The smiles and fellowship were a blessing. The Holy Spirit moved in powerful ways in many young people. The New Life team that led the worship times did a great job and all the youth were blessed to praise God together. The games and fellowship, like the bonfire and hide-and-seek in the dark where also a hit! There are no words to adequately express all that God did while we were there in the hearts of our young people. Please pray that the retreat will have lasting and transforming effects in each person that went.

In March, the Jubilee Church plant will be celebrating its anniversary and all that God has done with the “Join the Impact” campaign, and we’re inviting all our supporting churches and individuals!

If you’d like to know more, contact us or download the packet for more information, schedule, and prices. Be sure to register below on this page, so that we know that you’re coming!

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In a leaders’ meeting at the end of August we asked our leaders about some of the cultural norms that influence the Mexican family. Here are a few of their answers:

• Women (wives) are responsible for the children
• Women in most families are responsible for Spiritual leadership
• Men are responsible for provision for family
• Men are free to have women other than their wives
• Infidelity and adultery are the woman’s fault
• Marriage is not important

We were encouraged to have our leaders respond to these cultural beliefs with God’s word and know that they understand that God in His sovereignty made the family and home a place to reflect God’s love and provision. We were reminded anew of the cultural pressures that push against a godly family’s desire to walk with God.

During the month, our preaching team focused on the family, marriage, and children, while the cell groups delved deeper into living as Christian families. Our leadership team also held a seminar on one Sunday evening for parents during which many expressed their gratefulness in learning more about how to discipline and relate with their youth and children.

Soccer was a major activity of the day but there were also many side activities. Several of the ladies pulled out table games, and the kids enjoyed exploring and climbing some of the smaller trees close to the picnic area.

Similar to July 4th in the United States, the Mexican Independence Day is a major family occasion. To have about half of the congregation participate was a good response and helped several new participants in the congregation to get to know our Jubilee people.

If you or your congregation can help with what remains, let us know quickly. Our goal is to have the last payment sent soon!

September 2011 Update
Over the past two months, the Jubilee church and her partnering congregations have rapidly been closing the gap on what’s owed on the land. We are hopeful that the land will be paid by year’s end!

Contributions can be made to the project by sending a check to New Mission Systems with “Impacto Land” in the memo. If you’d like to know more, contact us!

Jubilee Land Purchase Balance ( Sept.  2011 )
TOTAL FOR LAND PURCHASE  2,200,000(MXN)
From Jubilee Church, Mexico    350,000(MXN)
From Sister Churches  1,403,194(MXN)
Matching Grant from MPCC    114,000(MXN)
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Remaining Balance for Land 27,195*(USD)
*calculation varies with exchange rates

July 2011 Update
Each week, the church here in Pachuca is steadily getting closer to its goal of a land purchase! Please consider joining in with your church, business, youth group, or Sunday school class!

If you’d like to know more, or would like to join the effort, contact us! Also, thank you for continuing to pray for us and for the Jubilee church during this project.

Jubilee Land Purchase Balance ( July.  2011 )
TOTAL FOR LAND PURCHASE   175,578
From Jubilee Church, Mexico    25,022
From Sister Churches    85,340
Matching Grant from MPCC    25,022
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Remaining Balance for Land    40,194

March 2011 Update
The Jubilee church continues to work hard and is steadily advancing toward the purchase of the land. And supporting churches in the US also continue to show strong support for the project.

If you’d like to know more, or would like to join the effort, contact us! Also, thank you for continuing to pray for us and for the Jubilee church during this project.

Jubilee Land Purchase Balance ( Mar.  2011 )
TOTAL FOR LAND PURCHASE   175,578
Down-payment from Jubilee Church, Mexico    17,557
Contributions Received    94,583
Contributions Projected from Jubilee    15,740
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Remaining Balance for Land    47,698
Projected Balance for First Phase Building   243,000

January 2011 Update
Our support-gathering for the Jubilee Land and Building Project is progressing very well! Several Stateside congregations have joined with Jubilee in this project, and while we still lack $60K for the land, we’re hopeful that it will be paid for by the end of 2011, and then we’ll move to the support-gathering for the first phase building. Please continue praying and spreading the word!

