A letter from Chris McReynolds on the U.S.-Mexico border
November 9, 2010
Prayer movements are forming and mobilizing against the violence and crime surrounding the United States/México drug trade. In October, for example, Presbyterians of Juarez/El Paso met to worship and pray at the international boundary fence running through the middle of their open-air sanctuary. You can read this story online.
Children learning biblical truths.
The ministry I serve for years now has created opportunities for Presbyterians from the United States, and others, to pray for and with our partners in México. As I visit churches and church members in their homes, I hear frustration and pain due to the insecurity and corruption that is gripping México. In the United States we get daily news about killings, businesses closing, political leaders assassinated and widespread corruption.
The churches we work with in México have at times postponed or cancelled activities due to the increased risk on the street. One member was temporarily forced to surrender her municipal job to organized crime. Others have had their vehicles hijacked by cartel operatives for use in street blockades to evade the military. In the midst of this we remember God has a plan.
Let’s join together in the initial stage of God’s plan and “take up arms” against the violence and crime through prayer. We invite your renewed commitment to join in prayer with our partners in México. When God’s people pray together, special things happen. We are especially blessed and privileged to participate in God’s plan of action.
Amistad Prayer Update November 2010
- Please, continue to pray for/with Magdalena and her two young daughters as their husband/father, Julio, is still missing after being abducted by drug traffickers more than a month ago about an hour south of Nuevo Laredo. Word has gotten back to the family that Julio is still alive. Pray that this is true and that he will be released.
- Pray for the growth of a special prayer movement between the Presbyterian churches of the United States and México.
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Join us in giving thanks for the children’s program known as Club Amistad (Friendship Club), which has begun in three towns in northeastern México. Pray for the teachers and directors of these weekend Christian education programs and for the resources needed to develop them. Proyecto Amistad is working to help churches from both sides of our border make these programs successful and change the future of children and their communities.
Music lessons at Club Amistad
Que Dios te bendiga,
Chris
The 2010 Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study, p. 275
