We have our pastors share a bi-annual report of what the Lord is doing in their ministries. These are the results of your investment into this ministry. You can pray, donate, and/or participate in a short-term missions team.
All of these pastors can use financial support. If you would like to sponsor one or more of them specifically, please let me know. Otherwise, you can make a general donation here specifying the gift for "Pastors" and we will evenly distribute your contribution.
It excites me to be able to share these reports with you as our ministry "La Cofradia United" continues to grow beyond our doors.
Here are the reports from the Pastors:
Lead Pastor of Centro Cristiano Cofradia
Cofradia, Nayarit
We began 2018 by choosing a theme to direct the church’s advancement for
the year: “Remain free.” We based this on the Freedom in Christ material from
Neil T. Anderson, and throughout the year our emphasis remained on our freedom
in Christ. The results of this year’s emphasis are important because
understanding the truth of who we are and knowing our position as children of
God is the starting point of all Christian success, the very basis of the truth
we believe.
On November 29–December 1, we hosted the Freedom in Christ course for
21 participants. Our entire leadership team had the opportunities to guide
people through the steps to freedom in Christ, and God once again allowed us to
witness faces full of His presence.
This year we are seeking to establish a new small group in a town
south of Cofradía, and we are seeing response in one particular family (a
married couple and their children). They are very happy with what God is doing
in their lives, especially the wife who says she is grateful to God for the
changes happening in her husband, who is seeking rehabilitation for his
addiction to drugs.
In the future, and with God’s help, we hope to open a school to train
lay leaders and pastors for the extension of the Kingdom of God in our state,
our country, and beyond our own borders. There are many places that need
someone to answer God’s call and say, “Send me!”
Thank you for your support and for your part in sowing seeds together
with the ministry of Cofradía Christian Center and La Cofradía United. We send
you our gratitude for being part of the development of the Kingdom of God.
May God bless you.
Sincerely,
Pastor Gregorio, Maty, sons, and grandchildren.
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Centro Cristiano Cofradia Student Ministries
Maintenance Director
Cofradia Dwellings Director
Cofradia, Nayarit
To God be the glory for
all eternity! We greet you with the same love with which you have loved us,
demonstrated by your generosity toward me and my family and the work of God for
the expansion of His Kingdom in this region, in which we are working together
with all the workers God has raised up for the edification of the Body of
Christ in this area.
For EL RETO this year,
our theme was “Choose Truth,” and God was faithful to guide us to choose truth in our own thoughts,
and in that way to be able to speak into the lives of the youth during the six
weeks of EL RETO. During those six weeks we also preached on that theme during
Sunday services, so that youth and adults alike were instructed in how to
choose truth in our thought life.
We believed there was a
great need to teach on this theme because one of the primary battles in
adolescence is learning to distinguish truth from lies and then to choose the
truth.
After EL RETO ended, I
met with three youth who show potential as student youth leaders in the youth
group, which meets every Saturday. This year we will once again spend time
visiting nearby villages in order to reach out to youth who need Jesus and also
to give our youth the opportunity to learn to evangelize. We will begin in February.
At the end of 2018 and in
the beginning of 2019 we will be building homes for local families in need.
Within the family that received a home in November 2018, the mother and son did
not enjoy a good relationship; however, over the course of our week building
with the American group that sponsored the home, their relationship was mended,
and this brought great joy.
We took a trip to Mexico
City for a Freedom in Christ conference, together with four other pastoral
couples who are our friends and partners. It was a time of great blessing for
the conference and for the couples attending, but above all with my wife. We
greatly enjoyed this time away together (thanks be to God!)
Joshua 24:15 says, “But if serving the Lord seems undesirable
to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the
gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites,
in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the
Lord.”
I believe this is being realized
in my family. We are growing and serving together in the church. Three of my
children are studying. The second oldest, though he is not studying, but is
working along side me; we enjoy the time together and continue to pray to know
what will be next for him. All of this is possible only because of the grace of
God in our lives. As humans, we face many battles and difficulties, but we
press onward together as the family of God that we are.
I thank you, as always,
for your great heart and generosity, and we continue to pray for God’s blessing
and care over you, your families, and your positions.
Prayer Requests:
● That the family from whom we rent our current
home will be willing to sell us the house.
● That my family and I will continue to remain
focused on God.
● That my second oldest son (who is not studying)
would decide what preparations to take for his future.
● In general, for the ministries in Cofradía.
Sincerely,
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Pastor Horacio Garzón
Indigenous Ministries
Centro Cristiano Arrayanes Facilitator
Indigenous Ministries
Centro Cristiano Arrayanes Facilitator
Cofradia, Nayarit
As
always, it is with great pleasure I once again take up paper and pen to write
you this letter. I hope that when you receive this letter you are well and in
good health, just as we ourselves are, thank the Lord. Brothers and sisters,
thank you for supporting us financially; because of your support, Kenia
continues to do well in her studies as a high school sophomore, in an
educatational facility that is more efficient and more aligned with her vision
and goals. It pleases me to see her taking her studies more seriously and
demonstrating more maturity in her conduct.
