"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the skies declare the work of His hands. Day after day they pour forth speach; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world." Psalm 19:1-3

What a month! I had heard a bit about the Culiacan project...now I have experienced it and I feel honored and blessed to have been a part of it.



The Culiacan project lasts for the whole month of February. Short term teams come down to help out anywhere from two weeks to the whole month. Five days a week, Monday thru Friday (and sometimes on Saturday), we visit camps in the surrounding areas here. There are over a hundred camps here. People come from all over Mexico to work in the fields that grow tomatoes. peppers and corn among other things. Many of the people in these camps speak a language other than Spanish. There are over 140 indigenous languages in Mexico. During the month we handed out Gospel tracks to over 130 of them!



We usually head out to the camps at 3 in the afternoon when the workers are getting back from the fields. Before three we are cleaning the cars and preparing the equipment before we go. I have been counting up the totals of CD's and decisions made for Jesus as well as tracking the languages we are seeing in the camps. This helps us so that when we return to the camps we know which language is most dominant from camp to camp. Over the course of this month we have handed out 6,634 CD's in the indigenous languages (this does not include the over 4,000 we handed out in Spanish), and 3,147 people received Jesus as their Lord and Savior! Many sheep have heard the voice of the Shepherd and responded! There are others that maybe did not receive the Lord on the night we were there but that have a precious seed now planted in their hearts.



There are too many stories to tell here but I will share one that touched my heart. One evening when we were watching "Magdelena: Released From Shame" (a variation on the Jesus film) there was a brother and sister sitting with me reclining on me. The boy was so animated watching the film. When Jesus multiplied the fish and bread his mouth dropped wide open, when Jesus rose the widow's son from the dead he leaped in his seat. When Jesus was lashed he jumped with each blow. At the end he received Jesus as Lord! When we returned to the camp for a follow up I saw the brother and sister again and I was giving them big hugs. Jesus is doing such great work!



Now that the teams have gone home I will be involved in the Buenas Nuevas staff retreat this week then for the rest of the month I will be helping with follow ups in the camps. At the end of the month most of the staff returns to Oaxaca (where I will meet them in May to start training with Buenas Nuevas, "Gospel Recordings" to become a recordist) I am more excited than ever to learn to record these different languages and how to distribute them. The Culiacan Project is a busy, rapid month but it is the fruit of much work by many recordist here in Mexico. They spend their lives recording the Gospel in every language so that people can know the Good News of Jesus Christ. These people are not just hearing the Gospel in Spanish which is not their original, heart language but they are hearing it in the language that is natural to them. If an English speaker sings a beautiful worship song in Spanish they can still praise the Lord and rejoice in Him but there is something that happens in a heart when they praise Him in their heart language, English. It is the same for the indigenous speakers around Mexico and around the world. Spanish or other main idioms are not their true language.



Please Pray:



For God's divine health and protection. We have had a handful of people in the hospital for one reason or another.



For the people in the camps to continue to grow in the Lord through discipleship and the growth that comes only from the Lord.



For someone to be here in Culiacan at the base year round. The outreach is only a few months of the year...but there is so much more that could be done if say a couple could be here year round.

For the Compassion Connection team in Ecuador (Who I miss greatly - but the plan is, Lord willing, to returning there after the training!) Steve and Sandi are in the states raising funds to build our new training center in Latacunga, Ecuador.

For endurance. I am traveling more than usual this year while I am involved with training with GRN. I return to the states in April to help my parents with some big changes, then I travel to Oaxaca in May for the training and Lord willing onto Colombia in August to finish up the training by December...and next year I would be back in Ecuador...





Thank you!



Thanks to all of you who are praying and being such a support. Each of you has been here in spirit! I do not say this lightly... it is your prayers that back each missionary with more than just a dream and a desire to help. Our prayers in the Lord produce great fruit that will last according to His power and purposes. It is your giving that is making it possible for myself and other missionaries to do the work of the ministry...Thanks!!!