My dear Brothers and Sisters it is such a
blessing to write to you all again. Thank you so much for another great month
of partnership in the Lord’s Ministry of Dios Me Ve. We were blessed to have
had your support throughout the many activities that the Lord allowed us to do
and participate in during this past month. We hope that you can continue to
partner with us in all that the Lord has in store for His Ministry of Dios Me
Ve during the month of February. Please continue to keep us in your prayers as
we continue serving the Lord in the calling that He has given us.
In the month of January we had the visit of
Enrique. During his visit, Enrique helped with some of the bible teachings in
Dios Me Ve to put into practice all he has learned in the bible institute. He
also joined us on the Mission trip to Oaxaca as part of the Dios Me Ve team. It
is always such a blessing when Enrique is able to visit and serve the Lord
alongside us. We are happy to inform you that his maturity both spiritually and
mentally has increased a great deal. The Lord has placed in his heart the
desire to serve with the ethnic tribes in Mexico that do not speak Spanish and
that desperately need to hear the message of the gospel in their dialect. With
this calling, he has returned to Chihuahua to finish his last semester in the
New Tribes Bible Institute after which he will continue his missions training
in a 2 year hands on program that is also offered by the New Tribes Bible
Institute to better prepare to serve the Lord in Missions. Please continue to
pray for Enrique, as he continues to seek the Lord’s will for his life.
Our Oaxaca Mission trip was such an amazing experience. The Lord allowed
us to travel to Oaxaca on the 14th of January, to bless ten families of the
regions of Tehuantepec and Tierra Blanca, Oaxaca. We blessed each of them with
a house to help them rebuild their lives after the earthquake that hit Mexico
left them without a home. Before our trip we were told that the gospel wasn’t
well received in the areas where we would be building so we went on our Mission
trip mentally prepared for what we might encounter; however, during our trip we
received nothing but kindness and love from the people of Tierra Blanca, Oaxaca.
Naturally, many of the people that saw us building the houses wondered why we
had traveled so far to build houses for families that we didn’t know. These
questions gave us the opportunity to share the gospel with them.
Because Oaxaca is so ethnically rich there is a
great variety of dialects in the regions where we were building. The fact that
there are many dialects in Oaxaca makes it difficult to share the gospel with
the people of these regions because most of the people speak little to no
Spanish. But even for this the Lord had a plan; thanks to our Brother in Christ
Louis and his wife Connie, who provided audio bibles in the many dialects of
Oaxaca, we were able to share the gospel by providing some of the people and
families with an audio bible in their dialect. Many of the people that we gave
audio bibles to broke down in tears as they heard the gospel in their dialect;
they were truly grateful for the message of Salvation that had been brought to
them. We pray that those audio bibles can serve as a tool to reach the people
of Oaxaca for Christ.
During our
trip we were so grateful to God that He blessed us with a hard working team
that saw the need of the people in Oaxaca and felt it in their hearts to help.
Some of the families for whom we built a house for were living in small shacks
that they had built using palm tree leaves and reed sticks, these livings
hardly provided them with any protection. For this blessing to be possible, as
a ministry we partnered up with our brothers and sisters in Christ from the
ministries of Hands of Mercy, Calvary Chapel Horizonte Men’s group, Calvary
Chapel Chiapas and the Baptist Church of Oaxaca. Together we all formed a great
team of servants that worked to their fullest from January 15th to
January 22nd unloading the trailer, carrying pieces of the houses, nailing,
cutting and doing all that need to be done to give these families a home.
We are grateful with God for the blessing that he gives us each month of
being able to serve him. We pray that all that was done in Oaxaca can be used
to always give the honor and glory to God. Thank you so much for being a part
of this blessing. Your prayers and support have contributed greatly in making
all of this possible. We hope you continue to feel it in your heart to partner
with us all throughout the year of 2018. There are still so many more things
that the Lord is leading us to do for the honor and glory of His Name. Please
continue to pray for us as we move forward in our journey of faith by the
Lord’s almighty hand.
