Dear Pastor, Churches, and praying friends. What can I say but what a crazy couple of months. One thing that has been reassured to us many many times is God is still on the throne. So sit back and hang on as I explain the wild ride. You do not know how much we cherish your faithfulness and prayers.
CITY OF GRACE:
We used to set goals to complete, I think that made the Lord laugh. Now we just trust Him and go in His timing. One great thing we can report with a shout is our paperwork made it through. Glory!!! but don’t get too excited one more step and we will be ready to officially open. Please continue praying for this step.
https://youtu.be/pT00z1PM8BA?si=Tbh9BN0W5ZvT9AYz
CHURCH PLANTS:
The Church in San Ignacio is going well. Services are always full and the gospel is continually preached. We were able to go out and pass out over 10,000 J/R and tracts at the annual Magdalena days. We are continuing to have folks evangelizing every week and Souls are being Saved. God has been so gracious to us in reaching out to the community.
https://youtu.be/uUd98TzW300?si=p27Ltnwu5SASA5Vi
SCRIPTURE DELIVERY:
Our delivery for the year 2024 ends October 31, 2024. God did the unexpected. We are calling this the year of the truck lol. We had nothing but problems with our truck all year. When we finally went to use it, we were stranded for a week with some major mechanical problems. We asked for help and God’s people raised the money for us to purchase a new truck. New to us it’s a 2005 Ram 3500 with a Cummins motor. It has been doing great. all we can say is thank you and praise the Lord for all He has done. Now for the miraculous. God opened doors for us to get the Scripture out and we hit 6.5 million pieces distributed this year. That’s the most we have ever done, and we can’t explain how only God can. It’s exciting just to watch the Lord work and sit back with amazing wonder. Thanks again for everyone’s help.
https://youtu.be/5bdjpbIPi3o?si=7_q0_X4iNGlmaXOj
https://youtu.be/Va8Tv6ioh6c?si=0mH754rSgpJHJkpi
https://youtu.be/U34K2pxnCuw?si=FFBOaMGVZeb827uy
https://youtu.be/MSt-X_t50K8?si=Qdbkk1KisKOX12wo
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Wow, we are in full swing. we have picked up 2 loads and have 2- 3 more loads to pick up. So, you can understand the amount of work that it requires every year let me explain what we need to do. For every load we pick up, it takes us 20 hours of driving one way. Thanks to Hand 2 Hand who helps us above and beyond what we ever expect. We get the backpacks and toys for about $5 apiece. We are giving out 15,000 Backpacks, 75,000 toys, 15,000 New Testaments, 1,000 whole Bibles, and over 50,000 gospel tracts. We will be able to share the gospel with over 45,000 people in the month of December. I had to take a nap just typing this. This outreach has grown larger than we could have imagined. Please continue to pray for this outreach as of this writing we still have to pick up 2-3 more loads. That’s over 80 hours of driving. Once all the material is here in Mexico it takes us a whole month to pack everything and get it ready. We are so grateful for all who helped during this time. Please pray the Lord will be honored in this and many of those we come in contact with that their lives will be changed. Again, we cannot accomplish this without you getting involved. Many people have sacrificially given to make this happen and we don’t take that lightly. We may be the face these folks see but you are the heart and by working together both get to partake of the harvest as the Lord accomplishes the work. I think you are going to be surprised by the people you will meet in heaven that you reached and didn’t even know it. Our God is great!
https://youtu.be/5a510D86CtI?si=_zbIxIM0TYe4Svvd
https://youtu.be/EFm3F0hQ2mc?si=gUDNBPQzggN1_Noo
https://youtu.be/4jtZ8C7CvP0?si=SIgFFiUtxR8KbOAy
HELP!!!:
*1. Are you a mechanic? could you come to Mexico for a short time and help work on some of our vehicles? You would be a great blessing.
2. Is the Lord calling you to be a missionary in the Spanish-speaking world? Come down get your feet wet and help as you immerse yourself into the culture and language. You will already be prepared to go and serve wherever the Lord may send you.
3. Come and work on a short-term mission. Lots of work to be done here, especially with the block maker, no need for a gym membership. LOl.
4. Maybe help us get the word out for Operation Compassion 2025.
5. Most importantly please pray for us and the ministry by name daily. We covet your prayers.
May the Lord truly bless you until next time,
Your Missionaries to Western Mexico Gary & Tammy Schwer
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. (Romans 1:17)
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