Tepohaco

About twenty minutes from our house is a town called Tepohaco. Some friends of ours are building a home there and we know several other families that have recently moved to this area. We feel burdened for this area to be reached for Jesus. Currently our mission is not working in this area. Will you join us in prayer for how the Lord would like us to reach out to this community?

Rows and rows of houses like those in this photo cover the landscape of Tepohaco.

Celebrating Two years of MOPS!

Today we had the closing session for this year of our Mothers Of Pre-schoolerS (We follow the school year). It was an awesome time.... I can hardly believe that we have had two years of MOPS already! Below are some of the highlights of the day.

Here is a photo of all of the women gathered together this morning.

Several women shared their testimonies this morning and it was AWESOME to hear how God has been working in their lives through MOPS. Maribel, pictured above shared that MOPS has been a school for her where she has learned to be the mom that God wants her to be. She talked about the many lessons she has learned through the year....it was particularly neat that she brought her mother along with her so that she could hear her testimony. There were lots of tears!
The mommy above shared that she was feeling so discouraged and down. When her husband dropped their children off at pre-school one of our MOPS leadership gals was their handing out flyers for our MOPS program. She was hesitant to hand it to a man but decided to anyways. He then passed it to his spouse and encouraged her to go. He was worried about his wife's depression and really thought it would help her to get together with other women and talk and share. She attended and shared how the year has changed her life. She said her days are full of hope and joy now.
Here is a photo of our MOPS leadership team.... what an amazing group of women! It has been a privilege for me to work with them. Here I am recognizing them for their efforts during the year.
Three of the gals from our leadership team sang two beautiful praise songs during our celebration today. It was a real treat and wonderful to be giving all the glory and honor and praise to Jesus!

Prayer Request

Today at church the MOPS leadership team and the "Mujeres en crecimiento" (Ladies in growth) leadership team cooked food to sell at church as a fund-raiser for our upcoming women's retreat. Robin will be the speaker for the retreat. Please pray for Robin as she prepares to share during the weekend of the 11, 12, and 13th of July. Specifically pray that Robin can communicate all the Lord is putting on her heart effectively in Spanish.

Back Home Again in Indiana...

At least Christian is back home in Indiana.... for 10 days of meetings at the OMS Headquarters in Greenwood. Please pray for him as he is brand new at his role of field director! The time at OMS Headquarters will be intensive training for sure!
What are Robin and the kids going to do while Daddy is gone? Check out Robin's blog to see photos!

Working Together

One of Christian's big projects lately has been the unification of a team in a nearby municipality. OMS and UNIFAM (Our national church) have been working together to bring all OMS churches under UNIFAM. This is vital because our belief is that Mexicans must take on a more active role in leadership if Mexico is to be reached for Christ. So recently Christian along with 3 other UNIFAM leaders have been training local leaders in the area of teamwork. Teamwork is often absent in this culture and so this work will continue to be a huge prayer request. Please pray for Daniel, Laura, Salvador, and Jonathan as they start working together to reach the over 1 million people in their municipality just outside of Mexico City.

Marriage Encounter

One year ago we attended Marriage Encounter here in Mexico. Last weekend we were the sponsors of 2 couples. Words cannot express how God worked in each of their lives. We heard comments from them like, "Our lives have been completely changed" and "I came here to learn about marriage but instead I had an encounter with God." Please pray for Raymundo, Yadira and Raul and Lucretia. We praise God for their lives.