Mexico

After being in Mexico for almost a week, God did something that completely blessed me. I was in Mexico on a mission trip with the Anthem team. We went down to a place called Tepic where we worked with a church called LaFuente (The Fountain). LaFuente is planting their 7th church in the course of 10 years in a town called Compestella….and this is where our team mostly served. We were able to go to Compestella almost once a day, while in Mexico, to pray over the community and some property they would like to purchase for their church along with playing in a nearby park with children and adults from the community. It was an amazing experience!

On Sunday morning we went to LaFuente for breakfast and then spent some time praying with the leaders of the church for their Sunday morning service. While worship music was still playing and people were walking around the Sanctuary praying, I sat down and grabbed my water bottle. A woman from LaFuente came to me and said, “Bless You!” and then said something else to me in Spanish. I said “Bless You!” back to her and she smiled and walked away. She took a few steps and turned back around. She was speaking more Spanish to me, so I was not sure what she was saying….but all of the sudden I realized that she was praying for me. She knelt down and grabbed my hand, resting her head on my head, she began crying out to the Lord for me. I could only understand one word she said during her prayer and that was “persevere”. As she was praying for me the Lord told me, “I understand her prayer for you even if you don’t know what she is saying.” I was so blessed by this woman’s obedience to the Lord to pray for me. The prayer brought me to tears. Language was not a barrier….I knew that the Lord heard her!
As the day went on, our team went to one of the church plants in Puga to help with the morning church service. Pastor Verl, from our team, gave the morning message and then had people in the congregation come forward to respond to what the Lord has spoken to them. Our team was then asked to pray over the people who responded. It was amazing because again….language was not a barrier. Even though the woman I prayed over didn’t understand English, the Lord spoke to her. The Holy Spirit showed up in a mighty way that day…..and I was truly honored to be used by the Lord to pray for this woman.
The Lord is so good! Since that day the Lord has spoken to me either through someone or through something I have read about persevering. The woman who prayed over me heard the Lord and I am so grateful that she prayed for me. I am listening to all that the Lord is speaking to me….I am learning to persevere through all that comes each day.
One more pretty great thing that happened while we were in Mexico is that our team was able to meet some pretty amazing new friends. Chris and Stefanie were two of those friends that were with us most of the week. I just love how our team loved and included them as part of our team, our family! That is what we are to do everyday….love others! Chris and Stefanie and the rest of the crew from LaFuente will always have a special place in our hearts….and I look forward to seeing them again someday, hopefully soon!

~Kim~