The Harvest is truly great

Luke 10:1-3 New King James Version (NKJV)

The Seventy Sent Out

10 After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also,[a] and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go. 2 Then He said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. 3 Go your way; behold, I send  you out as lambs among wolves.

Good morning children of God, I wanted to send out this mini blog update because we have many prayer requests needed for the up and coming events taking place in our little part of God's Kingdom.

First off I am going to share with you some photos of my first mission trip within Mexico. I was blessed and privileged to go down to Camalu which is about four hours from where we currently are located in Baja California. We went the first part of January it was a group of people from our church Jehova es mi Pastor located in Cerro Azul. They have been going for many years and I was able to tag along this time. The Lord has placed on my heart to raise up native missionaries. This trip gave me a picture of how it would be. It was amazing, they know the area, the language and the customs and traditions. We headed south in a Van.

Thirteen of us, along with lots of blankets to give away, toys and all our stuff plus some food for us to eat. The drive down was awesome they had taken out all of the seats and some of the youth had little stools to sit on but I preferred the blankets very cozy. We had approximately 85 blankets to give out. 

We went to the Pastor and Pastora's home and had lunch and then headed to the church.

This community is a group of indigenous people that have come up from Oaxaca to work the land. The pay per day is $150.00 pesos which in dollars is approximately $8.57 per day. From six o'clock in the morning to some time in the afternoon. The Pastora said they stop half day on Saturday and have Sunday off and then begin again.

The group of youth that I was with put on a service which included a play and music and a message and the afterwards we served spaghetti and then handed out blankets and gift bags for the kids. 

Everyone was happy and filled with food and love and blankets and toys. Wow sounds like the perfect combination. Physical warmth and food and Spiritual food and love.

Prayer requests:

Please pray for this upcoming event;

*The ministry is holding a women's conference and men's meeting April 21st please pray for open heavens over each of these events. It is our hope and desire to set the captives free with anointed truths. To give hope to those who would otherwise be hopeless. To shine with the Love of Jesus to all we encounter. 

*I was allowed to teach English in the elementary school during the art period, three classes and the district said not during class time but we are going to have a meeting to discuss another time. So please pray for a good time for us to continue the English classes for the kids that they will be able to attend. 

*March first we are going to work with some fellow Brother's and Sister's in Christ to start a feeding program before school for the children in Valle de las Palmas and also for the elderly in that area. This is something that the ministry used to help with when one of the local churches was providing this service. That particular church stopped feeding the kids so we have partnered with like minded individuals to begin again. It has always been my heart to feed the people physically and spiritually.

Matthew 25:37-40 New King James Version (NKJV)

37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did itto one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me

James 2:15-17 New King James Version (NKJV)

15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead

Love and blessings to all who read this my hope is that it will touch you in a real and practical way that you may feel the Love of Jesus through action.

IN ONE ACCORD

Continuing Power in the Church

12 And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon’s Porch.

 Acts 5:12

Ron and Gary

 Greetings children of God!! Lots to talk about so much has happened since I last wrote this blog. Yay God, He is really moving down here in Mexico and the beautiful thing is that the body of Christ is beginning to work together in one accord. 

We began going to a new food bank in Menifee California and have been very blessed by the amount of food and supplies that they have been providing for us to bless the community in Cerro Azul and Valle de las Palmas.

Food donation

Food and backpack donation

Thank you Lord for opening the doors for us to be able to provide more food to those in need of help in our area of Baja California. 

We were blessed to hold a kid's outreach in Hosanna church when the group came from Bishop in September.  We have been trying to hold an event for the kids once a month. We love to plant seeds in the youth :)

Roberto and Vickie

Youth outreach Hosanna Church

Frank at youth outreach

Sonia and Puppet show

Jamie and Dayra

The group from Bishop put a roof on the house on Church on the Mountain's property in Cerro Azul to protect it from the rains that will be coming soon.

Wayne at COTM property

Noah, Fernando and Wayne

Jamie

 Thank you to all who were involved with this project, please pray for the land and the property we look forward to the development that we are sure will benefit the community and the Kingdom of God!! Wayne drove down a blessing for Roberto and Letty it was a car for them. There previous car was a loaner and it had to be returned they had been praying for transportation. The Lord answered their prayers. They are the new Pastor's at Hosanna church in Cerro Azul. Thank you Yvette for this generous donation.

Roberto and Lety

We also had a beautiful service at Jehovah es mi Pastor church where our sister in Christ Vickie gave a beautiful message and Wes and Wayne celebrated with flags.

