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Blessed Hope International Mission &

Chaplains for Christ Internationalwww.blessedhopemission.org

Mission Trip to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, MexicoFebruary 8th 15th, 2010

Greetings in the mighty name of our Lord and SaviorJesus Christ. We have been praying for a long time andwaiting for Gods guidance for this journey. We are soblessed and delighted to inform you of our first missionarytrip to the city of Monterrey in Mexico. By the grace of ourLord, we, Edgar Garza, Constantine Lupancu, Pavel Sav fromGolgotha Church, form Gethsemane Church Pastor Aurel

Balici, and brother Toader Dorel Stirbu were part of thismissionary trip.

Monday February 8th we arrived at Harlingen, TexasAirport. Entering the country of Mexico through the border ofMcAllen, Texas drove for four straight hours with PastorCesar, his wife Rebecca, and Edgars parents to the city ofMonterrey. Arriving around 9:30 PM to an underprivilegedneighborhood, the service took place in a local mechanicalshop, where followers of Christ gather every Monday night.

There was a tremendous manifestation of the Holy Spirit, wehad an opportunity to pray and lay hands on many of the

people. The Lord touched many hearts that night and we experienced the mightypower of God among his people. After the service we wereinvited to dinner by our brothers, offering us homemadetamales, ending our night around eleven p.m.

Tuesday, February 9th we departure from Monterrey tothe town of El Carmen, about a half hour away, we whereinvited to the Church of El Divino Salvador The DivineSavior by Pastor Josue Murillo for fellowship and breakfast.Pastor Sergio Castillo and his members of the rehab center

joined us. Pastor Josue showed us the installations of hischurch he treated us with a few worship song of his own

inspiration. We then visited Edgarsparents home and enjoyed one of thebest fresh tangerines and orangespicked right from the trees with andunforgettable flavor. We rested toprepare ourselves for a service in thetown Abasolo scheduled for five p.m.

Arriving to the (El Polivalente), thetowns outdoors event hall where the
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service took place, we were blessed to bring to the peoplethe Lords good news and the power of the Holy Spirit.Among all the people that we ministered, there was a blindwoman and a man with Tuberculosis who we prayed to ourLord to heal them; days later, after our trip, we received aphone call from our brothers in Mexico giving us notice of the

great miracle of God that gave partial sight to the blind ladyand complete healing of tuberculosis to the man. Being both

touched by the healing power of the Holy Spirit, we rejoiced ourselves everymoment we spent with our brothers, who have such a passionate love for our Lord.God performs miracles to confirm His Word especially in the places where thegospel has not advanced to open a way for the gospel to be accepted and people tobe saved. The Kingdom of God is coming in the hearts of people and people turnfrom rituals, and forms of religion to the true God; living a life of holiness in the fearof God Almighty.We left that night after the service ended to spend the nightat our brother Cesars home, spending time with him and hisfamily in prayer and worship, this was a blessed day full of

joy and happiness to be part of how our Lord moves andtouches peoples heart, any where we go with a strongburning desire to serve Him with all of our hearts.

Wednesday, February 10 Invited by Pastor SergioCastillo and his wife Silvia to visit their rehab center and theirchurch, they prepared us a delicious breakfast with freshbaked bread, of which they sell in the streets to support their

ministry. We all traveled joined by all the rehab centermembers, to a close by neighborhood called El Topo Chicoit was previously a stone query, from which they extractedstone to make cement and gravel. This same neighborhood

was the home of most of the members from the rehabcenter; just to see them doing the work of the Lord, rescuingtheir own family and friends from the hands of the devilunder drug and alcohol addictions, shows the love andcompassion of Jesus Christ in action.

A home was visited and had a unforgettableexperience, to see the work of our Lord, the people living inthis home agree to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord savior

and decided to destroy all the images and statues of saints separating them from atrue relationship with Christ; Also visited another home of blind older couple, trueservants of the Lord, we had an opportunity to bring to all the people gathertogether the word of the Lord, hot soup was served to everyone, prepared by sisterSilvia, pastor Sergios wife, they both have been with this ministry for a few years, ithas been a great blessing for this community, for their continues presence in thispoor areas and their love for the Lord, also plenty of clothing and candies was givento the people. It was such a nice moment to see all the members of the rehabcenter dedicating their lives searching for more people in need of Gods presenceand a better promising future.


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We all returned for lunch to the rehab center, theyhave prepared us roasted turkey and fresh baked bread,spending great time with all this loving servants of the Lord,after lunch we visited another poor neighborhood, wherePastor Sergio and wife have been visiting for the last 8 years,they are building a church of which they only have the walls

up to four feet tall with dirty floor, we experience aunforgettable moment when all the children form thiscommunity prayed for us I will never forget their prayers withlove for us, thanking God for our visit to their church, to befinish with the grace of our Lord.

A service was held that evening in the rehab center, where brotherConstantin and Aurel had a tremendous message for the congregation, many soulswhere touched by such empowering words that God placed on their hearts thatnight, we all rejoiced with his mighty presence, a lady started singing in divineangelical tones, it was such an anointed experience. Pastor Sergio, gave a warmedwelcome to its newest member of the rehab center a 12 year old boy, drug addict

just brought this morning from our visit to one of the poor neighborhoods, our heart

was broken to see such a young being rescue by one of his own neighborhoodfriend, God is real, and continue to see his grace and mercy in action, everywherewe go in his mighty name, glory be to God.

