….They are a group of “Radical” young people in love with God’s Word….they love spending time together at church, serving at the Mission or collaborating at our outreaches!  We love their hearts and their energy to see others won to Christ for His name.  Some we have watched grow in Christ from a very young Pre-school age who are now becoming responsible young adults, moving on to College and University. 

          Rolando and Eunice left last year to study at Calvary Chapel Bible College in Ensenada, Baja CA.  Eunice stayed on through the summer, serving at Genesis, a ranch for special needs children where she was a great blessing.  She will return this summer after completion of the two-year program
to serve in the church, using her gifts and talents to bless the Body.   Rolando came home this summer to serve in the church and at CCMS.   They both will finish up this May and will be returning to PV to serve at Calvary PV.   We are so excited, watching them both continue to grow leaps and bounds in Christ and in the knowledge of His Word.  We are so grateful the Lord has made the Bible College available to young people down here in Mexico who want to continue to serve as missionaries to their own culture!  It is truly an answer to prayer and a part of the completion of the vision the Lord has given us for the church's spiritual growth.

Eunice and Roland with a friend at CCBC Ensenada

     Micah and Emmanuel will be leaving to CCBC in Murietta, CA  in January. Both have served consistently on the worship team for several years.  They are teaching the youth music and Worship in hopes of raising up others that can take their place when they leave.  We know are God is faithful and even though these two gifted young men are leaving, we know He will provide others.   

     We have other teens come to Christ as adolescents and young adults.   What a challenge it is for them in a world that is completely up-side down culturally and spiritually.   To see them break free from religious tradition, social and cultural pressure in this “Party” community has been such a blessing.  Please keep them in your prayers as the enemy is not happy for them to be flourishing in God’s Word.  

     This excerpt taken from In My Father’s House, The Years before “The Hiding Place” by Corrie Ten Boom expresses our deep desire to bring children and the youth out from the fiery flames of a life without salvation.

     “In the Bible,” Papa continued, “we read that Jesus has promised to come to this world to make everything new. The world is now covered with hatred, but when Jesus returns, the world will be covered with the knowledge of God, like the water covers the bottom of the sea.”  Thinking of that wonderful day, I knew why Papa prayed for it so often. “Oh, Papa, then everyone will know about Jesus! I’ll be very happy when He comes.”

     Decades later I was speaking to a group then challenged parents to “bring their little ones to the Lord Jesus. He has said, ‘Let the children come to me; the kingdom of God is theirs.’” (Matthew 19:14.)  Then I told how I made a decision for Jesus when I was five years old.

     After that talk I left the platform and went into a small room in the building where I found a father with two little boys, all on their knees. The father had an arm around both of those boys, and I moved back quietly while the man told the boys tenderly that they were not too young to ask Jesus to come into their hearts.

     What a wonderful heritage those boys have, to know that their father cared enough about them to lead them to a knowledge of their heavenly Father!

     Later I received a letter from a lady who told me the results in her life of that evening.

     “I went home after that meeting and went directly to my little girl, Mary, who was in bed, She knew about the Lord because she had been to a Sunday school, but that night, in her bed, she gave her heart to Jesus.

     The next morning she said, ‘Oh, Mommy, I’m so happy that Jesus is now in my heart. He made me a child of God.’

Mary was singing the whole time before she went to school, and I was amazed that she sang many songs about heaven.

      My husband went to school to pick her up that day, and as he approached the schoolhouse, he noticed that a great many people were standing around, and there obviously must have been an accident. Then he saw what had happened.

     Mary was on the street, her little body crumpled like a rag doll. She was dead.”

As I read that letter my eyes were so filled with tears that the words blurred.

     “Mary had passed behind a big transport truck and had not seen another car, which was coming toward her from the other direction. She was killed immediately.

     My husband brought her little body home. He was in deep despair, but then he remembered the songs Mary had sung that morning. I told him what had happened the evening before, and right then, my husband, who had never made a decision for the Lord Jesus, accepted Him as his Savior.

    On Mary’s burial day many children of her class came to the Lord.”

     I sat for a long time with that letter on my lap, realizing that I must have a new sense of urgency to talk to parents about the joy of leading their children to the Lord. What a wonderful assurance Mary’s parents had, to know that someday they would be with her again. 

                                                                          ~Corrie Ten Boom

    Won’t you join us in prayer for these precious young ones that the Lord has committed to our care?  What a wonderful way for those enjoying this Blog can take part in lifting up these young ones.  We are blessed by every class we share God’s Word as we watch these young ones take home their love for Jesus and share it with their families.

     One young boy named Danny went home after a Wednesday night service and told his aunt and uncle who claim to be aethists, that he couldn't wait to get to heaven so he could play with all his favorite toys and be with Jesus!  They said, “No Danny, we don’t want you to go, you have to stay right here with all of us!”   His sister Valeria, one of the youth in the church had her headphones in listening to music but then noticed Danny had a confused look on his face about something.  She took out her earphones and asked him what he had said.  He told her, “Hermana, I can’t wait to go to heaven because I can play with my favorite toys and it will be so fun all the time!  She said, “That’s right Danny we are going to heaven one day to be with Jesus and we are going to have a lot of fun!”  He had been to class one time and he understood the plan of salvation and believed!  It is so precious to Jesus when we come to Him with such a child-like faith! 

     What a privilege it has been to be able to see the Lord completing His work in the lives of these young ones!  Charles Spurgeon once said:  “But do the little ones forget? I suppose the events which we best remember in advanced age are the things which happened in us in our earliest days.” Well, that is what is happening right now in each little life weekly as we allow God to minister His Word....What a blessing!

“ Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”  I Corinthians 15:58

 What do we have planned for the the rest of this year?

We will celebrate Thanksgiving a wonderful tradition the Church here is learning about!  It is a time we allow the Body to share what the Lord has done in their lives the past year....We all have so much to be thankful for!

The children and youth at Calvary Puerto Vallarta are getting ready to start choir and drama practice for our annual Christmas Outreach in Laguna del Valle. Our theme this year will be "My heart, Christ's home."     
       
     They will sing songs in Spanish and English.  There will be music, puppet shows, and youth dramas emphasizing the importance of inviting Jesus in to our hearts making Himself at home in our lives.  We continue to pray for God's direction in our planning and in our teaching of God's Word through our Children's and Youth ministries, preparing young evangelists through their gifts of the Arts.  
      
     Please pray for our team of volunteers that come here seasonally to help out with this Outreach and for our trip to Guadalajara to purchase gifts for the 500 children who will be invited.  Pray for a Harvest of many souls and for spiritual growth for all of those who are participating in the program, children and well as the adults.

These photos are such a beautiful representation of what the Lord is doing in the lives of our kids at CCMS and at the church.  They are always so happy being in the refuge the Lord has given them in His house.              Please pray for the keeping of their souls as the battle rages in their homes.  We love their hearts and are so blessed to watch the Lord increasing their faith!  We hope you can come someday and experience it with us.  It is a great place to bring your Youth teams from your churches so they can experience the love of the Lord as they love and feed His sheep.  If you are interested in sending a team down please let us know by emailing us at:  wmartinmex@yahoo.com.  or by visiting our webpage:  CalvaryPuertoVallarta.com 

May God bless you and keep you and make His face to shine upon you and give you His Peace as we work together, sharing the Lord's love with others in our homes, workplace, and every place the Lord may take us!

If you would like to be involved financially, supporting Calvary Puerto Vallarta or the Martin's, feel free to do so following this link at Calvary of Albuquerque Missions 

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