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February

Diligently keep the unity of the Spirit with the peace that binds us. 
Ephesians 4:3 


Our prayer is to continue to grow in unity of the Spirit as we preach and teach the best news there is: Christ Jesus. 

The picture above is from a youth event we organized at the beginning of the month.  With the goal of a youth outreach in March, we wanted to integrate and train two church youth groups so that when the event arrives they can confidently and purposefully share with those who attend.
Here we had a morning of teambuilding in the park.  To close, we heard from the Word about the importance of unity and we took a time to pray together.






This month we finished the remaining two children's worker trainings for a church, and to practice with them we invited kids from the neighborhood to an in-the-street lesson!










Friends of ours are assistant pastors at a church in central D.F. We were blessed with an invitation for Xaume to preach one Sunday.



I was excited to be a guest speaker at an evangelistic women's breakfast.  After sharing about the restoration of our communion and confidence with God through Christ, we had a time to pray for and minister to the women.


Xaume began to teach a class on children's ministry for an opening Bible institute in the south of the D.F.



Huge provision. This is our new car!  God put us on the heart of a stranger in the congregation of a pastor friend of ours.  He felt prompted to give an offering for the ¨teacher who comes from far away.¨
The offering plus some of our savings plus an almost half-price sale from a different pastor friend of ours...


Thank you, Jesus.  We are very blessed to be able to travel by car.  It is a big help for cutting down on time spent in transit and carrying our materials for the ministry.  




Xaume just finished teaching Personal Evangelism at the Bible institute.  Part of our homework was a group project.  In my group, we went to this downtown plaza, bought drinks, and invited people over for a free soda.  The posters have the verse John 4:13-14 written on them-- ¨Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give,...will become a spring of water welling up to eternal life--¨which we used to initiate conversations, listen, share, and pray.




Xaume was invited to help with a pastor's conference in Estado de Mexico.  Stay strong guys!  


After Xaume's class on evangelism had finished, a pastor classmate of mine asked Xaume to give classes at his church on the subject.  He always has us repeat after him, ¨The great commission is for me!¨  Amen!


Thanks for reading/viewing.  We are thankful for you and ask for your continued support-- to pray with us for this nation, Mexico, and the harvest that is ready.  Please pray for us to be in step with the Holy Spirit in every opportunity. You are a blessing!

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