Tehuantepec, Oaxaca

 Mission Trip 2017-2018

Check out the pictures of our pre-trip and our pre-build construction work for our mission trip to Oaxaca in January.

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DIOS ME VE NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER

My dear Brothers and Sisters, thank you so much for your amazing partnership throughout the month of November. We are so blessed to be working in the many parts of ministry moving forward with all that the Lord has for our lives during this past month. Your prayers and support have been such a great blessing and an incredible tool that the Lord has used to carry out His will in the Colonia 89. Thank you so much for the many blessings that you share with us in the Lord’s ministry of Dios Me Ve, they are blessings that reach us and are extended to many of the families in the community. We truly hope we can continue to be blessed with your partnership throughout the month of December.  Thank you for being a part of all that the Lord does in the Colonia 89 each month; may the Lord always receive the honor and glory.

We are glad to inform you that the congregation of Dios Me Ve is constantly growing in their knowledge of the Word of God. During this past month we have seen that knowledge reflected in the lives of the members of the congregation through the amazing transformation in many of their lives. It is a blessing to say that the congregation of Dios Me Ve shares a heart of service and gratitude that is visible with each and every opportunity that the Lord gives us to share His love and mercy with others. Of course, like with all things, it has not been an easy journey for the members of the congregation. Many of them have had discouraging moments and difficult situations in their lives that they have battled with each day but they have pushed through and they continue moving forward. Thanks to God they have remained strong in their faith. Please continue to pray for the congregation of Dios Me Ve, that their hearts remain sensitive and open to the Lord. As a family we have seen such an amazing growth and transformation in the lives of many of the members of Dios Me Ve; we know that the Lord has so many great things in store for this community so please help us pray for the fulfillment of the Lord’s will in this region of Ensenada, Baja California. 

As a ministry we are continually working on all the preparations for the children’s discipleship program to start. Throughout the month of November we have made progress in some of the projects that we have in Dios Me Ve. This past month we worked on leveling the land in Dios Me Ve and we poured another piece of the cement slaps around the Church building of Dios Me Ve. The leveling of the land was done in order to get the grounds prepared to continue the slaps of cement and construction that is needed in the front of the Dios Me Ve buildings.

We are also very happy to inform you that we have successfully installed the alarm system in both the church building and children’s building of Dios Me Ve. Since we started serving the Lord in the Colonia 89 we have had a few break-ins, usually because the men that break in are under the influence of drugs. When this happens the same thieves will come back the next day or days after and apologize for breaking in and try to make amends for their actions. We in grace do forgive them but most of the time we cannot recover all the items that were stolen. Therefore, in order to be better stewards of the Lord’s blessings we have installed a very loud and effective alarm system that is monitored by the security company and the police department. 

This November, we have also had the blessing of working on the new restrooms for Dios Me Ve and on the tile for the Children’s building. We are so blessed by this as it has placed us even closer to starting the Children’s discipleship program. With the volunteer work of our brothers and sisters in Christ of the congregation we have successfully completed the installation of the tile and we are now ready to install all the cabinets needed for the program. We thank God each day, for He has allowed us to move forward with these project in order to one day fulfill the vision that He has given us. There are still a few projects that need to be done before we can officially start the children’s program so we ask that you please continue to join us in prayer for all the preparations that are being done. We are eagerly looking forward to the day in which, if the Lord wills it, we will see the children’s discipleship program up and running.  

Once again we have been blessed with the visit of Jose and Lupita Ponce. As we have mentioned in previous newsletters Jose and Lupita are missionaries serving the Lord in the mountain regions of San Francisco, in Vizcaino, south of Baja California. They usually only come down from the mountain regions once or twice a year in order to seek food provisions and financial support for their needs throughout the year. As a congregation we decided to make a mission trip to Vizcaino a year ago in order to build a small room where the people of San Francisco could gather and study the word of God. Jose and Lupita came on this occasion to inform us that there is now a small congregation of people that are studying the Word of God together in that small room and that they have decided to name that small building “Dios Me Ve”.

We were so blessed by the news that Jose and Lupita gave us; the people of the mountain region of San Francisco are once again inviting us to visit them and have a time of fellowship with each other. We never imagined that our visit would have made such an impact in this community; a place in which the gospel was once rejected and Christians were unwelcome is now opening its doors to us once again and they are calling themselves a church planting of Dios Me Ve. We are so grateful to the Lord for the amazing works that He does through all His children. It is truly a huge blessing to be able to serve the Lord alongside Jose and Lupita and be a part of His works. Please keep us in your prayers; we are praying about making another mission trip to the mountain regions of San Francisco in order to encourage our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ of the congregation of Dos Me Ve, San Francisco.

Thank you all so much for your amazing partnership, your faithfulness to the Lord and your generous hearts which have all contributed greatly to make all of what we do in Dios Me Ve possible.