It is written
After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
– Revelation 7:9-11
I heard an amazing quote earlier this week, from one of our teachers and he said
” The fuel for Missions is worship. “
The reason for Missions is to reconcile the creation to its creator, and the lost soul to its maker. We were made to be in communion with God, and the highest calling a human being can attain is falling on their face in worship before Him, who was, and is and is to come. The scripture at the beginning is a prophecy of a time coming when all the redeemed from every nation, tribe, people and tongue will worship The Lamb of God,
Jesus The Christ.
Glory.
Hello Beloved, I pray this newsletter finds you in peace and in the love of God.
In my final weeks of Clavary School of Missions, our team had the awesome opportunity to bring the Gospel to a tribe in the Mountains of Mexico.
They are called the Cora
After hopping on a plane from Tijuana to Culiacán, our team met up with Pastor Antonio, of Calvary Misones. He shared his heart and vision with us; which is to reach the unreached of Mexico, within The Circle Of Silence.
The Circle Of Silence is an area within Mexico where the gospel has not been preached and the name of Jesus is unknown.
After a night of teaching, fellowship and prayer; His (Pastor Antonio’s) Team and Ours got into our Vehicles and started our 10 hour trek into the mountains, to reach The Cora Tribe.
After driving through the night, high into the mountains and on treacherous road; we arrived at the village.
After arrival, Pastor Antonio and a couple of our leaders had to talk to the chief and the village council to get permission to be there.
They welcomed us and we began our work.
The Village of The Cora Tribe
The Cora tribe are one of eight known people groups living in this mountainous region.
They are an agricultural tribal community and are the easiest group to reach. They speak a language of their own as well as Spanish. They have some modern features such as paved roads, cellphones, a village hospital, a mini store and they just began having electricity installed in the village only a couple months ago. The men will leave off the mountain to work and bring money home for their families, while the women stay and tend the home and children. They are known for their vibrant colored clothes, and hand made bags; which they create by using yarn, wire hanging from a tree, a wood base, their hands and their feet.
They believe in a host of spirits/gods.
TOBASTADA/The Mountains being the greatest of these. They believe some of these spirits are the cause of misfortune, illness and death among them. To ” appease” the evil spirits, they will allow treatable illnesses to remain untreated, even allowing their children to die. This is none other than the work of the evil one, who has come to lie, steal, kill and destroy…but Jesus has come so that we may have life and life abundant. (JOHN 10:10)
Our purpose was to bring The Light of Christ to a people living in spiritual darkness. Who are born, live, die and enter into eternity without ever having the choice of choosing Christ.
We didn’t come to change their way of life, culture, or identity; but we came to bring Jesus.
Who is the Way, The Truth and The Life. And the only Way to communion and eternal life with TOBASTADA.
We spent three days with the tribe. We connected with them through games, gifts, medicine, food, worship, teaching and the universal language of love.
During one of our evangelistic outreaches, we came across a family with a son who had been ill for three days with gastroenteritis. The mother said she didn’t want to take her son to village hospital or take any medicine from us out of fear of the evil spirits. After leaving slightly discouraged, we prayed and returned.
She went against her fears and gave her son medicine. A day later the sick boy came to our camp and was playing with the other children.
Praise God!
To see the reactions of people who have never heard the name of Jesus, and how The Son of TOBASTADA suffered and died for them was pure treasure and so humbling. That God would use us to reach them. On the third day we had the very first church service within their village…with over 30 members giving their lives to the Lord.
Praise God!
Please be praying for the salvation of the Cora tribe, and that God would plant a church with in their community. By the grace of God, there was a member of the tribe who was fluently trilingual. A young man from the village who made it off the mountain and lived in Colorado for a few years and returned. He speaks Cora, Spanish and English. He gave His life to The Lord as well, and may be the perfect vessel for the purposes of God with in His community.
Praise God!
It’s wild to think my time in Mexico has come to an end! It’s been one of the best times of my life, and I am truly so appreciative of all those who have partnered with me in prayer and financial provision and loving support.
THIS IS YOUR FRUIT.
Next Steps.
Through conviction of The Word, Prayer and confirmation of The Spirit, I have decided to continue on into The Missionary Training School offered by Saving Grace World Missions.
Where I will be trained up for the ministry of preaching the gospel, making disciple’s, planting churches and potentially living cross culturally. Please be in prayer as I make these great steps off faith. I will be moving from my home in Washington to California.
Prayer Request
Thailand and Southern Asia Vision Tour!
I’ve been invited to a conference in Thailand and to do a missionary vision tour in Southern Asia! I’m very excited and also in need of prayer and provision for this trip. The trip will be around $4,000 dollars and is at the end of September, So please be in prayer that God will provide and perform a miracle!
• That God would supply all my needs, as I head into this next season
• That God would direct and protect the students at Calvary School of Missions as we leave the school.
• That provisions for the ministry of reaching the unreached would be provided
• That souls would be saved
If you have prayer requests please press respond at the end of my newsletter and it will be sent to my email. Haggstromdeprii@gmail.com
I want to thank everyone who has partnered in making this mission happen. I am so excited to share this journey with you all as we fulfill the Great Commission. Stay tuned for all that the Lord is doing.
If you would like to partner with me as I serve with Saving Grace World Missions, there will be a giving link posted below.
All gifts will go towards the Thailand and Southern Asia Vision tour and funding the mission of Saving Grace World Mission, which is to preach Jesus, where He has not been preached.
and May we all continue to faithfully follow, love, obey and walk,
with The Lion and The Lamb.
God Bless,
Giving Link:https://www.shelbygiving.com/App/Form/11d1320d-b68e-4cfe-a719-1e35c951f5ea