Hot Off the Press

One of my responsibilities here in Monterrey is putting together a quarterly newsletter that gets sent out to Youth Leaders and Pastors all accross the U.S. and Canada. This past issue I had the priviledge of going out for breakfast tamales and interviewing Pastor Armando. A Mexican Pastor our ministry has worked with for almost 10 years. He had some very compelling things to say.

A couple of my favorite quotes of his from the interview were, "God, if you'll save my marriage, I'll give up my law career and serve you for the rest of my life." God did, and he did (give up his law career and has been serving the Lord for over 10 years. Regarding the short-term teams that come down, he said, "It has really blessed us to work with teams that have dedicated their vacation time and money to come down to do work that belongs to us. It has helped mobilize our church from the pew to the community." As a result of his experience working with Youth With A Mission, at a recent Pastor's conference he made the following challenge to the Pastors, "If you aren't doing mercy ministries at your church, you aren't doing God's work."

He is a very kind-hearted and gentle person, with a purpose, and he's not afraid to express it. I love working with Pastors like him, they are such an inspiration!