It seems just like yesterday I moved to Mexico with my family and now it’s time for me to move again but this time it’s going to be different because, I’m leaving my family and my dog behind. My dog is a big part of my life. I had got her when I was 10. When my parents came to us and asked about what I thought about moving to Mexico the only thing I said was as long as my dog can come with me. And now I am leaving her behind for two years. It’s going to be hard but I know in the end going to AIM will be one of the best things for my life. With me graduating and starting to think about what I’m taking with me is starting to make it all feel real. The friends that I made here throughout my time here have started to feel like my family. I’m truly going to miss Mexico but ill forever keep the memories of having youth retreats, going to the children’s home, sleepovers, water balloon fights, youth bible studies, passing out flyers to invite people to church. These are just some of the things. The first time I went to the children’s home I meet a sweet little boy named Luis he came up to me and asked for a hug. He melted my heart. Every time I go he runs to me and gives me a big hug. Out of all the things all he wanted was to feel loved by someone. I hope during my time in AIM I can touch people’s hearts like Luis did to me. Before I leave to start a new adventure in my life I’m trying to enjoy as much as I can.

Since July of last year our second youngest daughter Deasha has been extremely involved in track. She trains 4 to 5 days out of the week for about four hours a day. Deasha started training in a 100 and a 200 meter run. After her first competition she took 4th over all in her age group, since then she added the long jump to her training. She has now competed in three different competitions, two here in Cuernavaca and one in Mexico City. Deasha took 4th the second time competing in Mexico City but has really improved since then. Her most recent competition Deasha took 3rd in the 100 meter run and 1st in the long jump. Many of the girls Deasha is competing against have been training for years, the girl that Deasha beat in the long jump had won a national championship before. Needless to say as a church and family we are very proud of her for her effort and accomplishments.

Our team’s mission plan is to plant a Bible school where people can learn the Bible at a more in-depth level. On February 26th we offered our first class. We had five students show up from our congregation and we are expecting a few others who seem interested in taking some course. We have just started a Sunset course called “The Life of Christ” by Richard Rogers. Sunset has partnered with us by supplying a few courses on D.V.D. to help us start this new school. We will have many options as we have the ability to connect online with three different Bible schools who offer classes in Spanish. Our vision is use this course to mature the disciples we are making in our congregation and to offer theses classes to the community to attract more truth seekers. This was a exciting day for us at La Fuente Iglesia de Cristo and only God knows the wonderful things He will do in the near future.

Prayer Partners,
We are seeing the fruit from the many prayers people back home have been praying for the work here in Cuernavaca. We had asked for prayers for a man named Miguel Angel and his daughter who have been attending the church for a few months. Our teammate Patrick started studying with Miguel just few weeks ago and yesterday he decided he wanted to put his faith in Jesus and be baptized into Christ (Rom.6:3-7; Gal. 3:26-27). Another person we have been asking for prayers for is our neighbor across the street Sandra. She has been coming to services and studies ever since we started La Fuente. Sandra informed me she is very close to making the decision to obeying the gospel (1Pt. 1:22; Acts 6:7). Please keep praying for Miguel and Sandra. We also just had a group from Sunset International Bible Institute visit and we had a big campaign. Please pray for all those we handed out fliers to and invited to church. God is good and He is working through your prayers.

My name is Dominique Reyes. During the three years that my family lived in Texas I had many wonderful experiences such as Mission trips, Youth camps, Leadership Training for Christ, feeding the homeless, and coming to know the A.I.M. program. While my parents studied at S.I.B.I. our family worked with a small church outside of Lubbock called New Home Church of Christ. It was there that I began to teach a Bible class for 2-5 year olds and was baptized into Christ on January 26, 2010. Being part of a mission team who is working in Cuernavaca, Mexico has provided many opportunities for me to participate in God’s kingdom. I am currently teaching a Bible class for 4-7 year olds. I frequently visit the children’s home, and am very involved with the youth group. All these experiences have instilled in me a strong desire to first go through the A.I.M. program at S.I.B.I. in Lubbock, Texas before following my dream to go to Harding University to become an Art Teacher. It is my desire to be an effective and equipped servant of God. I want to know His word, and be able to teach others about Him. There are people everywhere who do not know who Jesus is, and I want to be a part of changing that. I have had the opportunity to spend time with A.I.M.ers during our time in Texas and here in Mexico. There is a team of A.I.M.ers serving in Leon, Mexico that I was blessed enough to be invited to go and stay with for 12 days to see how they live and serve God on the field. This experience only furthered my desire to enter into the A.I.M. program. I will graduate in May of 2012 and plan to go to A.I.M. in August of 2012. The A.I.M. program is an intensive 8-month Bible training program followed by 18 months on the mission field. It is so rigorous that the students who study there are unable to work. Therefore, our family’s sponsoring congregation (Sunset Church of Christ in Lubbock, Texas) and my parents, and another missionary family have already agreed to support me while I study at AIM as well as during my time on the mission field. I am, however, still looking to raise both one-time and monthly support. If you or the congregation you attend would be interested in supporting an A.I.M. student please send me an e-mail at dominiquereyes17@gmail.com and I will send you more information. Please lift my plans to serve God in prayer.

Our family met a woman named Veronica about two weeks after we had arrived in Mexico. She is a very sweet woman and has a big heart. She is a single mom who is raising three kids. We have asked for our prayer group to be praying for Veronica, her sons Antonio, Isaac, and her daughter Sarai. For almost two years we have tried to reach out and serve her and her family. It has taken a lot of patience and long suffering but God is good and he will draw people to himself throw us. Our team has invested greatly into this family and are really excited about the gifts Veronica brings to the body of Christ. After attending the services and having personal studies she finally told me she no longer needed to investigate because she knows what she must do to have salvation and follow Christ. Even before Veronica made the decision to become a Christian she was already participating in the rotation of cleaning the church building and preparing meals for our weekly potlucks. Our whole team has become very fond of this family and we are excited to see them grow in their faith. Please be praying for Antonio and Isaac and our weekly Bible study.

Our supporters and everyone who is on our pray list shares in all the wonderful blessing and victories we are receiving here in Cuernavaca, Mexico. We recently sat down as a team and made a list of some people we are ministering to and then made prayer requests for their lives. I would like to challenge you to pick one or all and put them in your regular prayers. Your prayers make a big difference in their spiritual lives!

Veronica and family—next step in their faith
Chucho—continual spiritual grow
Epiphano– openness to bible study
Ivan– development of relationship with church
Humberto– further bible studies
Gerardo-courage to teach his family
David– opportunity to study the bible
Lourdes-her search for truth
Karina– future bible studies
Antonio– growth after baptism
Sandra– how to deal with her struggles
Danii– steadfast dedication to God and the church

Prayer Partners,

Every time I hear someone has put their faith in Jesus and been baptized into Him (Rom.6:3-7), I think of the passage in Col. 2:11-13; In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, When a person expresses their faith in the waters of baptism God cuts away every sin that person has ever committed, Amen! La Fuente was blessed on Wednesday November 2nd to have their second baptism. A seventeen year old named Antonio Rosales made the decision to cloth himself with Christ (Gal.2:26-27). We want to thank everyone who is praying for God’s mission in Cuernavaca. We all share in this wonderful victory!