Wes at Jehovah es mi Pastor

Wes at Jehova es mi Pastor

Marcy at Jehova es mi Pastor

Wayne at Jehova es mi Pastor

 The next group that we were blessed to host was from Fernley Nevada from the Journey church. They also helped out one of our sisters in Christ Nancy Arce by putting a new roof on her home. It rains really heavy where we live so roof repairs are a huge blessing to people down here. Thank you Jesus for abundant provision and placing the right people in our lives who have a heart to serve.

Nancy and her family

Fernando, Erik, Ruben and Eric

Fernando

We were able to bless 21 families with food donations, this group was amazing and they were so generous to help those in need. Frank and I are so blessed by the groups that come down and visit us here in Baja California the Lord is using this connection in the body of Christ to bless so many. We are so uplifted by the fellowship and hearts of service.

Denise at Calimax

Jason, Rachel and Adina at Calimax

Denise and Clarice with Lupita

Diego and Family

We took them to visit one of our favorite and inspiring people, baby Isaac. His parents love him with such an unconditional love that no other can compare except the Love of Jesus for us. We are so fortunate to be able to be apart of his life and lives of his family.

Baby Isaac with Lupita

Prayer with Gustavo and Maria of Jehovah es mi Pastor we had an amazing time with this group.

Jehovah es mi Pastor

Jehovah es mi Pastor

Ron and Wes and Michael came down from Bishop for the medical brigada that was in Tecate with Pan de Vida church. We had a fun time I was able to help with the foot care booth and got to meet some new people and bless them with some special care for their feet.

Deborah and Sonia

We also got to visit some families and pray for them and deliver some food. We love to visit people in their homes and have that special connection with them that only can be made through relationship.

Deborah with Marcos

Deborah and Jose

Carmen and Family with Michael and Frank

Ron Graves has been coming to Mexico for close to thirty years and he has made so many relationships and of course we have made new ones but the people know Ron and love him for his dedication to them and to the Lord. Frank and I are so blessed to work with Ron and to be apart of what Father God is doing in this area.

In between groups I took an airplane to LifePointe church in Elk Grove California. Pastor Chris and the group from the missions team welcomed me with open arms, they come down once a year and build in one capacity or another. This year they built a church and next year in 2018 they will be building two homes. Frank has known this group for a long time and when we got married I came on board with them we are able to help them when they come down each year and build, we help with the vacation bible school.  Thank you Jesus and Pastor Chris for allowing me to share with his church what the Lord has placed in our hearts for the people in Mexico.

LifePointe Church

Church on the Mountain brought a group down with Ron. We had an event at Pastor Hortensio's church in Cerro Azul the Spirit was heavy and Wayne was flagging and Jessica shared a message and many were prayed for and healing took place. Yay God!!

Frank and Jessica

Wayne and Cole at the Seminary

Carly at the Seminary

We had a youth outreach at Jehovah es mi Pastor with the music group Restored Royalty, which is a Christian rap group with Cole, Carly and Wayne. The kids loved it and Pastor Juan brought his youth group from Valle de las Palmas and we all worked together to bring forth the glory of the Lord and to spread the Good News.  

Wayne, Carly, Cole and Robin at Jehovah es mi Pastor

Wayne at Jehovah es mi Pastor

Thank you Lord for such an amazing time at these events. 

Last but not least was an early Christmas Celebration, we celebrated the birth of Jesus and unity in the body of Christ. At last count we had 250-300 people there. Jehovah es mi Pastor hosted the service and we all gave 100 percent to this event and our Lord and Savior Jesus. Blankets, toys, food, music, puppet show and open heavens pouring down the Love of our Jesus on all who attended and who served and His sweet Presence filled the atmosphere. 

Christmas event

  

Gary

Lleman, worship leader Jehovah es mi Pastor

Chuy helping with drinks

Denise, Eden and Fernanda

Gary and Ron

Wendy

Pastor Juan

Christian

Rogelio

Sharon with Lupita

Ernie

Pastora Maria

Ron

Ron

Christian and Eden

Wendy

Olivia with Jessica and Fernanda

Joe

Nece

Toy room

toy donation

toy donation

Blankets

 Words cannot express the gratitude to all of those involved in these events and in our daily life here in Mexico. This past year has been amazing and the Lord has opened so many doors for us and for the advancement of His Kingdom. Love and blessings to all who pray for us and send financial support and who come down and help with these events and on short term mission trips and who donate items for us to be able to bless the people. God Bless you all and we look forward 2018.