Submitted by Sunset Alumni on Thu, 11/17/2011 - 00:32 from Omar and Tana Palafox, View Original Posting
La Libertad Church and their fellowship time
If we could imagine hearing this: "God bless you, Simon, son of Jonah! You didn't get that answer out of books or from teachers. My Father in heaven, God himself, let you in on this secret of who I really am. And now I'm going to tell you who you are, really are. You are Peter, a rock. This is the rock on which I will put together my church, a church so expansive with energy that not even the gates of hell will be able to keep it out"
Submitted by Sunset Alumni on Sun, 02/05/2012 - 16:03 from Omar and Tana Palafox, View Original Posting
Weeks have passed and the first month of the year is gone. Ministry has not been a routine for some time now. It is remarkable to realize that in God's kingdom we are moving forward every day to loving people, serving people, and to fight a broken world. In the summer of 2003 we started the process of moving to Leon. And since we started thinking and praying for Leon our prayers were very specific. And God answered every one of those prayers as he saw best. Today we praise His name for the work AIMers, missionaries, churches, and friends have done to achieve what we have now. See it is more than just baptizing people. (Although that is very necessary!) What we mean is that we are commanded to follow "and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." It is this part of the great commission where many missionaries have lacked commitment. Our trust in Jesus' words to build his church is key here.
Submitted by Sunset Alumni on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 03:53 from Omar and Tana Palafox, View Original Posting
Another great Week! Since our last post, we have had more time to finish the Aim boy's apartment. This Sunday was their last sunday with the Leon Sur congregation. They still have one week in Mexico before they head out to the states.
Submitted by Sunset Alumni on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 01:59 from Omar and Tana Palafox, View Original Posting
"Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed."
Submitted by Sunset Alumni on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 01:54 from Omar and Tana Palafox, View Original Posting
Our week end was filled with much blessings, and also great challenges. Worship was about seventy people. And Ben Baker started the new lessons from the Gospel according to John for the semester. He did a good job in presenting Jesus to the church as the writer intended to compose. Most of the church is beginning to realize that 2012 will be a blessed year.
Submitted by Sunset Alumni on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 15:08 from Omar and Tana Palafox, View Original Posting
We praise God for a good beginning of 2012. This week we took some time to re-dream with people and share a new vision from the church. We worked on some ideas for events, seminars, classes, and work. It was presented to the church and soon the elders will finalize the calendar for the year. It is not easy to come back to the grindstone after two weeks of fellowship, food and relaxation, not to mention very cold weather (for Mexico). We were encouraged by a good worship and blessed to have a very good Sunday praising and worshiping our God. We had new visitors and a great start.
Submitted by Sunset Alumni on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 18:53 from Omar and Tana Palafox, View Original Posting
WE started the year with a new congregtion in worship. Our time with the El Colli Church of Christ has always been a great time. It is in this congregation that my ministry started many some 22 years ago. The congregation lead by my parents is a blessing to many not only locally, but in other places like us in Leon. Their work is a place where disicpleship and church planting is part of everyday life. Many have been blessed to now be in different churches but they were brought to Jesus here.
Submitted by Sunset Alumni on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 15:20 from Omar and Tana Palafox, View Original Posting
Every November for the last 8 years we have been blessed in being able to see brothers and sisters come together for a retreat in Mexico. I do not know all the information of when this type of retreat started here in Mexico, but I am glad that it did. For the second time it was our turn to organize it so we decided to retreat in Ixtapa at a hotel for three days. The time to come together was a blessing this year because we saw people come from Guadalajara, Mexico City, Toluca, Leon, Cuernavaca, Lazaro Cardenas and Morelia Mexico. We had hoped even more missionaries and workers in other parts of Mexico would come, publishing the information in Facebook and blogs and we hope that the next one will see even more workers in Mexico coming together to renew.
Submitted by Sunset Alumni on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 13:26 from Omar and Tana Palafox, View Original Posting
The Lord blessed us with a great week-end. WE had prepared for this time for some months now, and we had some mixed responses. The purpose of the event was to motivate and create conversations about leadership in the church. We invited many people from many churches, but only three churches were present: Leon Sur, Juventino Rosas, and La Libertad. Our invited guess was Jose & Maria Palafox from the El Colli church in Zapopan.
