Recently, 60 women traveled from across Mexico to Tepotzlan to attend the first annual Retiro de Damas (Ladies' Retreat). Women came from the Yucatan peninsula, Cuernavaca, Mexico City, and the northern state of Sonora to encourage one another and be challenged. Some of the highlights were the times of praise and worship, delicious food (served by a few male volunteers!), an evening campfire, and the beautiful surroundings of Tepotzlan.
Some of these women worked throughout the year to save enough money to attend the retreat. Thanks to a WMI grant from the Free Methodist Church, the cost of the retreat was affordable for everyone who wanted to attend. Olga, a young woman from the Mexico City Casa de Paz church, held a bazaar at the church every week to raise money for the retreat. Despite delivering her second child just a few of weeks before the retreat, she went to the retreat. (We are glad to say that 2 weeks ago, Olga made a decision to trust in Jesus. The altar call had been for other needs but later that week, Olga told missionary Janette Miller that she had accepted Jesus as Savior. What a joy to welcome Olga into the Christian family! We look forward to seeing how God uses Olga in the months ahead.
We'll try to add pictures to this post in the next few days.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
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