tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357984912011-10-27T16:49:12.066-07:00Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.comBlogger1561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-49402604232188221302009-10-24T14:44:00.001-07:002009-10-24T15:13:17.601-07:00

"I have been in bondage for over 20 years... and now I am free.""I am leaving here a changed woman... I am choosing to forgive.""All of the bitterness and anger and hurt stays here, I am not taking it with me. I am Free!"Over and over testimonies like this were shared at the closing session of the women's retreat held last weekend in Atlacamulco, Mexico. I sat in awe at how big and great God is..

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I am so beyond excited and honored that in October I will have a chance to return to Mexico to minister to the women of the Campanario church at their women's retreat. Will you pray for the Lord to move in mighty ways during the 16- 18 of October as we meet together. I have invited our dear friend Tania, an amazing women, but resistant to the message of the cross. Please join me in praying for

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-58745857540853587052009-08-08T16:07:00.000-07:002009-08-08T16:12:10.646-07:00

It has been an awesome joy to have our dear friend Alan here from Mexico. Alan is family to us and while he is in an intensive training seminar we are soaking him up every chance we get - we have enjoyed spending the past two weekends with him. Last week we took Alan to a very authentic Mexican area of Indy and enjoyed a Mexican meal. The Lord led Christian and Alan and some others from the

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-45163076341053455342009-08-06T11:32:00.000-07:002009-08-06T11:42:05.695-07:00

While we have physically left the beautiful country of Mexico, we have stayed incredible busy working with OMS over the past few months. We were excited to have four couples attend the three week cross training session that will be serving as missionaries in Mexico. We loved getting together with them, answering questions and praying over them. Steve and Helen and their baby girl Nisha came and

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-21332221209621198012009-07-06T06:46:00.000-07:002009-07-06T06:53:10.180-07:00

Who: All of our friends, family and supportersWhat: are invited to a dessert reception where we will share with you news of our term in Mexico and future plans we have in ministry.When: Saturday, August 1st, 4:00 - 5:00 (we will speak at 4:30pm)Where: OMS Headquarters in Greenwood, IN (941 Fry Road)Why: We want a chance to share the way Jesus has worked in Mexico, to update you on our ministry

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-69570164867329236882009-06-28T19:35:00.000-07:002009-06-28T19:47:16.652-07:00

Today was the final day for the OMS International Conference here in Indianapolis. It was great for us to get to see everyone and to hear all of the reports from around the world in OMS. We praise God for how He is working through this organization. It was also a special time for us to be present for the commissioning of Jonny and Julie Pollock. It gave me chills to hear the President of OMS,

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This weekend is the OMS Missions in the Midwest conference here in Indianapolis. Christian attended last night and was blessed by the opportunity to see so many dear friends and colleagues. We are still in the process of defining what our role will be with OMS and how we will serve the organization - one thing we know for sure, we are thankful to be a part of the OMS organization and we praise

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-36569092742897663762009-05-18T07:28:00.000-07:002009-05-18T07:37:09.783-07:00

"Wow", exclaimed our son Ethan, "You can park your car in the house?", he asked as he watched Christian pull the car into our new garage..... This is just one of dozens of cultural changes we are all going through as we adjust back to life in the US. (Garages don't exist where we lived in Mexico City!) We also can not walk by a water fountain with out every kid stopping for a drink (or a soak)

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Wanted to share with everyone that Christian has arrived here in Indiana and we are now all catching our breaths as we come down off of a very intense, stressful month! (see Robin's blog for more thoughts!)Jonny and Julie Pollock and sweet baby Ben are staying with us until Monday and we have really enjoyed our time with them. We praise God for a successful closing on our house yesterday.... we

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Hello all from Indianapolis,We have arrived safely and are catching our breath after a dizzying last week in Mexico. We have not had regular Internet access yet so I am not able to respond to emails... but wanted to get online and update the blog quickly.We are trying to stay low for a few days to be sure we do not have the swine flu and that we do not contaminate anyone... so far, praise God, we

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-28920664500598345412009-04-29T05:54:00.000-07:002009-04-29T05:55:23.529-07:00

