July, August and September

The Ramírez family Serving the Lord in San Nicolas, Mexico “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” Romans 1:16 This summer flew by and was so busy with great ministry activities. The first week of August we took 4 youth to camp in Arandas, Jalisco. A group of 7 adults went along to serve as well, including my in laws. We served in the kitchen, washing dishes, cleaning the dinning room and helping with the kids’ camp. Three children of our servers attended the kids’ camp all week. It was a great week and everyone came home excited to live more for Christ. Rosa told her daughters, “I don’t know if you are going next year but I am!” Vacation bible school: When we got back from camp we had a vacation bible school for the kids. The theme was “Not ashamed”, the kids learned about 5 people in the bible who were not ashamed of telling others about Christ and that some times it came with a cost. We had a great week. Thank you to those that helped with sending us crafts! Olimpicos: The kids’ program on Saturday morning is going strong. The kids are faithful in attending and learning their verses. The grandmother of one of the kids told me that at school her granddaughter was telling other kids that calling God, “Dioscito” is not ok because God is big and strong and powerful. We sing a song at kids’ club that taught her these truths. God is good! While my mother in law was here in July she taught the ladies’ meeting. She brought along a wooden circle to paint with a verse on it and a cross to decorate with. In August Charito came from the Tequis church and taught the ladies how to make hair bows. Then in September Sarai came from Word of Life to teach a class on salsas. She made 2 delicious salsas and one cream cheese dip. This time has been a blessing to these women as they share fellowship and laughter. Each month someone shares a devotional and encourages the others in their walk with the Lord. ACE: At the beginning of the school year my family and I visited a christian school lead by Israel Millan and his wife Fernanda in Tequisquiapan. One day I taught the Bible class with a craft my wife put together, and the next day sports class. Israel is a friend of mine from Word of Life and was giving music classes in San Nicolas. Every Friday night we have a prayer meeting at the church in San Nicolas. This is a promise I have with the Lord to pray for this town even if it is just my wife and I every Friday night. God has been blessing this time with answered prayer and a several weeks we have not prayed alone! Praise the Lord! After camp God placed it on Gabriel and Ada’s hearts to open their home for a Bible study and to invite their neighbors. We have been going strong reading the Bible and praying together every Thursday evening. It is a joy and blessing to watch this family grow in the Lord and share the gospel with their neighbors. As God has been growing our ministry in San Nicolas we have been running out of space. I had been praying and looking for new places to meet for a few months. At the end of August I found a place that met our needs. It was move in ready and is able to grow with us. Praise the Lord for this provision. Our first Sunday in the new building we celebrated Mexican Independence day (September 16th). We played games, ate pozole (a typical Mexican soup), welcomed several visitors, sang worship songs and heard a message about our freedom in Christ. It was a great evening in fellowship with our church family. Prayer requests: Spiritual growth and number of people at church in San Nicolas Healthy pregnancy for my wife and healthy baby. Baby is growing and mom is feeling good. That God would bless us with a team of people to help us reach more towns. Praise that we have students from Word of Life serving with us this school year. For the Green Card of Jorge, to be able to visit all of you soon! For our relationship with God Our financial support We would like to invite you to join us in purchasing chairs and sound equipment for the church. We received a generous offering for sound this summer but still need some to complete the purchase. We don’t have enough chairs for everyone as we grow, praise the Lord! If you would like to be apart of this please communicate with us directly and we will get you more information. Thank you for your love and support! Blessings, Jorge, Alicia and Boaz jramirez@fim.org awhitmore@fim.org