Jul 28, 2010
Short term mission teams who come to Mexico can produce long term results, serving as a catalyst for local ministry. Here is living proof…
Our beloved ministry partners are Raul and Anabel Frutos, pastors of the non-denominational Church of the Holy Spirit in Chapala. Over the years we hosted teams with Eagle Nest working hand in hand with them in the ministry.
Nine years ago, we stood with Anabel, and formed a large circle of prayer with one of our Eagle Nest teams and asked God to do something significant in Tepehua area, which was then and is now one of the neediest barrios in the area. Within a few months the Frutos’ acquired a humble building in the heart of Tepehua and launched the “Love In Action” center (LiA) and began serving hot breakfasts to the single mothers and children and conducting practical skills workshops. The ministry thrived. The breakfast grew into a daycare. The daycare became and orphanage then the Mexican government started sending orphaned and abused children to LiA for love and shelter. The ministry demands outgrew the size of the facility. One day a Jewish man walked up to Ana and offered to fund an expansion and renovation project that would make it possible to house up to 60 orphans at once. What was a began as a one level pottery shack became a fully contained two story home for 60 needy children! (A 7 day mission trip to Mexico can make a lasting impression to say the least!)
In January of last year a HUGE piece of property in a nicer section of town was offered to Love In Action— so the orphanage moved—-furniture and all— and left the Tepehua Center vacant. But not for long. Today we are conducting a stage two renovation of the original facility and will be before opening its doors as a community center that will serve single mothers, house abused and orphaned children, and provide a springboard for more short term teams who come to serve the Chapala community!
Please pray with us that God will continue to water and nourish this vision and that the LiA Tepehua Center will be a light a shining in a dark place,and a catalyst for yet more ministries to come! (Your mission trip to Mexico, here with us in beautiful Lake Chapala, awaits!)
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