Pastors' Perspectives 2025-1

These are bi-anual updates through the eyes of the Cofradia United Pastors. Here they share what is going on in their ministries, needs they may have, and prayer requests. Thank you for your partnership with this ministry. Your contributions help them to succeed. If you would like to make a special donation to one or more, please follow the instructions here, and if you would like to send them a note, please feel free to do so here.

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Pastors Gregorio (Goyo) Hernández and Matilde (Mati)

Lead Pastors of Centro Cristiano la Cofradía United

Cofradia de Cuyutlán, Nayarit

Report: 12.16.24

In process of being translated.

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Pastors Horacio Garzón and María

Indigenous Ministries

Centro Cristiano Arrayanes Facilitators

Cofradia de Cuyutlán, Nayarit

Report: 12.11.24

Brothers and sisters, I send you greetings and I thank you all during these special times of celebration. The church is doing great thanks to God and I hope this letter also finds you all well. 
 
We are always expressing gratitude for the love that brings us together through Christ. Thank you all for your financial support, we greatly appreciate it and it propels us to share the generosity shared with us to others so as to share with people the love of Christ. Without a doubt, this ministry has been fruitful in word and in deed. The church was blessed to be visited by a group from Washington along with our dearest friend Jay, always hard working and with enthusiasm. The group was encouraging in their maturity and in their strength. Again, thanks be to God for the blessing of a house that was provided for a family. It was moving to see what God does with His great love. It is a blessing to have the offering of grace and love from the Lord because His love is life and eternity. 
 
Thank you, beloved brothers and appreciable families. We pray that in these times may the peace of Christ lead you all and may it not be disrupted. May every blessing be of healing, provision and joy. 
 
Blessings and best regards from my wife Maria, my daughter Kenia, and from me an embrace, thank you. 

 

Horacio Garzon Orozco 

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Pastor Amado Verdin and Lourdes

Lead Pastors of Casa de Oración, La Hermosa

Director of Restoration Center, El Faro de Esperanza

Rosamorada, Nayarit

Report: 12.14.24

Pastor Amado shared a need with you all about the property they want to build the Restoration House/Center on. It's his property where he works. He's basically donating it because no property has become available in town. He shares the need and shows the property. If you would like to help him out, let me know here.

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Pastors Ruben Perez and Valeria 

Lead Pastors of Restauración y Vida

Church Plant Pastor in Mazatan, Nayarit

Las Varas, Nayarit

12.02.24

In the process of being translated.

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Pastors Jimmy Orozco and Perla
Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit

Most Recent Report: 12.30.23

We all have a very special relationship with our Father, and it will keep growing because it is the most important thing forever and always.❤️‍🔥

With my wife and I’s marriage, every day we are learning to love like our Lord. The kind of love that never ends, that forgives, and gives one confidence. 😌 Our kids have grown to know the Lord, the one who has known us since the beginning, and they are learning through reading the Bible and spending time in prayer. We have become stronger, and we venture toward getting closer to the goal!🙌✨ 

We give thanks to God for our pastors Steve and Geña Silberman for they have become an inspiration in our lives moving forward.

We are currently congregating in an incredible area in the Bay, San Juan de Abajo, Nayarit. The people are wonderful, and the pastor is a great teacher and mentor. He mentors us with our marriage. Ernesto and Katy are attentive to detail, and they have so much love towards us, which had been such a gift! 

We are also currently in contact with our church family in Tepic. Alan and Carito are taking their time in their walk in what needs to be taken charge of.😊 

We are currently living in Bahia de Banderas, Nayarit, and God, being faithful to his promises, has opened the doors for us to open our carport this past May for gatherings. Currently, there have been seventeen people saved and today they walk in new life. They have accepted the life of a beautiful relationship with the Lord. This is one of the many things that has been occurring in our place. 

We also finished a project we call Scoop.❤️‍🔥 This project entails that at the beginning of the day from 6AM to 7AM through Zoom; we pray and indulge ourselves in the word of God from Genesis to Revelation. We were able to finish this project on December 29th of this past year, and it has changed our hearts. 

Be faithful to His word and glory be to God!🙌✨ We are expecting great things from God this upcoming year of 2024 and we are excited to see how the year unfolds. We are prepared to know Him more and help others know Him through us.❤️‍🔥🙌 

Blessings to all! 

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Pastors Rodrigo Romero and Annel

Cordero y Leon

Culiacán, Sinaloa

Most Recent Report: 5.29.24

Greetings to all our brothers in Christ. 

 

We are pastors Rodrigo Romero and Annel Sánchez. We have the privilege of serving the church “Cordero y Leon” (Lion and the Lamb) in Culiacan, Sinaloa. On August 21^stthe church will have its 5^thanniversary. In these five years of ministry, the Lord has shown us His faithfulness in every moment and circumstance. We have seen his healing hand working in the hearts of each person of the congregation.

 

In these last couple months, His goodness has been unwavering and present in every moment. We began the course of Freedom in Christ and there have been many individuals and couples who have found healing and are now searching for the Lord. Many families have been touched by the love of the Lord. A mother and daughter who have recently found the Lord have provided some of their land as a meeting place for the congregation. The church used to meet in the garage of the small house my wife and I rent, but the location needed to be changed because we no longer fit. The new location has given the opportunity to grow certain areas of the church such as the kid’s ministry, which is growing rapidly. Apart from this, the new location is closer to the “Hospital for Women” where we share the Word of God, pray for the sick, serve coffee and have food drives with blankets on colder nights. 

