New Adventures
Our newest works include the border
towns of Laredo and Mission, TX. These
two cities have almost no church presence and yet have large and growing
populations. In conjunction with the
South Texas District, we are endeavoring to grow the church through evangelistic
outreach and making Christ-like disciples.
Please partner with us in prayer as we launch both of these works this
summer.
Continuing
Explorations
We are proud to report that our
work in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico is going strong and has been turned over to
local leadership. In just ten months,
this mission has grown from a handful of individuals to a regular community of
over fifty people. God is moving in an
amazing way and calling many people to follow Him through this exciting new
work.
Please continue praying with us as
we continue the work in Brownsville, TX.
This church restart has been underway for just over a year and although
we are making exciting inroads into the community, the work of starting the
church has proved to be difficult. God
is working and we will continue to be faithful.
Road Map
The Lord
has called us to several key ministries that we are using in order to share the
good news of Christ with others. For the
summer, we are focusing on soccer camps and Jesus Film evangelism. We have seen God calling people to new life
and reconciliation to himself through these two exciting ministries. We are planning to have more than ten camps
on both sides and at least three Jesus Film campaigns along both sides of the
border this summer, continuing into the Fall.
We are
working on three border initiative centers that will be used for housing work
and witness teams, district offices, pastoral training, conferences, missionary
and guest housing, etc. God has called
local district leaders to dream up these centers and to take ownership of them
in planning, constructing, and even what they will be used for in the
future. The three locations are El Paso,
TX; Ciudad Chihuahua, Chihuahua; and San Juan, Nuevo Leon. We are looking for work and witness teams
that can help us to complete these works so that they may be used for God’s
glory and His mission along the border.
Traveling Buddies
We are
excited to announce that God has given us two new families to travel this
journey with us. In early Spring, God
called the Hardyman family from pastoring in Oklahoma and the Rodriguez family
from pastoring in Tennessee to share in our journey along the border. They each bring unique new skills and talents
to the border and will make great companions on this journey of serving the
Lord.
Other Paths
God has also given us the
opportunity to work with various other ministries as Global Missionaries
assigned to the Border Region. One of
these is Youth In Mission, which sends university students on summer mission
trips all over the world. This year we
have teams going to London, Madagascar, and India. It has been a long year of preparation and we
know that God is going to use these young people in amazing ways for His
Kingdom this summer. Please join us in
prayer for these students who are raising the last of their funds, who are
going through an extensive training program next week, as they travel and as
they are ministering and serving throughout the summer.
Personal Journeys
We could
never have imagined God would bless us with all He has. Today, Jill said
good-bye to the 20’s as she turned 30. We are thankful for friends who came and
celebrated with a surprise party!
Macy lost
her first tooth, at the age of 4, last week. She is always an overachiever, but
we weren’t expecting this quite yet. She keeps us on our toes.
Connor is
officially potty trained at the age of 2. This is a huge success! No more
diapers.