Jubilee Land Purchase Balance ( Jan.  2011 )
TOTAL FOR LAND PURCHASE   175,578
Down-payment from Jubilee Church, Mexico    17,557
Contributions Received    72,000
Contributions Projected from US    17,800
Contributions Projected from Jubilee     7,800
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Projected Balance for Land    60,421
Projected Balance for First Phase Building   243,000

October 2010 Update
The vision summit at the end of September was a great blessing with the result that plans for the land purchase are moving forward. Several of our partnering churches are beginning to give to the land purchase fund and are also letting us know their plans to help with the project over the next year. The land owner is giving us one year without interest on the balance to be paid! That will save the church hundreds of dollars! We want to keep you updated as to the progress of the project, so each month we will include the graph below. Please keep this project in your prayers. If you also would like to help, you may send your contribution to NMSI and label it, “Jubilee Church”.

Jubilee Land Purchase Balance ( Oct.  2010 )
TOTAL FOR LAND PURCHASE   175,578
Down-payment from Jubilee Church, MX    17,557
Balance   158,021
Contributions received    10,914
Contributions Promised     9,000
Contributions Projected     9,000
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Projected Balance for land   129,107

The Mt. Pleasant Christian Church of Greenwood, Indiana sent almost their entire children’s ministry staff including Chris Franklin, children’s minister. The Mt. Pleasant group came with the whole VBS program prepared, including props and costumes, while the Jubilee people volunteered as teachers and translators. The combination made for a wonderful week of songs, stories, crafts and games.

We were excited that 86 children participated in the VBS. Jubilee usually has about 35 kids at Sunday School, so we had more than 40 that participated at the invitation of Jubilee members.

The VBS ended on Saturday with a closing program and a fair. Each of the cell groups prepared a food item to sell and a game that the kids and others could play. The fair tickets raised close to $400 for the land purchase for the Jubilee Church!

The Mt. Pleasant people were a great blessing and kept a wonderful positive attitude throughout a very busy week.

Joy

Joy was looking for a team with which she could minister in Latin America and was counseled by the NMSI office to consider the Pachuca Project. She had her final interview with the IMPACTO Board of Advisors at the July board meeting in Cincinnati, and was enthusiastically endorsed to participate with the IMPACTO Latino team.

Joy will work with Dee Duggins in the English teaching program and with the Alvarados in the Youth Zone and the Café outreach. She is presently working on support raising and hopes to be in Pachuca in the late Fall of 2011.

Learn more about Joy on her missionary page.

This summer’s Sports Camp was a wonderful success. The Jubilee Church Plant here in Pachuca and Washington Avenue Christian Church from Texas put together an Sports outreach for kids in a low-income neighborhood on Pachuca’s southeast side.

Altogether the day camp had 86 kids, almost all of which were from the neighborhood and previously unknown to us. Each morning kicked off with a group warm-up before the elementary school-age kids split off into their groups for their sports and activities. This is the second year that we have held the Sports Camp in the “Providencia” neighborhood as an outreach to get to know new families so that we can introduce them to the church and ultimately to Jesus.

Several families expressed interest in the cell group that meets in the neighborhood and in knowing more about us. Please pray that we continue to connect with them, and that they would be open to learning more about who Christ is. And praise God for a super week filled with His blessing!

Top Row, Left to Right: Chuy, Luke, Carlos, Chino, Oscar, Ernesto, Juanita, Jorge, Dario, Joel, Sergio.
Bottom Row, Left to Right: Karla, Caren, Lindsay, Wendy, Aide, Holly, Connie, Dee, Maricela

Each week we review calendars as well as the weekly study to be taught in the cells. We end the evening with an extended prayer time and a fellowship dinner. Presently all the cell leaders are meeting together, but eventually they will meet in smaller groups or “zones.”

Each Monday evening is a blessing for our cell leaders and for the elders of the Jubilee church plant. What a great group of leaders to be working with!