1st "Operation Christmas Child" Meeting with Churches

Our Samaritan’s Purse Tlaxcala Team held its first information meeting of the year with Tlaxcalan churches to inform them about “Operation: Christmas Child” (Shoebox gifts and discipleship program), and invite them to participate.  Pastors and teachers of 26 churches attended the meeting!

 

I loved meeting brothers from other churches.  Paco and I were already enthusiastically invited to visit two different congregations by pastors and teachers we met.  I realized that these small churches do not have much contact with other congregations, so were excited to meet with other brothers.

 

One teacher, the only attendee from her church, struggled to read and write, so I helped her to fill out her information forms.  I marvel that even believers with educational limitations such are hers are not swayed from responding to God´s call to teach His truth! 

 We are still far from reaching our goal of blessing 60 churches with the opportunity to participate in “Operation Christmas Child”, but

are struggling to find churches and missions in northern Tlaxcala, where the Gospel is very scare.  We pray that the Lord would guide us to find, invite, and encourage these small congregations.