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Partners on Mission
Maya-Mesoamerica Mission
P.O. Box 746
Elkins, AR 72727
www.mayamission.org
August 26, 2005
Greetings to all,
Kathy, Meghan, and I Recently returned to Guatemala from a visit to
the United States. While in the U.S. we had the opportunity to share
with many of you the marvelous things that our Lord is doing in
Central America. I was also invited to preach at Heartland Church
where I spoke about four giants facing Christ's church in the world
as we move in to the 21st century. Last spring I read an article by
Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life, where he discussed
these giants and he challenged the western church to confront these
giants head-on.
The first giant we face is Spiritual Darkness. There are billions of
people in the world today who know nothing about Jesus Christ. It is
our highest priority at Maya-Mesoamerica Mission to share the
salvation message of Jesus with the people in the mountains, jungle,
and cities around us. Since the founding of this ministry dozens of
people have responded to this message of salvation and found new
life in Christ.
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All authority is given to
Me in Heaven and in earth. Therefore go and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things, whatever I
commanded you. And, behold, I am with you all the days until the end
of the world. Amen.
(Matthew 28:18-20 MKJV)
The second giant confronting the church in the developing world is
Disease and Malnutrition. In just the past twelve months we have
been your partners in providing dental and medical care,
distributing blankets and other supplies to hundreds of people all
in the name of Jesus Christ.
The third giant that looms like an oppressive cloud enveloping the
countryside is Ignorance.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have
rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And
since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget
your children.
(Hosea 4:6 ESV)
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Over 50% of the population of the world is illiterate.
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The majority of illiteracy is in women and girls.
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People can't read God's Word if they can't read!
With your support MMM is currently providing education
scholarships to four teens, who without these scholarships would be unable
to attend school. We are also making available English classes to several
adults and teens.
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Our emphasis in the immediate future in combating ignorance is to
build and develop a School/Christian Life Center in the jungle village
of Xolcaja. We praise our Lord that land has been purchased and walls
to a building are going up!
Poverty is a fourth giant we face daily here at the mission in
Guatemala. Although there is a small middle-class developing in the
cities, millions of people here live in homes with no running water,
no electricity, and dirt floors their the children to play on. MMM is
working with Xela Community Church and Las Nubes Christian Church in
partnership on economic development projects. Presently these projects
target widows and abandoned women. Xela Community Church and Las Nubes
Christian Church are both churches planted by missionaries from
Maya-Mesoamerica Mission.
Regarding the relief offering for poor Christians that is being
collected, you get the same instructions I gave the churches in
Galatia. Every Sunday each of you make an offering and put it in
safekeeping. Be as generous as you can. When I get there you'll have
it ready, and I won't have to make a special appeal.
(1 Corinthians 16:1-2 MSG)
Maya-Mesoamerica Mission is on the threshold of planting its third
church. We have been asked by a small group of Christians to come and
start a Christian church in the village of Las Palmeras. Las Palmeras
is very remote. It is a government relocation settlement project deep
in the jungle and there is no other Christian church in the area.
Guillermo Barrios, MMM's Guatemalan team leader is ready to go, but he
needs the help of Christians in the U.S. and Europe. There will be
transportation costs, meals, and an overnight stay each week as he
goes to Las Palmeras. Perhaps you, your small group, or your church,
would like to adopt Las Palmeras as your mission and help plant a new
church in Gods Kingdom. I invite you to pray for the Las Palmeras
outreach and to make it a part of your "relief offering" on a regular
basis. To give financially for this mission outreach make your check
out to:
Maya-Mesoamerica Mission
P.O. Box 746
Elkins, AR 72727
Enclose a note, "For the Las Palmeras outreach".
The mission is taking on these four giants lurking throughout the
countryside of Guatemala. Xela Community Church, Las Nubes Christian
Church, and soon, Las Palmeras Christian Church, spearhead this attack
as MMM facilitates. Thank you for your partnership in bringing Christ
to the nations.
In His Grip,
David Doss
President, Maya-Mesoamerica Mission www.mayamission.org
P.S. Give serious consideration to visiting Guatemala in the next ten
months!
Maya
Mesoamerica
Mission
www.mayamission.org
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