Dear friends,Thank you so much for your prayers and concern for us over the past few days..... We wanted to post an update.As we are preparing to leave Mexico and return to Indianapolis permanently our days of "don't leave the house" have been filled with packing and sorting and in just an hour a moving company will come to load up all of our things. We had planned to stay in Mexico a few

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-56644042428178373952009-04-24T19:23:00.000-07:002009-04-24T19:28:04.855-07:00

Today the atmosphere around us was one of much panic as news of the swine flu virus in our area spread rapidly. All schools in our area have been closed as have museums, colleges, church activities -really anything that involves the gathering of lots of people.Please pray for the protection and health of all of the missionary kids.... and that the Lord will calm the hearts of the people who are

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We just returned last night from the annual retreat of Pastors, missionaries and church planting workers. What an amazing time it was.... although hard for us as well as we said good-bye to many. We have been truly blessed by the four years we have been able to serve here in Mexico. Never would we have imagined the heart-break and pain we are feeling as we prepare to leave. We leave feeling

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-9406702666050002052009-04-17T06:51:00.000-07:002009-04-17T06:57:35.208-07:00

Last Saturday we had the wonderful privilege of accompanying some house church members (over 100 of them!) to a near-by water park for baptisms! What an amazing day..... 12 were baptized and several others accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior. After the baptismal service everyone stayed and enjoyed the day playing in the sun! We always say that our Pastor (Alexis) is an expert at two things...

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Christian recently lead his last team as an OMS Mexico Missionary. He has worked for about 9 months setting up the next mission project for the H2O Church in Oklahoma. The purpose of the trip was to determine the needs of the Huatla community in the mountains of Hidalgo, Mexico. Huatla is pronounced "Whatla." Six people went along on the trip to investigate the possibility of assisting the

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Dear friends,It is with lots of mixed emotions that we send you this news about our future plans. It is with heavy hearts that we announce that we will be leaving Mexico City in May to return to the Indianapolis area. WHY? Have we struggled with the country and our Mexican co-workers? Absolutely NOT! We are in love with this country and we have made some of the very best friends in our lives

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-17022261412339973502009-03-20T06:30:00.000-07:002009-03-20T06:41:00.320-07:00

What an incredible joy to report to you that the second MOPS group started yesterday at our church in LaLoma. It was a wonderful first meeting! The team of Mexican women who have gathered to provide leadership are incredible and they did an amazing job. Alicia, the woman who co-coordinated our first MOPS group with me spoke at the meeting and her words touched my soul. She is our pastors wife

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-15809356395103742842009-03-11T14:43:00.000-07:002009-03-11T14:45:00.398-07:00

Please pray for the son of two of our church members. The day before his 16th birthday he was in the wrong place at the wrong time and was mistakenly arrested and has now been in prison for 2 weeks. His conditions are terrible and today a ruling was made that means he will be kept in prison for at least another 6 weeks. Although there are many inaccuracies in the accusation made against him he is

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Things have been so absolutely crazy lately that we have gotten behind on providing ministry updates.... Here are a few of the highlights of the last few weeks....1. Christian recently traveled with two or our pastors, Miguel and Alfredo to help celebrate the 11th anniversary of the UNIFAM Renacimiento church in Acapulco. There they installed Carlos Ramirez as Head Pastor and the church was

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-49239842645664971702009-02-24T11:41:00.001-08:002009-02-24T11:52:40.449-08:00

This past Thursday evening we were blessed with a visit by yet, another team....(We had two teams here at the same time!) This team was from Waco, Texas and we were so thankful to have a full evening to spend with them in our home. Perhaps the biggest treat for me (Robin) is that a couple on the team has been supporting us financially since we arrived in Mexico - and yet I had never met them!

