On the 1st of August, a group of 14 youth left, under the guidance of Agustin and Damara, for an 8-day mission trip. They travelled to the States of Jalisco and Michoacan. They did outdoor evangelism, one on one sharing of the Word along with work projects that needed to be done. We try to make one of these trips every year as they are not only a blessing to the churches where they go but also to the youth. They get to visit new areas of the country where they have never been as well as they spend a week away from their parents which helps them mature. On the spiritual side, they have devotionals every day and they are a lot more open to sharing the Gospel in areas where nobody knows them. This year they had a new experience as one of the vehicles they were travelling in broke down and half of them had to return home on an intercity bus.
On the 13th of August, we started a new semester at our Bible school. We had 11 students signed up for our second-year classes but only 3 had signed up for our 1st semester of the first year. We decided to go ahead with classes anyway even with the small enrollment and to our surprise by the second week of classes we had 14 new students enrolled. That gives us a total of 25 students every Saturday in classes.
At the end of August, we also started a new school year in our secular schools. We had a good enrollment in our primary school, but we still need more students for secondary school. We also have a new principal as the young lady that has been Principal for the last 6 years got married during the summer break and will be moving out of the area. Now that we have all 3 schools back in class, we are in classes 6 days a week.
In January we started a project to place a Bible in every home that didn’t have a Bible in the area of the city of Tepic. We thank you who gave to make the start of this project possible. The local churches are also giving to purchase Bibles. This first Saturday of September we covered another 23 blocks, this time in the subdivision of the “Cantera”. Not only did we give away Bibles, but we also had over 10 homes open to receiving further bible studies. On the first of October, we will be covering another 20-25 city blocks in the same area.
Thank you church for standing alongside us as we endeavour to fulfill the calling the Lord Jesus Christ has put on our lives. Also, we still need 270 people that are willing to give $250 each to invest in the property that we need to finish paying off for the church of Agustin and Damara in Tepic. Please help us make this church a reality so it can continue growing and planting more churches.
We pray that the blessings of our Lord Jesus Christ will be upon you. your families, and your homes. We have so much to be thankful for.
Philip, Lucy, & Vanessa Tolman
At the end of August, we also started a new school year in our secular schools. We had a good enrollment in our primary school, but we still need more students for secondary school. We also have a new principal as the young lady that has been Principal for the last 6 years got married during the summer break and will be moving out of the area. Now that we have all 3 schools back in class, we are in classes 6 days a week.
In January we started a project to place a Bible in every home that didn’t have a Bible in the area of the city of Tepic. We thank you who gave to make the start of this project possible. The local churches are also giving to purchase Bibles. This first Saturday of September we covered another 23 blocks, this time in the subdivision of the “Cantera”. Not only did we give away Bibles, but we also had over 10 homes open to receiving further bible studies. On the first of October, we will be covering another 20-25 city blocks in the same area.
We pray that the blessings of our Lord Jesus Christ will be upon you. your families, and your homes. We have so much to be thankful for.
Philip, Lucy, & Vanessa Tolman
