Happy Birthday Jesus and Frank 💖

 Greetings children of God! 

“I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

John 17:20‭-‬23 NKJV  Amen!

So that the world will know that we are ONE. One in Christ! That when they see us they see Christ in us. Not of our own works. We must be about our Father's business. Amen! Our Father God :) 

We were blessed to be able celebrate another year of life for my husband Frank with the group on Friday. 

Happy Birthday Frank 

Dee and Ron and their Pastor from Oregon came down to help us and celebrate. Dee lead the kids in a craft. She got these giant pine cones from her travels in Canada. It was lots of fun for the youth. 

Dee, Ron and Pastor Craig 

Luz

Luz, Esmeralda & Melisa

Ruben from Nevada came down along with Donna, Susan, Margie and Sherry from Bishop Ca. We were blessed to have their help and also the fellowship. Saturday was the Christmas event. We had approximately 130 people attend. The event went really well. We served an authentic Australian meal. The sausage sizzle was back again. Raul helped us cook the food. It was the sausage on a piece of white bread with ketchup and grilled onions. It is so simple that is delicious. Thank you Rain for help with the salads and Lupe for help with the drinks. All were happy with the food. Ernesto and Elena brought the homemade donuts 300. Yay! 

Ernesto & Elena

Raul

Pastor Martin Osuna shared the message. Rosario, Luz & Esmeralda  from the youth group sang and people from the group worshipped the Lord with flags also Rodrigo helped us with the sound equipment.  

Rosario, Luz & Esmeralda 

Pastor Osuna

Susan 

We love being able to bring the body of Christ together in one place. We invited many different churches in our community. It definitely was a team effort. Jose from the men's house along with ladies from team Mexico plus the youth all helped with decorations. 

Jose

Last but not least were the candy bags, beanies, gloves, scarves, socks, and warm blankets. The guys from Lolo's and Gustavo's sober living programs helped with the parking lot and the bouncy house. All of the team helped with clean up. We also had our dentist that showed up dressed like the Grinch to help hand out the candy. Praise report, is that the lady who runs the facility we rented just came to the Lord. We have been so blessed by the Lord. So many people involved and so many lives touched by His love. 

Donna

Margie

Dee

Lupe

Sunday we took the group to Pastor Mere's church here in Cerro Azul. After that we headed out to the landfill to hand out the 200 PB&J sandwiches we made along with blankets and beanies and We also had a generous donation of 200 hygine kits.  Plus the most important part we got to pray for the people. 

People actually ask us for prayer now when we come into the landfill. 

Thank you to all who pray for and support us. Also thank you to those who come down to help us. Thank you team Mexico for your continued help and support and for all of your hearts. To love them as Jesus loves us. God is Love 💞✝️

Back to school :)

 Greetings children of God!! So happy to share the school update with all of you! 

When I first came to Mexico in 2014 and volunteered at the orphanage in Tecate I had an idea to be able to help the youth there to further their educations. Lots of groups from the states would come down and visit the orphanage and the youth were always so excited about their future and talking about where they would attend college and their hopes and dreams for the future. I wanted the youth at the orphanage to have hopes and dreams for their futures also. Unfortunately that dream never happened there. But now the school program in our area here in Cerro Azul has really taken off. The dream is happening now and God's timing is always perfect. Papa Ron has been helping youth with their school needs since the beginning. Backpacks, uniforms etc. also helping with tuition on a smaller scale. Now that the kids we work with are growing older they are having fees attached to their education. Education is free here up until high school, but they still have to pay for uniforms and backpacks and school supplies. We have multiple youth in high school now and also college. We help them to find sponsors so they can further their education. I want to say "thank you" to all of the people who have donated for the youth this school year. 

We have some youth that have already graduated and are living their lives with their new careers. We believe Jesus and education are the way to help break the cycle of poverty lots of these youth are coming out of. We are so blessed to be able to help in this way. I'm going to introduce you to all of the youth we are working with this school year. Blessings now and always :)

Back packs :)

Paulina high school

Victor High school

Angel Junior high 

Esau/Feze high school 

Esmeralda Junior high

Paola University

Lucero University

Dayra High school 

Raul high school 

Keila University

Maria Isabel/ junior high
Estrella high school 

Jeremy University  

Rosario high school 

Isabella graduated doing her clinicals for M.D.

These youth are our future! We started working with the kids in 2020 during the COVID shut down. The schools and churches were shut down and our team at the time had pretty much dissolved due to fear.  So the Lord told me to start an English class outside of our home each week. So that is what we did the kids were much smaller then and the Lord said to me "that is your team" I started to laugh because they were so little. But there is no junior Holy Spirit it is the same Holy Spirit in all of us. So now these youth are an active part of team Mexico. We are so blessed by all of the amazing people God has placed in our lives on both sides of the border. Thank you to all of you for your prayers and support. God is Love :)

Spiritual formation for Kingdom action. I will close with words of Apostle Paul.

 Corinthians 13

New King James Version

The Greatest Gift

13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.