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-80262461331894273142009-02-17T09:34:00.000-08:002009-02-17T10:57:54.786-08:00

This week is an exciting one here in Mexico. This Friday we will celebrate the official "opening" of the Drop-in center and to help add some final touches and celebrate with us on Friday a team from Ardmore, Oklahoma has returned. More than half of the people on this team have worked on the construction of the Drop-in center several times in the past few years. We are beyond thankful for

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We are so thankful for a visit from our dear friends Ted and Angela . We have been friends with them for 11 years now (starting out in a young marrieds class together) ... but no, they are not only here to visit us - They are here to pray through their next ministry assignment. Ted and Angela and their three girls served with OMS in Haiti for four years and now are praying through serving in

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-47709381968047492802009-02-05T12:43:00.000-08:002009-02-05T12:52:20.323-08:00

This morning Christian facilitated the first of 4 focus group meetings for the Seminary. So much effort has been placed on the new department of evangelism and church planting since August. Our attention will now turn to the Seminary so that national church will have more buy-in and influence over how the Seminary operates. Our hope is for the Seminary to provide the personnel and training

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-26682069751011719582009-02-04T05:27:00.000-08:002009-02-04T05:31:52.856-08:00

On Sunday we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the UNIFAM church in LaLoma. It is an amazing, Spirit-filled church and the service was a true praise offering to Jesus. We felt so blessed to be there to celebrate all God is doing. This is not your typical American church - services usually go 3 hours or longer! During the celebration Christian brought greetings (pictured below) and

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-79490012953917848282009-01-29T21:07:00.000-08:002009-01-29T21:30:20.489-08:00

So, we finally taped Miguel's preaching. He gave 3 sermons that lasted about 30 minutes each. We will use these DVD's that will have the sermons and worship in traditional and house churches in Mexico. The project is all a pilot, which means that we are just "trying it out" to see if it will fit in the Mexican culture, but we believe there a many ways that this could help build the kingdom in

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Today we finally arrived at an official studio to tape Miguel's sermons. Plan A, B, and C have all failed us, but we know that God's plan never does! So, here we are in Oklahoma City - a city that was never part of our plans. We can say now that we are thankful for our time waiting, because it has given us time to pray and plan.Along the way I had to take advantage of the situation by snapping

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-90700706055066728572009-01-28T18:09:00.000-08:002009-01-28T18:23:44.385-08:00

....We received news today that Northwest Arkansas (our destination) had lost all electricity due to ice on the power lines.....Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails!!!So we were forced to stay in southern Oklahoma at the Ardmore H2O Church. Miguel was able to practice preaching and being video taped. Our new plan is to go to Oklahoma City tomorrow

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-86315784080566062532009-01-28T05:14:00.000-08:002009-01-28T06:23:20.095-08:00

This week Christian and Miguel (our National Church President) are in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. They are there with H2O Church filming 3 sermons to bring back to Mexico and be used in churches with no or fledgling pastors. It has been a bit rough going especially for Miguel. He isn't accustomed to January weather in the States. You can see Miguel bundled up and ready to head out into the

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-6428792321432786712009-01-27T11:42:00.000-08:002009-01-28T12:11:33.689-08:00

Maddie and I (Robin) just returned from a one week trip to the beautiful country of Northern Ireland. We were thrilled to have the opportunity to travel there as the country has grown quite special to us. In our years serving in Mexico we have had the privilege to work with 8 different missionaries from Northern Ireland and with numerous teams who have come to serve on short term trips. What a

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Today is the Day of the Three Kings here in Mexico. As has become our tradition over the last 4 years we celebrated last night with our friends Yadira and Raymundo and their kids. On this evening you eat a traditional "Kings Bread" (pictured above with all of the kids). Each person cuts their own piece and then searches inside to see if they have a little baby Jesus hidden in their piece. This

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-14591589545430992612008-12-31T07:06:00.000-08:002008-12-31T07:20:08.289-08:00

We have been so blessed this Christmas season with a wonderful visit from Christian's mom and dad and his sister and her husband..... For us, being so far from family is the greatest sacrifice in missionary life. Yet, we are so thankful for the wonderful blessing of having friends and family visit us. The time spent this Christmas with family was precious and we will always remember the special

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-21856059653756271702008-12-17T11:06:00.001-08:002008-12-17T11:17:48.936-08:00

