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Partners on Mission
Maya-Mesoamerica Mission
P.O. Box 746
Elkins, AR 72727
www.mayamission.org
May 2005
We are pleased to announce that Jerry Cotney
senses the leading of our Lord to work with MMM as a full-time missionary.
Jerry has been living in Xela since last summer and attends
Xela Community Church.
At XCC Jerry is presently working with
the youth and playing the drum with the praise team. He plans to return to
his home in Alabama this August to raise financial support, spend some time
with his family, and develop his role in the mission. If you would like to
join us and welcome Jerry as a partner on mission with
Maya-Mesoamerica Mission,
you can contact him at
jerrycotney@hotmail.com.
Maya-Mesoamerica Institute:
The last week of April we finished the
first class conducted by Maya-Mesoamerica Institute for Biblical Studies.
It was a video course conducted by Rick Warren over the first two chapters
of James. We held the classes at Xela Community Church and there were
eleven people who attended the six session course which was all in English.
Five were Guatemalans and six people were from North America. The first
week of May we began our second class, The Purpose Driven Life, which is in
Spanish. Guillermo is teaching and leading the discussion.
Xela
Community
Church:
Meghan said it was one of the best weddings
she has ever been to. Sandra and Martin were married the second Saturday in
April at the church and the building was packed with family and friends.
Guillermo and David officiated the first wedding of XCC members, and most of
the congregation helped in some way. There were flowers, food, and friends
to share the blessing.
Xolcaja:
Guillermo, Rosario, Kathy, and David represented MMM at the dedication of
the land for the School/Christian Life Center at Xolcaja. We are humbled,
yet excited that our Lord is giving us the opportunity to provide this
land. Presently there is no missionary, national or foreign, to serve in
Xolcaja and share with the people there the goods things of Jesus. Please
pray with us that God’s people will have “ears to hear” when our Lord says
“you are needed to do my work in Xolcaja”.
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Then He
said to His disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are
few. Therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest that He will send out
laborers into His harvest.
(Matthew
9:37-38 MKJV)
Las Nubes: Jerry,
Meghan, Guillermo, and David drove for about an hour up into the mountains
to find a village where we heard they were raising rabbits for food. Our
Lord led us to a man who could tell us everything we wanted to know about
rabbits. Praise the Lord!
Stephanie Banas is shown with
Yolanda, a fourteen year old Mayan girl from Las Nubes. Stephanie’s family
sponsors Yolanda with a $30.00 monthly gift. This gift enables Yolanda to
stay in school and complete her education. Yolanda’s mother is a widow and
works in the fields for $8.00 a day to support herself and her four
children. There are other Christian children in situations similar to
Yolanda’s. If you would like to sponsor a child attending an MMM outreach
donate online at
www.mayamission.org or send your check to MMM.
Guillermo, Jerry, Kathy, Meghan,
and Stephanie are checking out the progress of the “galera” at Las Nubes
Christian Church. The hope is to have a tin roof and wood walls in place by
the end of May. This will provide a dry place to worship during the rainy
season, until a more permanent structure can be financed and built. Perhaps
you or your church would like to “adopt” a church in Central America and
help them build an adequate place to worship. Bring a work team to
Guatemala and change your life as well as theirs!
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