Leaving next week

Well, this is it... next Thursday, God willing, we'll be on our way to Monterrey. We are flying from Tegucigalpa to San Salvador and then to Mexico City. From Mexico D.F we will travel to Monterrey by bus. It's a 12 hour trip from the Mexican capital to our final destination. I feel very excited about this trip. It's going to be a great opportunity to expand God's Kingdom! We'll be sharing the Gospel with students from different universities, we'll be visiting an orpahanage and painting the auditorium of a small church. We'll have a chance to share experiences with other missionaries from the United States (Columbus and Colorado). We're going to be working a lot and this is great. We are also going to have a meeting for new contacts made during our trip. I hope to be able to take some pictures and share them with you when I come back. Thank you all for your prayers and support. I hope I will be able to blog from Monterrey.

Good news at the Mexican Embassy

James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

Hey friends! I got some great news to tell you all. I got the mexican visa today!!! Yes, that's great! Yesterday morning I finished gathering all the requirements for the visa. So, I went to the embassy and they told me to come back the day after. What has really impressed me and what I've learned during this process is the fact that God is the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were. In my human strenght, it would have been impossible to get the visa. Neverthless, the weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. (2 Cor 10:4). I want to thank you all because I know your prayers have reached their destination. Thanks for you encouragement as well. Now, I have to prepare for the trip to Monterrey in two weeks. There are many things I still need to work on and I know God is by my side.

Prayer needs

Pray for us...

We encourage you to pray...

• For our faith. Even if the circumstances are difficult we need to fix our eyes on Jesus.
• For my visa. I'm taking my application to the embassy this week.
• For the team's trip in July. We expect a fruitful trip.

Man's effort vs. God's mercy

'It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy'. Rom 9:16
Our calling, gifts and opportunities do not depend on our desire or efforts. Let's remember that every good and perfect gift is from above. This is something important that we need to remember. God is primarily interested in our heart and attention. We ought fix our eyes in Jesus.

I've been considering these passages because I'm working on gathering all the requirements to get the mexican visa. It's not easy getting it because a lot of illegal immigrants enter the U.S. through the Mexican border. Sometimes I struggle with thoughts as if everything depended on me. But just then, I realize that even if I have to work hard on this, God has the last word. So. let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

A Missionary's Job.

On December 2003, when the leaders of the church invited me to join the Mission team to Monterrey, I believe I had no idea what kind of business I was getting into. I thought the hardest part about becoming a missionary was making the decision to move to another country. So, when I made this decision about three weeks later I realized this was only the beginning- the beginning of a very exciting journey. "Yes", I said. "I'm willing to move". At that time, I didn't realize I was engaging in a process where God wanted to lead me all the way to a closer walking with Him.

So I believe God has matched the financial, emotional and spiritual struggles that I've faced with my need of humbleness and reliance on Him. When God called Abraham and told him to leave his country, his family and everything behind him, what Abraham actually did was to start the journey where his relationship with his Savior would change forever. This is why a misionary's first priority is to rely upon his God.