 

The first weekend in July we will be traveling to the Sierra mountains of Nayarit to share the gospel with the people group of the “Cuare” (click here to read a little about them). Apart from preaching we will be providing medical support, medication, and vitamins as well as toys and candy for the children. There will be fifteen missionaries who will go, and the expenses of the rental van, food, and gas comes down to $1,600.00 dollars for all of us. We will be working on raising the money for this trip with high hopes and with the grand expectation of what the Lord will do in this trip.

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UPDATE: HERE IS A VIDEO REPORT OF THEIR TRIP:

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As for my wife and I’s own desires in our heart, we have been praying in our eight years of marriage to become parents. We are still trusting in the Lord. In faith, we have begun a fertility treatment. However, even though we currently do not have the economic resources to finance our treatment, we are still hopeful that the Lord will provide for all our needs. 

 

We are all thankful for all our brothers and sisters in Christ who have taken the time to read this report. I pray that the Lord blesses you all in your spirit, mind and body. I share with you the verse that we have been ministering these past couple months. 

 

“El que dice que permanece en él, debe de andar como él anduvo” (1 Juan 2:6)

 

^“ Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.” (1 John 2:6)

Cofradia Kitchen Kids 2024-12

Thank you for your continued prayers and financial support of the Cofradia Kitchen. It is great to see the children getting fed physically and spiritually each morning. This past month, the kids met for the first couple of weeks and took a break during the holidays. Here are the kids of December...

Cofradia Kitchen Kids 2024-11

Years ago, when asked what her passion was, Mati (Pastor Goyo's wife) said she wants to see children be fed before they go to school. Our sister, Isabel, helped her get started with the vision of feeding them not just physically, but spiritually as well. Mati continues to feed the children with the help of a lady named Jacinta while Pastor Goyo directs them in prayer and studies the Bible with them. Here are some pictures of this past month.

We appreciate all who have participated in contributing to making this happen. Especially House of Hope Ministries in Washington who helped get the Kitchen running and has been a major part of it's continued success. We thank God for all of you.

Upcoming Pastors' Retreat

Last March we held a one-night Pastor's retreat and soon found out that time flew by way too fast. After talking it over, we believe that two nights is much more appropriate. Our desire was to do this at the end of November, but coordinating all the pastors is a little difficult. Our plan now is to do it January 16-18. In past messages, I mentioned our budget will be $3,500 and because of your generosity throughout the summer, we have reached our goal! Thank you soooo much!

This is one of my most favorite things we get to do in order to invest in Pastors' lives and give them some "down time" so they can restfully hear the voice of God for their personal lives, marriages, and ministries. Rest, Refocus, and Revive!

Thank you for your partnership!

Armonía (Harmony)

Pastors Jimmy and Perla have been ministering on Tuesday nights with a group of people who are eager to know more about God and the Bible. Most of those who attend have never been church-goers and many had not been believers before coming to the Bible Study.

After two years of opening up the group, they (the group) decided they would like to have a weekend Family Camp all together. Thirty-two adults came along with their kids and it was an amazing time! Pastor Jimmy shared on Saturday morning to get things going, Pastor Ernesto from "Perdón y Amistad" Church in San Juan de Abajo, Nayarit, gave a very clear message on Identity Saturday night, and I shared Sunday morning about being Unified with Christ through Communion and Baptism. It was a great time as seven people took the step of Faith and were baptized in Water. One of which who grew up knowing about God through traditions, made a decision to make Jesus Christ as her Savior at the age of 86!

Baptism Candidates

Completely Healed from an Horrendous Abscess AND Diabetes!

Some of you know Macedonio (Macx). He has done a lot of work with our photo and video, audio, projecting, and Facebook updating, etc. He has been a great asset to our ministry whenever he comes to volunteer. For the past couple of years, he has struggled with diabetes and other health problems. When we were gone during the summer, he stayed at our house; upon returning, he did not look good. He was a pale yellow, skinny, could barely move, and had a horrendous looking abscess on his foot which was entirely black and swollen. He just was not the same Macx that we knew before. In fact, the thought had crossed our mind that he wouldn't make it much longer.

One day while he was in excruciating pain, I went into our guest room where he was staying and prayed for him and declared healing in his body like Jesus tells us to. A couple weeks went by and the only evidence of his healing was our faith. We believed he was healed, and most importantly, Macx believed he was healed. After having some blood tests done, the doctor looked at everything and said he had no sign of diabetes or anything else wrong with him and that the sore on his foot would soon heal because it was nothing to worry about. He cleaned it up a bit and each day went by with less and less pain.

After having gone to Tepic for a week and a half to help some friends with their vehicle, he came back to Cofradía and when he walked through our door, it was like we saw the old Macx again. His spirits were up, he looked healthy, his color came back, and most importantly, the sore on his foot was completely healed! He no longer had that ugly abscess that gave him so much pain. He says that after two years of struggling, he is finally physically free. A couple more weeks have gone by and he is doing very well. He shared with me some photos of before and after, but I'd rather not post them for the sensitive content of the before pics. Some of you will thank me for that. Others might be interested is seeing the change; I'm happy to share them with you in a private message.

Macx's testimony has already been shared multiple times which has helped others believe as well. Praise the Lord! Thank you for keeping our ministry in your prayers and helping us to have the opportunity to be here for the people. This is Investing in the Kingdom!

Cofradia Kitchen Kids 2024-10

 What a blessing to help nourish the children physically and spiritually. Thank you for partnering with us!