That was a recent request by Ethan, our 3 year old. Indeed, we have been to our share of Christmas celebrations this week..... Here are some photos of the latest ones!Our church leadership (the people in charge of coordinating each of the ministries) gathered for dinner and games on Monday night. It was an excellent time of fellowship although the party did not start until 8:30 and ended around

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For lots and lots of celebrating! Here are a few of the latest happenings here in Mexico City....Our MOPS group partnered with the Women in Growth Ministry at the Campanario Church to have a Christmas breakfast....It was a wonderful time of singing, games, wonderful food and an awesome message based on Isaiah 9:6. We praise God for the way He is working in the lives of the women here.Below is a

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-45861545625731801162008-12-12T20:22:00.000-08:002008-12-12T20:26:56.717-08:00

We were so incredibly blessed this past week to have our dear friends Gary and Karyl visit us from Indianapolis. Gary and Karyl have been mentors to us for over 10 years now. They led our young marrieds group at our church in Greenwood for several years, Karyl was the mentor mom for Robin's MOPS group in Greenwood, Gary served on the school board for STAR Academy when Christian taught there...

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We've shared that the 18th of November was a monumental day.  One of the things we wanted to share was about the new Department of Evangelism and Church Planting or DEPI.  The reason that this new department is so significant is that UNIFAM has decided that evangelism and church planting has to be "theirs" and not a foreign owned entity.  In other words Mexicans are taking their new mantle of

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Never in our wildest imagination could we have imagined how the Lord would bring so many people together who were fired up about multiplication, evangelism, and church planting. Today was the climax of 4 months of direct planning in casting the vision for church multiplication for Mexico & the result of over 2 years of training leaders. Christian shared that he'd never witnessed a group of

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Christian and 4 pastors got back from the D.R. at about 2 in the morning on 6th of November. Even though they were tired from the journey there was much excitement. We really believe that God is moving mightily in Mexico through UNIFAM. Christian commented that the unity amongst the pastors and missionaries is growing in a way that only the Holy Spirit could be guiding. We believe that

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-27209571605974681592008-10-31T07:18:00.000-07:002008-10-31T07:21:15.637-07:00

Christian, along with 4 pastors from our the national committee of UNIFAM (the denomination we work with here) are in the Dominican Republic for 9 days of training and meetings regarding church multiplication!Please pray for them as they seek to form a unified vision.We ask for prayer for their safety and rest as well.

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It is a blessing to have a team here this week from the Community Church of Greenwood in Indiana. It is an all woman team of six ladies and it has been such a blessing to have them minister here in Mexico. I wanted to share with you a few photos with you.Maggie, age 14, played her harp at Ethan's school. (Notice Amelia sitting on the far right?) She thinks she is a big kid! Maggie played Amazing

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-72403264452209049522008-10-14T08:11:00.001-07:002008-10-14T08:25:27.587-07:00

When you ask God to give you opportunities to serve Him, to place people in your path who need Him WATCH OUT! Get ready! He will answer. We have been blown away by the people and opportunities God has placed in our path in the past few weeks. For example, some dear friends of ours called and asked Christian if he would be willing to visit their aunt's new store (she is opening a small grocery

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-19312276425448771272008-10-06T21:10:00.000-07:002008-10-14T08:11:24.571-07:00

To say that we are excited about the way God is moving here in Mexico would be an understatement..... Wonderful things are happening and we are so thankful to be a small part of the work here. We are so very aware that we would NOT be here without your support and prayers. THANK YOU for partnering with us in reaching Mexico for Christ!5 weeks ago our pastor challenged us to pray 5-5-5 meaning 5

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-21892117331798730792008-09-24T14:34:00.000-07:002008-09-24T14:47:16.632-07:00

"I have never been to a field council like this one!" declared visiting missionary Bonnie Shrode. I smiled as I thought about about the previous two days - filled with games, teamwork sessions, planning, laughter and friendship. It was certainly not the typical business meeting - yet we accomplished much in this yearly strategic planning session. It was so exciting to hear about the direction

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-37210014269597616252008-09-19T10:37:00.001-07:002008-09-19T10:53:52.633-07:00

