Pinotepa, Mexico November Update
God’s grace has always sustained us…
Beloved brothers and sister in Christ, it’s always a joy to share with you everything that the Lord has allowed us to do for His glory, knowing that you have been growing in God’s grace as well.
We have new members in God’s family, and we would like to ask you to pray for Nilton Ortiz, his wife Ana María and his daughter Brisa. Please pray so they can continue growing and get baptized. Please pray for David, a young man that I met at the Rehabilitation Center where we go Mondays and Fridays, David finished his rehab program and started going to our church; please pray for him to be strong and be clean, also pray for me, that I can get to these people’s heart at the Rehab Center.
On the other hand, I am discipling other people and we gather in a house, they are from different churches, but they have asked me to teach them about the Word of God and that’s what the Lord called me to do.
On Saturdays we have the Biblical Institute, and it has not been easy because is a lot of work and some students have been discouraged, please pray for them.
Please, pray for the goals and plans we have set up for 2023, and for a Christmas event that we’ll take place outside the General Hospital of Pinotepa, where we will sing Christmas hymns, we’ll share the Gospel and food, and candies for the children.
We will have another Christmas event at the Rehab Center, we will offer a supper and give some gifts to the drug addicts in rehabilitation, please pray so God’s will be fulfilled and that He provides everything we need. If any of you would like to support any of these events, we will be thankful.
Also, we continue visiting our brothers and sisters at the Mountain Rage of Guerrero, we would like to go every week to disciple them, but we don’t have the resources to do it that way because we need like $500 pesos per person to visit them, please pray so the Lord provides for the transportation to go to this place.
We want to be a Christian community that impacts everyone that surrounds us, we want the people to glorify our God with our good works, that’s why we have plans to help the needy, the poor, the orphans and widows, we are praying for wisdom to create strategies to helps us be light in the darkness, sharing the powerful message of the Gospel and to show the love of God to the people, supplying their primary needs.
We are working hard for the Lord, and sometimes Sanballat comes wanting to discourage us, but haven’t quit because of your prayers, and our God has been with us every day, we can see his faithfulness and he has supplied every need and we know that he will do it again.
Finally, we would like to thank each one of you for all your support to our ministry in this year 2022, we know that next year will be better because the Lord has promised victory through Jesus Christ and the victory is that we have eternal life and that’s more than enough, it’s a treasure that He has given us to keep going every day. Thank you for your daily prayers, for your economic support, for your encouraging messages, for all the love you have shown for us, you know we love you all too.
We’ll carry on, being faithful to the Lord because of His grace. We will continue reporting every two or three months about our work, so you may know what the Lord is doing in Pinotepa, Mexico.
Our motto for 2023 is: “In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16
In the love of Jesus Christ:
Martínez Alfaro Family (Rafa, Elda, Asael, and Josue)
Discipulado Internacional México
