New Website! Mazatlan! Puerto Penasco!

As you can see, we have a whole new website!  I had been having issues with our old server so when they told me that they were changing formats and I had to totally redo the old site, it seemed a good time to change.  It's a bit of a learning curve (always), but I'm hoping it will provide a fresher look and a faster, easier read and more photos and media.  That seems to be the focus in our fast paced world.  

Great Time in Mazatlán 

We spent the last two weeks in February in Mazatlán, México.  It was a really wonderful time of seeing very special friends of many years, making new friends and seeing the Lord move in faithfulness and blessing.   We taught a weekend seminar for about 25 leaders who were in the last module of a year long program.  We spent many hours together discussing leadership and the type of leaders we all want to be vs. the pitfalls that create the kind of leadership we never want to represent.  The following weekend we did a mini marriage conference on Saturday and Sunday services with the highlight on Sunday evening being a special graduation/ordination service.  During the weeks, we kept busy with individual appointments, meetings with leaders,  times of fellowship and fun and lots of discussions with our dear friends, Pastors Joe and Laurie Pacheco.  

Leon and Pastor Joe Pacheco ministering together

Pastora Laurie and Teresa enjoying the beautiful view of central Mazatlan

View of Central Beach, Mazatlan

Graduates from the leadership program. Leon taught the last module.

More smiling gradates.

A wonderful goodbye breakfast with some of the senior leadership.

Upcoming: Puerto Peñasco in May and a special visitor from India 

Our next trip will be a return to Peñasco Christian Fellowship in Puerto Peñasco, México in mid-May.  We will be there for around two weeks as well.  We will be doing a similar seminar for the leaders there to the one we did in Mazatlán.  Then we will be joined by Pastors Stan and Becky Tedrow and Pastors Joe and Laurie Pacheco to do the annual conference for PCF during the following week.  The conference theme will be Prospering in a New Season.  We will also meet with leaders, couples, etc. to encourage them in the new season of this ministry.  We would appreciate your prayers for this time.  

In July, we will be hosting Cynthia Alexander, the daughter of Alex and Hilda in Chennai, India who are pastors of Living Waters Fellowship, Chennai.  Cynthia, who is a very integral part of the ministry in Chennai, will be sharing at Living Waters Fellowship, Coronado, Ca. on July 17, and will be with us from the 16-22.  Contact us if you would like to have a time with Cynthia and hear about the work there.  

Praise Reports andPrayer Requests

• Early February marked five years since Leon was given a very grave diagnosis of advanced prostate cancer.  We rejoice to report that in God's amazing mercy, he is still able to go and do and he looks well and healthy.  He is on some medications that do cause side effects and do lose their efficacy as time goes on.  In the next months, he will be making some choices as to the next line of defense.  Please pray for God's wisdom for him and continue to pray with us for healing.  We want to see him continue to defy all odds and we are most happy to give the glory to the only true Healer!!!  
• Teresa has also had some health issues this last few months as her allergies seem to manifest in ever new ways.  There was a struggle this winter with asthma that finally seems mostly gone but pops up from time to time.  Please pray for her health, too. 
• We also praise Our Faithful Father for those of you who have stood with us in prayer, encouragement and in financial support.  We surely could not have made this journey without you and we are excited to see all that God has for us around the next bend!  

Upcoming in the Fall

• It is our desire to visit our dear faithful friends At Rozel Christian Fellowship in Rozel, Kansas in the early fall.  This little church is deeply intertwined in our lives and ministry and we hope to go back to visit and encourage for the first time in several years. 
• Later in the fall, we hope to return to Roca Blanca in the state of Oaxaca, México.  The ministry there was founded over 20 years ago by our close friends from Kansas (and dad in the faith).  The ministry has continued to expand and includes, schools, bible college, music college and medical outreach facilities.  There is a short video from a much earlier trip to Roca Blanca on our media page.