Hello,
Can you believe it’s already May? My trip to the state of Mexico went really well. I had an incredible time meeting new people, visiting a few tourist places, and I also visited the NTM Mexico Bible School near Mexico City. I stayed with my friend, Jocabed & her family. What I thought was going to be a tourist/vacation, turned into more of a ministry trip! And I loved it!
My two week trip with Jocabed was a great time for me to see a different part of Mexico, learn about the culture down there (how it differs from the Northern states of Mexico), learn more about the NTM Mexico Bible School, & be a part of another Mexican church.
I returned to Chihuahua on April 30th, and I talked with Cindy, the missionary in charge of my e2 Spanish time, and after my glowing report from two week trip in Mexico, she wanted to present to NTM Mexico Leadership the opportunity for me to head back down to Mexico for 2 months this summer!!! Well, I did get permission from the leaders to head back down. I bought a plane ticket, and made it back down on May 21! I’m staying with Jocabed’s family again. And I’ll be continuing to work on my Spanish, and working with the a team of Young Adults from the church in an outreach this summer. We will be offering English classes (I’ll teach those), voice, piano, and drum lessons, and we will also take time to be sharing the chronological Bible lessons. I’m really excited for this opportunity to be back in Mexico.
I will be staying here in the state of Mexico until about July 25th, when I’ll head back to Chihuahua. I’ll be in Chihuahua for the Annual Field Meetings, and during that time or soon thereafter, I’ll have an interview to see how I’m doing in my Spanish! And after that we’ll see what God is leading me to do!
Special Visitors
Amy’s sister, Beka came to Chihuahua for 2 weeks, and then we made a trip to the states to take Beka back, & pick up my sister, Danielle for a 10 day trip to Chihuahua! It was a huge blessing for both Amy & I to have our sisters visit us. For them to see our lives, meet our friends, see our church, and the ministries that we have in Chihuahua. Plus just encouragement to have people so excited about what God is doing in us and our friends!
Possible Future Ministry
As many of you know my co-worker, Amy, is dating a guy named Hector. It looks like for them that they will eventually get married. So with that happening, I won’t be able to head to a tribe without a co-worker. I’m praying for a ministry option while I’ll need to wait for a co-worker, and one option might be helping out with the NTM Mexico Bible School near Mexico City! On my first visit, I was so encouraged at seeing what was happening here with the Bible School and the students. There is only one couple that is running the Bible school here, Oscar & Sharon Ospina. The first Sunday at church, Oscar introduced me as the next missionary to come help out with the Bible school near Mexico City. I thought he was crazy. There was no way that I was going to give up going to a tribe to help out with a Bible School! But God is working in my heart, about staying open to His plans and not my own. So right now, I’m praying about the possibility of helping out with the Bible school until a co-worker comes along. There are so many details that will need to be worked out, and the timing too. But God is in control & He can do it all!
Prayer Requests
:: my summer ministry in the State of Mexico
:: as I keep working on my Spanish, for new Spanish helpers, adjusting to a different type of Spanish
:: safety for Amy as she is staying in Chihuahua
:: the new Bible school graduates from Chihuahua & Mexico – as they seek out what God would have them do. There are about 10-12 that are wanting to head to the second phase of the training to be missionaries!!! Pray for the funds for them to be able to go to the training in Chihuahua!
:: one of the ladies from the church here in Mexico, is in the hospital in a coma. Please pray for her and her family.
Praises
:: A great trip to Mexico! :: An awesome time with our sisters!!
:: the funds to buy a plane ticket to come back down to Mexico!
:: the amazing people God keeps putting in my life!
:: more days to serve Him!