Below is a summary of what has taken place this summer and what is coming up, Lord willing.
Summer Projects
Tlaltenango: After arriving on the
field here in Mexico on May 26, the first project team arrived one week later.
The Caldwell/Lyon Baptist Association in Kentucky brought a team of 20 to
Mexico to saturate the city of Tlaltenango. In 3 days, we took the gospel to over
6,300 homes in a city of 25,000. The picture at the left is the map we used to
do the saturation. During this week, 12 people were saved.
Tepetongo: Two weeks later, a
team of 5 from Northside Baptist Church in Mayfield, Kentucky came to help us
with the saturation of Tepetongo, a smaller city of about 2,500, In three days
we covered over 500 homes and 3 people professed faith in Jesus Christ.
Pastor’s Conference: In
August, we enjoyed a great pastor’s conference in Zacatecas City with pastors
from many of the churches here in the state of Zacatecas and some from Durango
as well. The Caldwell/Lyon Association has been providing these conferences for
6 years and the pastors receive a great blessing as well as many useful
resources. Please pray for a growing sense of partnership with pastors in
Zacatecas for reaching their state and country for Christ.
Follow-up
Since
the summer of projects have concluded, we are working on follow-up in the
cities we saturated the past two years. Attempts are being made to start Bible
Studies in Tepetongo and Villanueva. Pray for individuals or businesses who are
willing to provide a place for these studies.
The
prospects discovered from the Tlaltenango project were given to a local Baptist
pastor who has been following up on them. Also, Tony and a brother from Jerez
are doing a monthly worship service with the men at the jail and a drug and
alcohol rehab center in Tlaltenango.
Future Plans
High
in our hopes and prayers for the next months is the possibility of starting
pastor training here in Zacatecas. There is nothing available in this area for
continuing education for pastors to provide them with skills and resources for
their ministries. Please pray for these doors to open in God’s timing.
Tony
is currently working on a Doctor of Missiology at Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary to better qualify him for these plans as well as to open doors for
partnerships in theological education.
Thank You!
We are so grateful for your continued prayers and
financial support. You are our partners in this mission that our Lord has
called us to. Please keep us in your prayers
