Aminta’s legal case continues, although it is drawing to a close.  The judge finished reading off the books of evidence and charges against everyone involved.  The evidence against Aminta is that her bank account was one of the accounts used to hold and launder money for the extortion ring.  If you remember, her ex-daughter-in-law had asked to borrow the account to receive money from someone who was “helping her” and that’s how Aminta’s name got brought into the mix.  The official charges against her are money laundering and extortion.  Her defense is arguing that allowing someone whom she trusted to borrow her account does not make her a criminal, just someone that was used in the commission of a crime.  The hearings are finished for the year and will resume in February when the judge will read the verdict against all involved.  Aminta is also scheduled to have a private meeting with the judge sometime in January before the final hearing.  The defense lawyer and the prosecutor have both already pointed out that they have witnessed Aminta’s character and she has demonstrated that she isn’t the type of person to get involved in criminal activity.  Aminta, her family, and the rest of us at Servants are holding onto the Lord’s promises to vindicate the innocent and protect his children from the evil of the world and we are claiming His righteousness over this situation.  Please join us in this prayer!

Roberto and his wife, Rosa, got baptized this month!  They are both committing themselves to the Lord and His work.  Roberto is already contemplating ways he can better serve in the church and community.