It's Growing!!

Our Church plant in Saltillo is growing! Once we took a step of FAITH to move into a larger facility in a better location we starting to grow! Yesterday, we batized 10 new believers in water! What a joy to see lives touched and changed by God´s love. Statisics show that church plants is the best way to win, culitivate the harvest and make disciples.
What a blessing to have Adam Cork visiting from New Braunfels, TX. He shared in our cell meeting Friday, our radio program and in the morning service. We are thankfful for his time with us and our congregation also recieved from his teaching.
There is still much work to be done, souls to reach, lives to restore and disciples to make. Jesus said, "I will build my church", what a joy to be an instrument in the building of God´s kingdom!

Gospel is the power of God

Romanos 1:16 says "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes...." The Word has power to change lives, power to save and heal. When we are not ashamed of it and share it with lost people they have the opportunity to find life. Here in Saltillo, we closed off a street and shared the Gospel, on this night three people accepted Christ and were set free.

The love of Christ motivates us!

For some people it is dificult to know what motivates a person to be a missionary. Why would a person leave family, country, financial stability and comfort to go to a strange land. Paul the apostle figured it out when he said that the love of Christ constrains us or motivates us. It a compassion from the heart to see God change lives and bless people that drives us. Got a call from a lady who listens to our radio program. We stopped in to see her and found a confused and hurting lady beaten up by religion. Once the light of God´s Word is sown and love is imparted the cloud of confusion is lifted and life comes. It´s the joy of seeing a drunk set free, a drug addict delivered or a rich snooty, high society person finially find peace to the tormented heart. This is what makes the so called sacrifice worth it all. Its looking outside of oneself and seeing that what matters in life are the lives that are touched by ours. To see Jesus change a life makes it worth it all!

Just some thoughts on Missions

It´s the day after the 4th of July and living in a foreign country kinda takes the thrill and excitement from the holiday. In fact I didn´t realize it was the 4th until I read what my friends from the States were logging on Facebook. I listened to Ray Charles sing ¨America the Beautiful¨and tried to get into my patriotic spirit. I guess since we are pilgrims and foreigners in this planet, our devotion needs to be about God´s kingdom. Pride for ones country is valid, but how do we celebrate being citizens of Gods kingdom?
On another front, we took a couple of days to go to Morelia to visit Eli and speak at his church. What a blessing to see it grow from the conception in the front room of Eli´s mothers house. The church is growing and impacting the city and surronding area. The next day we had lunch with Pastor Moy and Linda in Irapuato where we started our first church. They are getting ready to open a Christian High School which will be the first in the city. They are packing out their auditorium every Sunday morning and have started a second service to accomadate the people.
Here in Saltillo our new church is starting to grow. It has been slow and a challenge of patience for me. The people here just don´t seem to understand how great of a guy I really am and that God has given me lots of wisdom and love for people. (LOL) Life on the mission field has its challenges. It would be great if folks back home would have the same passion and enthusiasm about missions as the missionary does. But God, the one who calls is the one who provides and meets every need. He is the Lord of the Harvest!

Fathers Day surprize

What a blessing to have Jason and family here for fathers day. Jason preached in our new congregation and Jason Jr wants to follow in his daddies shoes. It´s not often that family can come to visit on the mission field so when they come it is a super blessing.

Lilia found out quickly that she is grandpa´s girl. What a cutie!

New Cell in Saltillo

What a blessing to share the gospel! Every Wednesday we are meeting with this family, their friends and neighbors.

Fullfilling the great commission to make disciples in all nations. We are expecting great things to come out of this group!

It´s going!!

Starting a church is a very challenging job. It can be dissapointing as you observe the "up´s and down´s" from week to week. Its a breath of fresh air when people come back for the second and third time to the services. I have discovered again that when a church meets the spiritual needs of the people, they will most likely return. Some churches give out food to the needy. Others offer programs to meet family needs. I think what people really want is to have their "heart" needs taken care of. The heart is the core of man and has a big hole in it that only God can fill. Once that hole is filled then people can enjoy Gods life and peace. We still have a long ways to go but I´m excited about the harvest that we are now seeing. Thanks for your prayers and support!

School of leaders

On Saturday, April 24th we started at the Impacto de Poder Church in Saltillo a School of leaders. This will be a nine month course that will develop the students to become efective soul winners and cell group leaders. Pastor Miguel Reyna is teaching one class and I the other. It will be interesting to see the growth in each student and watch them to mature to be a part of a team that will impact Mexico.

