Amazing Grace

Angie

John 13:34 The Passion Translation (TPT)

³⁴ “So I give you now a new^[a] commandment: Love each other just as much as I have loved you.

Greetings children of God!! May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing. God has asked us to love each other just as much as He is loving us. Unconditional love, which for most of us is a challenge. It is easy to look at each others flaws, imperfections, mistakes and even sins.

Matthew 7:3-5 The Passion Translation (TPT)

³ Why would you focus on the flaw in someone else’s life and yet fail to notice the glaring flaws of your own?^{[a] 4} How could you say to your friend, ‘Let me show you where you’re wrong,’ when you’re guilty of even more? ⁵ You’re being hypercritical and a hypocrite! First acknowledge your own ‘blind spots’ and deal with them, and then you’ll be capable of dealing with the ‘blind spot’ of your friend.^[b]

^{Well that is hard to hear for most of us but I feel that if we could begin to look past the flaws of others and do what God has asked us to do the Holy Spirit would begin to correct and modify people's attitudes and behaviors. We are asked to love. That is it, plain and simple. It does not say love if you agree with their behavior or love if you like that person or love if they are nice to you it says LOVE. What is love? God is love, we are in a continual process to be transformed into the image of Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior. We can show others the Jesus in us!! We are the example to the lost and fallen world. The hopeless, the drug addicts, the lonely the sad all of those who have nothing to live for can find hope. We bring them the hope, we give them what they need and it is Jesus. WE must love the unloved, be patient and kind to those who are in sin and most of all to those who do not know Jesus.}

^{Matthew 9:10-13 TPT}

¹⁰ Later, Jesus went to Matthew’s home to share a meal with him. Many other tax collectors and outcasts of society were invited to eat with Jesus and his disciples.
¹¹ When those known as the Pharisees saw what was happening, they were indignant, and they kept asking Jesus’ disciples, “Why would your Master dine with such lowlifes?”
¹² When Jesus overheard this, he spoke up and said, “Healthy people don’t need to see a doctor, but the sick^[f] will go for treatment.” ¹³ Then he added, “Now you should go and study the meaning of the verse:

I want you to show mercy, not just offer me a sacrifice.^[g]

For I have come to invite the outcasts of society and sinners, not those who think they are already on the right path.”<sup>[h

Can I get an Amen!! So here we are serving in Mexico and bringing hope, love, joy and peace along with much more not to forget the part about eternal salvation!! To many who are lost, sure they have seen "religion" but have they seen the Love of God in us overflowing from the living water that all of us carry inside. I challenge you to look past the flaws of others and see the beauty that the Lord has placed in all of us. Believers and non-believers we were all made in the image of God! Whether people believe it or not it does not change the truth. We are asked to LOVE!! 
So speaking of love we hosted an amazing group from Arizona and we were all blessed so much by all of them that came to visit us here in Mexico. If all goes as planned some of us will see you in Phoenix next month.</sup>

Glendon and Frank

team from Arizona

Angie with Glendon

Nate

Landfill

Lila with two Deborah's

Stephanie at landfill

Lila and Claudia

landfill

landfill

landfill

Frank and Deborah with team from Arizona

  ^{For all of you people from Church on the Mountain in Crowley Lake, CA. We have great news about the property here in Mexico. We have electric, water and a trailer for our caretaker and a dog!! Not to mention an outhouse!!}

Frank and Wes (happy faces)

Frank and Wes (serious faces)

Wes and Ernie

Starbuck

^{We thank all of you who have donated towards this project. This is the beginning of a great adventure for us and for you!! The Lord has great plans for this land and we declare and decree in the name of Jesus that many who see this will be saved. Our vision is one of a community center type of building where we can begin to unite 28 churches we have in our area into a common place where we can all gather, leaving our denominations and differences at the door. Come to unite and celebrate Jesus!! A place to also help those in need in the community. The vision is not complete yet we are waiting on the Lord to reveal His great purpose for this land. We do know that we desire to have dorms for visiting teams from all over the world!!}

^{We and when I say "we" I mean "team Mexico" that is what I call our team down here. The Lord has blessed us with an AMAZING team of people right here in Mexico to carry out His plans for this area. We love it when teams from the US come down but we are not dependent on them to serve our community they are an added bonus and a blessing when they do come.} 

On December 15th we had our Christmas celebration. This is the second year "To Mexico with Love" has invited multiple churches to attend. Last year along with the help of our brothers and sisters in Christ from Jehovah es mi Pastor we had a beautiful event with 9 churches. But we served them, they where our guests.  This year we rented a large warehouse and invited 16 churches and asked all of them to participate in some way. Four of the churches participated in the actual event and all of the churches brought food or drink to be served to the people and many helped to serve the food. We had 400 tamales along with rice and beans plus tortillas. I thank everyone who came down and all that donated. We had 200 blankets to hand out and everyone that attended got a gift. Gloves and beanies for adults and gift bags for the children. Our focus was JESUS not the gifts. Our focus should always be Jesus not seeking Him for his presents but for HIS PRESENCE!! It was a beautiful event. Groups came from Fernley Nevada and Bishop California. Yay God!!

Denise and Ruben from Fernley Nevada

Worship band

this is a pit to fight roosters in we turned it into a stage to worship Jesus!!

