Southside Community Church

08/27/2026

08/25/2026

A welcomed update from the Alfaros.

We are very thankful for your prayer and support towards us and we want you to stay informed as to our ministry here in Laredo, Texas! (Hot Laredo…)

07/21/2026

Summer update on Sam and Maddie Lampe and how God is using them in this new season of ministry.

        Hello friends and family! We are back home now from serving in Colorado for a month on the Lifelines Rocky Mountain Summer Mission. It was an amazing and challenging month of ministry with an awesome staff team and 11 great students from all over the USA! Students and staff were able to...

06/12/2026

Morock Momentitos Update. It will be wonderful to welcome you up North, Lynda!!
Dear Friends & Family,

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God."

My bags are packed, I'm ready to go! Well, not quite, but, the Lord willing, I will be leaving tomorrow at 5am central time for Spokane. Thank you for your prayer for my trip north. It has been quite a procedure getting ready to leave for an extended time. I had another water pipe break under the house. My neighbor came and fixed it for me. The carpenter ants returned. The "bug man" came and sprayed. He thinks they are coming from an orange tree in my yard. He is going to cut it down next month. I took my car in for an oil change and diagnostic to figure out what was clunking. They told me my front and back suspension are bad and a valve gasket is leaking. I did get a second opinion and he said I should probably start looking for a replacement.

Thank you for your prayers for me.
I thank God for His provision for me.
For the Bibleville community. As small as we are right now we still take care of each other.
For my time in the Northwest: Friends are lending me a car to use while I am there, I have a place to stay this summer, God has provided registered nurses for each camp, with me assisting. (Even one from Bibleville!)
I will spend next week in Davenport, Washington and look forward to meeting with friends and helping at their VBS.
I am excited to head up north! Most of you know that I am a great fan of warm weather but when it starts being up in the 90's with high humidity the end of April without much relief it makes me yearn to be up in the Northwest. I hope to visit with many of you while I am in Washington and Idaho. If I can help while I am up there please let me know (or if you want to go walking, hiking,camping, kayaking, etc. or just hang out and visit!) Thank you for your friendship and faithful support.

Please pray for:
My travel tomorrow and my time up north.
No more water leaks or ants in my home in Texas.
Daulton, Maggie and family: He and Maggie will be back in Uganda the end of July for about 6 weeks working with groups, attending pastor conferences and visiting churches. Please pray for their prayer and financial support. Also, Chloe has been diagnosed with a vestibular shwannoma, a benign tumor on a nerve in her head which needs to be removed.
Micaiah, Anthony and family: lots of changes, work for Anthony.
Cocolalla Lake Bible Camp: A mighty work of God in the minds and hearts of all who will attend camp during the youth camps, and especially for the staff and volunteer help.
May God bless your day and your summer with many opportunities to draw near to
God and serve Him.
Anchored in Christ, Lynda

05/09/2026

Morock’s Momentitos May 2026

Dear Friends & Family,

“Now to Him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever.” Ephesians 3:21-22

It has been a while since I have sent out an update. In my last letter I told you that when I returned to Bibleville. I found a pile of sawdust in my guest room. I cleaned it up but a few weeks later there was another pile. I started sending photos to the bug guy who had sprayed my house in November. He came over and discovered evidence of carpenter ants. He took some skirting off, found an ant trail and also discovered a crack in the elbow of the sewer pipe. The ants kept coming back, the bug guy kept coming by and spraying. He was beginning to think I might have to fumigate the whole house. He decided to take off some front skirting to see if they had a nest there. There was no nest but he could see a substantial water leak. The maintenance crew came and fixed the pipe. Eloi had to come back again with his big sprayer. That seemed to take care of the ants. Since the ants had led us to discover the leaks and all the leaks were taken care of I guess there was no need for the Lord to allow any more ants to hang around. Thank you to all who were praying for the “ant attack”. God is able to do above and beyond all we ask or think…”

The other issue with the house that I mentioned in my last letter was the need for a roof. I got a quote from a roofer here. I told my son-in-law, Anthony, I would pay him if he came down and replace the roof. He decided to take me up on it. They made it a family vacation. They were able to rent a place here at Bibleville for a week, we spent time together, celebrated Jonas’ 8th birthday at the beach and I also got a new roof. To God be the glory for His care and provision for us!

As I mentioned in my last update, Bibleville is run on a volunteer system to keep maintenance fees low. We are asked to put in at least 5 hours a week in ministry and/or functional upkeep. I enjoyed being able to go to the Mexican market to pass out tracts, working in the Scripture ministry, helping to decorate the auditorium, interviewing new people for the community newsletter, working in the mail room and on the activity committee. There are also cleaning projects, lawn care, maintenance, office work, music ministry, Bible studies, prayer groups, ladies teas, providing meals for speakers and music groups that come and more. Everyone can find a place to serve. Most of that has ceased since the majority of the people have returned to their homes up north. There were around 140 residents here from January through March and probably around 40 now. The tract ministry continues, the VBS ministry will continue a little longer and the work in the mail room is year round. I have been visiting people and helping where I can as well as continuing to organize my house and prepare it for when I will be gone.

In April I rode up to Kansas with a couple from Bibleville who live out near Haviland. I was able to be with Micaiah and family for Passover, Easter, 3 birthdays, a piano recital plus visit friends in the area.

The Lord willing I will be heading north again this year. The Lord willing, I will be helping with First Aid at Cocolalla Lake Bible Camp and also visiting churches and people. God has provided me with a car to use while I am up there. I would appreciate your prayers about housing. I have been praying about buying a camping trailer. Dirk has said I could park one at the camp. Please pray that God will give me wisdom and that He will provide the right camper if that is how He wants to provide for my housing needs or that He would provide other housing for me.

You are a continual source of joy and encouragement to me as you pray and give so faithfully. Thank you. “I am confident that “My God shall supply all your and my needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”

Anchored in Christ, Lynda

God is not slack in His promises but is willing that none should perish, but that ALL should come to repentance.
Faith comes by hearing the word of God, but how shall they hear (and come to repentance) unless someone goes?!
Therefore, GO and preach to every creature the gospel, because it pleases God to save many by the foolishness of preaching. The harvest is ready, the workers still too few...