Mexico News Update

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miinngg eevveennttss:: January 2009
~ Revival in Saltillo –
February 9 – 15. Marc & Melodie Sankey
~ Oaxaca Trip with Missions Jordan, Cameron and Logan
Leadership – February 16 -
25 Bible Methodist Missionaries
~ Church Anniversary Dear Friends and Family, in Mexico
Celebration in Oaxaca City – Hello to all of you on this chilly
Feb. 24 – 26 morning in Saltillo. I think I saw 32 family/ministry blog for more details
~ Revival in Rio Bravo – degrees on the online thermometer. and pictures. It consisted of 3 days of
March 13 – 15; Evangelist – When you live in a house with no anointed preaching, interaction with
Marc Sankey central heat, that’s pretty chilly! our young people, playing games and
~ Bible Institute Classes in Thank the Lord for 2 good heaters praying together and more!
Saltillo – April 13 – 17. and lots of blankets and jackets.
Professor: Dale Redman (TX); Marc speaking at the Youth Congress
During the day it normally warms up
other professor to be into the 60s and 70s, so don’t feel
announced. too sorry for us! We’re loving living
in Saltillo and so much enjoying
Sankey Share Support being back “in the saddle” and the
Thank you so much to those privilege of working with and being
of you who are faithfully with our dear Bible Methodist
sending in your share support people.
each month. Please give Speaking of that, let me bring
through your local Bible you up to date on several recent
Meth. Church or Treasurer happenings here in Mexico.
Monte Stetler P.O.Box 18128 Our visit with our entire Some of the young people singing
during the open air service in the
Elsmere, KY 41018 Sankey Family was such a highlight
mountains
for us – we had a wonderful time
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~ Melodie had a birthday together. Thank you, family, for
recently – thanks to everyone coming to be with us.
for the birthday wishes.
Logan is next: he turns 10 on
February 8.
~ The boys are back in home
school and working hard;
they’re loving making new Thank the Lord for the spiritual help
Mexican friends here in our young people received. Please pray
Saltillo. for our young people. Pray for Perla,
Jose Luis, Karrla, Nohemi, Ervin,
Our Bible Methodist Youth Deisy, Melisa, Daniel, Cesia, Cynthia,
Congress in December was a Eric and many others!
wonderful success. Please see our
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Pastor Refugio’s daughter, Marisa –
isn’t she a sweetheart? She calls Marc
"Tio Marcos" - Uncle Marc - and
always looks forward to his visits
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~ Upcoming spring revivals in
several of our churches
~ Bible Institute classes taking
place in April and for the
professors and students:
pastors, young and lay people.
~ Conference President Dolores
Hernandez and family
~ Bible Institute President Eli
Balderas and family
~ that lost souls would be
reached with the Gospel through
the new missions many of our
pastors are opening.
Mexico News Update
Revival and 7th Church Anniversary
Celebration in Cuchicuato
In early January, Marc traveled down
to the Central Mexican village of
Cuchicuato to minister in and attend
the 7th anniversary celebration and
revival at our Bible Methodist
Church there. 7 years ago God
helped Pastor Refugio overcome
personal stonings and opposition to
the Gospel in that village and plant a
Bible Methodist Church. 7 years
later, we are celebrating the coming
of the Gospel to Cuchicuato and the
lives that have been changed in this
village and surrounding areas.
Pictured below is a family of new
converts in the church in Cuchicuato.
Visit to the Bible Methodist
Missions in Zacatecas.
Last Saturday Marc, Steve, and
Pastor Dolores and his family went
to visit the missions in Zacatecas:
Sabana Grande and San Antonio.
This was Marc's 3rd time to visit the
people there and as always, he came
home with his heart touched with
their poverty and their hunger for the
Gospel.
It is about a 3 hour drive from
Saltillo, so as you can imagine, it
was an all day affair. They preached,
sang, gave out Bibles and Christmas
gifts, used clothing and other items.
The boys and I weren't able to go
this time because of trying to make
up for lost time with home school,
but the next time, we want to go!
Pastor Dolores and his family
have a great ministry here in these
desert villages. It was encouraging to
watch them minister to their own
people - they have an obvious burden
for the people here in this region.
Here are some of the people receiving
their Bibles
Thank you!
Thank you to everyone who took time
to send us Christmas cards and gifts
during this past holiday season. Your
love and faithful support means more to
us than we can say. We pray God’s
blessings on you!
We also say thank you to President
Walt Hedstrom and the Alabama
Conference for their contribution of the
3 volume set of Exploring Christian
Holiness in Spanish for our pastors!
We’d like to make you aware of an
exciting opportunity for you as a church
or individual to make a real difference in
the life of our Bible Methodist pastors
and families. Most of them do not have
health insurance, or means to pay the
costs of emergency medical needs.
Through the generous donation of the
Alabama Conference, we have been able
to set up a Pastors’ Emergency Medical
Fund here in Mexico. It has already
been a great blessing to our pastors and
families in the past few months. If you
would like to give toward this fund,
please mark your gift Mexican Pastors’
Medical Fund and give through your
local Bible Methodist Church or
Missions Treasurer Monte Stetler.
Until next time – God bless you all!
The Sankey Family