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Update and Prayers

Happy Easter everyone! As we celebrate our risen Saviour today, I would like to ask you to join in prayer for those who we are serving in Manzanillo. That they would experience the power of the risen Saviour in their lives. Specifically, will you join me in praying...

Coffee & Missions…

Support Hope Fan and enjoy great coffee! We are taking orders for 1 lb. bags of coffee beans until Tuesday night to support El Puente (The Bridge) Dream Center in Manzanillo. You can read about El Puente de Vida at http://hopefan.net/campaign/. All orders will...

Coffee House Ministry

In our last post, we shared with you the vision of the Coffee House Ministry.  Today, we would like to share with you stories from this ministry. Recently, Celia who attends church with us received a call from a coworker who was going through a relationship problem....

Student to Teacher

Jorge is a young man who has been through one of the local rehab center that we assist.  Now that he is out of rehab, his desire is to assist others in their recovery.  Each week he gives a Bible Message at one of the rehab centers we work with. In this picture, he is...

Spotlight on Ministry: Alcohol & Drug Rehab

This past weekend, I picked up the local newspaper and found on the front page an article discussing a major problem for Manzanillo.  Manzanillo is currently dealing with a major drug problem among local youth.  Specifically, the use of crack cocaine has increased...

Manzanillo Return

We have had an interesting trip back to Manzanillo. While we were gone our refrigerator, microwave, router, cordless phone, and tv box were burned out by an electric short. Came back to electrical repairs and a night without electricity. Missionary life is rarely...

The Coffee is Brewing

We are excited to share with you the latest happenings in Manzanillo.  Since September we have been working on a coffee shop concept.  On December 7, 2012 we started The Coffee Bean as a business as missions project to compliment our ministry. The Purpose of The...

Removing Idols

I am excited to share with you a great story of how God has been working here in Manzanillo. In the last few weeks, Frederico has been on a spiritual journey.  He committed his life to Christ and was baptized by Warren and Jean, a couple in our church who visited him...

Orphanage Outing

Enjoyed an evening watching movies and playing games with the kids from the orphanage yesterday.

Confession

I love seeing God work in the lives of those we serve! Today we talked about auto examination and confession. At the end of the teaching we had a young girl named Patricia confess for the first time of an abortion. She had been living with the guilt and weight of...