Ordination of Isaac

This past Sunday was a very special day. Pastor Isaac from the Prince of Peace congregation was ordained after passing his exam during this year's presbytery meetings. The service took place at Prince of Peace.

Family members of Isaac and Ruth from Toluca, the presbytery delegates, the Prince of Peace congregation, and several guests attended the packed out service.

The service lasted more than three hours, with lots of great singing, a powerpoint presentation for Isaac, the actual ordination, and a sermon.

Afterwards we celebrated with Chicken Mole (Veracruz style) and of course a cake!

Continue to pray for Isaac, Ruth, and Jas as they minister at Prince of Peace. Please also continue to pray for the congregation as they move forward on plans to officially organize as a church.

New Members at Agua Viva

This past Sunday, May 31st, two women joined the Agua Viva mission as members.

Mari Trinidad has been attending the ladies Bible studies since they started two years ago. She is transfering membership from another church.

Katia and her family have been living at the mission for almost two years. She also took the new member's class and was baptized on Sunday as well.
We also formally welcomed Dan and Tere and their two sons to the congregation. They transfered membership from another Presbyterian church here in Tijuana.

Please continue to pray for the Agua Viva mission, that we will be able to reach out to more families in the community.

Reformed Bible Institute of the North West in Tijuana

During the month of May, Scott is teaching "Evangelism and Discipleship" to the 14 first year students.

Classes meet from 4:00 - 8:00pm on Saturday. The students have several hours of homework to complete during the week. Much of this course is practical, and the students will get first hand experience going door to door, sharing their teatimonies, and starting evangelistic home Bible studies.

Please pray for each of these students, that they will be encouraged to begin discipling others.

CRWM Mexico retreat

This past weekend all 10 missionary families and two volunteers who serve in Mexico met at Puerto Nuevo BC (between Rosarito and Ensenada) for our annual retreat.


Dr. Donald Douglas (Prof. Emeritus Biola, and ELIC) was our speaker. The topic was how the church (and missionaries) have to be aware of and respond to the political and social changes.

Andrea, (a volunteer here in Tijuana), Karissa, Jennifer and Daniel helped by watching the kids. They had a VBS program Sea Odyseas planned.
It was a great time of fellowship, learning, and relaxation. Marcia took the kids horsebackriding at the beach Saturday
and back to the beach at night to do some grunion hunting. We did not find any grunion, and some people were begining to think they were on a Mexican "snipe" hunt. Ben made a nice fire, and we had fun anyways!
It was great to see everyone again, and we are glad everyone made it home safetly and with no delays from the Swine Flu scare.

Thank you Denver Adults

Right on schedule, the group finished rough framing the Half-way house.

They finished shingling the roof,
attaching stucco wire,

wiring the second story

and installing doors.

In the afternoon the keys were turned over to Carlos, the director of the Rehab Center. Later in the evening Carlos and his leadership team came to visit the group and share a cake. We enjoyed watching slides of the week and singing together "How Great Thou Art" in Spanish.

Saturday morning the group crossed the border and they are on their way back home. Pray for safe travels.

Thank you again 3rd CRC!

Thursday

Thursday the group continued to advance on the construction project.

Trusses were lifted to the second story and put in place.

sheeting was nailed on top of the trusses



Meanwhile the first floor roof is shingled.

Electrical work continues, and has moved to the second floor.

this is how the Half-way house looked at the end of the day.

Walking by Faith

Dale, as the new guy, got to try out the stairs first!

Wednesday, the half-way point

Wednesday the group continued to work on the half-way house.

The walls on the second story were made, covered with stucco (chicken) wire, and raised.

Interior walls are also in place.

The stairs were finished, and nailed in place.

The wiring on the first floor is almost done,

there was some destruction work to be done as well.

At the end of the day, this is how the building looked.

We again had a great meal, great devotions and singing, and Scott was presented with a red flag to keep in his pickup for hauling loads that stick over the tailgate.