We praise God for a wonderful first meeting with women at the LaLoma UNIFAM church. We met to discuss starting a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group in the church and the women were excited and receptive. It is a blessing to see how MOPS is reaching women for Jesus here in Mexico!If you would like to participate in some special MOPS projects please let us know... We currently have three projects

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On Tuesday of this week we gathered as missionaries to eat together and to hang out - for some reason we didn't have to rush off after dinner which resulted in a relaxing wonderful time together. Please continue to pray for our team as missionaries. There is such a sweet spirit of unity and friendship right now amongst our group and we are asking the Lord to protect that especially as we grow and

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-18879805755973355272008-09-15T06:49:00.000-07:002008-09-15T07:00:39.294-07:00

Yesterday our church celebrated Mexico's Independence with a special church service (the focus of the message was how you can have TRUE independence if you are a follower of Christ) followed by a party complete with food , games and a mariachi band! Here are some pictures from the day....Church service (pictured above)Here are our kids decked our in Mexican costumes....Rich and Anita Yoder

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-23200927617711860652008-09-08T10:11:00.000-07:002008-09-09T17:46:03.043-07:00

Last week Christian traveled with the President (Miguel) and the Vice President (Daniel) of UNIFAM (this is the denomination we work with here in Mexico) to Acapulco. We are sure images of palm trees and ocean waves are dancing in your heads....unfortunately there was no time on the playas (Spanish for beaches). The purpose of the trip was to meet with the pastors of the UNIFAM churches in

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-12562105382817847902008-09-01T19:07:00.001-07:002008-09-01T19:20:50.834-07:00

We pulled this story off of CNN's headlines on their web-page today. It is an awesome reminder of the voodoo that exists in Mexico and the tremendous spiritual battle that exists for the souls of the millions that live here.CNN - MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) -- Investigators said the heads of 11 decapitated bodies discovered in southern Mexico may have been burned in a ritual.The Public Safety

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On Saturday our church held a "kick-off" breakfast to start the new year of MOPS (Mothers of Pre-schoolers) and our "Women in Growth" group. I praise God for this awesome event. We had over 120 women in attendance - and well, I will let the following pictures tell the rest of the story...Above a photo of the women in attendance at the breakfast. Below, notice all of the empty seats? That is

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Alexis and Christian are at OMS Headquarters receiving some great training on church planting movements.  Please pray for our National Church and Missionaries as we implement the principles of multiplication in Mexico.  We have the sense that the we may be on the edge of explosion and revival!!  Pray that we will have a plentiful harvest as we train trainers in the upcoming year.  The new plan

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We praise God for three days of awesome meetings for the national church here in Mexico (called UNIFAM). The annual meeting serves to bring together members from each church, pastors, and church planting workers in an effort to discuss the upcoming year, to vote on pending issues and to report on ministry from the previous year. Several people who have participated for many years said they

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Last Sunday Christian preached at Tultitlan Church.  We find it very hard to prepare for a teaching or a sermon because it takes so much time and effort.  Sunday's effort was worth it though.   Read  Christian's blog to find out what happened.

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Tonight...continuing through the rest of the week begins the annual national meeting of all of our church pastors, church planters, and other national workers. Please pray that God would work mightily in the hearts of all and that there would be a great sense of unity. Christian has been so encouraged and excited by the planning meetings that have taken place for this event and He is eager to

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-32697274725564991482008-07-27T06:51:00.000-07:002008-07-27T06:56:46.471-07:00

The mission field often feels like a revolving door - there are constantly missionaries coming and going.....We prefer the coming.....and yesterday we welcomed back the Agnew family who were in Northern Ireland for the last three months. We don't have many details about their time at home because our kids monopolized every moment with them and we barely got a word in! But we are so thankful for

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This is the question that has permeated our home since our dear friends, Jonny and Julie, returned to Northern Ireland on Monday. It may sound trite but it is definitely true that your fellow missionaries become family - and right now our kids are missing their Mr. Jonny and Mrs. Julie. When you serve together in a foreign country and walk through intense situations together the intense-ness (is