Folks getting free from Witchcraft

For some witchcraft and demons are made up in hollywood to thicken the plot to a thriller movie. Here in the area of Mexico where we live, witchcraft is quite common and many locals as well as visitors use it for different reasons. Some just want to know about the future, others want to place a curse on a family member or business. Young ladies go to witches for spells to be placed on the man of their dreams so that they will fall in love with her. Oigui boards, reading cards and palms might seem to be innocent enough but it opens the door for the demonic to operate in peoples lives. Recently in one of our conferences an elderly lady came wanting deliverance, she had paid lots of money over the years to Brujas and was now playing the consequences. She told me that she saw demons constantly, every night they come and dance on her bed and laugh at her. She was being tomented. The next week a 12 year old boy came with his mom for help. She had been involved with witchcraft over the years having one of the most popular occultic personalities come to personal treat her. The home sessions obviously began take effect on her boy. In his room he would see men dressed in a black tunic and they would talk to him. Different articles in his room would be moved and sometimes dissapear. He was afraid to be in his room at night. He later told he that he was suicidal being told by these visitors that his life was not worth anything. Now for the good news! Jesus said, "in my name you shall cast out demons." In both of these cases, when the name of Jesus was used in prayer the oppressing demons caused by witchcraft left both the lady and the boy. The lady exclaimed that she felt a load being lifted off and the mother the next day told me how her son slept all night for the first time in years and had peace in his heart. In Luke 4:18 Jesus said that he had come to set the captives free. There is a battle going on for the souls of men, thank God for the mighty name of Jesus and His power to set people free!

Address for donors

I was asked recently as to what address donations can be made too. If you don´t need a receipt for tax purposes, you may send to 19483 FM 508 Harlingen, TX 78550. If you want a receipt for tax deductions, send to Grace Memorial Church 3240 FM 725 New Braunfels, TX 78130 and put in the memo line, mexico missions.

Sowing into missions is a worthy cause. It is giving to projects that benefit people in many different ways. Thanks for sowing seed into this ministry!

Grace Memorial Anniversary

What a blessing to be able to travel to New Braunfels to see our church family and celebrate their 10th year anniversary. There is nothing better than Texas BBQ, chicken and sausage, finger lickin good! Mexican food is good, I have no complaints, but when you haven´t tasted Texas cookin for a while it is much appreciated. I wanted to post some pics of the event, but found dead batteries in my camera.

After some shopping the next morning, got to see the most beautiful grand daughters along with their parents. Living in a foreign country makes it dificult to see family. So the moments spent with them are precious.

The church is starting to grow, as lives are touched and peoples needs are met the group begins to take shape. The radio program is a big blessing to the community and a wonderful way to become known. The other day we went to the hospital to pray for a man who had a heart attack and afterwards we were sitting in the lobby talking and a lady came up and asked if we were pastors, she reconized my voice from the radio and she asked us to come up and pray for her mother. The kingdom grows one soul at a time, addition will turn into multiplication and impacts the world.

For those who need a tax receipt for your donations to the ministry, send me a note and I will give you information as to where to send it. Together we can make a difference and build God´s kingdom!

New service

We just added a new Sunday evening service. It will be focused on healing the sick and teaching the Word. Our Friday evening Bible study is also growing, new people are coming and it is good to see them grow in their walk with the Lord.

New Church

Just 5 minutes from Saltillo is a quaint little town called Ramos Arizpe. Its population is 60,000 and has very few Bible beleiving churches so on February the 7th we held our first service with 30 people in attendance. Pastor Guiermo Lopéz from Cuernavaca shared the Word and the people were fed. We are expecting a big harvest of souls as His Kingdom grows in this area. Thanks for your prayers and support!!

Partners Needed!

The call for me to "GO" came at an early age! As the doors opened, I went! A pastor once said, "all you need to be used by God is enough money to get out of town." That sounded simple enough for me so off I went! It had been an interesting 34 years serving in different areas such as church planting, evangelism, pastoring and making disciples. The fruit speaks for itself.

For this new adventure I need partners to help with this phase of the ministry. It doesn´t take alot, just a commitment to pray and to give financially as the Lord leads you to. What is this project? I am planting a new church in the Saltillo area of Mexico that has over 1 million people. I need sponcers for my radio program every Sunday morning. The cost for one hour is just $50.00 US. We just rented a building for Sunday morning worship. In our first service we had 30 new people and several are interested to help out. I´m asking for you to consider being a partner with us. It is so much easier with a group of people that are standing with me.

If you are interested to sow into this project you can deposit direct into my Wells Fargo Account

Patrick Veach # 5281116615. If you need a tax receipt drop me a line and I will give instructions. Let´s work together to build God´s kingdom and lay up some treasures in heaven.

God is moving in Saltillo

The radio program "Setting the Captives Free" here in Saltillo is impacting many lives. We have a live phone line that people use to call in with their prayer requests. The phone rings non stop during our hour progam. On Feb 7th, we are having our first Sunday morning service in a joining town called Ramos Arizpe. It has about 100,000 people and has a big need for the Gospel. There is an excitement and expectancy in the air to see what God is getting ready to do. What a blessing to be a part of the last day harvest!

Mario and Veronica are starting a new Cell and church in Salamanca, Mario is one of my disciples.













Great to be back in Morelia with Eli and Diana to finish out 2009.

2010!!

It's hard to beleive that 2010 is here! The coming of the Lord is coming soon and urgency is in the air to reach the lost! A proven way to see permanant growth in God's kingdom is by raising up local churches. There people are won to the Lord and discipled, they grow and become mature believers and are able to win others. This year my goal is to start a local church in the city of Saltillo, Coah Mexico. My radio program has been warmly received and the healing conferences are touching lives so now it is time to take the next step. Jesus said, "I will build my church", this is comforting to know that He is leading the way in this project. Thanks for all of your prayers and support, Jesus is Lord!