It is a beautiful day outside here in the mountains of Colorado. I have been visiting my daughter and her husband, as I decide whether when my house sells in Arizona to make my Stateside home here. My health is up and down right now. This is why my daughter wants me closer to family where they can check on me daily.
My heart is still in Mexico and our mission outreaches there. But it is exciting to see the local Mexican pastors and leaders move forward in winning souls for Christ. I have been getting reports of the outreach with the recent children's fiestas they have had in our coastal areas. One Children’s fiesta was in San Agustin on the beach. They said this was the best since we started them several years ago. Then they have had two more in the mountain areas. Some of the Funds promised to cover these have not as yet been sent down. Please pray that somehow this will be resolved. I know it was sent but somehow hasn't arrived. Damian had to sell our Volkswagen Bug to cover this cost. They also cancelled the fiesta in Copalita for now.
One of our highest values in the vision of Agape Mission Projects is to highlight and invest in the ministries of Indigenous Christian workers, like Israel, Pastor Nely and Pastor Damian. I would like to introduce you to a friend of Agape for many years, Noe Torres. Agape’s president, Mike Hendricks came to know Noe in 2004 working with evangelism in Sinaloa. Noe is Mixteco, raised in the way of his people in northwest Oaxaca, and went to work at 10 years of age with his 8 brothers in the tomato fields of Culiacán. He is now a graduate from the Bethany Bible Institute in Tamazulapan, and has been growing in ministry vision and involvement. We are so blessed to see his example of determination and work, and we would like to help Noe establish his own ministry support. He has mostly supported himself with odd jobs, taking months away from ministry. He has shared his story of transformation in Christ in the Philippines twice with Mike. Noe is visiting friends in Canada until August and needs to apply to renew his visa as either a Religious Worker or Short Term Migrant Laborer. It's our hope to help him establish enough personal support to continue in ministry. If you would like to help Noe, we at Agape strongly affirm his integrity and history of faithful service in evangelism and Bible teaching.
Thanks to all of you who believe in this ministry of Agape Missions and who have continued to give even with my now spending more time here in the states.
