July 2022

 

The Ramírez Family Serving the Lord in Tequisquiapan, Mexico “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.” Ephesians 2:19

Ministry Partners, ¡Hola from Mexico! Hope you are all having a blessed summer. We have seen God’s blessings in San Nicolas, Mexico this summer. In May the church in San Nicolas had its first anniversary! We celebrated in a joint service with the church of Tequisquiapan. At this service I lead worship, Boaz was presented and prayed for and several from the Tequisquiapan church were baptized. We thank God for this time of celebration with church family.

The church is remaining steady in its number of people weekly, those that come are starting to come more regularly. I have been preaching through Ephesians this month. This month we have been blessed to have Francisco (preaching in the photo on the right) serving with us, he is my nephew, the only other believer in my family. We visited my family for a week in Guadalajara, while we were there Francisco was kidnaped outside of his church and held for ransom. His family was able to borrow money from a family member and pay for the release of my nephew. Thanks to God that he was released that same night without any harm done to his person. He came to serve with us for one month. Boaz likes having his cousin here. Francisco is the 1st and Boaz is the 34th.

Kids’ club is doing well. We just finished a study of the “Life of Christ”. There have been heart changes in the kids these last few months. Many more are memorizing verses each week and several a now playing games without cheating. One new little girl brings new friends each week. Praise the Lord! The kids are looking forward to summer camp in August.

My wife continues to have a monthly reunion with the women. The past two were classes on construction/concrete mixing, where they made little flower pots out of concrete and the following month they learned how to plant and care for flowers and plants. This time of fellowship is wonderful for the women of San Nicolas.

Thursday evenings we have a growing group that meets to share prayer requests, pray for each other and the town and study Romans. God blesses us weekly in this time.

My wife and I have been busy visiting serval families in San Nicolas brining them groceries and helping them with other needs. One young boy joins us on Saturday’s for Kids’ club, he is so excited about what he has learned that he shares everything with his family. This month we were in Guadalajara to visit and help my dad. He spend a few days in the hospital for a hernia. He is back home and doing much better. It was a blessing to be able to spend this time with him and the rest of the family. I shared the gospel with some of the family the night Francisco was kidnaped after he was at home again. Please join us in praying for their salvation. Bellow is a photo of three generations of Antonios (Antonio, Jorge Antonio, Boaz Antonio)

We have all the paperwork for Boaz done!! We also have all of my green card papers in and are in the waiting process to hear from the US government on when we will have our interview and my medical check. Thank you for praying with us that they will respond soon!

Prayer Requests San Nicolas- Spiritual growth for those that faithfully attend. That our number will grow. Opportunities to share the gospel. More contacts to visit. San Nicolas- Spiritual growth for those that faithfully attend. That our number will grow. The town of San Nicolas. Opportunities to share the gospel. More contacts to visit. That the people we are visiting with join us at church and accept Christ as Savior. Summer camp 2022- that the youth would be able to attend the Word of Life camp, the camp in Guadalajara or both. That we would have leaders and helpers that we need. That God will work in the youth's hearts this week. Kids’ club kids: that we will be able to take some of them to camp this summer and that we will be able to have a VBS for them before they go back to school. Women's meeting- that more women will come to learn a new skill and leaving with a desire to know Christ more. Green card and passport- we are still waiting on news and responses for Jorge's green card. Thank you for your prayers. Health and salvation for my dad. Salvation for the family in Guadalajara, that God would use the situation with Francisco to bring the family to know Him. Praise the Lord that he has provided for us in these months and continues to bring new partners to our team. We need about 41% more of our monthly financial support. Thank you for being part of our team and what God is doing here in Mexico.

THANK YOU! We are grateful for your love, prayers and support. God is good! Thank you for being a part of what God is doing here in San Nicolas. Blessings, Jorge, Alicia and Boaz Ramírez jramirez@fim.org awhitmore@fim.org