Mexico Mobilizing Tour - Part 3

Cañón del Sumidero

Tuxtla Gutiérrez... What a beautiful place!

The second city in our mobilization tour was Tuxtla Gutierrez.  We left Tapachula at 3 on Thursday morning, so we could be at a meeting at 10.  We met with the team in charge of organizing their first missions conference: Ayer Chiapas, Mañana el Mundo (Yesterday Chiapas, Today the World).  This team included the president of the Central Baptist Regional Convention of Chiapas, the President of the Baptist Seminary and other key pastors and leaders of the area.  I shared with them the vision to come together in prayer in Una Sola Voz, and helped them include prayer related activities in their upcoming conference.  I was also invited to return to Tuxtla to share with more churches about the task of going beyond their borders to reach the nations for Christ.  Because of my many resposibilities in Central America, I am not able to be involved too much with the Chiapas churches, but I will continue to use the influence and testimony I have in that part of the world to encourage them to spread the glory of God among the nations of the world.  Please pray for the churches in Tuxtla.

Mexico Mobilizing Tour - Part 2

 

Tuesday and Wednesday were busy days in Tapachula! Tuesday afternoon, about 75 women from 27 different churches gathered for a cross-cultural experience and special time of prayer for the Muslim women.  Thru this experience, they identified with these precious women beloved of our Father, and cried, prayed and made committments to continue to intercede for them.  On Wednesday morning, it was the men´s opportunity to be challenged! Around 40 pastors and leaders joined us for breakfast at Fileo Church.  They were touched by God´s Word and the information they received.  They heard from Hispanic servants just like them share how they followed God in obedience to the ends of the earth. The leadership of the Baptist Regional Convention of the Coast of Chiapas was present.  They were so convinced by what God impressed in their hearts, that they invited me to share again in December at one of their most important meetings where the mayority of their leaders and churches will be present.  They want to also challenge them to set aside any differences and come together in unity to pray strategically, intentionally and pationately for the unreached nations of the world. The president of the convention and the leadership that were present at our meeting would like to present Una Sola Voz as their first prayer strategy to lead them to become involved in fulfilling the Great Commission to the ends of the earth.

Mexico Mobilization Tour - Part 1

I arrived in Tapachula, Chiapas on Monday, September 3.  It was the beginning of 12 days in Mexico for the purpose of mobilizing the churches in three different cities, and to invite them to unite with us in Central America in a network of intercessory prayer called Una Sola Voz (One Voice).  Tapachula was the first stop.  As most of you know, this city is dear to me.  It is here where my missionary journey began, and it is here where I buried my dear husband and beloved daughter 13 years ago.  Before my commitments began on Tuesday afternoon, I was able to visit Gary and Carla´s tomb.  A dear friend and I washed and clean the white and black marble tombstone that was a gift from the Baptist Regional Convention of the Coast of Chiapas.  Later on, some more friends joined us to place a beautiful wreath on the tomb with a photo of those loved ones Gary and Carla left behind.  It does not matter how long it has been... standing there it seemed it happened just yesterday...