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MAK to MEX

I received the following email from Sharla, the founder of MAKARiOS.

The Makarios staff has an amazing opportunity to go as a team to Mexico City in October in association with the Passion Conference. We would love for you to partner with us to make it happen. The Austin Stone is behind us and suggested that I email you, since you know our staff and have seen our ministry in the DR.

Here's the deal. The people at Passion asked if we would help facilitate the "Do Something Now" campaign for their Mexico City event on October 3-4. Some of the Passion staff and worship leaders were also interested in bringing their kids to this event and wanted them to be able to serve in the local community while there. They asked if we could lead that aspect of their trip. As we looked into these opportunities, the Lord led us to a church in a poor neighborhood that is reaching out to an even poorer village. We love what they are doing and are unified in approach to ministry and outreach.

As a church, they tutor and teach Bible classes to about 50 kids in this village on the weekends. They would like to start a program for them every afternoon, but lack teacher training, materials, and school supplies. The Lord has given Makarios the vision to begin helping local churches in impoverished areas of the world set up educational programs as a means of reaching the community for Christ. God has made it clear that this is our first such project.

We are very excited to see what God has for us and are thrilled to be able to use what we've learned and the supplies that we've collected to minister in other parts of the world. We will volunteer with the Passion team at the event, lead the Passion family team in a service project, bring supplies that we have collected, and train the church volunteers in working with kids who are years behind in their schooling. We know we're not experts, but God has blessed us with an abundance of resources and we look forward to passing along the blessing and giving all the glory to Him for what He accomplishes through us, weak vessels that we are!

You can find the team members' names below. If you're willing to partner with us in prayer, please respond to this email and let me know. I'll keep you posted on prayer needs. If you're willing to partner with us financially, please send your gift to the address below with a note that it's for Mexico City. We need to raise about $7,500. We may still need school supplies, so if you're able to help with that, please let me know.

Thank you for being a part of Makarios in whatever way God calls you to be!

In Him,

Sharla, for the MAK team

posted by Alexia & Jeffrey @ 3:41 PM