christ, Puerto Plata. The members of that team are leading the nine (9) small congregations inside and outside the city. And also they participate together at me in the meetings and the work in Puerto Plata city. I´m their training, their supervisor, and also Iam traveling to each working areas from time to time.
My wife is leading a good lady working team, and they are doing a good job in Puerto Plata and areas around. It´s at the hospital, at the old people institutions, visiting the people sicks and doing personal evangelism house to house and so on.
MEN´S PROGRAM.
We have a good program, and we are organizig several teams of workers with ladies and men, and on wenesday 25-2011, we will have a meeting to talk with all the teams´members about that plan, and also to give to each team´s leader a copy of that program. We will begin that new program next weekend. We will be visiting to the sicks people, to look for the brethren who are out of the church ( lot sheep ) and also we will make personal evengelism house to house, with God´s help.
ABOUT MY WORK SYSTEM IN PUERTO PLATA AND OUT OF THE CITY.
My mission here is hard, however it´s very wonderful in the Lord, because my principal responsability is in Puerto Plata, but also I´m working to help about the a national church of Christ united program, therefore I must travel to Santo Domingo from time to time. We celebrate preachers´ meetings from time to time, to know, and to study plans and to solve difficult of the church´s congregations. Several years ago, the national preachers assembly chose several working committees to make works to the national church of Christ. For God´s grace, Iam member of four (4) working committees. They are: the committee which represent the national church of Christ in front the Dominican State, with the degree the Executive Power No.1771- Gaceta oficial 9059, RNC 4- 3003645-5. But there are some congregations which have others nunmers of degrees. I´m member of the organizing committee of national preachers meeting every years, I´m member of the organizing the national conference of the church of Christ every years, and also I´m member of the construction plan committee every year. It´s to help to buy a lot or to begin to build a church building. This year 2011, we get a quantity of $295,741.00 dominican pesos. One small congregation from Santo Domingo was beneficiary about that. It´s a great honour to God´s glory. I´m very grateful with our God and with my brethren in the Dominican Republic for their love and confidence to me.
My mother was born on March 7-1939, and she died on January-2011. She died about a infarct. It has been a experiece very difficult and sad to me. She was a good mother and friends to us and a good wife to my father. She had two daughters, who are Charo and Mary and me. And also she was brought up to my brother Juan, who is my father´s son. Brother Juan is one of the Puerto Plata church young people leader. Several days before her death, she said us that she had plan to be immersed in Christ after my father would do it, who had plan to do it next weeks. But she coulden´t get it, because she died before. I´m so sorry, but we hope in God that He had had mercy of her. My father Sixto Mercado was immersed in Christ one week after her death. Many relatives, friends, brethren and preachers from different cities of the country were there, and others one called and wrote me from several countries. In the meetings that we celebrated in the funerary, two preachers from Santo Domingo preached the gospel there. They were Luis Galan one of the Ozama church of Chrit´s elders, Santo Domingo. And also the young Miguel Angel García. Brother Fausto Piña Bello, la vega church of Christ´s preacher, was who preached in the Cementery before she was buried.
ABOUT THE MY MOTHER´S MEMORIAN.
One week later her death, we celebrated a memorian meeting about her at the Puerto Plata church´s building, and around two hundred people were there with us. Brother Dimas, who is from Nicaragua and one of the preachers of the church of Christ of the Center, Santiago city, was the speaker in that big meeting. He came with others brethren from there. I had the memorian words about my mother´s history. It was great, but many people were crying together at me there.
Brother Prudencio Rodriguez from Mao Valverde church of Christ´s preacher, and several prechers from Santiago and from Santo Domingo came to participate together at me about the my mother´s burial. I´m very gateful with our God for his mercy, and I really appreciate the great love from all of them to me, and also from so friends, brethren, preachers, my wife´s relatives, and many of my relatives who are living in the United States, and specialy of my wife, my daughters and son, my supporters, and from all my brethren from Puerto Plata church of Christ, who were together at me all the time as God´s family that we are.
