January, February and a little March too

“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5 Ramírez Family Serving the Lord in San Nicolas, Queretaro, Mexico What a blessing filled few months it has been. Alicia’s great uncle David and his wife Louise visited us for a week. In that week they helped us organize at church, stamp bibles and evangelistic material with the church information, shared testimony with the ladies, taught us how to make sour dough bread, evangelized in the farmer’s market, played with the church worship group, brought us many Bibles for all ages, encouraged us and loved on Boaz. We were very blessed by their visit. Every month the church in Tequisquiapan has a marriage class. For Valentine’s day they had a special supper and renewing of your marriage. I married my wife again! Youth We have been able to attend several things for youth. There is a young ladies meeting once a month at the Tequisquiapan church that our youth have been a part of. At their meeting they do a fun girly activity and then have a time to learn from God’s word. This has been great for them to make new friends and grow in their faith. Our youth group also attended a sports day in the park with other area churches. The youth played sports with weird rules and were involved in a time of evangelism. Parents are not left out of youth activities. A church in Querétaro held a class for parents about identity and what God says about who we are in Him. One mom from church attended with us, it was a great learning event. The youth group had been holding strong. There are now 3 young ladies who are part of the group each week. Olimpicos: The kids’ club has changed name. We are now using a program with the kids that is similar to AWANA. The kids are really liking their new format of learning Bible verses and being encouraged in their faith. We have 10-12 faithful members of Olimpicos. Sunday church service: Every Sunday we have our regular church service in the evening. There are 5-6 families that join us each week. I am currently preaching about acceptable sins: sins we commit frequently as Christians, the series is called “It’s still sin. Music class: Tuesday and Thursday evenings we have music class with Israel. The class is learning to sing together and play as a group. They have learned several songs and once sang in church, one of the youth played percussion when Aunt Louise helped us with her Ukelele. In March we were blessed with a visit from my wife’s aunt and cousin, Marcia and Sara Aguilar. They helped us with visiting, we visited many women from church. They also blessed us by bringing material and other things from supporters in Iowa. Thank you to everyone who has sent things for our ministry! Prayer Requests: Spiritual growth and number of people at church in San Nicolas Mexico Lindo, Maribel and her family that we are visiting and will soon start a bible study with. 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, we are now at 76%. Thank you! Thank you!! Blessings, Jorge, Alicia and Boaz jramirez@fim.org awhitmore@fim.org