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This past weekend our church, Campanario, held its first ever women's retreat! It was an amazing success! We had 54 women attend..... 4 accepted Jesus as their Savior for the first time, many recommitted their lives to the Lord - it was a humbling, incredible experience. For me (Robin) it was one of the most powerful experiences with Jesus that I have had in my life! Jesus is working mightily

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On Wednesday morning Robin hosted a women's breakfast with the wife of the pastor of the church in Cuautitlan Izcalli. It was an amazing time of sharing and growth. One women shared her powerful testimony of how God had transformed her life after several suicide attempts and how she now lives victoriously, joyfully as a child of God. There was not a dry eye in the room! We praise God for the way

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-73544831862796040002008-06-26T06:19:00.000-07:002008-06-26T06:23:32.417-07:00

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

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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

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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

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-86090559614812271972008-06-21T11:56:00.000-07:002008-06-22T06:27:40.052-07:00

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!

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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

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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

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Yesterday's MOPS meeting was a real blast! We had a speaker on nutrition, Robin spoke on relaxation, and then we had a full hour aerobics class! It is exciting to see as we wind down our second year of MOPS that we have developed a solid core of women who attend and we are seeing some real fruit from the work of the past. Please pray for our group as we have two more meetings this year and then

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We have just been blessed by a team from Frazer UMC in Montgomery, Alabama. It was a wonderful team - the first time (since we have been here) that children have been on a team - and especially sweet for our family as we got to visit with Kelly Parker and her two girls. We stayed in Kelly's home almost 4 years ago when we were preparing to come to Mexico City. Kelly and her girls hosted us as

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-72295264059890510662008-05-25T14:22:00.000-07:002008-05-28T14:32:21.983-07:00

Matthew 7 verses 9 - 11 say "Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!"Indeed the Lord blessed us with good gifts over the past two weeks. One of our fellow

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Perhaps it is because we are so overwhelmed by the amount of things that are going on that we have avoided trying to encapsulate them into a blog post - but we are desperately aware of our need for prayer and so we want to share with you some of the big happenings and ask that you join us in prayer on some of the major points.First, Christian has been heavily in the midst of transition to

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-31329624229077985822008-05-06T15:01:00.000-07:002008-05-06T15:10:26.907-07:00

Our group of missionary ladies has been meeting for the last 10 weeks doing a Bible study together. It has been a great time of growth.... This photo is special because it is the last time we will all be together for a year and a half or so - and by then we will have more women joining our ranks! One of our members, Carol Agnew has returned to Northern Ireland for 3 months of deputation, another

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Earlier this year some dear friends who served here in Mexico with us for 19 months heard the Lord call them back to Mexico - but only for a weeks visit. During that time, Robin and Bebe visited friends they had made during their service here with a real burden to once again share the gospel....and praise God several responded and asked the Lord Jesus into their lives. Upon their return to

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-54204147322176713652008-04-20T13:09:00.000-07:002008-04-20T13:13:59.311-07:00

We have posted in the past about the joy of having short term missionaries serve here. Gary Thompson has been in Mexico for a little over a year and he returns home to Northern Ireland this Monday. During retreat we celebrated his year of service and we laughed and cried. Gary is one of the hardest working, kindest, most wonderful people we have met and we are so thankful that Jesus crossed his

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-89875474257721792952008-04-20T12:58:00.001-07:002008-04-20T13:09:24.268-07:00

This past week we participated in a retreat for all of OMS Mexico missionaries. It was an incredible time. In fact, one of our fellow missionaries, Jonathan, who has served in Mexico for over 12 years said in the closing that he felt it was the best retreat ever - not because of location, or our speaker (although he was awesome!) but because there was such a sweet communion between all of us as

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This is the time of year for retreats....at least here in Mexico. We have participated in two retreats in the last month....The first one united all of our UNIFAM pastors, our church planting workers, missionaries and every ones families for a time of Bible teaching, relaxation and relationship building. It was an amazing time for us to spend with our Mexican co-workers.This year's teaching was

