It is with a heavy heart that International
Ministries (IM) announces the passing of beloved missionary Rosa Iris Morales
on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Iris courageously battled cancer since 2007
and died peacefully surrounded by family and friends in a hospital in Houston Texas.
Iris will be deeply missed by her husband, Mario, and their two sons, Seth
Benjamin, age 17, and Mario Joshua, age 22, as well as by IM missionaries, IM
staff and her friends and colleagues in Bolivia.
On
the day of her passing her husband Mario wrote:
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
Today at 1 pm in Houston, Iris, with much peace and tranquility, left to be with our Lord. Our hearts are filled with peace and serenity that our Lord Jesus Christ provides, and even though it is hard, we have hope in the Lord. We ask that you may do the same.
Executive Director for International Ministries, Rev. Dr. Reid Trulson said, “Iris indeed exhibited remarkable strength and courage in what she called her 'journey with cancer.' She continued to faithfully and passionately fulfill the ministry to which Christ Jesus had called her. Hers was a confident demonstration that cancer had not overcome God's love and the Spirit's peace. She has finished the course with power and grace. We thank God for the ways that she touched our lives and praise God for the fullness of joy that now is hers.”
- Pray for her husband Mario and their children, Mario Jr. and Benjamin.