September, 2009 Update

“I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:  Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season.” (2 Timothy 4:1-2)

Fall is in the air!  A new season, and I am excited to see what God is going to do this fall here at Calvary Chapel Pedregales and Tijuana!  Here is a little bit of what’s been going on at Calvary Chapel Pedregales and Tijuana:

Women’s Conference
We had our annual women’s conference here at CC Tijuana, and there were over 250 women from all over North Baja CA—Tijuana, Rosarito, Tecate, Mexicali, Ensenada, and even San Felipe!  We worshiped the Lord together, with the theme being, “The Road to the Cross.”  We had excellent teaching from the pastor’s wives of these different Calvary’s.  I had the privilege of emceeing the event, and we had a wonderful time. Our hearts were refreshed and renewed.

Purity Seminar

The youth from our church were invited to Tecate to take part in Calvary Chapel Las Palmas’ very first Purity Seminar!  We took about 40 young teens, boys and girls, to hear awesome teaching from our brother in Ensenada, Thomas Shockey .   I was so blessed to hear the testimonies of different young adults who made poor decisions in the past, share them, and encourage these young people to remain pure until marriage.

Generation of Salvation

There is a young man in our church, Raul Zamora. He is 22 years old and has started a new youth program called, “Generacion de Salvacion”, (Generation of Salvation).  He is working with teens ages 13 – 15 years old from our two churches and other churches in the area.  The Lord touched his heart and has given him a burden for these youth.  Sadly, oftentimes the church loses these kids when they reach a certain age. There is so much that the world offers them, and they are pulled into a life of sin.  Raul is an answer to prayer!  His desire is to lead these youth into a deeper knowledge of Jesus Christ, and to that they would serve the Lord in many different ways.  I feel especially proud of Raul, as I have known him since he was about 8 years old!  He has grown up in our church, and he shows me that our labor here is definitely not in vain!

Praise Reports

The children in our Sunday school are overjoyed at receiving brand new Bibles!! They are Children’s Bibles with pictures!! They are beautiful. The kids have been praying for new Bibles for the past few months, and boy, did the Lord ever answer! They are so enjoying reading God’s Word, and that really blesses my heart! I’m honored to be able to instruct them every week, and they are growing so much especially in the area of prayer.

The Lord has raised up a couple from our church to oversee the Children’s Ministry at CC Tijuana, Luis and Rossy Lujan.  They are a wonderful couple who have worked primarily with youth in the past, so this is a new adventure for them.  This also frees me up a bit, as I will no longer be giving teacher training at CC Tijuana.  Praise the Lord for Luis and Rossy!

Prayer requests

1. For our mission’s trip to San Felipe this weekend, (Oct. 17th and 18th). For the Lord to prepare the hearts of the people there to receive eternal salvation.

2. For our Men’s Discipleship Home in Ensenada. There are 36 men living there on faith. They are always in need of food and personal items, like socks, underwear, toothbrushes…God is good and has thus kept the home going. We trust that He will continue to provide.

3. For Javier and Luis, two men from the discipleship home, who are going out as missionaries to Michoacan. They remind me of Pablo, in the Bible, just going out as the Lord leads. It will be an adventure for them, and I’m excited to hear what the Lord does!

4. Continued prayer for Pastor Chris’ health, and my health as well. There seems to always be something that is plaguing us. (Chris is now experiencing migraine headaches).

5. For the Lord to bless my trip to Calvary Chapel Pacific Hills on November 11th as I share with the M.O.P.S. ladies group about what the Lord is doing here in Mexico.