Ministry to families of kidnapped victims

Lay pastor Francisco Lugo has continued ministering to families who have loved ones kidnapped.  Of the some 6 or more families, all have been returned….truly miraculous.  In some cases, this has been after many months of prayer.  During this time of prayer, Pastor Lugo teaches about God as He has revealed Himself through Scripture and [...]

Visit with Pastor Gilberto

We visited with Pastor Gilberto today.  Pastor is anxious to work on and test the small group material we are developing.  We followed him down one of Tijuana’s lovely roads to visit his mission church.

Pastor Gilberto has been one of the most dedicated students of the Bible and Lutheran doctrine.  Every book we have given [...]

A busy week in Tijuana

Our office has had a busy week.  We have one dynamic volunteer who was trained through Equipping the Saints. Her name is Luz. She has arranged for 6 showings of Botas Rojas (Red Boots) in the Ensenada area (which is about 2 hours away from Tijuana)….she travels to the office on the bus to pick [...]

Power and blessing

God is accomplishing great things and raising up passionate and committed leaders in the CPTLN ministry in Latinamerica.  It was wonderful to meet new directors of new ministries. Three of the four new members are women….another interesting element.  It is especially interesting for Rebeca and I who were the first women directors for Latin America.  Rebeca was the [...]

Lutheran Hour Latin American Directors in Panama

We enjoyed a Panama sunset tonight.  We have all arrived safely.  We prayed tonight for the director of Venezuela who was not able to come because there is a critical vote in Venezuela tomorrow which will determine the future of that country.  There may be violence…….and Dir. Dr. Paredes felt it was necessary to be with [...]

Cell Group Ministry Worshop

It was a time of great blessing.  Pastor Carl Lutz, retired pastor, former missionary has worked in his retirement with small groups at his church, El Cajon First Lutheran with Dr. Scott Rische who has written on this subject and also with Dwight Maribel.  To study the biblical underpinnings of small group ministry and some [...]