Greetings to all and peace from God our Father and His Son Jesus Christ.

    It is almost impossible to believe that 2002 is passed and that 2003 has begun. The past year has been a year of many changes for LAMB.Due to unfore seen circumstances many of the members of LAMB chose to resign their positions on the board and therefore the board as was known is not the same. A major restructuring has taken place with both several new members and policies being in place. The current board consists of Seventy Juan Reyes who is directing the ministry in Mexico with the emphasis on the Matamoros area. He will be providing ministry to the Central American and South American areas also. Elder Lowell Augenstein will be assisting Seventy Reyes with the work in Matamoros as well  as Honduras. Seventy Steve Devera will be providing ministry at large throughout Latin America in all areas . Elder Gary Metzger will be providing ministry  primarily in Honduras and continuing with ministry to the people in Chile and Argentina in South America. Priest Aaron Rhoads will be assisting all of these men as well as providing assistance to Elder Michael Meier,LAMB Chairman who will be providing ministry to Belize as requested and to the field at large.

    This past year has seen many struggles with a new board trying to pick up where the others had left off and not lose the continuity of ministry throughout Latin America.

    We have seen the ministry continue in Honduras and  during the weekend of January 3-5,2003 Seventy Reyes and Elders Metzger and Augenstein  participated in the Honduran Family Reunion.. Much ministry was shared and all returned home praising God and sharing testimonies of the many blessings received by all.

     The ministry in Matamoros Mexico continues to grow and the people there are hopeful to have a church home and full time services. They are currently meeting in a  home in Matamoros. All who have volunteered to provide weekend ministry there have come home rejoicing as Gods Spirit has been with them.Also we are providing support for the Mitla center and look forward to continuing with that support.

    Brother Metzger has continued the website ministry and last year there were over 1000 requests for information re the Restoration  from outside the United States.

     Brothers Reyes and Metzger traveled to Argentina and Chile to meet with people that had made contact on the website and currently we have had a request for baptism. We are planning on sending a missionary team to South America in the spring for 6 to 8 weeks of teaching and hopefully the establishment of the Church there.

    Our goals for the upcoming year are to continue the ministry that is currently in place in Mexico with the location of property for the establishment of a permanent congregation in Matamoros. Further we are looking at the missionary work to expand into Jojutla and the surrounding area.

    The ministry in Honduras will continue as has been under the direction of Elder Metzger Brothers Meier and Reyes will be providing ministry throughout Belize. Further we are looking towards the Cayo district for the establishent of a possible mission.

    We have had several requests for ministry in Guatemala and will be following up on those requests.

    The website continues to provide many leads and will continue to be used as a missionary tool. From this site we have had contacts in Chile and Argentina and those requests have been followed up on and there is a great need for missionarys in these areas. We are currently looking for a team to go into these areas for an extended stay to teach and establish the Church presence in this area.
 
   As always the work is great  and bilingual workers few yet we are confident that if we patiently follow Gods direction all will come to pass that needs be done.

In Gospel Bonds,