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May 10, 2010
2010 May Prayer Guides
PRAYER CONCERT FOR MAY 2010
The NANANA family and ministry in Mexico
Cuernavaca, Morelos
Praise the Lord for another fruitful trip to Chiapas: encouraging visit for Eusebio Vazquez, an ex-student of Chiapas Bible Institute and Reformed Seminary in Mexico City, who had celebrated special 3 day services with a lot of thanksgiving. His family willfully offered a cow (over 700 lbs.) for the feast. It was a pleasant visit to witness his walk in the Lord. I(Abe) was commoved as he claimed Abe to be his spiritual father. … It turned out to be also a good visit for Cesario Guillen, who had had some personal issues over some months due to the lack of a spiritual mentor near him. He had basically spent most of his life in urban setting, but considered a countryman himself. However, his ministry colleagues had caused him to wake up and reconsider his differences to work with them. He had a distinct mentality. So he renounced from Diaconia Chiapas. Somehow this visit helped him to restore his backsliding faith. Pray that God will provide him a friend(s) to walk alongside him. Click here
Praise for the Bible Verse Contest. We’ve had about 100 participants from 6 churches. The event was well received as all of them showed great interest, including teachers. We’re all excited as each participant did his/her best to not just win the contest but to confirm their further step in spiritual walk through this event. It was always hard for the judges to nominate the final three winners each age group. Click here
Praise the Lord for another warm and growing experience of our missionaries spiritual retreat in our area. Our team is a coolest ministry family as we get to know each one of us closely. You guys are fantastic! Click here Note: Some pics were taken by Barbarita.
Our dear brother Israel and his home church Bethesda successfully made known God’s presence in La Lagunilla, a tough area to evangelize through a one-day street campaign. There were 10 new converts who made commitment to follow Jesus and participate weekly gathering in a local. Praise the Lord as He said “He added to their number daily those who were being saved (Acts 2:47)! Click here
Please join us in prayer for the followings during this month.
1. May 1 … Abe is scheduled to preach and project a movie in Balsas, Gro., a mission of La Hermosa church. There is still a family or two that gather together irregularly for worship and Bible study. May God’s Spirit descend on each of those who kneel down before the Sovereign God!
2. We will continue the evangelism training at El Nazareno RPCM (pastor Hector). At the same time, Bethesda RPCM (pastor Francisco) continue building up the 10 new converts at a recent evangelism effort.
3. May 3 … It’s the day of monthly pastors meeting. Since last month, we’ve been using a literature that might help or nurture our philosophy of ministry. For now we are using “La Necesidad de Reformar la Iglesia (The Need to Reform the Church)” by John Calvin.
4. Our church’s youth groups are planning for a summer retreat in Acapulco. Our budget goal is to raise about U$50 (per person) for 60-80 of them. We are mentoring and assisting the leaders from fundraising idea to program details to lectures. The retreat will be in late July and hosted at a church in Acapulco.
5. May 14-16 … Abe will lead a pastor’s retreat in Merida. Our dear friend Jacobo Caamal, after the touching experience in The Image of God seminar, asked us to introduce that further to his presbytery. Naomi is going with me as her birthday gift.
6. May 29 … Maranatha Church will have her birthday party. May her Lord continue to bless her ministry throughout the year.
7. Every Thursdays Abe teaches two classes at Reformed Seminary in Mexico.
8. Every other Fridays Elaine leads an Inner Healing Follow-up Bible study at home. The attendees shout in joy as they discover their own personality and grow in relationship with God. They are Lily, Felix, Norely, Bertha, Grecia, Alba, Martha, etc. Thank God for He has camped upon them with His grace and love.
9. The other Fridays Elaine leads Sunday school teacher training sessions at two churches. Average of 10-15 teachers are faithfully attending the classes and are eager to learn more theories and practical tips. Abe teaches Christian doctrines based on TULIP.
10. Abe and pastor Jose Ocampo teach at Seminary by Extension (TEE) in Maranatha RPCM. As it reached the last quarter of its 2-year program we are so excited to graduate some students soon for their church needs.
11. Pray for Alfonso, our kids’ school-friend, who needs a kidney transplant anytime soon. His mom decided to donate hers, but they are both weak and especially the mom is very nervous at this time. And pray also for Andre, whose parents have decided to divorce and are in legal process. Poor little boy, doesn’t realize yet what impact might be seen in his surroundings! There are so many of this case all over Mexico. Many times it seems like, for them, divorce is not the last option but the very first choice to solve the marriage issues.
12. Two churches (RPC) in town are searching for new pastor: Gethsemani church in Cuernavaca (Centro Presbytery) and Maranatha church (Emmanuel Presbytery).
Thanks very much to all of your prayer and giving!
Abe & Elaine Lee
CRWM Mexico
Posted by nanana at May 10, 2010 08:38 AM