Jump-in July

Keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that lay before Him endured a cross and despised the shame and has sat down at the right hand of God’s throne. {Hebrews 12:2}

This month was FULL.  Too busy, yes. And though it involved quite sufficient stress and moments of tension, the goal of "jumping into" the new site work was worth it. (As always, we just have to keep working on the balance ...) 

After all the hard work and nerves of how things would go, we've seen God's hand at work, and that brings us SUCH GREAT JOY.  

Here's a quick recap:

 - First month of activities at the new Twist site in Ecatepec! (An outreach, the Inauguration, two lessons from the manual and special guests from HCC!)

- Continued renovation of the Twist space (cement flooring in the courtyard, painting, clearing out)

- Kai & Liam finished their school year with a concert and awards ceremony!

- Preparation for and hosting of the first mission trip from Heritage! (They were awesome! It was a wonderful week of home visits and children's outreach.)

- Celebrated Kai's FOURTH birthday :)

- Celebrated our TENTH wedding anniversary! 

- Oh, and we took the step of faith making a down payment on a second car! Praise God.

Before and after floor

News and prayer:

As we encounter more families at the new Twist site, we see how timely His call is. IT IS A SPIRITUAL BATTLE. We've met several families searching for truth and hungry for the God's Word. God had given me the picture of rebuilding His Body as Nehemiah rebuilt the wall. We are seeing it.

Pray for more divine encounters and for wisdom in how to best disciple these dear ones and counteract all the confusion and oppression in the area. 

Yes, it's been big investment financially with all the renovations, etc., and it's definitely stretched me to the max. But it's all HIS anyway, and we know that as we sow into His harvest field, we'll never lack anything.

Liam playing drums at the concert. He also song the most beautiful solo worshipping Father God!

Jason telling his testimony in the street - as kids got out of this school

Testimonies:

1. In the visits to Twist kids' homes, one Grandma told us how her grandson didn't know how to read before going to club. She, being illiterate, couldn't help him out, but after going to Twist, and learning Bible verses, he's now reading! 

2. At another home we visited, the mom was very grateful for how her kids have learned to practice prayer at Twist. They pray for provision and work for their family, and they've seen Him provide! That day when we handed them the grocery bag, tears came to her eyes in gratitude for the miracle - they had nothing to eat.

Home visits in Ixtapaluca: this faith-filled boy who goes to Twist wept as we prayed over his family.

Gospel skit followed by testimonies at the new Twist site in Ecatepec *notice how nice the floor looks :)

We got to celebrate Kai in different ways all week, but we finally got to go take our sweet animal-lover to this safari-type park!

Grace rockin' it in the new Honda

As we go forward, we can cling to the promise and evidence we've seen, that HE will do it. All we have to do is step out in obedience. 

Thank you for being our family! God encourages our hearts through each of you! Thank you, thank you, thank you! 

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Financial update:

We are continually raising support as the family and ministry grow.  Now, we are about 1,000 dollars away from reaching our monthly personal support goal. Anything additional to that goes to ministry work (specifically: volunteer team support, Twist clubs, publishing, webpage development, outreach, etc.)

Tax-deductible giving:

CHECKS TO: HEARTS IN ACTION INTL, INC.

Memo: Mexico Mission

Send to: 7104 Africa Road Galena, OH 43021

Online giving link: Hearts in Action Mexico