In each newsletter we try to inform you about the ministry in the areas where we are working. Activities are great and we always have many different things happening at the same time. In the last two months we have had a sports day with the city Pastor’s Alliance, a town parade where our school students participated, and weekly practices for our Christmas pageant, ¨The Grinch¨. In total on a regular basis we have 15 services per week. All these things don’t just happen. As a team we work together to help the church family be well and whole.
Agustin and Damara just came on part time into the ministry. Damara has been with us almost all her life. After getting married as a couple they spent two years helping out in another church in the city. A year ago they felt that it was time to come back home. They are in charge of the praise and worship teams as well as ministering in one of the smaller town churches. They are also the directors of our Christmas pageant. Damara continues to teach in our Christian schools, where she has been working for the last 5 years
Gibrán and Rosi are the newest members of the team. They have wanted to be on the team for some time now and have been working hard with us. They took charge of one of our oldest village churches that has been established for over 25 years. They are in charge of visitation, evangelism and church maintenance, both in the physical as well as the spiritual. Both were saved under our ministry, although Gibran spent several years out of State working a secular job.
Marcela, Lucy’s sister, is still single and works as a youth leader. She has grown up under our ministry and directs her ministry under the guidance of Agustin and Damara. Our main church is over 50% single youth and they are the life of the church. Many of them have been saved even though their parents are not Christians. We don’t have to motivate them to come; they want to be in church.
Rossy, Lucy’s niece has just come home from spending 3 months in Spain working on her Master’s degree. Even from there (thanks to internet) she kept the children’s ministry working. She is not one of the teachers but she makes sure that the teachers are in classes and she gets their material ready for each class. For me, the children’s ministry is the most important in the church. Psalm 1 places a special blessing on people that have never walked in the ways of the world. This is the way to bless the children in our churches.
Simri will be coming on the team this next year in the area of massive outreaches and the music ministry. He has been now been home for almost two months after spending two years in Bible School in Australia. He is full of ideas and he has a desire to serve in the kingdom of God. As parents we are proud to see our children walking in our footprints and dedicating their lives to the preaching of the gospel.
Lucy is my right hand and a true helpmeet. Together we minister, teach and work. The vision is something we both carry, and even more the burden of the work that the Lord has placed before us. We are blessed to be able to work in harmony even with our differences in ministries and natures.
Just as the apostle Paul when he wrote mentioning his co-laborers, we have taken time to let you know that it is not just us but the team is growing. It all started with the calling the Lord put in my parents’ hearts that brought them to Mexico in 1976. From there we have branched out into new areas of ministry, and as we plant and water God gives the increase.
We invite you to sow in this fertile ground as we pray rich blessings upon all you who support and pray for this ministry. We covet your prayers and your faithful offerings.
Have a blessed CHRISTMAS and even a more blessed year 2012 is our declaration over your lives
Philip, Lucy, Simri & Vanessa Tolman
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