Ross Family April 2018 Prayer Requests

Thank you for your prayers for our family and for the Lord’s work in Mexico. It encourages our hearts to know that you are partnering with us through prayer.

* Please continue praying for safety in our flying as we deal with wind in our mountain airstrips during April.

* Pray as we prepare to host the MAF Latin America Managers Conference in Oaxaca April 9-14. Pray that God’s Word would create a clear vision for reaching people with the Good News.

Ross Family March 2018 News

Dear Friends,

Please forgive us for not keeping you updated in a timely manner. We do appreciate your prayers! It is wonderful to see how God provides exactly what we need even when our prayers are not as specific as they could be.

January and February passed by quickly with the visit of two dental teams. It was wonderful to see how God provided several Mexican Christians to help with each team. Please pray that the seed sown in Barranca Rica and in Mamey would bear much fruit for the Kingdom.

Joan’s mom passed away on Feb. 10th after a couple of days in Hospice. We believe that God was honored in her life and in her death. We are thankful for the peace that God has given to all of us. We traveled to Ohio and were able to spend time with family.

Ross Family January 2018 Prayer Requests

* Please pray for safety in flying as Mike and his fellow pilot Amos deal with wind on the mountain airstrips.

* Continue to pray for the paperwork process for airstrips, a hangar and an airplane that have been held up for several years. There has been encouraging progress on the airplane. We have made several trips to the new airstrip San Miguel El Grande and are waiting for the final permit. Thank you for praying.

* Pray for health and safety for the Parkside Dental Team that will be working in Amoltepec this month.

Ross Family December 2017 Prayer Requests

* Pray for safety in flying as Mike and his fellow pilot Amos deal with wind on the mountain airstrips.

* Continue to pray for the paperwork process for airstrips, a hangar and an airplane that have been held up for several years. There has been encouraging progress on the airplane. Thank you for praying.

* Pray for new opportunities to share the good news of Jesus Christ during this Christmas season.

Ross Family November 2017 Prayer Requests

* Pray for safety in flying as Mike and his fellow pilot Amos deal with clouds and wind on the mountain airstrips.

* Continue to pray for the paperwork process for airstrips, a hangar and an airplane that have been held up for several years. There has been encouraging progress on the airplane. Thank you for praying.

* Pray for the final paperwork to open a new airstrip, San Miguel el Grande, and that it in turn would open a door for the gospel in that community.

* Pray for the pastors in Amoltepec as they study the ESI material using tablets.

* Pray for many effected by the multiple earthquakes in Mexico. Ask for God’s peace, provision and for unity among Christians to reach out to those in need.

Ross Family October 2017 News

Dear Friends,

Please forgive us for our lack of communication. We spent September on an MAF mandated rest in Ohio with family. We are now back in Oaxaca trying to get back up to speed on all the things we missed during our trip.

Many have asked about the large earthquakes in Mexico in September. Oaxaca is located about 150 miles from the epicenter of the 8.1 and about 200 miles from the epicenter of the 7.1 near Mexico City. Members of our MAF team and church family in Oaxaca are all well and so are all their extended families who live closer to the epicenters. We did a number of flights moving patients to hospitals in Oaxaca and supplies to those left homeless. There have been a number of aftershocks so people are very concerned.

Ross Family October 2017 Prayer Requests

* Pray for safety in flying as Mike and his fellow pilot Amos deal with clouds and rain on the mountain airstrips.

* Continue to pray for the paperwork process for airstrips, a hangar and an airplane that have been held up for several years. Pray for the final paperwork to open a new airstrip and that it in turn would open a door for the gospel.

* Pray for the pastors in Amoltepec as they study the ESI material using tablets.

* Pray “earnestly” for more workers! The harvest is plentiful but the laborers few (Matt 9:37-38).

Ross Family September 2017 Prayer Requests

* Pray for safety in flying as Mike and his fellow pilot Amos deal with clouds and rain on the mountain airstrips.

* Continue to pray for the paperwork process for airstrips, a hangar and an airplane that have been held up for several years. Pray for the final paperwork to open a new airstrip and that it in turn would open a door for the gospel.

* Pray for the pastors in Amoltepec as they study the ESI material using tablets.

* Pray “earnestly” for more workers! The harvest is plentiful but the laborers few (Matt 9:37-38).

Ross Family August 2017 Prayer Requests

* Pray for safety in flying as Mike and his fellow pilot Amos deal with clouds and rain on the mountain airstrips.

* Continue to pray for the paperwork process for airstrips, a hangar and an airplane that have been held up for several years. Pray for the opportunity to open a new airstrip this month that it would open a door for the gospel.

* Pray for the pastors in Amoltepec as they study the ESI material using tablets. Pray that the technology would be a positive tool to encourage their studies.

Ross Family July 2017 News

Dear Friends,

Greetings from rainy Oaxaca. In the month of June we dealt with a lot of rain and clouds in Oaxaca. The landscape around us has changed from brown to green. We needed the rain but we dealt with three named tropical storms so we had lots of rain. The local reservoirs went from critically low to full in a couple of weeks.

As the weather permits we continue serving several mountain communities. We received a request to help open an old airstrip that hasn’t been used for many years called San Miguel. We will make a trip overland to inspect the airstrip next week and then follow up with a flight afterward. Please pray for wisdom and safety in the whole process. Pray for open doors to share the gospel in this Mixteco indigenous community.