We are so eager to tell you about all that the Lord is doing here in Mexico! We have a new ministry opportunity that He has given us that will hopefully bring more teams to Rosarito and get people on fire for missions and serving! 2015-01-29 12.06 Casa de Los Angeles This is the name of a children’s home (orphanage) being built just a couple miles outside of downtown Rosarito. We are overjoyed to tell you about how God has opened the door for us to partner with some southern California churches in the construction of this new home. Andy, who is the pastor of La Crescenta Presbyterian Church, recently came to visit as he was getting things prepared for an upcoming team trip. We have worked with Andy in the past to help obtain materials for the children’s home and to hire some local workers, and this trip was no different. Except when it came to the point where he needed to hire a Construction Coordinator and our contacts weren’t quite panning out. More money has been raised for the project and the board is ready to get things rolling, which means there’s a need to have someone here that can help manage things. Obviously that fits right in with Ron’s experience, as well as our team ministry here. So when the Lord put it on Andy’s heart to ask Ron to fill this position, he (we) gladly accepted. ...

2014 Struska Christmas Photo - Low Well, Christmas is right around the corner. We are very blessed to be able to spend Christmas with family in Colorado this year. This is the first time we will be gone from Mexico for Christmas since we moved here. In our last update we mentioned that we had a missions trip to Mexicali. We took a team from Calvary Chapel Rosarito to minister to a church that was planted by CCR about a year and a half ago by our former youth pastor. Mexicali is 2-3 hours east of Rosarito through the mountains. It is a desert area where daytime temperatures in November are beautiful, and night time temperatures are very cold. _Keep an eye out for the * throughout, as these are things we saw God in control of._ ...

Well, it’s been a busy couple of months here in Rosarito. Kristy and I are settling into new rolls, and new routines. We were blessed to have two teams down over the past month or so, and also helped organize and lead 2 mission trips from our local church here. The Crossing, a partner church of Calvary Chapel Rosarito (CCR) came for the weekend. They have been great friends, and we have had the privilege of working with them for about 2 years now. They came down and participated in our 10:14 kids club at CCR. They threw a birthday party, and shared Bible stories, songs, and some good times with the kids. Our kids club is based on Jesus’ command from Mark 10:14. We continue to welcome the children into the church for an afternoon of food, fellowship, games, and the sharing the good news of the Gospel with these little ones. As children’s lives are changed for God, they are a testimony to the parents, and we have the opportunity to share with them as well. ...

Family, Home, & Ministry Absolutely fantastic! There aren’t many words that can do a better job at describing how great it has been to have time to spend together as a family! While there is a lot going on, and always plenty of work to do at the church, we can honestly say that family time is once again high on the priority list. With Kristy’s primary duty is to be a stay-home mom, school is once again a more enjoyable time. Brittany and William are both doing very well in their studies, most days finishing early as well. Brittany is continuing with piano lessons and is taking a Microsoft Office course this year, while Will is focusing on Spanish and drums. Our (by which we mean mostly Ron’s) spare time right now is mostly being spent building a new pantry and installing new cabinets in our kitchen. We are thankful that our landlord was willing to buy new cabinets, which were built by our good friends Richard & Noel. ...

Dear Ministry Partners, Family & Friends,What a whirlwind these last couple of months have been! Since our last update, we have found a home to rent, been offered a new ministry position, prayed incessantly, traveled to Wisconsin to pick up a donated vehicle, had our housing fall through and found a different home, packed, moved, accepted the ministry position, taken a deputation trip to the midwest, taken a much needed 10-day family vacation, and secured a mission organization. So we’ve been a little busy!What’s Next?Ron will begin his new position in about a week as Outreach & Mercy Ministry Coordinator at our church, Calvary Chapel Rosarito (CCR). We are so excited to begin serving in ministry alongside such an amazing church staff! One aspect of this position will be to assist new church plants through outreaches, by meeting construction needs, etc. Ron will organize and run outreach ministry for all U.S. & Canadian teams that work at and through CCR. Their work will include various combinations of children’s ministry, working with orphanages and feeding programs, outreaches to the dump, construction ministry, etc. Also part of Ron’s job will be to organize outreaches for the local CCR church body. These will include outreaches to the dump, senior center, orphanages, as well as graffiti cover-up outreaches. Lastly, he will organize all donations that come in and set up outreaches to partner with local churches in need to distribute these donations. Kristy is now the official photographer for CCR, shooting photos of special services, events, etc. However, her primary responsibility will be Mom. The whole family will continue to help with teams and will participate in short-term church-planting trips.Why Not YUGO?If for some reason you missed our last prayer letter, we have resigned from YUGO Ministries as of May. For approximately nine months, the Lord had continually showed us in different ways that He had another plan for us. We used that time to pray about a new ministry opportunity, including asking the question, “Is our time here in Mexico coming to an end?” After much prayer and obtaining wise counsel, the answer was clearly, “no”. This was also confirmed by the donation of two vehicles, from two different couples, to our family. We learned so much during our time with YUGO! There are so many amazing, committed YUGO missionaries on the field here in Mexico doing a tremendous work for God’s kingdom. We pray that their ministry will be fruitful and that many will enter heaven one day as a result of their labor.Prayer Letters & Financial Gifts__: Many have asked where to send their support or one-time gifts to help cover the cost of our extra moving and other expenses. The name of our new missions organization is Saving Grace World Missions. They will handle our finances and prayer letters, (which you will receive via email from sgwm.com). If you would like to continue receiving our updates, please send us a message at the email address below so we have your current email.For those of you that are currently financially partnering with us, or would like to begin doing so, this can be done by visiting sgwm.com/struska and clicking on the “Become A Financial Partner” button. If you have an automatic payment set up with YUGO, we ask that you please set up your payment with Saving Grace, and then call (619.336.9003) and cancel your support with YUGO by August 15****th._New Contact Information__:_FollowingHisCall@struska.net619.567.9846Mailing Address: 511 E San Ysidro Blvd #6355, San Ysidro, CA 92173We look forward to sharing with you about our upcoming trip to CCR’s first bilingual church plant in La Paz, Mexico! God bless! ...