November 2008 Mission Trip

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Joel and Angel

Pastor Joel and Angel enjoy a special meal cooked in the village for our group. A member of the church donated a cow for a mexican barbque meal. mmmmmmm!
Baptism

Pastor Joel prays over four new believers in the village as they prepare to be water baptized.
Pastor Carlos

Pastor Carlos and his wife Romana lead our jungle campus in the state of Chiapas Mexico.
Anniversary Crowd

Here is a photo of part of the standing room only crowd of 1,500 people who joined us on Sunday to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of our church in Coatzacoalcos Mexico. Pastor Joel planted this church in 1988 with one family and the church began in a small apartment.
Anniversary Crowd

Here is another shot of the overflow crowd at the church anniversary celebration on Sunday.
David Garcia

Veteran missionary David Garcia. David is a Life Church missionary that has served for over 25 years in southern Mexico. David has planted numerous churches in the jungle of Chiapas Mexico.
Eleuterio and Guillermo

From left to right: Javier- associate pastor in Coatzacoalcos, Eleuterio- pastor of indigenous church in Zacatal Oaxaca Mexico, Guillermo- pastor of Esperanza Church in Oaxaca, and Jose- Senior Pastor of Coatzacoalcos Mexico.
Fish Market

Fish market located in the market of Matias Romero Oaxaca, where Joel and Angel lived when they married and ministered among the indigenous people of southern Mexico.
Pastor Alfredo

Honoring Pastor Alfredo and his wife Sofia who lead our Agua Dulce Campus which is our newest church plant. Alfredo was saved under Pastor Joel's ministry back in 1989.
Fruit Market

Fruit market in the Matias Romero market. This is where Angel used to buy all the fresh fruit that Pastor Joel could eat!
Joel and Nathan

Honoring Joel and Nathan along with Lori and Angel for planting the church 20 years ago in Coatzacoalcos Mexico. Nathan was co-founder of the church and is now pastor of Christian Challenge in Pineville Louisiana.
Jason Hill

Jason Hill (Life Church member) passing out candy to the children in the village churches. Jason is now the most popular man who has ever visited these churches from the USA.
Joel and Angel

Honoring Joel and Angel for their service and for planting the church in Coatzacoalcos Mexico.
Joel and Alfredo

Pastor Joel and Alfredo...pastor of the Agua Dulce campus in Vera Cruz Mexico.
Jose and Manuela

Pastor Jose and Manuela, the senior pastor of our main campus in Coatzacoalcos Mexico. Pastor Jose oversees our entire ministry in Mexico.
Jose and Sergio

Pastor Jose honors Pastor Sergio who leads our Acayucan Vera Cruz campus.
Mariachi

We were surprised by a full mariachi band who played and sang three songs during the 20 year celebration of our Coatzacoalcos church. Huge surprise for everyone! Can't get anymore Mexican than that!
Meat Market

The meat market located in the main market in Matias Romero Oaxaca. Hard to believe Angel used to buy the meat here when they lived in Oaxaca 24 years ago.
Mexican Flag

Joel, Angel, Hannah, and Rebekah standing in front of a huge Mexican flag on the boulevard that runs along the beach in Coatzacoalcos Mexico.
Nathan's Tacos

Nathan and lori visited their favorite taco dive in Coatzacoalcos Mexico. Nathan would eat breakfast here many days each week while living in this city.
Overflow Tent

This is the overflow tent where some 700 people ended up watching the services on four flat screens.
Pedro and Coqui

Honoring Pastor Pedro and his wife Coqui who lead our Las Choapas campus, the first plant out of our main church. Hundreds atttend the Las Choapas campus already. Pedro was saved under pastor Joels ministry in 1989.
Pedro and Jesus

Pedro has a brother named Jesus (common in Mexico) and Joel joked that Jesus was the american version of Pedro. Check out the hair!
Young People

Rebekah, Austin, Hannah, and Joy (Nathan's daughter). These are the young people who accompanied us on this trip. God moved in all of them!
Transportation

This is the mode of transportation in the villages of Oaxaca Mexico. We were loaded up headed to the river for a baptism.
Zacatal Church

This is the Zacatal church in Oaxaca packed out with people standing outside in the dark. We ministered there on Monday night.
Mexican Meal

Barbque Mexican style! We ate this special meal while visiting the villages of Oaxaca.
Prayer in Zacatal

Nathan and I praying for people at the end of the service in Zacatal Oaxaca. God touched so many people that night.