Sewing in the Desert
They call it Kilómetro 64, just known by the nearest kilometer marker on the highway where this dusty village sits, next to a long line of windmills, directly under major, humming power lines, in middle of the Mexican desert.
Linguistic Train Wrecks in Mexico
Language barriers. They are a real thing. But how badly do we need language school really? It has been decades since my first epic language mistake on that mission trip in college. After mixing up a couple of similar sounding words and topping it off with a false cognate for the win, it can’t get much worse, right?
Wendy
“In Christ Jesus you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.” – Ephesians 2:22 I’m a huge fan of the show Fixer Upper: the sweetness of the Gaines couple, the beauty of the re-creations they make, and the immediate gratification when all their work is easily summed up in 45 simple minutes! So,…
Back in General Cepeda
“Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” – Luke 6:38 It is so good to be back in General Cepeda! A month or so ago our family was invited to help staff a…
33 Days
A Healing
Prayer works. I have seen it. So much of my brain wants to explain it away, but the obvious can’t be explained away. The obvious doesn’t need explanation. In the late afternoon of the second week of November, we made a visit to a tiny community outside of General Cepeda, Mexico. We went to Oratorio Chico to pray with the…
God at Work in Mexico – Intake 2016
It was such an unbelievable blessing to be back in our beloved General Cepeda, Mexico. It is a place that is so dear to our hearts, and the place Sarah feels more at home than any other place in the world. Aside from being the place we first met and the place God set my heart on fire for missions, it…
Divine Mercy
Two years ago our Mexico team started a project building a little chapel in General Cepeda for the people that live too far to walk to Mass. Someone had donated a plot of land to the Church, and Father wanted to see a chapel built there, but there were no funds. So, when some friends came to visit and heard…
Sometimes the Lord Works Fast!
30 Blessings
Missions: What’s All the Fuss About?
By Erik Martin | General Cepeda, Mexico Have you ever heard a missionary say, “Missions is the greatest life!”? I know I have, a few times. I may even be guilty of saying it a time or two. But why, you say, I don’t get it. What’s the big fuss? What could be so great about leaving the comforts of…
Jericho Project Update: General Cepeda, Mexico
By Erik Martin Just wanted to quickly share with you all how your prayers that you poured out during our Jericho Project are continuing to bear fruit. This weekend 13 men from General Cepeda are attending the School of the Cross. It’s a powerful retreat here for men only. Most of the men here who are very active in their…
A Missionary Family: In Memory of Donald Romero
{In Loving Memory of Donald Romero – Sept. 24, 1946 – Sept. 18th, 2014} My wife Cheryl and I are the parents of FMC missionary Samuel Romero. He and his wife Lindsey and their three children joined FMC in 2011. We met the Summers family (founders of FMC) about twenty-five years ago here in Abbeville, LA when they were home…
Dive into God’s Word!
By David Quinn I wanted to write some about how my life has been changed ever since I have been a missionary and since I have really been diving into God’s word every day. The glory story for me this week is that I finished reading the entire bible! I have tried on more than one occasion since high school to…
Mission Impossible?
By Teresa Kiehl To those of you who feel like God is not calling and could not be calling you to missions, I’ve got a few things I would like to say. Perhaps in your life you already do all the things that you should be doing. You go to church, your family prays together before bed-time, and you may even…
Jesus Gives Courage: Be Not Afraid!
By Luis This week I had the blessing of coming back to General Cepeda, Mexico. This place brings me make to my first year of missions. There is something special about this place. During my first year I was really exited to serve here. I wanted to share the good news with everyone I saw. I also really like the…
Jericho Project: Let the Walls Come Down
During this Lenten season Family Missions Company invites you to join our missionaries in Mexico in fasting and praying for the men of General Cepeda. We have long had a presence in this region of Mexico and many of you reading this have been to General Cepeda and were greatly blessed by your time there. The Problem: For years our…
