Looking back at the summer

We had a very full summer of ministry. Twenty-three young adults served with our Spearhead program in 12 Mexican churches/ministries throughout the city.

In our 10 day Ignite program we had 43 participants…34 from Gordon-Conwell’s COMPASS program, 5 from a church in Boston and 4 individuals from various parts of the U.S. They worked in 5 different churches and ministries.

We celebrated Spearhead’s 40th anniversary in Mexico this summer and were blessed to have Harry & Bernice Burke (Spearhead founders) with us for the celebration. Steve Johnson, current LAM president was also present along with former Spearhead directors Enrique Rojas and Tracey (Moore) Pieters.

On a number of levels it was one of our hardest summers of ministry, yet also one in which we saw much fruit. We thank you for upholding us in prayer.

Speaking of prayer…during our service leave Nydia and I sensed that the Lord was calling us to Himself in new ways and impressed on our hearts the importance of not only modelling an active commitment to ministry, but also following our Lord Jesus’ model of drawing apart to spend time with His father. So, in the middle of July, after our busy Ignite week and before our summer participants began their last weeks of full-time ministry, we drew aside for a day long prayer retreat.

The Lord was good to us in sending us the former president of LAM, Jack Voelkel and his wife Mary Anne. Mary Anne is gifted in the area of intercession and led the retreat. We have received many reports from Spearhead participants that this was the highlight of their summer.