Dear Friend,
A belated Happy 2011 towards you. We are already into the year of fruitfulness, and the abundance of God’s goodness and Grace. We have already made resolutions in different areas of our lives, and many of us have already put them into practice and trusting the Lord for His faithfulness to bring the desired goals to pass. As 2010 melted away, I prayerfully began to pray for the Lord to revel to me what He wants of me this year. Any area I needed to change and in any way I could be more instrumental in serving my generation. As I prayed and fasted, I have been very much encouraged by the verse “"As long as the earth endures, Seedtime and Harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.” (Gen 8:22) With this, I believe God for you and with you that whatever we have committed to Him and sowed, shall grow, flourish and be fruitful!
Ministry News
God’s goodness, mercy and grace continue to abound in my life and ministry. (Gladly declaring this statement, it shouldn’t mean that there are no challenges at all, but rather; “I dare to trust Him that with Him on my side, I can do all things through His strength.”) God is opening more doors for ministry than ever before. Sometimes I am just caught by surprise in the marvelous ways He works. I get to pause and think “Is this really you God?” This month so far, I have already ministered to over 90 people on a 1 on 1 basis, with 7 salvations. And have handed out 10 bibles! Glory to God!
The ministry in the villages continues to grow. This last Sunday I went to another village I had just heard of known as “Delicias” just like the village where we run a ministry. This new Delicias has a population of about 2500 people, and is about 4 hours away from San pedro, in the middle of mountains in the state of Durango. If you have read about my missionary student Tomas, he is the connection to this new village, as he now also ministers in 3 different villages. As I sat down with Tomas and heard about the fruit of his labor, I had just read Proverbs 15 for the day. Verse 20a stood out “A wise son brings joy to his father.” I felt very much uplifted to go forth and inspire such young men and women who desire to serve the Lord but don’t know how. Salvation Story
One of the stories that have touched me recently, is of Rosy.
A pool of blood was on the floor, as Rosy and her husband helplessly down. The police and ambulance had just arrived on the scene, rushing the victims to the hospital.
Before this time, Rosy a Mexican girl had just got married to a hard working young man. After 10 years, they had lived a peaceful life, with the birth of their two children, until in 2009. In 2009, the hard working young man begun heavy drinking, and it did not take long for the habit to affect his family. Frequent fights broke out between him and Rosy, as she complained about his expenditure to feed his new habit-leaving Rosy and her children lacking basic needs. While the desert sun hit north-central Mexico on its high peak in August 2010, Rosy’s husband had come home drunk, and as usual an augment broke out. In the midst, suicide thoughts went through the young man’s mind. He wasted no time, grabbed a knife and drove it into his wife’s throat, and did the same to himself as the children cried on.
After the ambulance had rushed them into the hospital and scheduled emergency surgeries for the two, no one knew what had taken place. As Rosy got better, she was confronted by the police to tell her story. Declining to say much, she just said her and her husband had an accident; in order protect him from going to jail. Despite her entire family being against and pressing her to let the man go to jail. All she said and asked of him was a divorce.A few months later in November last year, One of Rosy’s friend had just begun attending church with us in “Templo Cristiano Libertad,” having experienced the liberation of God’s presence; she invited Rosy to come along. This is how I met Rosy. As I listened to her story, and heard great courage of forgiveness, I led her to one of our Cell groups. This is where she said YES to Christ! (Story to be continued)
I continue to disciple Chui the young man I mentioned about in my previous newsletter. He loves to read the bible and as for now His favorite chapter is Psalm 23.
Thank you
Dear friend, thank you so much for your friendship, support and faithfulness in serving God. I know all I get to do here in Mexico and all the places I travel is because of your faithful prayers and support that enable me to serve my generation better. May God’s goodness continue to over flow in your life! Thank you so much for your partnership as we say YES to the great commission.
Please Pray Pleas continue to pray for wisdom as I serve my generation, and for the availability of resources in reaching out to the lost. As this year sets in motion, beside all responsibilities and good works, I have pledged to plant a seed of salvation in no less than 5 new people each day. For the last few days, I have been exciding this number as I pass out gospel tracks “Chick Publications” we are in need of more tracks. (www.chick.com )
Book Launch
I would like to extend an invitation to you. SunCoast Church Eastbourne, England will be hosting the “Mission Possible” book launch. This Sunday 30th at 18:00hrs. Where you will receive a copy of my book, and enjoy a taste of Mexican snacks and music. Plus an update in Donald’s life and ministry. I will be joining the launch via Skype, thank God for technology. I hope to see you there. (For more info and how to get there please visit: http://plancast.com/p/3fgm )
May God’s love, peace and blessings bring about fruitfulness in your life this year; you are very much loved and are in my prayers!
Much love and blessings
Donald
