Circle of Silence

Over the last three years the Lord has been burdening our hearts to start stepping out into the mission fields. A couple years back my wife and I had began to make plans on visiting her mothers home town of Juanchorrey, in the state of Zacatecas Mexico. Juanchorrey is a rural “rancho” that reach’s into the “serros” (mountains). Each year we had planned on going for some reason or another the Lord always seemed to close the doors. At the end of 2007 we really started seeking the Lord in praying over this. Over the year of 2008 my wife started doing a lot of research, we come to find that the area we feel the Lord is leading us to is one of the least evangelized areas of Mexico. Not only that but we also found out that the state of Zacatecas Mexico is in the heart of what is called the "Circle of Silence." It ranks fifth of all thirty-two Mexican states with the fewest Evangelicals, and the need for church planting there is great. So after a few years of praying, talking and planning we finally stepped out into the mission fields. The following are pictures of our trip.

This is the town of Juanchorrey. Juanchorrey is in the state of Zacatecas Mexico, Zacatecas is in the heart of The Circle Of Silence. This is one of the areas we feel the Lord is calling us to.



The population of Juanchorrey is about 300.

This is Maria with the red sweater. We meet Maria on a Monday afternoon as we were walking the streets. As we engaged Maria in conversation she began to tell us of the recent loss of one of her young sons. In November of 2008 her son died due to a disease. I felt moved by the spirit and asked her if I could pray for her, later that day she brought more of her family over to visit us. We will keep Maria and her family in our prayers.

This has to be of the Lord! Being that my wife has family ties in this small town, Lord willing we have been offered this room to fix up. Now the second I saw this room I saw a bible study/worship/prayer room. LORD YOUR WILL BE DONE.

My wife and I

La Plaza. This is the city square where all the locals meet in the evenings. This gives great opportunity to share Christ with people.

Part two: Meeting with our new family the (Bairds and Elworths) and the city of Zacatecas, Zacatecas.

The city of Zacatecas, Zacatecas is hugh. This is the city square.

Witnessing and sharing Christ.

Meeting with the Baird and Elworth family. The Baird and Elworth family’s both live in the region of Zacatecas. They are also missionaries with a goal and heart to plant church’s. We truly miss them and long to see them again and look forward to working with them in the future. They remain in our prayers.

What does all this mean? God grant us I believe the Lord is opening the doors and is calling us to help plant a church. Lord willing we are making plans to go back at the end of December for a three month stay. LORD YOUR WILL BE DONE.