Abby with Nece

Me with Claudia our event planner and sister in Christ

Pa Pa Ron sharing the Word with Fernando

200 blankets

John

Me and Olivia

Nativity scene with dancing angels

My husband Frank with Pastor Gabriel

Last  but not least Frank and I were blessed with a new car!! I had been praying for a different car one that would be easier and more productive for myself and for the ministry. The Lord with the help of Yvette and Ruben our brother and sister in Christ blessed us with a new car. Thank you so much for this generous donation to the ministry (and me) it is greatly appreciated.

Love and blessings to all who read this blog! The Lord has not yet given me a full view of this year but when I was in prayer I did hear that I would come to Bishop for a whole month this year. Allowing me to visit four different churches and all of the people that I desired to visit. Not sure of the details yet. Please pray for us down here as we are living out the desires God has placed in our hearts to serve the people of Mexico.

Thank you for your prayers and support,

Frank and Deborah "to Mexico with Love"

Trust in the Lord

²⁹ “And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind. ³⁰ For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things. ³¹ But seek ^[f]the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.
³² “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. ³³ Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys. ³⁴ For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.  Luke 12:29-34

Greetings children on God! Thanks to all of your generous donations the ministry was able to hand out 120 backpacks filled with school supplies this school season. We also were able to bless several students with help for the new school year, uniforms, help with tuition and for some help with bus money to get to and from school. The three girls below are new this year to the school program.

Angelina elementary school

Isabella University

Wendy High School

We have four returning students from last year that we were also blessed to be able to continue helping with school tuition and all of this is possible only because of the Body of Christ who is continuing to sow into the lives of these young people. Without your donations none of this would be possible. We place our trust in the Lord and have faith that He will answer our prayer requests to bless these young people with an education to help end the cycle of poverty in this region.

Frank and I were blessed to help Hosanna church celebrate their one year anniversary and the fruit of their labor with eleven new baptisms. When we first went to the church it was an empty shell that had been deserted and the Lord gave vision to Roberto and Lety (the new Pastors) and He brought this church back to life.

The words of the prophet Ezekiel:

⁷ So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone. ⁸ Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them.
⁹ Also He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the ^[a]breath, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” ’ ” ¹⁰ So I prophesied as He commanded me, and ^[b]breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army   Ezekiel 37:7-10

Romans 15:13 New King James Version (NKJV)

¹³ Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Sometimes we can not look at our natural circumstances and continue with hope in the natural things could look hopeless.  We must seek the Lord and remember His promises and continue on from there. If we stay near to Him and keep our focus on Him and not our surroundings we will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Many of you already know that we have begun a ministry in the landfill here. It is the same landfill that the Lord delivered my husband from ten years ago. Many of the same people are still there and we believe that the Lord is using us to bring hope to this dry and weary place.  

Psalm 113:7-8 New King James Version (NKJV)

⁷ He raises the poor out of the dust,
And lifts the needy out of the ash heap,
⁸ That He may seat him with princes—
With the princes of His people.

The Lord has blessed us with a wonderful team of people down here in Mexico to help with these outreaches. An amazing group who are on fire for the Lord and have a desire to help the lost and the needy. We are all lost and needy without Jesus as our Savior.

Team Mexico

We continue with the feeding program in Valle de las Palmas but we have moved the location to Pastor Juan's church - Mision  familiar  de Valle.  Which is very close to where we previously were feeding the kids. We are working with a group of believers in the area they prepare food for kids before school five days a week and also deliver food the elderly in their homes once a day. The Lord has blessed us with this opportunity to help the people in this community. Brother Jose is the lead person in charge along with Sister Myra and a few other hard working helpers.

Jose

We have many events coming up that we could use prayer for:

September 21st and 22nd a youth revival here in Cerro Azul, four churches are involved with this event. We have great expectations of what the Lord is doing in our region especially with the young people. Ron will be coming down on September 22nd so he will be able to participate in this event. Papa Ron has been sowing into this community for over 30 years. We are excited to see the fruit. Yay God!!

October 18th to October 21st we will be  hosting a group from Bakersfield. The Lord told me two years ago to get back to my roots. I really did not want to go back to Bakersfield because I had some horrible memories of the place  when I was caught up in addiction. The Lord spoke to me saying       " remember who you were before then". I was born and raised in Bakersfield but all of my family has passed away who lived there. But the Lord reconnected me with friends from elementary and high school and it is just like family. It has been an amazing experience to be reunited with these friends. The Lord  led us to City Serve through my friends Roger and Valarie Wenrich. We have made some connections that have led us up to this event that we will be having at the landfill on October the 20th. City Serve will be donating camping supplies for the homeless community that live at the landfill. We had to raise money to pay the taxes to import the donations. So please pray for us to get a donataria status so that in the future we will not have to pay import fees on donated items. We so look forward to this event and meeting new people from my home town. Please pray that this event has a huge impact on the lives of those who are blessed by these donations. We want them to taste and see that the Lord is good. That He does see them and that they are not forgotten. He will provide for them on a daily basis if they will seek Him first and there is hope and a future and a way out even in our darkest days.

December 15th we will be having a Christmas celebration but this year it will be a different format. We will be renting a neutral building and inviting ten different churches to attend, Each church will bring a food or drink item and they will be asked to participate in some way with the service or clean up or set up or decoration or serving of the food. It will be the first year that we have attempted something like this in our area. Last year we had eight different churches come together but the ministry and the church "Jehovah es mi Pastor" put on the event. This year we are excited about the body of Christ working together as one to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus. Please pray for this event.

I will be in Bishop at the end of this month and in Sacramento area the first part of November so please pray for safe travels for me also.

Love and blessings to all of you who this blog reaches. Thank you for your prayers and support.