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Bear ye one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.Thank you dear friends for your cards and emails and flowers and phone calls - for pouring out your love on us during this hard time - our burden has been lighter because so many have come along side of us and held up our burden with us.We want to praise God for the missionary family that rallied around us during this hard time - They

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We are in California now and we are celebrating the life of Robin's mom....of our kids Grandma who passed away Tuesday, March 25th. It is a dear and precious time as we sort through pictures and share stories of memories. Thank you to everyone for your kindness, prayers, and support. We feel as though we have the greatest friends in the world and we are beyond thankful.Many of you have asked so

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There is no better day in the year to be baptized than on Easter Sunday. We praise God that Raymundo, a friend that Christian has been discipling, was baptized today. Christian was fortunate to be able to baptize him. Please pray for Raymundo as there are many giants facing he and his family. Please pray that he can find a job soon and continue to be a light for the Lord.

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Christian recently had an opportunity to visit one of our new churches on the southside of Mexico City with the Asbury Team. The church became an official UNIFAM Church last August. He was there to visit the pastor in what he has termed the “Listening Tour.” It is vital that he build relationships with all of the pastors in UNIFAM for his new role. Please pray that there will be a willingness

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Robin and Julie recently ended their time with English Classes at a local church. Many new families were introduced to the church through their English Class. Please pray for these new families as they learn more about who Jesus is and can be in their lives.The little boy standing next to Julie was interviewed all in English. He received a nice round of applause for his interview with Julie.

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What a joy it has been to begin working through the Sharpening Your Interpersonal Skills class with our leadership team for MOPS. Almost all of the gals on our leadership team are new to leadership positions and some are new Christians. As we have been working together for two years now we have started to see some rough areas we needed to work on as a team and individually - So we decided to go

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Thank you to all who prayed for us as we spoke to about 100 couples this past Saturday. Our purpose was to simply share out own marriage testimony. Fun, communication, making your spouse the second priority, and making God the top priority were the points of our talk. We pray and trust that our words will continue to plant seeds, water, cultivate, and maybe even harvest lost souls for the

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-56213326025575164192008-02-21T13:35:00.001-08:002008-02-21T13:35:33.308-08:00

Last week we accepted an invitation to be the guest speakers at a couples dinner at church. Needless to say we are nervous for our Spanish. We only want to glorify Jesus and impact these marriages for eternity. Please pray for us for fluid speech as well as for the hearts of those listening to the truth.

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I (Robin) had the chance to meet up with a group of women from the Cuautitlan Izcalli UNIFAM church this week that are involved in a ministry for women in crisis. What an amazing impact this ministry is having. Six different women from the church volunteer their time to man phones (and meet in person) with any women wanting to talk through a problem. The service is free and confidential. Several

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This was the theme of our MOPS meeting this past week. A pastors wife from our sister church in a nearby town shared and the message was incredible! Are our children a blessing or a burden? Of course we want to immediately say a blessing! But is that how we really feel? Are there times when we dream about life before kids and times when our kids seem to get in the way of all we want to accomplish

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Praise God for the work that has been done in the past week. Our good friends from England were here visiting and following up on the friends they made through teaching English. They were only here for 6 days, but they led 5 of their old friends to Christ. Pray for us as we have agreed to meet with them in order that they can receive discipleship.We also praise God for 3 families who just came

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Robin started teaching English to about 50 kids at a local church on Saturday. You can see her enthusiasm as she teaches the first lesson, "What's you name?" Our hope is that English will be used to bring many to Jesus in this area. She and Julie (pictured on the left) will co-teach this program over the next few months. Please pray that many will come to believe in Jesus and that the

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-13932437044353837272008-02-05T06:05:00.001-08:002008-02-05T06:08:08.088-08:00

Christian spent 2 days last week with a team from Waco, TX. After a lopsided game of soccer (US vs. Mexico) one of the members of the team gave his testimony to the street kids.

