Geppeto's Workshop in Mexico...Building Dreams

The Tijuana pastor's board has been busy working hard to follow-up with all the families that we have built a home for. Here are a few of their prayer requests and praises for this month.

Pastor Francisco Chavez: I would like everyone to pray with me for my church and it's continual growth. Also, that we will be able to receive new instruments, speakers, microphones, and a guitar amplifier. Praise: Thank God that we were able to receive a piano and plenty of chairs for our church. We know that God will provide the rest.

Pastor Eusebio Haros: My continual prayer request is that Gd will provide a 15 passenger van to transport people to and from church. Praise:Thank God for His steadfast love toward us and for healing my wife of her illness.

Pastor Juan Bahena: We are asking prayer for our church expansion and for spiritual support for myself and my family. Praise: Thank GOd that he will continue to prosper our church.

Pastor Fausto Meraz: I want to thank you for praying for us and ask you to keep our church in prayer as we are working on expanding our church. We need Sunday school rooms. Praise: I want to give all the glory and honor to God for his provision. We requested awhile back for a new keyboard and God answered! Thank you everyone for praying for us!

Pastor Juan Briceño: Please pray for my family and congregation. Also that God will provide a van to transport people to church and for a bass guitar and amplifier. Praise: God has answered our petition about an electric guitar amplifier! Thank you.

Pastor Jesus Lobatos: Please pray with me for my family and my congregation. We are in need of musical instruments, a keyboard, and microphones. Also, that God will make provision for tables for our dinning hall and chairs too. Praise: We are so grateful to God and you for keeping us in prayer. we prayed about a building to be able to do a feeding program and it's built now and a church from Los Angeles, California gave us an extra long van for 13 passengers.

As a thank you to all our pastors we provide the means for them to have a Pastor's Retreat where they go to a location with their families and have a time of rest and relaxation. Here are a few pictures from their retreat.

Thank you Pastors from all the cities we work in!

July 13th I had a meeting with our pastors that work in the Rosarito area. Here are a list of prayer requests and praise reports.

Pastor Angel: Please join with me in prayer concerning a vehicle to use to transport people to and from church. Also, for my continual health and that of my wife because we have been a bit ill lately. Praise: I want to praise God that he healed my wife's right leg.

Pastor Jose: Please pray with us that we can continue our work in holding home fellowships groups. And that God will continue to prosper our ministry. To win amny more souls for His kingdom. Praise: I am very grateful for the work Amor Ministries does. To think that many souls will be won by the sheer joy of receiving a new house. I have some families in my congregation that have accepted God as their personal Saviour as a result of receiving God's love in the form of a house. Thank you for your love and passion to help those that are in great need in Mexico. Thank you for all the donations that blesses many families. We love you all!

Pastor Florentino: Thank you for your prayers. That our congregation continues to grow spiritually. Praise: I want to thank God for the little trailer that Amor donated to us. Currently we are waiting to finish our house and the trailer has helped to house us in the meantime. And thank God for the house that a wonderful group from Amor made.

Pastor Gustavo: Please help me pray for my wife's health and for our congregation to grow. Praise: Thank God for this ministry (Amor) and for all of you that participate. It's a great experience that Amor has brought and it has enriched my life. May you all continue to be blessed as you have blessed many lives. When I see the people that have benefited in receiving a house I stand amazed. On behalf of the families I want to thank God and you for all your love and support.

Thank the Lord for such faithful men that have not only heard the calling of God in their lives but are determined to increase the Kingdom of God.

Pastor Valente Reyes-Pray: Please pray for the registration of our church land and for my family. Praise: I want to thank you all for praying about receiving Bibles. Your gift will be given to many hungry souls. God bless!

Pastor Valente

Pastor Fernando-Pray: I would like you to join with me in prayer for a van for our church and different electronic devices for our church. Praise: I want to thank God for your prayers. God has been providing instruments for our church. Like someone donated a guitar and drum set. I also want to thank God for healing me from a growth that I had near my eye.

Pastor Fernando, Pastor Elizabeth, and Mexican Field staff Alonso

Pastor Antonio Sotelo-Pray: I really would like to ask everyone to pray for our lives, for the lost souls we are trying to reach and for the whole world. Praise: Thank God that he has answered by faith all our requests. God help you all!

Pastor Antonio, Mexican Field staff Alfredo

Pastor Javier Heredia-Pray: I really appreciate prayer for the continual health of my family. My daughter Ivon is in California and for my parents will receive complete healing. Thank you for your prayers. May God bless you! Praise: God has answered so many prayer requests. My daughter Joselin was ill and God healed her.

Pastor Jesus & Pastor Javier

Pastor Jesus Garcia-Pray: Please pray that we would be able to obtain chairs for our church and tables for our dinning hall. Thank you for your prayers!

Pastor Felipe Posadas-Pray: We need prayer for our spiritual well being and for donations to help those that are in great need. Thank you! Praise: We will continue to preach the Word and minister to many people.

Pastor Elizabeth Avendaño-Pray: Continual prayer for the construction of our new church and that God will grant us wisdom concerning our finances. Praise: Thanking God for allowing us to meet with several government officials and to invite them to an outreach we are going to have in July.

These are the prayer requests and praise reports that our brothers and sisters in Ciudad Juarez have shared. Thank you for your continual support of the church in Mexico.

Bright Sun!

Sisterly Love.

A little lunch with the pastors.

Even in Ciudad Juarez I got to wait in a long border line .

Finally home.

Cool eagle!

"I love the Lord because he hears my prayers and answers them. Because he bends down and listens, I will pray as long as I breathe!" Psalm 116:1-2 TLB

Pastor Leoncio wants to share that he is very grateful for everyone's prayers and may God bless you all.

Pastor Hortencio shares that he wants to give praise to God for the continual growth of his church and for giving them another church to expand even more. Thank you for your prayers!

Pastor Mere wants to share praise for the construction of their new roof on his church. They have $2,300.00 dollars of the $7,000.00 they need to complete the whole renovation! Thank you for your prayers.

This last Firday I drove to Tecate, Mexico to visit our pastors there. We have meetings every month to see how they are doing, if they have any issues to address, if they have any specific needs or just to let them know what is happening at our office in San Diego. We enjoyed partaking together the joys of hearing stories of families that have been blessed with the reality of God's perfect love. We spoke about how we can go beyond our families expectations in blessing them with vital resources. For example, back to school supplies, toys for Christmas, food bank, emergency relief packages for families that have lost a home, and church supplies. They know that only God will be able to meet their needs, but they also are praying that God will touch the hearts of those who are able to give. I'm excited to see how God will provide.

This is the church of Pastor Leoncio where we had our meeting.

Here is Pastor Hortencio and Pastor Ezekiel as we break bread together. Yum! Carne Asada!

This is Pastor Mere writing down the praise reports so that I can share them with everyone!

A supporter donated brand new T-shirts from their company and so here we have the pastors modeling their new shirts.

I was able to take with me to the meeting a box of Spanish Bibles so each pastor was able to take 6 Bibles each and Pastor Leoncio placed them on his church shelf to be ready to use in the next service.

"God can do anything, you know-far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams!" Ephesians 3:20 MSG