Special Thanks to Calvary Lutheran School

The Mexico field recently received a gift for Cristo Rey (Christ the King) from Calvary Lutheran School in Thiensville, WI. Cristo Rey is located in Zaragoza Sur, a low-economic area in the city of Torreón. Student pastor Juan de León* serves the mission congregation.


About the gift, Mike says, "This offering will serve an important purpose: it will fund the congregation's normal mission expenses during the coming year." Pastor Juan de León and several members of the congregation hold Saturday Bible School every week for kids in the neighborhood. When kids come, they learn a Bible story, do a project and get a treat to eat.

The congregation also holds worship every Sunday. Due to the group's limited resources, expenses such as printing out Sunday worship folders and helping the pastor with travel expenses to and from church (by taxi and bus) are heavy financial burdens. "This offering will help ease these burdens so members can use the offerings they gather to focus on carrying out additional evangelism efforts," Mike adds.




pictured above: children attending Cristo Rey

As a missionary wife, I am continually floored by the generosity of others. We deeply appreciate all gifts to Mexico, whether they come in the form of volunteers donating their time, congregations and schools sending gifts and supplies, or prayers from ladies' groups and individual members. As I'm writing this, names are popping up in my head as I remember so many of the gifts we've received over the years. If I wrote them all down, it would be a very long list!**

So thank you once again, Calvary Lutheran School, for the generous gift. And thank you for thinking of the souls in Zaragoza Sur. Your offering will be a blessing to the work being carried out there.

*check back for more information about student pastor Juan de León, as he'll be featured in a few weeks in my series on Mexican Lutheran pastors and seminary students.

** and if you're reading this and have recently sent a gift but never heard from us, please contact us! It could be that your gift took a scenic route to get here or that our reply didn't reach you.