By Mario Cordoba
Man in Oaxaca
I never, ever could have imagined that after driving hours and hours up and down mountains on dusty, narrow roads full of rocks and holes we would arrive to a little piece of paradise. A small congregation meets in San Agustin next to a beautiful river of crystal-clear water. Upriver grow bananas, mangos and mamey trees. The people were waiting for us. They had walked for hours to hear the word of God, yet many were not Christians.
Filed under evangelism & outreach, missions
By Mark Ellis
baptism of new believers
More than 50 evangelicals were arrested in mid-December in a community north of Mexico City, held without food, water, or sanitation, and pressured to renounce their “new” religion.
“We had some most distressing news of renewed persecution of Indian believers in Mexico,” says David Kietzman, executive director of Latin American Indian Ministries (LAIM).
Filed under persecution
By Mark Ellis
storm crew
Lightning flashed in the distance, then came the deluge of water, with watermelon-sized rocks that rained down on the two-lane road that wound its way through the mountains. When their lives seemed to hang in the balance, God answered their prayers in a mighty way.
Filed under encouragement, miracles, missions, prayer
