All Creatures Great And Small

Greetings from Mexico in Jesus' glorious name! It has been busy for me the past few weeks and I wanted to catch you up on some news from our part of the world.

I spent last week with my granddaughters in Ft. Worth while my son and his wife enjoyed an anniversary vacation in Mexico. Before I returned to Mexico, I was able to pick up donations from our friends in Dallas, Chava and Elvira Rodriguez, and these donations will be a big blessing to the families in our area of Mexico.

This baby deer was standing on the Hwy 277 Saturday when I drove to Ft. Worth.

I picked it up and took it to Sonora, Texas. It was injured and Derek Rogers, the Game Warden of Sutton County, received it from me on Saturday afternoon. He was amazed that I was able to transport it 35 miles without problems, but the deer stayed between the seats in the back of the van.

One of Bill's rescued puppies,
given to a good home last week

A cold drink of water on a hot day...in our yard

I had so much fun taking pictures of Texas Wildflowers last month that I wanted to share a few of them here. The highways were filled with color.

Texas Wildflowers

"Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it."

Psalm 96:12

God's adornment on the roadside

"Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand.."

Psalm 95:7

Sunday in Centinella was great, and I brought 2 families from Tepeyac and Palmira to join us for the Mother's Day service and meal. Here are a few photos from that special day.

Veronica with the youngest member of the church

Enjoying the Mother's Day Fellowship and meal

Thank you so much for you interest in this blog and the ministry here in Mexico. I am so blessed by your encouraging notes, comments and emails.
I pray God uses me for His glory and I am excited to have the privilege to share the gospel wherever He leads me.
In His loving embrace,
Toni

"...and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel..."

Ephesians 6:19

Let The Little Children Come Unto Me...

 But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me,

and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”

Matthew 19:14 NKJV

Greetings from Mexico in the wonderful, glorious name of Jesus Christ!

We are so grateful for your interest in our blog, and wanted to share photos of the Childrens Day event in Tepeyac with you.

We had a wonderful time sharing the gospel with children and mothers alike, and Blas Martinez brought a great message to start the afternoon activities off. After the message, the kids played several games, including baseball in the basket, water balloon toss, and sack races. We were short on helpers but served everyone a meal of hot dogs and chips, with cupcakes for all the kids.

I couldn't have done any of this without the help of Maria Vasquez, Socorro, Estrella and Manuel Martinez. Yessica Garcia and Gemma Gonzalez were a big help, also. Praise the Lord for sweet friends who are there when you need them!

Hermano Blas Martinez sharing the message

Lining up for the balloon toss, dog not included.

Lining up for the sack races

And they´re off!!!

Balloon tossers getting ready for the game

With lots of help from moms...

The final push for the finish line!

The moms received gift bags sent from Cynthia Hilsinger and her sister, Kathy in Virginia, complete with beautiful wash cloths, shampoo, Kleenex, lotions and combs. We also offered lots of donated clothes and shoes from Cynthia and the Primera Iglesia, Asamblea de Dios, Dallas, Texas. The same church donated toys, as well as those received from Carlos and Laura Lopez of Austin, Texas. The children each received several toys they picked for prizes at the event. 

We are so grateful for all of our donors, and for all of your prayers for our event. God provided every need and we pray the gospel was sown on fertile ground in the hearts of the children and their mothers and grandmothers.

Unfortunately, we weren't able to do the event in Centinella because I became ill on Saturday, but we handed out bags of candy with gospel tracts and Bibles in Centinella, and I was able to bring 7 people from Tepeyac and Palmira to the church service there on Sunday. We even got to attend the Sunday School class, where Alejandro is using the materials from Primera Iglesia Bautista Corpus Christi.

The case of Bibles was supplies by donations from Treasures of Grace Ministry in Haskell, Texas.

Thank you for your interest in the ministry here in Mexico, and thank you especially for your prayer support. It means so much.

God bless you as you serve the King of kings!

In His loving embrace,

Antonia