Thank you for your continued prayers and support! April was a full and fruitful month — from Resurrection Sunday to Kids’ Day — God was so good to us! Resurrection Sunday — Two Services! April kicked off with Resurrection Sunday! This year, we held two services — one at 6:00 AM and one at 10:00…
What an incredible month March has been here in Puebla! We have so much to share with you! A Historic Month of Baptisms! We have saved the best for first — for the first time in the history of our church, we have had baptisms every single Sunday for four consecutive weeks! Praise the Lord!…
We paused for a moment, I pulled my phone out of my pocket, and I took this selfie. It was 4:10 PM, a beautiful afternoon in the city of Puebla, on July 18 of this year, and I was walking my daughter Rachel down the aisle of a lovely courtyard to give her in marriage…
Paseo Bravo Park Paseo Bravo Park is a very popular park among the people of Puebla. It was inaugurated in 1840 and is located in downtown Puebla. In recent months, we have been winning souls in this place, every Saturday. Praise the Lord, every week we see people being saved! Thank you for being part…
This is Yair Yair’s story is one of God’s amazing grace. Just a few weeks ago, he was a stranger on our streets, lost and alone. I was able to talk to him and Yair’s heart was softened. He accepted Jesus as his Savior and has since been faithful to our church.Despite the challenges he…
Our 22nd Anniversary We are incredibly grateful to God for the 22 years of ministry He has blessed us with in Puebla. We are witnessing amazing things happening in our Church, and it’s all a result of His grace and love. Thank you so much for praying! Over 100 souls saved in the hospital! Our…
Santiago and Eli Serving the Lord! Santiago came to our church to study Bible College three years ago. It was here at our church where he met Eli Mosso, an excellent young lady who has been at our church for thirteen years. Eli was a teacher at our Christian school and she also helped us…
This is what is left of the house of Pastor Iván Sotelo and my sister Eunice, where my nine-year-old little nephew Arturito lost his life. The fire started at 2:00 AM on Friday, April 12th. My brother-in-law tried again and again to find him to get him out of the fire, but Arturito never answered…
Missions Conference One of the most anticipated events of our church is our Missions Conference. I always remember Pastor Jim Vineyard saying: “Never have a missions conference without missionaries.”This year we had three missionary families. They were with us: The Mora family, missionaries to Egypt, The Miguel family, missionaries to Haiti, and the Díaz family,…
Short Furlough After taking a short furlough in the United States over the summer, we are back in Mexico, eager to further the Lord’s work in our church here in Puebla. Staff Retirement Upon our return, we held a three-day “Staff Retreat” in a beautiful hotel in the city of Atlixco, Puebla. A group of…
God has allowed us to stay strong during this time of coronavirus. Our church was able to keep its doors opened but we had to divide our church services in two, in order to accommodate fewer people in our facilities. One service starts at 10:00 AM and the second service starts at 11:30 AM. Our…
To all who have been praying for us for a new place for our church, thank you! We finally bought a property for our church that is a little more than three times the size of our former church! We moved last Friday and on Sunday we celebrated our 14th church anniversary in our new…
Praise the Lord, we had an amazing 12th anniversary of our church here in Puebla! We had 149 people attending, 4 of them were first time visitors. Pastor David Cortés from Open Door Baptist Church in Tijuana, Baja California was our guest speaker. He preached for our anniversary, and also for our Family Conference that…
We had a good day yesterday. People showed up early for Sunday School. We had six first time visitors and three people got baptized! One of the first time visitors is the daughter of a faithful family that have been coming to our church for the last two years — Juventino and his wife. Her…
Family Conference in Cuautla This week was a busy week. Monday and Tuesday we went to a Family Conference in Cuautla, Morelos. Brother Peter Duke is the Pastor of “Iglesia Bautista del Señor Jesús” in Cuautla, Morelos, which is a little over an hour south-west from Puebla. The first day we took 25 people from…
This morning was a special morning. I had the privilege to baptize our own daughter Sarah. Today was also a special Sunday because we celebrated Easter Sunday — we celebrated the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. We also baptized 4 other people of our church. What a blessing is to see our church growing…
We praise the Lord for the 10 first time visitors that we had today! I don’t know yet how many of them got saved, but at least two of them. Today we started our spring program to invite people to our church. We have a competition to see who brings the most visitors between the…