San Vicente Ministry 2011... growth, new directions

14Apr2011 Chris in Chula Vista

Hello, ministry friends!

Yesterday, Lori and I tripped to Ensenada, Baja Mexico for the 'monthly connect'.

This is where we are met by the kind and faithful missionaries from San Vicente to take Lori down for her 'monthly trip' to the village. The missionaries come up to Ensenada every week, a trip that takes 1 1/2 hours thru the mountains north. The trip from our house to Ensenada is 2 hours south.

This time, Lori heads down for ministry with her 'Pearls'; the 3 women doing micro-enterprise/cottage industry, a couple women who may be joining that project, and some teen girls Lori is helping to grow as young Women of the Lord through domestic skills and service to the work camps that surround San Vicente. Lori has seen steady, sure and progressive growth in all these areas. The local Pastor and his wife are very, VERY positive about how all that is helping these women and the life of the Congregation... they want us to move to the Village and grow these ministries...

SO, I drove the 2 hours back to our place, sad to be 'parted for a week from my sweetie'...

I will drive down to San Vicente in the middle of next week, spend a few days, then Lori and I will return to the US together.

We are actively praying and seeking the Lord to find some NEW DIRECTIONS that would allow us to spend more time in San Vic
ente, stay longer and facilitate the growth of the Lord's movement in the Village. THAT translates into FACILITIES (house, store-front shop, etc). While I'm down there next week, I will continue to explore the options open to us. This involves housing and location logistics (location, location, location!!). It's complicated in this robbery-prone region... how do we 'go back and forth and not have everything ripped out by thieves when we drive away' is a real concern.
There is a huge part of me that wants to just move to the Village and not have to do the 'translocation' back-and-forth, BUT there isn't the financial/logistical mission support for that...

SO, here we are, Lord... show us Your plan and Your path in all this!!

Chris