[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=“11” gal_title=“May 2020”] Hey all! Hope you all are doing well despite the pandemic going on in the world. Isn’t this a crazy, strange time? We’re doing well down here in Oaxaca. Praise the Lord, the total cases and death counts haven’t reached the numbers that other places have reached. Quick update on what’s been going on over the last few months. We had an amazing team from Calvary Chapel Rosarito come down before the COVID-19 stuff hit. What a blessing it was to have all of them here. They did construction in the church, adding new lighting, electrical, walls, building a sound booth and welcome center booth. We also had two holistic medicine outreaches, which were a huge blessing to all who came and got checked by Dr. Miles. We also did a mini VBS for the kiddos, and had a married couples dinner. All who came to these events were so blessed, along with us. ...

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=“9” gal_title=“June-November 2019”] I can’t believe our last update was so long ago. Many things have happened in this time, including the blessing of having many teams and visitors over the summer. It was so amazing for us to see all of the gifts and talents that each team and individual has been given from the Lord. It’s so true that we are all parts of the body of Christ and that we all bring different things to the table to serve Him. Things that I have absolutely no talent in, someone else thrives in that area, and vice versa. Thank you to all of the people who came and served at Calvary Oaxaca this year, and those of you who were lifting up each team in prayer as they were here. We were so blown away by every part of these past few months. ...

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=“6” gal_title=“April/May 2019”] Hi friends! It’s been a little too long since our last email update and we apologize for that. We have been really busy but that’s no excuse for not keeping you all up to date! Since our last update we have had two small teams come down to plan for their future trips down to do ministry in Oaxaca. We had Gregg and Vickie Seymour from Calvary Red Rock who will be bringing a team down in a couple of months. (Thank you guys for blessing us with a few things from the states!!!) Then we had Pastor Terry, Pastor Daniel, and Dana from Calvary Chapel Santa Barbara, who will be bringing a team down in October. Both visits were filled with times of prayer and fellowship, along with scouting out lodging, sightseeing, and eating options/prices for the teams. If you’ve ever been a missionary, you know what a blessing it is to have visitors! ...

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=“4” gal_title=“Calvary Oaxaca First Month”] Hi everyone! Just wanted to share with you all everything that’s been going on down here in Oaxaca. We had our first church service at the end of February. It has been such a blessing to see the Lord’s hand on this church plant over the last month. We are so excited to be getting to know the people who are attending services each week. And there have been kiddos coming, so Allison has been able to start a small little study and play time with them while their parents study the Word. ...

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=“2” gal_title=“January 2019”] The last few months have been crazy and we are excited to say that we are here in Oaxaca City getting settled in our new home!!! A lot has happened since our last update. Our house was broken into in December. Unfortunately Jon’s Mexican residency visa was in the wallet, along with his driver’s license. His license has been replaced but he’s still in the process of replacing his visa. More on that in a minute… ...

Last month we took our vision trip to Oaxaca City! We had a team of 12 people on the trip, and it was such a huge blessing. We spent time each morning in the Word and sharing what the Lord had been showing each of us. It was an honor to have Pastor Mike and Mario from CC Rosarito, Tim and Nikki from SGWM, Armando, and a team from CC Santa Barbara there to share in this time together. We are so blessed to have made new, lifelong friendships with the CCSB team, and grow closer to everyone. ...

IMG\_6056 IMG\_6022 IMG\_5972 IMG\_5829 IMG\_5806 IMG\_5736 IMG\_5735 I can’t believe it’s almost fall. Our time in Rosarito is really starting to fly by, and before we know it we’ll be planting a church in Oaxaca! Jon completed his first quarter of teaching at the Bible College at CC Rosarito. It was a great experience for him as he studied and prepared to teach each week in the book of Daniel. He has 2 weeks off and will begin teaching a new class after the break. He’s also teaching the New Believers class on Wednesday nights. It’s neat to know that he’s teaching a class that meant so much to him when he first got saved. I love how the Lord brings things full-circle like that. He also teaches the 11 and 12 year old class on Saturday nights. ...

Hi everyone! We’ve had a VERY eventful month of July, with many blessings. Jon was ordained by Pastor Mike Vincent and the pastors of Calvary Chapel Rosarito. He is now serving as an assistant pastor, alongside some amazing men. We are so blessed by this! On the same night that Jon became PBJ, aka Pastor Big Jon, he also taught on Prayer and Devotions in the main sanctuary as a part of the Pillars Series at CCR. He did a great job, and had Armando translating for him. ...

Faro Mazatlán Hike Hola! We have had a full May and beginning of June. In May we finished our first semester of the Church Planting Course at CC Rosarito, along with the finish of this session of guitar class for Allison. It has been such a blessing to be a part of this course, and have the opportunity to serve here at Calvary Chapel Rosarito. Jon has been teaching in a rotation in the Pillars Class on Sunday mornings, and he will be teaching in the sanctuary on a Wednesday night at the end of June. We will also be teaching with a translator in children’s ministry, each of us in a different class/age group. This will be a new thing for Allison because she’s never taught with a translator. Oh, and Allison is now a greeter…does that shock anyone? Her dreams have come true…seriously! ...

BENDICIONES DE ROSARITO!!!April was a month filled with really exciting things for us down here in Rosarito. I’ll try to keep it short and sweet but some of you know that’s hard for me to do sometimes, especially when I’m super excited. :) We were given the opportunity to share our church planting update on a Wednesday night after service and were so blessed to have people stay and hear all that the Lord is doing and how they can be praying for us as we prepare to go further south of the border. This was the first time Jon and Armando teamed up as speaker and translator. I was so blessed to sit and listen to them flow so naturally as a team. #teamoaxaca Jon shared our hearts for the people of Oaxaca and how the Lord has really buried this love in such a way that we can’t deny this is where He’s calling us to go. ...