A INTERESTING AND HUMANITARIAN EXPERIENCE.
As I´m administering some several small apartaments property of my uncle Raul and his wife sister Magaly, one of our tenants was Cecilio Williams who was from Puerto Rico. He had several months living here and he was traveling to Puerto Rico from time to time. On February 5-2011, he was very sicks in the apartament. It was around 7:00 PM, when one of our tenants there called me, because she listened that he was moaning, but he coulden´t speak. Quicly my wife and I arrived there, and with the help of several neighbourings we carry him at the hospital. My wife and I stayed with him and with the doctors until 4:30 AM. In that moment he died. As he has not relative here, and as we had not with who communicate in Puerto Rico, his family here were us. ¡Big problem to us now!. Thanks to God, several hours later one of the tenants looking for in his movil phone, she got communicate with his oldest son Ricardo, and after this I bigan to communicate with him and I inform him about the situation. I stayed two weeks working about that, while Ricardo and José his brother were able to travel and to come here. At last, they arrived to Santo Domingo, and I went there to pick they up at the Airport. I made all the legal steps ( formalities) in Puerto Plata, Santiago, and Santo Domingo, because they intented to carry his body to Puerto Rico, but finaly his body was buried in Santo Domingo. They requested me to be together at him until the last minute, because they were very horrified before to arrive to dominican Republic, but when they get to meet me personally and many friendly people here, they were okay and peaceful. When we finished that work in Santo Domingo, they came together at me to Puerto Plata to received everything which were into the apartment where he was living. They ejoyed very much in Puerto Plata, and they said us that they have plan to visit us in the future with their families. Ricardo say that I´m as his father, because they are very grateful for that impportant service. We made it in Christ´s love. It´s our mission in the Lord. Thanks to God because we were able to do it, and help them about that to God´s glory. On the picture, From rigth to left are Ricardo, my wife and José Williams.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE- FEBRUARY 26- 2011
Last national conference was celebrated in Santo Domingo. It was great. In that opportuninity we got the best organization about that. The speaker was brother Pedro Vásquez, dominican, a Baxter Institute´s graduate, and one of the Los Arcarrizos church of Christ´s preachers, Santo Domingo. Around three thousand and two hundred fifty (3,250) people were there, and around twenty two (22) people received to Christ to be immersed in Christ. Because that date was a working day, and many brethren were working in their jobs, and others one are very old, and also because many brethren were very sicks, including several preachers, therefore many poeple coulden´t be there, however the attendace was good. We traveled there, with two big autobuses and a small one full of people from Puerto Plata.
With God´s willing, next national conference will be in
ABOUT MY BIRTHDAY.
I was born on March 15-1957, on march 15-2011, I was my birthday. Now I´m 54 years old, but the people say that I look like a young man. What do you think about that? “Good.”
MY TRIPS TO SANTO DOMINGO TO PARTICIPATE ABOUT THE NATIONAL PREACHERS MEETING, AND TO MAKE SOME WORKS THERE.
