Evening of Prayer throughout Mexico

An evening of prayer was called by Christians in the city of Tijuana. Calling on God and depending on Him to stop the violence that causes so much suffering in this city we gathered.  We also took the opportunity to begin our Reformation Day celebration early with the distribution of our Reformation supplement which is [...]

Single Mother Group Learning to make “Fomy” Flowers

One of the single mother groups is busy making flowers out of craft foam….they call it “fomy” here.  They are pitching in to buy the forms which form the petals.  A donor is providing the wire stems.  Anyone interested in sending these ladies sheets of craft foam of all colors, and floral tape, and boxes [...]

This is how it works!

We have been working with community groups for about 2 years now and we continue to get new requests to collaborate with new groups throughout the city.  One of those groups is close to an area served by one of our newer Lutheran mission churches called Lilly of the Valley.  They were hosting a workshop [...]

4 hour border wait last week…..

Yes, I got caught in major traffic last week when the border was closed and it took me 4 hours to cross the border going an alternate route at a snail’s pace!  I have had lots of questions….here is a news article about what happened.
Article from the Huffington Post

No space wasted….

In the CPTLN Community Center Miriam and Mareli we are leaving no space wasted.  We think this two story storeroom is very cool!  We are storing quilts and knit hats here, school supplies, evangelism booklets, and other items above this little bathroom tucked into the stairwell.

Joel found us!

A gentleman named Joel came into our office this week with an old, tattered copy of a booklet we published about 6 years ago called “Como Superarse en la Vida.” (How to Better Your Life) He asked very tentatively, “Does this booklet come from here?”  Jhoselyn our receptionist said, “Yes!”  He was overjoyed because he [...]

Humbled

Four years ago one of the lay ministers we work with began meeting nightly with a large family. One of the brothers had been kidnapped and they were certain he would be killed. They met together for more than 70 days to plead before God for his release. During these days they learned about the [...]

New Lutheran Religious Association

We have established a working relationship with a new Lutheran Religious Association and are delighted to be useful for this new ministry.  They are pastors we have worked with in the past but now as a newly organized Mexican denomination, we have a new relationship! 
They have much work to do.  In addition to providing outreach [...]

COREL for publications

Does anyone have a copy of COREL which is used to design publications that they no longer use and can donate to us?  Maybe you know someone who can help.  This is especially useful in the publishing of the PROYECTO JOEL newsletters which take several days to design and write.  Legna could utilize time when [...]

Pray for us.

It is pretty obvious that we are in the middle of a spiritual battle today.  We had planned a morning of prayer, devotion to get us to another level today as part of our individual spiritual growth and the growth of our ministry.  I asked Pastor Lutz who has become a kind of Father Confessor [...]