Our First Prayer Retreat

A few weeks ago we attended our first prayer retreat for the missionaries of Mexico's urban centers. It was held at La Muralla in Queretero, Mexico, which is about 5 hours from Puebla. It started with dinner on Thursday and ended Monday after lunch. This was a wonderful time of praisin', prayin', and preachin'! It was also a very valuable trip for us because we were able to sit and talk with missionaries who have been on the field for 15-20 years with a lot more field experience than we have. We gained many valuable ministry tools. Another thing that we were able to experience was the compassion, love, and support from the other missionaries here in Mexico. They have all experienced a first term on the field and know what it is like to miss friends and family in the States. They know what it is like to worship in a different language and not be spiritually fed in a church service, and what it's like to learn to live in a whole new country. Why are we telling you all of this? Not because we are complaining or saying we don't like it here, but because this gives you a glimpse at how difficult it can be and helps you know better how to pray for us. It truly is your prayers and encouraging emails that help lift us up while here in Puebla. Would it be much easier to throw in the towel and head home? Yes it would, but there would still be people out there searching for hope and love that only Jesus can give them. If we are not here who will tell them? In Luke 10 Jesus commands His disciples to beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers. Since being here we have recognized tremendous lostness. Please be praying with us that national believers (new and old) would join us in bringing in the harvest, and that Satan would have no hold on us or this city of Puebla. His lies are so appealing...we know and have been refuting them. With daily prayer we know who will always win!!! Thank you so much for joining us in the battle.

Click on the link below to see some fun pics and videos from the retreat! See you next time.

Prayer Retreat

What a week!

Last week was a very busy week! We started it off by attending church at a church in our area, Hananeel Baptist Church. We attended this church because a volunteer mission team was in town preparing to do Vacation Bible Schools at about 8 different sites all over the city of Puebla. Monday night we were asked to speak at a dinner the mission team attended about our call and the work in Puebla that we are involved in. From that night they asked us to come and visit one of the sites the next day where they would be having the VBS. So the girls and I went along. Aaron was already involved in another VBS with another local church here in Puebla. So he went there and we went with the mission team. What a wonderful day we had! I ended up translating a game for the team which was very different and a little difficult. This was my first experience translating. The girls had the chance to be involved in the crafts, Bible story, and games. After we left this site we went back to the church for lunch and then the girls headed back out with the team to a different site while I stayed behind to learn about a new ministry that the mission team brought with them. It is called a Prayer Shawl Ministry. The main idea is where we all make Crocheted shawls and then pray over them for the person who will receive them whether we know or not who will receive each one. The ladies at the church decided they wanted to continue to meet and Crochet twice a week every other week. I am very excited about this time that God has blessed me with to make some new friends and hopefully develop my Spanish a bit by having conversations in Spanish. Please be in prayer for this ministry that people will be blessed not only with a shawl but the name of Jesus possibly spoken to them for the first time.

Click on the link below for pictures from the VBS and the first Prayer Shawl meeting. Stay tuned for pictures taken at our Prayer Retreat this past weekend.

VBS