Tepeyac VBS 2019

"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings glad tidings of good things, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!" Isaiah 52:7

We are so grateful for all who came to our little corner of Mexico to bring the good news to so many. The group from First Baptist Church of Haskell, Texas was 40 strong, and brought encouragement and love to the children and families in San Carlos, Tepeyac, Centinela and Casa Hogar Bethesda. 

This year, they stayed in a church in Acuna, and we saw many attend the Vacation Bible Schools at each of the locations.

Here are a few of the pictures from the week in Tepeyac. It was a wonderful time of praise and worship, teaching of the Word and encouraging the new believers that came to Christ that week.

These few pictures don't nearly tell the story, but the faces should give you an idea of the enjoyment felt by the children and mother's who joined us at the church in Tepeyac.

Thank you for your interest in the ministry in Mexico, and for your prayers for the families in our area. We are so grateful to God for you and your love and support.

By His grace,
Toni

All Aboard! VBS In Tepeyac 2018

Donations From Dallas Blessing Families in Mexico

"And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.

Galatians 6:9

Greetings from Tepeyac in the beloved name of Jesus!

I apologize for not keeping you updated through this blog on our recent activities, but am excited to share the outreaches into our local schools we had this morning. God is so good, and Maria, Socorro and I were privileged to visit classrooms in the elementary schools and kindergartens in Tepeyac, Palmira and Emiliano Zapata.

We received donations of school supplies from Primera Iglesia of Dallas, Texas. I drove up to San Antonio last month to pick up donations of clothing, shoes and lots and lots of spiral notebooks, pencils, pens, crayons and other items for the school children in our area.

We were able to bring gospel tracts, along with pencils, pens and crayons to the children  in Tepeyac. The teachers in all the schools were so welcoming to us, and grateful for the donations.

We would like to thank the Primera Iglesia of Dallas for donating all the wonderful school supplies, and much more. The clothing, shoes and bedding have all been a great blessing to the families in our area of Mexico.

Kids enjoying the toys sent  down from Texas

We are so grateful for all the friends who donated items for Mexico. Those donations are helping so many families that would have difficulty purchasing such nice things, even at a pulga. (yard sale).

The men at the rehab are especially grateful, as they don't have an income and most don't have family to help them with their clothing needs.

Chava Rodriguez met us last month in San Antonio with a full load of the school supplies and donations, and it has been a blessing bringing them to the people we help.

God is faithful, and we are blessed to be a part of what He's doing in Coahuila.

Thank you so  much for your interest in the ministry here, and especially for your prayers and support for this endeavor. We are so grateful.

Keep seeking His face. Jesus is our only hope in this troubled world. Let's all do what we can to make a difference for the King.

Con mucho cariño,

Toni 

Misunderstandings

The first picture is of the Borrego Famoso.The second is of Blas and little Alexis. The last picture is of all the sheep that Blas has in his yard now.



I guess everyone has them. Those times when you realized you’ve completely misunderstood what someone said. It happens, and I guess I’ve had my fair share of them.

My latest was about Blas’ sheep. He has told me that we were going to pick up his “Borrego” and something about babies, so I guess I “assumed” he meant the sheep was pregnant. When we went to pick up the sheep the other day, I mentioned its delicate condition and he laughed, saying it was a male sheep, not a pregnant female. The misunderstanding was that this sheep (male) was to help his sheep (female) have babies. Soooooooo….. a slight misunderstanding. Hardly a problem. But to me, it’s important because I don’t want to have misunderstandings as we minister here in Mexico.
The funny ending to that story is that the sheep was loaned out to another man who needed his skills to impregnate his ewe also. So Blas’ ewe has to wait.
We’ve had much more challenging misunderstandings, even earlier this year when the group came for the VBS.
A little girl, Paula takes care of her, came with her beautiful rainbow piñata to the class, and the group naturally thought she had brought it to be broken. So they had the kids break it, and the little girl went home heartbroken. Then some of the group decided we need to buy her another piñata to replace the one she broke, because obviously she just brought it to show us and not to break.
I felt there was a misunderstanding there, and asked Paula, only to find out that yes, in fact, the mother of the girl had sent the piñata to be broken by the group. The little girl never likes piñatas to be broken so she was heartbroken. Her mother said she will keep her piñata every year and never break it. We all had a laugh on that one.

Once, when I first moved to Zapata, BCN Mexico I was invited to a party. I told the woman yes, I’d come and when I arrived a week or so later at the event, the mother of the child asked if I had brought the cake. I said what cake? She said I had agreed to bring the cake for the party. At that time, I frequently said, “Si” when I didn’t understand something. That was the last time, however, and gratefully, some Mexican parties last for many hours and I was able to go home, bake a cake, decorate it and bring it to the party in time for the presentation of the cake to the guests….what a lesson I learned from that misunderstanding. Never say “Si” unless you know what you’re agreeing to.