On April 2-2011, I traveled to Santo Domingo, and I participated about the Radio program together at the brothers Pascual Perez, Francisco and other one. After thisq , I participated about a meeting together at a group of preachers, who worked together at me in the National Conference Organizing Committee. They were: Daniel Nin, Gascue church of Christ´s preacher, Anderson Capellan, Juan de Morfa church of Christ´s preacher, Santo Domingo, José Francisco, Las Cobas church of Christ´s preacher, Santo Domingo, and Alfonso Silverio, San Cristobal Church of Christ´s preacher. The others members coulden´t be there. On Sunday morning, I preached at Los Mina Church of christ, Santo Domingo, and Sunday afternoon at 2:00 PM, I participated in other meeting together at brothers Luis Galan, who is one of the Ozama church of Christ´s elder, Santo Domingo, and with brother Alexis Peña, who is the El Ensanche Altagracia church of Christ´s preacher, Herrera Santo Domingo. They worked for four years together at me in the Construction Plan Committee. That same afternoon at 4:00 PM, we moved to San Isidro, Santo Domingo to have other meeting there, with the brother Jacobo de León, who is preaching in El Armirante, Santo Domingo. We were working about that to help to resolve a conflict between two congregation there, and to God´s glory and to the national church of Christ´s blessing, in the last national preachers assembly for April 9-2011, that we celebrated in the El Ensanche Ozama church of Christ´s buinding, Santo Domingo, that conflict was resolved. In that preachers meeting, the program had two parts, and I was chosen to lead the second part in the afternoon. That national preachers´ meeting was very important, because we chose the city were we will celebrate the National Conference to the next year 2012. We approved the new construction plan regulations for four (4) years. I led and worked about the writing of that plan together at the others members of the committee, and in that national preachers meeting we made the corrections, and after this it was approved by the national assembly in second reading. it was knew in first reading in the national preachers assembly celebrated on 28-8- 2010 at the Ensanche Quisqueya church of Christ building, Santo Domingo. And also a new committee was chosen in that preachers meeting, to lead the national church of Christ construction plan, and also to work about the organizing of national conference next year. We will be oganizing a working commitee for each region. I t´s with the purpose to do a better job about that. The members of that new committee are:
1) Eulalio Rosario, one of the Quisqueya church of Christ´s minister, Santo Domingo.
2) Fausto Brito, one of the Los Mameyes church of Christ´s minister, Santo Domingo.
3) Fabio Gonzalez, one of the San Pedro church of Christ´s ministers. (East)
4) Santos Feliz Ruiz, one of the Brahona church of Christ´s ministers (South)
5) Lucrecio Mercado Hernández, one of the Puerto Plata church of Christ´s ministers (North)
On April 22-2011, I traveled to Santo Domingo, to preach in a evangelistic campaign in
ABOUT BROTHER RAMON ROSARIO REYNOSO´S DEATH.
On April 11-2011, brother Ramón Rosario Reynoso died about a cancer and so on. He was a Puerto Plata church of Christ´s member and he was a good brother. Sister Daniela who was his wife, is a good sister too. We celebrated several meetings about that and many people listened the God´s word.
ABOUT THE PUERTO PLATA CHURCH OF CHRIST YOUNG PEOPLE CONFERENCE. (CAMP, Countryside).
On April 21-24-2011, around forty (40) young people, and several adults, traveled to a countryside called Cambiaso, Puerto Plata. It´s at one hour and half from Puerto Plata. I was born there. Sister Lucinda and family have a nice property there and they let us celebrated that activity there. It was wonderful. Everybody enjoyed very much about that. One young was bapized in that activity.
ABOUT OUR RADIO PROGRAM IN A NEW BROADCASTING STATION.
Five weeks ago, that we have our Radio program in other broadcasting better than before. It´s by Yumbo FM 104.9. E-mail: www.frlaradio.net Every Sunday morning at 7:00-8:00 AM. A team of brothers are doing that program every sunday morning together at me. They are: Marcos Mercado, who is a lawyer, Eliezer García, who is a electric engeneer, Daniel Sanchez who is a mecanic, Joel Espinal Heredia, who is a young student in his last year of the high school, and me. It´s great. Now we have Internet, recording study, more range than the other one, and so on. Many people are calling us to participate by the program, and they say us: “congratulation for that great program". Now, we are paying $5,000.00 dominican pesos per month, and a group of brethren from the 27 of february Avenue church of Christ, Puerto Plata, are supporting that program to God´s honour.
FOUR (4) IMMERSED IN CHRIST.
1) Sixto Mercado Hernández. (my father) January 12-2011, Purto Plata.
2) Ana Mercedes González. January 30-2011. Puerto Plata.
3) Arcadio Castillo. April 16-2011. Juan de Nina, Puerto Plata.
4) Luis Daniel Espinal Heredia. April 23-2011, Puerto Plata.
Please, remember us in yours prayers. We are praying for you.
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you now and forever.
In Christ´s love:
Lucrecio Mercado Hernández.
Minister.
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