Evangelistic Music and Testimonies from Puebla!

Our summer evangelism continues…

This Saturday, our sister church in Puebla joined our church plant in the Misiones community to lead another open air concert and testimonies- specifically focused on the freedom from addictions found in Jesus Christ.

 

During Katy’s testimony, about having

her young daughter taken from her by her ex-husband, and becoming homeless when her family took her home, the woman who works at the nearby bakery was sitting outside her shop listening and wiping tears from her eyes.

During Cinthya’s testimony about her struggle with bulimia, one adolescent girl beside me was nodding knowingly and discussing the topic with her

friend. 

 

During the concert and Gospel message, many eyes around the street appeared fixed on the stage.  The Lord held off the rain until the very last two minutes, when the call was made to accept Christ at Lord and Savior, and then the skies practically fell on us!! So so much rain- falling in

buckets from a single dark cloud directly over our stage!! (I had never been more aware of a spiritual battle for salvation as that moment!)  We believe the Lord was using His Word and worship in a big way in the lives of many if the Enemy was so insistent to try to hinder it with the 8 minute storm!

 

 

 

 

"SUBMERGED" VBS in Tlaxcala: Lord's provision amidst obstacles

Vacation Bible School did not seem like a possibility this year- but the Lord provided in every obstacle!!

 

1. We did not have enough volunteers to lead the camp this year: multiple families at our church started new businesses or got new jobs which would not allow them time off to serve at VBS.  However, a misión

team of 6 people from California arrived to help us the very week of VBS! Plus, members of a nearby church in Puebla also joined us!  We had more than enough adults to receive every child!

2. Resources were scarce to plan a whole VBS program this year, when High Point Church of San Diego mailed us the LifeWay “Submerged” VBS package that we needed!  What

provision of the Lord!

3. The rain this summer has been more abundant than normal- covering our unfinished church construction with mud and puddles.  Where would the children sit and play at VBS if everything is covered in mud?  However, in an answer to prayer, no rain fell the couple days before VBS so we could get everything clean and decorated.  And, even when

hurricane-like rain, wind and hail fell on Tuesday afternoon, the decorations were still standing with minimal mud on the floor for VBS the next day.  The Lord certainly controls the weather!

 

60 children participated in our “Submerged” VBS week- where they “submerged” into the Word of God to

learn that Jesus goes deep into their lives: knowing them, loving them, and saving them.  They amazed me by memorizing 6 Bible verses this week- amidst the many other game, craft, song and snack activities that they enjoyed.  Many family members joined us on Sunday morning for the closing ceremony and celebration meal.  Two families have already expressed interest in joining our church- for the children’s program

and youth group. 

 

Praise the Lord for His provision to make this VBS possible, and for each life that He touched through it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gospel Concert from California!

Our summer evangelism begins!

 

Each weekend this month, we will be leading open-air evangelism events at our church plant in the Missions community.  Though our church room is super tiny, the basketball court and park directly below us offer the perfect location for open events.

Though Paco and I personally have no musical talent, the Lord sent a team from Artesia, California, to serve at our event, including two very talented musicians.  On top of the stage-platform that Paco constructed, using sound equipment on loan from a church in Puebla, Neil and Mercedes’ worship songs in Spanish rang out for the community to hear.  Mike, another man on the team even shared his testimony of Jesus Christ’s

transformation in his life.  During the concert, church members passed out Gospel tracts (sent from HighPoint Church in San Diego) to the audience.

Only 40 minutes into the event, rain poured down, forcing us to store instruments and sound equipment, and ending our concert.  However, we know that the Lord used those few minutes:

     -Both the couple working in the tortilleria beside us, as well as two men on the street, stopped us to lament that rain caused the concert early, because they had been “listening to everything”.

     -Two ladies who had received Gospel tracts, Felicia and Esperanza, talked with two church members the entire 40 minutes of the concert about salvation in Jesus Christ, and even

wanted to meet Paco to ask about church service times.