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This past Sunday evening Christian was given the opportunity to bring greetings on behalf of OMS to the UNIFAM LaLoma church as they celebrated 9 years of serving the Lord here in the Mexico City area. When we visited Mexico in 2004 to pray about coming here as missionaries, we visited this church and it was there that we both received conviction from the Lord that He was working mightily in

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Today Christian had the opportunity to help introduce a team from Texas to leaders in the national church assembly. It is a passion of Christian's to share with visitors about how the Lord is working in Mexico. Our goal with all short term teams is that they will be compelled by the Holy Spirit to pray, give, and/or go to the field. Please pray that this team will catch the vision of OMS in

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Click on Robin's blog to read an update on her mom.

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Our field recently started a prayer blog for all of you who take prayer seriously. We believe this is our greatest need. Check out the link in the upper right hand side of this page (above our profile) to view the current prayer requests for our field.

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Christian was so pleased to see what had happened on the streets. As you can see there are only 6 kids in this picture. In all there were about 10 kids that they recently visited within this particular group. You can see many other photos of this group throughout the blog. So, what is the success here? We only visited with 10 kids! This means that some of the group had left (normally there

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Today, we went to the Tultitlan Church in order to support and make sure there was a smooth landing for Jonny and Julie Pollock, 2 missionaries that arrived in August of 2007. One of Christian's responsibilities is to help new missionaries assimilate into life and work here in Mexico. We are so pleased with how the pastor laid out the red carpet for Jonny and Julie today. Please pray for this

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-10963277993239033812008-01-14T12:04:00.000-08:002008-01-14T12:19:10.425-08:00

As many of you know, we have been praying about our future here in Mexico. We have relied on many of you for prayer and support. We praise God for all your petitions on our behalf.We heard a lot of advice over our time in Indiana and since we have been back in Mexico. Two common threads seemed to come to the forefront every time we considered scripture and this Godly counsel: Go where God can

Robin MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00123727806209678456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35798491.post-14685283623299239232008-01-10T12:37:00.000-08:002008-01-14T12:43:53.019-08:00

At a recent ECC board meeting, which Christian a member, testimonials were given by 4 different church planting teams. Each of the teams reported that God has been working and growing the number of believers every day. Some of the activities have been non-traditional in reaching their communities for Christ, like renting a tarp so as to show movies about Christ, or partnering up with

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Our friend Raymundo has had a tough year since accepting Christ about 10 months ago. The workplace has been unfriendly to his new Christian life, his car was stolen, and just last week he lost his job. We cannot definitively say whether this is spiritual attack or a trial. Nonetheless, our prayer is that he glorifies the Lord in all he does and that others will see his testimony and be drawn to

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During our first year in Mexico we were blessed to work alongside a very special person. Our friend Donita taught English as evangelism. Our field misses her smile and love for the Mexican people. Last week we had dinner with her and her fiance.

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As Christian drove into Indianapolis this morning he listened to WGNR Radio. Chuck Colson's Breakpoint section came on and he was convicted. We'll let his article tell the rest of the story....here's and excerpt from his organization's website. Click here to see his whole article......That we have been going to church to make ourselves feel good and have our ears tickled. That therapy has

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Last Sunday we shared at Covenant Community Church, our sending church from the states. The church allowed us to take the whole sermon time to share about the progress, challenges, and prayers requests for the ministry in Mexico.

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It's great to be doing ministry in the states. Here Robin is sharing at another MOPS program on time management. We just received news from the Mexico City MOPS that Robin started. They gave news that the MOPS program there continues to flourish and reach mothers in the area for Christ.

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Last night we met up with some good friends of ours. They shared with us about their burden to reach high school age kids. In fact for a couple of years they have been adult leaders in a local youth group of about 50-60 kids. Due to some spiritual battle they have felt challenged in the ministry. We all were drawn together as we realized (once again) that no matter where we go or what job we

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Today Robin had the chance to meet our good friend Dottie. Her frequent emails to us in Mexico have been so uplifting. She prays for our ministry and family daily. Thanks Dottie for your dedication!

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We thought we might explain the purpose of our visit home in this post. As many of you know we recently had a baby girl and only 1 family member and a handful of friends from the states have had the opportunity to see her face to face. Our number one purpose in visiting was to introduce Amelia to her family and friends. Needless to say we have thoroughly enjoyed this part of the visit.Sharing the

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