Pray For Jesus!

It has been quite the afternoon! Jesus Flores Flores called me from Chihuahua, Mexico today. He is a friend I made in prison many, many years ago. He called to tell me he had gotten out about a month ago, after about a decade in Minnesota and Texas prisons, and been deported back to Mexico. He is staying at his mother's house while his papers are processed and he can move around the country again.

He thanked me for the sermons each week. Like many men in prison, our weekly mailing was often the only mail he received during his incarceration. Jesus was one of those guys who devoured the sermons and made good use of them with his friends.

He also told me about a church in Juarez, near Porvenir, he is about to pastor. He said "Pastor, it only has four walls, you know." I thought he was being metaphorical, so I pushed for clarification. "No seriously, Pastor. It only has four walls, no windows, roof or doors. We're really going to have to start working from the ground up, you know?" Wow! Okay, so much for metaphor.

So pray for Jesus! The situation in Mexico has grown even more dangerous and terrible, with the worldwide economic situation and the increase in drug-related crime. So pray for Jesus and his four walled church.

Who would have ever thought someone would ask you to pray for Jesus?