New Mission

Today we attended a commissioning ceremony for a new mission started by 2nd Baptist Church of Puebla, also known as Ebenezer.  When we arrived a praise band was singing and the 30 or so people there were worshiping.  Later we all introduced ourselves, then the pastor of Ebenezer gave the commissioning sermon to the new members of the new mission called The Great Commission.  In the photo below are the new pastor and his wife.

This mission is being started in a house of one of the members.  Notice how the house is unfinished and the roof is not quite complete, but these members are determined to meet anyway!

Once the services ended, the ladies served us a nice lunch of chicken, rice, bread and tortillas.

As a side note, the pastor (named Javier) of this new mission lives in a neighborhood that we are targeting to start a new church in.  This neighborhood is considered a “transitional housing complex” because the houses are very simple and small, but are affordable for those considered in the upper-low income range.

In this one complex are 9,600 houses that all virtually look the same.  When you consider that 4 people live in each house (which is a very conservative number), that is close to 40,000 people who need a church in their neighborhood to go to!!!

Please pray for open doors into this highly regulated neighborhood (i.e. no private gatherings in the public park areas, no meeting in the public schools located inside the complex, and currently no availability of store space to rent-only for sale).