April, May and June blessings

"The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it."

 Proverbs 10:22

Hello from Mexico! God has been moving and doing great things in San Nicolas these last 3 months. We ended April celebrating the Day of the Child. Two days before this event our permission to use the Community Center was taken away from us. Just in time we were allowed to use the house next door free of charge. God is good!! 30 children and 3 women joined us this day and heard the gospel preached. We had fun singing, playing games, doing a craft, memorizing scripture and learning from God's word. 

Shortly after using this space for the Kids' day activity God provided a way for us to rent the garage area and the kitchen/living room area monthly. This opened many doors for our ministry. One of my biggest and long time prayers was answered with this place. On May16th, 2021 our first Sunday service took place. There were 14 people in attendance. Each week there are new people who join us and a few faithful. My wife does Sunday school with the kids. They are studying King David. Praise the Lord for this answer to prayer. 

That same weekend we began a kids club on Saturday mornings. In this time I play a game with the kids, teach a lesson about the book of Mark. Each week we have the story part and the application part. The kids are starting to understand and are now able to tell me what the application is on their own. My wife sings and does a craft with the kids. One thing that has surprised me the most is how much the kids love to memorize the bible verse we give them each lesson. We have about 10-16 kids each week.  

God is also at work in our local church here in Tequisquiapan. Now that the vaccine has reached Mexico and many of the people in our congregation have it we have been able to open up more and more. There are more people attending in person than on Zoom and soon we will stop the Zoom part all together. I am still preaching about once a month and leading worship once or twice a month. 

Defensores: Youth group. God has done great things with these young people this past year. It was a joy for me to be their youth pastor and see them grow. At the beginning of June we had our first and only in person meeting of the year, it was a special night to remember all that God has done this past year. It was also great to see all the youth in person. We finished the school year and will now take a break for the summer. In the fall I will hand over this responsibility to another man from church so that we can spend more time serving in San Nicolas. 

It is with great joy in our hearts that we share with you that God has blessed us with the blessing to be parents. We eagerly await the arrival of our son in late November. Alicia is doing well besides the normal symptoms of pregnancy. 

Prayer Requests: 

• That the church in San Nicolas would establish and continue to grow. 
• For a healthy pregnancy and baby. 
• Our relationship with God, that it would grow daily.
• For our support raising journey, we are currently at 45% and would like to be at 100% by the end of the year. Pray that God will add more people to our support team.
• Continue to pray for Maribel and Irma. They both are faithful in the bible study and church attendance. Pray for their hearts and their home situations, they are both the only believers in their families. 
• Camp- July 26-30 we are taking a group of youth from our church and leaders/helpers to camp in Guadalajara. Pray for safe travel and for hearts to be open to the Gospel. 
• September 2-3, I (Jorge) have my interview with the US embassy for his visa. Pray that God will grant us the visa so we can travel to the US soon. 
• My (Jorge) English. Understanding and motivation to keep learning. 

Thank you so much for your love and support. 

Blessings, 

Jorge and Alicia Ramírez

jramirez@fim.org

awhitmore@fim.org

To give financially: www.fim.org/give/ramirez