March/April 2019 Newsletter

 Life has its ups and its downs as we see it but God sees it in a different way. As we look at God's way, for those who are in Christ Jesus, life has its ups and its times of preparation for the good times, If there is no preparation, the good times will pull us down. There are times of action and there are times of preparation for action.

On the home front, the last two months have been times of preparation. In the month of January we were able to attend and be part of two missions conferences that were blessings to us as we hope we were a blessing to the churches. The churches here have continued with their regular activities (we have services or church activities seven days a week) as we work with our leadership team in their abilities to work with the church family. On February 14th we held a special dinner for the couples of our Xalisco church and had evangelist Ronnie Casillas here to speak to them.

For the following 10 days, Brother Ronnie ministered over 12 times in our different churches, blessing the people and praying for the sick and needy. The people were blessed through his ministry and we were blessed to have him stay in our home. We were able to fellowship with him and share our life experiences together.

Now that the month of March is here we are gearing up for our annual camps that are held over the Easter holidays. Here in Mexico they are held during Easter and are not just a Spring break. This year we are doing something different. Aside from our usual youth and children's camps we are also going to have a mini family camp for 3 days. We have never done this before but a number of the parents are envious that their children get to spend a week in God's presence and they don't. Actually they have never had this type of experience since the majority of our church members are first generation Christians. In our next newsletter we will be giving you a report of our experiences at these camps.

Life is full of stories, some sad and others joyful. Both are needed to give life a balance. This next month we will be celebrating the wedding of a young lady from our church. She was saved under our ministry when she was 15 years old, the only Christian in her family. In her late teens she left the church and got involved in what we call a “toxic” relationship that left her devastated. About 4 years ago (she was 24 by then) she returned to Christ and the church and made a 100% commitment to serve. We sent her to Bible School in Buenos Aires, Argentina where she spent 2 ½ years preparing for ministry. This last year she became part of our leadership and ministry team and is very active in the church. Once she gets married she will be leaving us. Her future husband is a fantastic Christian from another church and they will be attending and ministering there. We hate to see her go but this is where we understand that we are raising up Kingdom workers and not just church workers.

Thank you for your prayers for the ministry and your financial support make you part of what is happing here in Mexico. We bless you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.


Philip, Lucy and Vanessa Tolman