I
thank God for the opportunity to have taken the Freedom in Christ course. It is
an edifying and essential training because it truly does bring us freedom as it
reveals to us who we really are. It teaches us our identity and our position
before God, and as we better understand those, the pleasures of sin are
diminished as they are compared to the wonderful truths in God’s Word.
The
Freedom in Christ course has helped me to feel more at home under the holy and
supreme covering of God, where nothing that is out of step with the grace of
God can find any footing. This phrase resonates with me: “I am not the Great I Am, but by His grace, I am who He says I am.”
I am his accepted son.
Please
also receive greetings from my wife, Maria.We enjoyed taking the Freedom in
Christ training together, in fellowship with other members of our local church
who also attended. I believe we both have a great task, a great purpose, as
beloved children of God that is found as we believe and understand the truth of
our position before him, living out of and enjoying this great privilige.
Brothers
and sisters, I continue giving thanks to God for the privilege to remain in
this Christian ministry and for leadership that prays for its conduct and and
direction without regressing into rigid legalism or other erroneous ways that
would not be avoided without the Lord’s guidance
Thank
you, brothers and sisters, for the special friendship you offer us, especially
at this time of year when we celebrate the birth of our King who is Christ the
Lord. May His profound peace always live long in our hearts.
Greetings
and thanks to you from Maria, Kenia, Martin, Alfredo, and as always, me,
Horacio Garzón Orosco
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Martin Garzón
Missionary to Cora Indians
From Arrayanes, Nayarit
Missionary to Cora Indians
From Arrayanes, Nayarit
La Mesa del Nayar, Nayarit
Hello,
brothers and sisters. I am extremely grateful for all you have done in my life.
I see the goodness of God in providing me with brothers and sisters like you
all who uphold me in prayer and who are always ready to help. The support I
receive from you I invest in the ministries I am sharing with you about here.
At
this time, we are working with the ministry in Cofradía to establish a drama
ministry for our children and youth to reach out to children who do not
regularly attend church. Our goal is to teach them Biblical truth through
drama.
One
of my plans for this year is to evangelize a village called Agua Aceda. We used
to evangelize there in years past, and there are people there who have
submitted their lives to Christ. In Agua Aceda I would like to pursue one of
the visions God has given me for my life: to establish small groups. I hope,
with God’s help, to lead them through a study called Firm Foundations. In order
for this to be possible, I am praying God will provide me with a motorcycle so
that I will have a reliable means of transportation for reaching and
ministering in this village.
I
want to thank you for the prayer, finances, and words of encouragement you have
invested in my life. I respect you very much and consider you an example in my
life that demonstrates all the good things God reveals in His Word. Thank you
for all you have done. I know God will multiply it all a hundred fold. Thought
we are far away from each other, I will continue to pray for you as I always
have, and I love you very much with the love of Christ.
May
God bless you all.
Your
brother,
José
Martin Garzón Solís
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Pastor Amado Verdin
Lead Pastor of Casa de Oración, La Hermosa
Director of Rehabilitation Center, El Faro de Esperanza
Rosamorada, Nayarit
My name is Amado
Verdin Ramírez. I am a mechanic by trade and the pastor of a small
congregation, called House of Prayer the Beautiful, in the town of Rosamorada.
I work together with my wife, Lourdes, and my children, Yessica and Abraham.
We continue with the legal procedures for establishing a Christian Drug
Rehabilitation Center in Rosamorada. Among the health standards requirements,
we must produce documentation of the doctor who will be in charge of and
looking after the residents of our rehab center. We are also required to
acquire the services of a psychologist who will be helping us at the center.
The State Counsel Against Addictions (CECA) requires us to submit a
request of invitation to inspect the location that the restoration center
(Lighthouse of Hope) will occupy to see if it fulfills all of the state and
federal requirements. This document has been submitted to the CECA Director
General, Juan Antonio Cambero Pérez, requesting him to visit in 2019.
Upon delivering
the doctor documentation to the offices of the Federal Commission for the
Protection Against Health Risks (Cofepris), we were provided with another set
of health standard documents to fill out.
While these legal procedures continue in
process, we continue to work with addicts, visiting them and sharing the Word
of God with them.
Thank you for keeping us in your prayers,
Pastor Amado and Family
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Pastor Frank Uribe
Children Feeding Program Director
Centro Cristiano Arrayanes Facilitator
Rosamorada, Nayarit
Greetings
from Rosamorada, Nayarit.
We
continue working every Saturday, as usual, with the same desire to see the
hearts of children transformed and that in time they grow to be forces for good
in society. We spend each Saturday preparing ourselves and then preparing food
for the children, we share a teaching from the Bible, we play games, and we
sing with and pray for them. Our vision is to have a special place just for
them to gather, with tables, chairs, and a roof to protect us from the sun and
rain.
On
Saturday, December 22, we celebrated Christmas with them, as we do every year.
If
anyone feels led in their heart to support our vision, we would be very
grateful to them.
Sincerely,
Pastor Francisco Uribe and FamilyDonate to Pastor Frank here and make a special note that it is for "Pastor Frank".
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