Missions are a very special sense that stirs every soul willing to serve in the Kingdom of Heaven.
The assurance God gives should be a real source in order for one to follow the call.

THE PLAN

 Along with spreading the good news, our aim is not only   bringing teams into a new culture, but getting them to have a unique experience as they interact with tribal communities, teams become impacted and represent great blessings for those they outreach with at the time. Some future missionaries feel a confirmation to their call by taking short-term mission trips or a longer term mission experience living with  missionary families or staying at shelters or mission homes (Inquire for long term program if interested.)

From dawn to sunset, the Majestic Chihuahua Sierra Madre rises with the "sound of silence", a unique breeze that cherishes the forest releasing a relaxing pine fragance that delights any living being around. And all around, scattered, isolated, the Indian log homes settle in a lost world.

The Raramuri tribe is a very sensitive community located in the Southwest mountains of Chihuahua; their spread villages show up in isolated valleys, canyons, and hills. The majestic Copper Canyon hides wonders of rock formations, rivers, and water falls.

RUSTIC WAY OF LIFE

If you ever decide to get out of routine and breathe a different atmosphere, here you will experience cooking on a firewood stove that will work as a heater also. Sleep in a log cabin, eat handmade tortillas, you will probably see the process start from grinding of the corn by hand.

Typical Raramuri kitchen                                   Grinding corn for tortillas

Typical Raramuri house                                                   Team members making tortillas

MINISTRY IN THE MOUNTAINS, DARE WHAT OTHERS DREAM!

Some of what God has showed us about the ministry in the mountains, with the Tarahumaras.

Not only preaching, but also being a friend, showing the love of Christ by making tortillas, eating with them, building homes and churches, singing, playing, praying, bringing a word of hope, is what outreach with the native Mexicans is all about. They need to see their need for salvation goes beyond all culture and language barriers.

Kids ministry        

Work projects

Ministry sites entail church, kids shelters, dorms, and mission bases construction, work projects, and sharing the Gospel with Indian kids and adults. Besides outreach among the people, we strive for finding  support for the ministries in the area, financial support can be tax deductible in the U.S. as there are pastors, missionaries, physicians, and their families living out of whatever we can bring to them, having to trust completely in the Lord’s provision.

There are ministries that house and feed Indian children that come down walking through the hills for hours to have school for five days a week, (see Tarahumara Mission page) this is a great opportunity for them to receive the message of hope. Medical projects are being developed in the mountains, in order to provide medical assistance in key locations where the locals need to have all kinds of consultations and medication but due to the rugged terrain, it is impossible for them to come to the nearest hospital. Some people are not able to come for assistance, therefore, the missionary has to approach them defying all odds from climate, terrain, and hostility from other locals.

The Lord is working out his purpose on this land whatever we might have to go through, for we know he is a sovereign God and he is in control of everything.

Yes, if you want to come up to the mountains, you will have to have this attitude, looking ahead, getting back up if you ever fall, doing the long walk through the hills, hugging Indian kids, being a friend to people with completely different customs, showing the love of Christ, that kind of love that would bring you even to carry your own cross.

Do you really want to follow Christ?

Are you sure you are not joking about missions?

Are you ready to deny your own way of life?

Are you ready to be stretched here?

Are you willing to love indeed by giving out your time, money, and comfort for others?

Just like Jesus did, going against the flow enough to die for all of us.

Moses would come up to the mount to talk with God, and his face would shine the Glory of the Almighty bringing revelation to his people. Your face can shine also, after you experience what the Lord wants to show you in the mountains. Dare to experience a whole new world!

Set up your tent on a land that claims for a word of salvation!

For more details on ministry in the mountains, click here!