Season of Thankfulness!
I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart; I will tell of all Your wonders. ~ Psalm 9:1
This verse not only sums up the past 6 years in Mexico & Cuba, it also describes the very reason why I write blogs. It's not to bring attention to all the amazing & beautiful places I have visited, but to share of the AMAZING & BEAUTIFUL God we serve and what HE has done with these simple cracked jars of clay!
I apologize for not posting sooner. I was waiting for the Lord to reveal the next move. It all started earlier this year, the Lord began to prompt in me the need to leave Mexico. Truth be told, I thought I would never leave Mexico. But it seems, God had better plans. Soon, I would know it was a "thus says the Lord" thing. And though my heart longs for Latin America, my desire to obey God and follow in His footsteps are much stronger & deeper. So, on October 12, 2015 I stuffed my lil Toyo RAV4 and drove back up to Utah.
♬ I left my .... gallbladder.... in Ensenada! ♪
Yeah, as I was preparing to come back, I thought it wise to get a physical before heading back to the states and low & behold, the doctor found a large gallstone in my gallbladder. (Side note: great thing about doctor visits in Mexico, they have the ultra-sound machine right there in their office ready to wave it around your body to make sure your organs are ok). Upon further testing, it appeared it was highly inflamed & greatly affecting my liver so it had to come out! Praise the Lord! Once again, this doctor saved my life. Pathology report showed an ugly blackened organ on its way to cancer! The first time God used Dr. Galicia in my life - 5 years ago, he told me, "God knows you are busy doing His work, you don't have time to deal with cancer, so He made science justify taking it out." JEHOVA RAFFA (the Lord who heals)! Living it up in Utah - a week in my life
As far as ministry, I will be serving with the up-coming Spanish service as we welcome Pastor Emanuel Morales who will join us in reaching the 50 thousand hispanics we currently have in this valley. This is answered prayer from when I first moved to Utah in 2006!
CO-MISSION - My next missionary role....
Last Thursday, our ministry (Latin America Missions) hosted an info nite at Calvary Mt. View Church, where this new venture was presented to current supporters and those interested in Kingdom-building in Latin America. It is an amazing vision God has given & confirmed. Our pastor, Joe McCormick presented it so eloquently and I will do my best to explain it here.
What is Co-Mission?
Co-Mission is the name of this ministry for and through Latin America. Co-Mission's vision is to raise up God-fearing Hispanic men & women for Kingdom building in Latin America and the world.
Phase 1: School of Ministry for men & women - More than just any SOM, the goal is to train up a new generation of Godly men & women who desire to be used to reach their country and the world. The vision is to plant several SOM's throughout South & Central America, as well as several SOM's in Mexico.
Phase 2: School of Ministry Practicum - This phase has the students interning for several months at local churches as well as evangelizing in another third-world country (among them, Cuba).
Phase 3: (Optional for specific call/country) - Career/Trade Skills & Combat Training. If needed, students will use this time to learn a trade or a skill useful in obtaining entrance to closed countries (should the student feel led by God). This skill will be their reason for entering these countries. Combat Training will consist of being training in
Marine Corp Martial Arts Program (MCMAP).
Phase 4: Church-planting/Other ministry opportunities - Those feeling led to church plant in their own country would have the option of skipping phase 3 & begin their ministries with the guidance & equipping from Co-mission. Those feeling led to enter ministries abroad, such as ghost operations, human-trafficking ministries, etc. would be connected with ministries Co-Mission works closely with in these areas of ministry.
Phase 5: Mentorship/Support - More than a phase, it's a commitment. Co-Mission commits to have a life-long relationship with its graduates & provide support, resources, & additional training as needed including SERE training (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, &
Escape)
What is my role in Co-Mission?
I am the administrator of this Latin America Ministry as well as 'headquarters' of Co-Mission.
I am currently involved in the development & networking phase as we work on making this vision a reality. In the coming months, I will be traveling to conferences & churches, representing Co-Mission, making the ministry known to future students and supporters of the vision.
Sounds like an impossible vision, how will you do this?
With the help of the creator of Co-Mission - GOD! I can't tell you how excited I am for this KINGDOM BUILDING Project! I hope you are too! Please join us, in praying this massive vision into reality! Pray God uses Co-Mission to train & equip Latin American Christians to reach their countries, as well as infiltrate those persecuted countries as the Holy Spirit leads.
PRAY, PRAY, PRAY for those of us involved in Co-Mission,
for the students who will go through this program,
and for the world it will impact to reach the lost for Christ!
Matthew 28:18-20
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Acts 1:8
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
