January 2023

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! Psalm 133:1 Happy New Year!! We had a very busy and fruitful end to 2022. The Lord is GOOD! At the beginning of November Alicia’s parents came to visit for 2 months. This was a huge blessing!! Vonnie helped with all things crafts for the kids, taught two women’s meetings, one on bracelets and one on decorating Christmas cookies. Kent helped with the direction of the kids’ Christmas program. Alicia and her dad also sang special music at several churches. It was a great time for Boaz to get in lots of grandparent time. This was a huge help for my wife and I to be able to do ministry without distraction. The evening of December 22nd the church held it’s Christmas event. The kids presented their skit and two songs, special guest pastor Ruben Fonseca shared the gospel, we played games, had an ugly sweater contest and shared lots of delicious food. Many family members attended and many heard the true meaning of Christmas for the first time. Also at Christmas we visited many homes door to door, gifting the kids goodie bags. We were able to make many new contacts this way. Christmas is such a special season to be able to share and have fellowship with other Believers in the area. I was invited to share the gospel at the Iglesia Biblica Misionera Bernal. It was a lovely evening of worship. In November we celebrated the first birthday of Boaz. It has been a blessing to watch this little boy grow and to be his parents. For his birthday 20+ family members came to celebrate with us at a local hot springs pool. After a very busy December we were able to take a week off to visit family and friends in Guadalajara. Some good family time and some much needed rest. The regular church activities have resumed again. This year we have also begun offering music classes to church members in hopes of starting a praise team. A young lady at church has started a reading club on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, the purpose is to teach kids who don’t know how to read and to help other kids to read better. The first evening we had 8-10 kids! We are excited to see what God has in store for San Nicolas this year! Many exciting things are already in the works; visitors, women’s activities, camp, Vacation Bible school during Holy week and Summer vacation. Thank you for being a part of these events in prayer and financial support. If you would like to be part of these events in person please let us know, there are many opportunities available. Prayer Requests: Spiritual growth and number of people at church in San Nicolas That God would bless us with a team of people to help us reach more towns For the Green Card of Jorge, to be able to visit all of you soon! For our relationship with God For all the plans we have this year, that God will use each event to build his Kingdom Our financial support Thank you!! Blessings, Jorge, Alicia and Boaz jramirez@fim.org awhitmore@fim.org