The River Oak Grace Church from Oakdale, CA brought down a mixed age group of servants to teach and aid in construction. The group brought down funds from the memorial of Sister Isabel Dominguez, who dearly loved the people and the pastors of San Felipe. Her departing desire was to help Pastor Pedro Gomez, of [...]
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River Oak Grace Brings “River of Life” to San Felipe
The River Oak Grace Church from Oakdale, CA brought down a mixed age group of servants to teach and aid in construction. ...
Working Forward at Sonshine Hacienda Orphanage
It is exciting to continue seeing the project move forward. With John’s recent travels Bonnie and Karen Lewis (Marketplace...
Steel for New Building
The men from Nueva Cancion have been busy for the couple of weeks preparing the re-bar for the foundations of the new building. We are waiting on the Lord...
Faith Community Fellowship
Faith Community Fellowship joined us again for the second time this year, this time with an awesome group of youth and adults. Some of the projects...
Northwest Hills Church-Corvalis, Oregon
Northwest Hills blessed us with a large group of 61 adults and youth serving in San Felipe in various capacities. They divided into 4 ...
What’s it all about!
During a trip with the Director of World Outreach for the Advent Christian General Conference, Rev. Tim Fox said that it is relationships that are important.
How true that is! One of our local Mexican pastors (and a long time friend), Pastor Idelfonso Garcia Luciano, recently suffered what appeared to be a heart attack at 43 [...]
Steel for New Building
The men from Nueva Cancion have been busy for the couple of weeks preparing the re-bar for the foundations of the new building. We are waiting on the Lord for the next step which is to dig the footing and pour the foundation itself. The Lord has also put upon our hearts to modify the [...]
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River Oak Grace Brings “River of Life” to San Felipe
The River Oak Grace Church from Oakdale, CA brought down a mixed age group of servants to teach and aid in construction. The group brought down funds from the memorial of Sister Isabel Dominguez, who dearly loved the people and the pastors of San Felipe. Her departing desire was to help Pastor Pedro Gomez, of [...]
Reminder of Passport Needed for re-entry.
After receiving notification of conflicting information on the date of implementation for the Western Hemisphere Initiative, I did some more checking. The date for implementation is 1 JUNE 2009. After that date the passport or the passport card is required for re-entry to the United States from Mexico. As I have said before, Mexico has [...]
River Oak Grace Brings “River of Life” to San Felipe
The River Oak Grace Church from Oakdale, CA brought down a mixed age group of servants to teach and aid in construction. The group brought down funds from the memorial of Sister Isabel Dominguez, who dearly loved the people and the pastors of San Felipe. Her departing desire was to help Pastor Pedro Gomez, of Iglesia Nueva Jerusalén, build a better house for himself and his wife. In addition to construction, each day a devotion for the group was done by a local missionary or pastor and each evening the group presented a Vacation Bible School to the children and Pastor Paul conducted classes deepening their knowledge using the biblical thread “The Cordero de Dios” (The Lamb of God) from various books of the Bible. They were also taught a simple and easy to remember method of presenting the “Good News” to others raising their confidence level and encouraging them to evangelize in their circle of contacts and/or influence.
In addition to furthering the construction for Pastor Pedro, part of the group split off to complete other tasks. One day they helped move a trailer 
that will be used as a house for a family with three girls. The next day they donated their skills and time to Sonshine Hacienda Orphanage. They made the forms and poured 5 cement slabs that will be home to the air conditioning units that we except to be delivered starting next week.
We praise the Lord for these willing servants that He sent to come along side of His servants in San Felipe.
Working Forward at Sonshine Hacienda Orphanage
It is exciting to continue seeing the project move forward. With John’s recent travels Bonnie and Karen Lewis (Marketplace Missions) has been handling the day to day oversight. They capable ladies have done a marvelous job of keeping the work moving. Upstairs the painting is almost completely done thanks to many hands from Mexican and American communities. The next step upstairs will be to install the grid ceiling framework. Meanwhile downstairs, Brothers Leo and Samuel are
moving forward with the tiling in the care-taker apartments. One is now completely tiled and one is in process. Now that the majority of the major construction is done, another group of individuals and the men from Nueva Cancion cleaned up the rubble and trash that has built up since the last “clean sweep”. The building seems to transform almost daily. A Canadian family approached Marketplace with an offer to build and install the second floor safety railing. This will set off the building beautifully when in place. The tile to continue with the other rooms is one site and will be the next set of objectives. The material to trim out the windows has also been purchaced so that part can continue to advance as well. A bid for the air conditioners has been accepted and delivery should start within a week or two with installation soon to follow. It is difficult to mention all of the “littler” jobs that are being advanced. We ask that you continue to pray for the movement toward completion of this badly needed facility in San Felipe.
Steel for New Building
The men from Nueva Cancion have been busy for the couple of weeks preparing the re-bar for the foundations of the new building. We are waiting on the Lord for the next step which is to dig the footing
and pour the foundation itself. 
The Lord has also put upon our hearts to modify the purpose of the first floor. It will be modified to have a total of four room with the intended purpose of housing up to eight of our elderly here in San Felipe. The current Serenity House location, that can accommodate a maximum of 3-4 men, will be moved to the new building when it is ready. At present we are limited to men or women and cannot take both. The planned apartment of the building will be used by the care takers of the Serenity house. As you may recall the purpose of the Serenity House is to house elderly that are either without family support or in abusive situations. We thank God for changing our focus to a facility that can be used all year instead of only a few weeks per year. The purpose for the second floor will remain for additional group housing.
Serenity Staff Change
99 Plus 1’s Serenity House for elderly men recently under went a staffing change. Brother Joaquin and his wife, Sister Lupita have graciously accepted the responsibility for heading up the caring for the men who live at the house. They have been long time friends of the ministry and have assisted around the 99 Plus 1 complex in many ways including cooking, cleaning, gardening and preparing the group facilities in order to receive groups.
Presently we have two elderly gentlemen. Mingo whose past life remain somewhat of a mystery to us since he can’t talk clearly. And Antonio who is a delightful, joy-filled gentleman of 90 years. Once Joaquin and Lupita get settled, we will look for opportunities to bring in one or two more depending on the Lord’s leading. Please pray for the Lord’s wisdom in their lives as they head up this part of 99 Plus 1 Ministries outreach.
We have appreciated Brother Alfonso’s dedication to helping start the Serenity House and we pray God’s Blessing as he prepares for the next step in his life. He leaves with our gratitude and our appreciation for all his time and efforts.
