Little Flock Church Answers God’s Call

Missionaries Jack and Sheri Thomas of "Operation GO" recently wrote about a recent "GO" trip to Sección Primera de Santa Fe. They shared:

"A dynamic team of six from Little Flock SBC, Sheperdsvilled, K.Y., distributed scores of Gospel of John packets, showed the children's version of the Jesus Film to about 130, and were encouragers to the Jesucristo Vive Mexican Baptist Church, and its new cell groups that meet in neighborhood homes."

By God's grace, these cell groups will grow into a local church!

The team's efforts resulted in NEW BELIEVERS AND BIBLE STUDIES REQUESTED!

The Holy Spirit is working through our missionaries and faithful volunteers!

BILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS!

Won't you come and be part of the harvest and help shine the light of God's love where darkness and spiritual barriers prevail?

For other volunteer opportunities contact
The MAC Region
954-340-1193
http://www.macregion.org/
http://going.imb.org

Or
Mike and Sue Monroe
Volunteer Mobilization Coordinators
Middle America and Caribbean Region
International Mission Board, SBC
mike.monroe@macregion.com
volunteers@macregion.org

Working Together for God’s Glory!

The Communidad Cristiana Church in Santa Fe is growing because of a recent project by Operation GO Outreach team members, volunteers from Ozark Baptist Church, Houston, Missouri, and Mexican Baptists.

This project was not typical for "Operation Gospel Outreach" – a ministry of the IMB – that mobilizes volunteers and short-term missionaries to distribute Christ's message door to door in Middle America and the Caribbean.

But…when the pastor and his wife asked for assistance from the GO team to pour 400 square feet of concrete adjacent to the existing church, and to help saturate a close-by housing development with the Gospel, Operation GO did not refuse.

The volunteers completed the cement addition in three mornings. Saturation of the gospel took place on three afternoons and one morning, and the team even found time to paint and work in extra prayerwalking!

Communidad Cristiana Church is growing because of these efforts and God's grace!

When the team visited the housing development near the church, one family was not only receptive, but voiced their willingness to hold a Bible study! This house may be the location God has chosen for the new house church in Villas de la Hacienda!

Is God calling YOU?

Contact
The MAC Region
954-340-1193
http://www.macregion.org/
http://going.imb.org/

Or
Mike and Sue Monroe
Volunteer Mobilization Coordinators
Middle America and Caribbean Region
International Mission Board, SBC
mike.monroe@macregion.com
volunteers@macregion.org

WorldView: What obedience looks like

"Volunteers from First Baptist Church of Gray Gables in Callahan, Fla., know how good it is to take the Gospel into the streets of a city of 28 million people where fewer than 2 percent know Christ as Savior. Thirteen of them went to Mexico City to help Southern Baptist missionaries and pastor Arturo, a Mexican Baptist house church leader, evangelize part of the sprawling metropolis. This trip was only the second international one for the 400-member church, but pastor Mark Tuso has high hopes for the future. That's the spirit missionaries David and Pam Wong are looking for as they recruit churches to participate in "Operation Gospel Outreach" – "Operation GO" for short. It's designed to mobilize volunteers and short-term missionaries to distribute Christ's message door to door in Middle America and the Caribbean."

Contact Operation GO at
http://www.macregion.org/
Call MAC Region at
954-340-1193

or

Mike and Sue Monroe
Volunteer Mobilization Coordinators
Middle America and Caribbean Region
mike.monroe@macregion.org
volunteers@macregion.org

Written by: Erich Bridges, International Mission Board

SEEDS PLANTED IN VILLAGE OF JEREZ

Rain, spiritual warfare, exhaustion, and lengthy travel to a remote location did not dampen the spirits of the volunteers from Elmore Baptist Association in Alabama. This energetic team arrived with spiritual gifts and positive attitudes to help missionaries and national pastors sow seeds in the village of Jerez.

Before they visited the homes to share the gospel, they first prayerwalked the area. God blessed their efforts with many decisions made to receive Christ! By the end of the project, over 15 homes requested Bible studies and several hundred books of Luke were distributed. Praise the Lord!

Operation GO missionaries invite YOU to join them as they partner with God to saturate our region with the gospel.

Bring your sweet spirit, willingness to work hard, loving heart, flexibility and a sincere desire to share the Word…and you will experience Christ's power and spiritual fulfillment like never before.

For more information about volunteering in the Middle America and the Caribbean region contact us at one of the following:

The MAC Region at
954-340-1193
http://www.macregion.org/
http://going.imb.org/

Or
Mike and Sue Monroe
Volunteer Mobilization Coordinators
Middle America and Caribbean Region
International Mission Board, SBC
mike.monroe@macregion.com
volunteers@macregion.org

Facing the Giants

When a team of five volunteers from Porter Memorial Church, Lexington, Ky., came to work with Jack and Sheri Thomas, IMB missionaries for Middle America and Caribbean AC region, they had no idea what God had in store for them. One night they showed the film, Facing the Giants. At the end of the movie, over ten came forward to accept Christ!

The Porter volunteers came to work with Jack and Sheri in Tijuana, Baja California. From Saturday – Friday, the team distributed several thousand-gospel packets. In addition to the new believers from the film presentation, Facing the Giants, God used the team to reach another 15 lost souls!

When Sheri and one of the volunteers visited a modest home in Tijuana, they were in for a delightful surprise!

"Having recently relocated to Tijuana with her Mexican husband from the United States, she is facing cultural differences each day. She lives in a tiny non-air-conditioned house and has no friends or family near buy. The community is poor and there are language barriers. How amazing that at this time of crisis and change in her life, God sent two English speakers to her door to share the gospel with her. Later that day we were able to take her an English Bible and she expressed openness to the gospel and to studying the Bible. It was exciting to see her arrive on a COLD night to view Facing the Giants with us and to watch her as she interacted with the national believers. God truly is always on time," says Sheri.

Another woman was receptive when pastor Gabriel and missionary Tommy visited her home to share the promise of salvation through Jesus Christ. She expressed interest in studying the Bible and invited the men to return that evening. When they did, they were delighted to find she had invited neighbors and relatives to her home to study the Bible.

"What a blessing to see the seed that had only been planted that morning take root and already multiplying as the group scheduled their next Bible study," reported the missionaries.

Chuck Johnson, regional volunteer strategist for MAC, says,

"Basically our goal is to put the New Testament of the Gospel of John into every home (in the Middle America and Caribbean region) by 2010."

Jerri Younkman, coordinator for Operation GO in Mexico, prays volunteers will continue to pour into Mexico's heart of darkness. Jerri emphasizes that all levels of experience are welcome.

YOU are wanted and needed! Come and work with our IMB missionaries and help face the giants that cause barriers to sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ in the Middle America and Caribbean region.

For other volunteer opportunities contact
The MAC Region at
954-340-1193
http://www.macregion.org/
http://going.imb.org

Or
Mike and Sue Monroe
Volunteer Mobilization Coordinators
Middle America and Caribbean Region
International Mission Board, SBC
mike.monroe@macregion.com
volunteers@macregion.org