Thursday, February 11 early that morning we started afour-day seminar titled Baptized by the Holy Spirit, suchanointed event was initiated with a breakfast at: Centro deAmistad Cristiana, by Pastor Cesar Betancurt and all hisfamily giving all their unconditional support to the work ofour Lord. Brother Constantin & Pastor Aurel initiated theevent with a message that had tremendous impact, all thepresent congregation responded in with an enlighten

presence of the Holy Spirit, as we looked around the church itwas inevitable to ignore the presence of the mighty power ofGod touching everyone that morning,we couldnt wait to continue with the

following day with Gods call to serve him. That evening wedeparture back to the town of Abasolo, town located in theSierra Madre Occidental in a stretch of two uniqueformations of mountains. Visiting the neighboring town ofHidalgo, that produces many tons of cement, extracting allthe stone from their huge mountains, also visited by manyprofessional mountain climbers from around the world,claiming to be just perfect for their passionate sport.Admiring such a beautifully scenery in this canyon of vastsize of blue stone mountains, we can admire Gods lovelycreation. We had an opportunity to pray for an older couplefrom Switzerland, that our Lord may bless and protect themfrom this dangerous sport. The day ended with prayer andfellowship at Edgars parents home that evening, again withthe presence and anointing of the Holy Spirit filling our soulswith fire and ready for another blessed day in Mexico.


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Friday, February 12 after a good night sleep, we wokeup by a delicious breakfast prepare by brothers Edgars

mother, we departure to the town ofMina, being the only archaeologicalsite of its kind with many paintings on

large stones. Delighting our selfs withthe serenity that the desert provides,where we all agreed to be a goodplace for a prayer seeking thepresence of our lord. Driving anotherthirty minutes in to another mountainwe visited an orphanage, unfortunate the children were notin campus, we had an opportunity to talk and pray for one ofthe staff members, leaving for the children some bags of

candy. Pastor Aurel suggested he wanted to visit a spring of water in the town ofHidalgo, it was quite an adventure driving to this place, our van started to heat upand the road was a bit rough, but manage to arrive safely. It was a great experience

to be high in the mountains and breathe such a clean fresh air. That evening wereturned to Monterrey to the church of Centro de Amistad Cristiana with Pastor

Cesar Betancurt.Bringing word of knowledge and encouragement to the

people that attended the seminar, we where all filled with thefire of the Holy Spirit being such a blessing andencouragement for all of our brothers in Monterrey City. Afterthe service ended we arrived at brothers Cesars home,spending great time of prayer and worship with all his familymembers. That night in Monterrey was a bit cold, since wedidnt have any heating, but with the fire of the Holy Spiritkept us warm.

Saturday, February 13 starting the day at church witha home made breakfast prepared by Rebeca Pastor Cesars wife. The servicestarted with the active participation of all the mission members, it was a greathonor to serve our Lord in bringing the good news and blessings to our brothers inMonterrey Mex. During the service a young lady was mighty blessed with the HolySpirit with the evidence of speaking in heavenly tongues as it is written in the bookof Acts 2. Brother Toader Stirbu had a vision from God that a beam of lightappeared onto the pulpit platform where this woman was praying and seekingfervently the Holy Spirits mighty power. As she was praying, brother Toader askedPavel Sav to go onto the platform where the lady was praying in order to help herprayer because the light was shining on her. As they were approaching the sidewhere she was praying, she started speaking in other tongues as the spirit gave herutterance. I asked brother Edgar Garza, who translated for us what she wassaying. He told me the language she was speaking was not Spanish anymore Itwas a heavenly language and she was full of Joy. That same night, Pastor Balici hadwords of knowledge from God to different people from the congregation. One wasfor brother Edgars parents to not look back on the old path of tradition they camefrom but to move forward, following the true living God, which saved them. It wassuch a rewarding moment to see Gods glory manifest in such a divine way, touching


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everyone in the congregation including all the members of the rehab center. We willnever forget this mission trip, bringing to our lives a purpose to continue serving ourmighty God. The seminar concluded late that night with plenty of joy and anointingthat was felt amongst everyone present.

Sunday, February 14 early Sunday service initiated that morning with the

fervent participation to serve our Lord. Church service and family prayer meetingwere a blessing for all of us. God confirmed once again through a godly womanfrom Mexico City that the project of school in Romania is in Gods will. Words fromIsaiah 44:1-3 were given as a reference to that project.1. This is what the LORD says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I takehold of to subdue nations before him and to strip kings of their armor, to open doorsbefore him so that gates will not be shut:2. I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates ofbronze and cut through bars of iron.3. I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so thatyou may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.

That evening we where invited for dinner to a restaurant named El Rey del

Cabrito. They specialize on charcoal grilled tender goat meat. There is a sayingthat if you visited Monterrey and didnt go to this restaurant you did not visitMonterrey (very authentic food from the state of Nuevo Leon).

Monday, February 14 we departed from Pastor Caesars home early thatmorning, driving back for approximately four hours to Harlingen Texas to catch ourplane that would take us back home to the States.

We saw once again his mighty work as we see in every country that our Lordpermits us to visit. Our thanks are to Him because he gave us the honorableprivilege to plant Gods word in Churches and under privilege communities in yetone more country. We ask you brothers to please pray the lives of those who gavetheir own lives to Jesus that they will become light in the darkness.

Blessed be the mighty name of our Lord Jesus!


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