Busy Summer

"Jesus said: I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, except through me."

John 14:6

What a busy and fruitful summer we had. We started off the fun with a day trip to Word of Life Bible Institute in Bernal to see the kids show. 20+ kids and their parents joined us for this activity. We rented a bus to take us. The show explained the Gospel with pirates, Indians and town people. After the show the actors shared the Gospel again with small groups of kids and also shared with the parents. The kids loved this trip and ask us often when we are going again. This was a great way to get to know some of the parents and share the Gospel with them too. 

Towards the end of July we had a great time at VBS. The theme was "The greatest gift". Over 20 kids joined us for the week. They learned about Jesus and how the gift of salvation is the greatest gift ever! We played games, sang songs, did crafts and as usual their favorite part was memorizing the bible verse. You can see in one of the pictures new friends are helping each other learn the verse. The Lord is good and we see His hand working in the lives of these kids. 

After VBS week we took a group of 20 youth to camp in Guadalajara. Six adults from our church went to serve. My wife and I served in the counseling part. It was a very blessed week. Over half the youth there were nonbelievers and by the end of the week most had accepted Christ or shown interest in learning more. It was a very exhausting week but well worth it for the Kingdom work. 

Ministry in San Nicolas keeps growing and showing fruit. We have a steady 15-16 kids each week at Kids' club. Three members of the Tequisquiapan church have been helping us weekly with the kids. The kids love them. One of the ladies taught the kids a new game to memorize the bible verse, I think it is their favorite time of the day. 

Sunday service is growing. We have more regular people from the town each week. I am still preaching weekly and my wife has her Sunday school class with about 4 regular kiddos. 

Between camp and these weekend activities we have more discipleship opportunities. I have started meeting one on one with two youth from the town and my wife now meets weekly with one of the moms who brings her kids to the kids activities. Thank you for your prayers and support, God is using them in bigs ways in this small town. 

Preaching is one of my favorite things. This summer I was also able to preach a few times in the church here in Tequisquiapan. The church service is still some on Zoom and the majority in person. 

Baby bump update. Alicia and baby are doing great! We are already at 26 weeks pregnant. Baby boy moves a lot and we love feeling him kick and roll around. 

Prayer requests: 

• The church is San Nicolas, that it will continue to grow and establish well.
• Healthy baby and healthy pregnancy for my wife.
• Our relationship with God, that it would grow daily.
• Our disciples; Maribel, Irma, Martin, Roy, Eliel, Isabel 
• September 2-3: I have my US visa interview with the US embassy here in Mexico. We will be traveling to Guadalajara and then to Tijuana. I am very nervous, please pray for me to trust in His plan. 
• We continue sharing with churches, families, and friends about our ministry. Please pray that God would add supporters to our team as we work towards meeting our financial goals. 

Thank you for your prayers and support. We could not do what we do without all of you by our side. Thank you! 

Blessings,

Jorge and Alicia Ramírez

jramirez@fim.org

awhitmore@fim.org

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