Wednesday, January 01, 2025

Pastors' Perspectives 2025-1

These are bi-anual updates through the eyes of the Cofradia United Pastors. Here they share what is going on in their ministries, needs they may have, and prayer requests. Thank you for your partnership with this ministry. Your contributions help them to succeed. If you would like to make a special donation to one or more, please follow the instructions here, and if you would like to send them a note, please feel free to do so here.

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Pastors Gregorio (Goyo) Hernández and Matilde (Mati)
Lead Pastors of Centro Cristiano la Cofradía United
Cofradia de Cuyutlán, Nayarit

Report: 12.16.24

Hello friends, I hope this letter finds you all well. I am thrilled to be able to send you my greetings and to have the opportunity to share with you all the vision for raising up leaders. In this process, the Lord has always been a major part of the growth of this ministry. Every Sunday of the year 2024, we have been focusing on solidifying the identity of the church (Romans 8:16-17) and making sure that God is the center of the work that is being done in this ministry of Centro Christiano Cofradia. 

On Tuesdays, we have discipleship groups where a range of ten to eighteen people have been attending. The topic of discussion and focus has been on prayer. The material being used has been A Better Way to Prayby Andrew Wommack. Apart from these meetings, the Grace course from Freedom in Christ was partaken in by many individuals of the Church. The testimonies that were shared after the culmination of the Grace course revealed the importance of a life lived within the grace of God and how it can grant genuine rest. 

One of the many things that have happened in the past year include coming into communion with prayer for people. We were invited to pray for a young lady who had issues with her identity. Days passed and it came to our attention that another woman was experiencing the same thing. After time in prayer and fellowship with them, they began to experience peace. The following Sunday, both ladies came to the Sunday service and were accompanied by their families. During prayer, there was a manifestation that presented itself in both young ladies and in the name of Jesus there was the authority to reprimand the enemy. After this occurrence, the ladies accepted Jesus into their hearts and now recognize Him as their Lord and Savior. Now, these women are free. There are groups hosted at these ladies' houses and both have been coming to church along with their families. What a blessing it has been. 

As for the Cofradia Kitchen, there have been up to thirty-eight kids every weekday and have been receiving breakfast before leaving for school. Apart from feeding breakfast, there has also been the feeding of the spirit. There is the opportunity for sharing Bible stories and spending time in prayer. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, there has been a ten-minute Bible reading time set for the improvement of reading skills among the children who attend. 

With my family things have been difficult. The reason being that my wife has been sick for the past fourteen months, but her health has recently been improving thanks be to God. I would like to express my gratitude to you all for the unconditional support which has been a great blessing for our lives. I also thank you all for your prayers, your friendship, and the love that you all have shared. These are always deeply valued.
 
            Hebrews 6:10
 
May the Lord bless you always and I would like to thank you again for the support you have shared through prayer, finances, and overall for doing it for the love of God. 
 
Sincerely, 
Gregorio Hernandez, Matilde Ezpinoza, and family.

 

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Pastors Horacio Garzón and María
Indigenous Ministries
Centro Cristiano Arrayanes Facilitators
Cofradia de Cuyutlán, Nayarit

Report: 12.11.24

Brothers and sisters, I send you greetings and I thank you all during these special times of celebration. The church is doing great thanks to God and I hope this letter also finds you all well. 
 
We are always expressing gratitude for the love that brings us together through Christ. Thank you all for your financial support, we greatly appreciate it and it propels us to share the generosity shared with us to others so as to share with people the love of Christ. Without a doubt, this ministry has been fruitful in word and in deed. The church was blessed to be visited by a group from Washington along with our dearest friend Jay, always hard working and with enthusiasm. The group was encouraging in their maturity and in their strength. Again, thanks be to God for the blessing of a house that was provided for a family. It was moving to see what God does with His great love. It is a blessing to have the offering of grace and love from the Lord because His love is life and eternity. 
 
Thank you, beloved brothers and appreciable families. We pray that in these times may the peace of Christ lead you all and may it not be disrupted. May every blessing be of healing, provision and joy. 
 
Blessings and best regards from my wife Maria, my daughter Kenia, and from me an embrace, thank you. 

 

Horacio Garzon Orozco 

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Pastor Amado Verdin and Lourdes
Lead Pastors of Casa de Oración, La Hermosa
Director of Restoration Center, El Faro de Esperanza
Rosamorada, Nayarit

Report: 12.14.24

Pastor Amado shared a need with you all about the property they want to build the Restoration House/Center on. It's his property where he works. He's basically donating it because no property has become available in town. He shares the need and shows the property. If you would like to help him out, let me know here.


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Pastors Ruben Perez and Valeria 

Lead Pastors of Restauración y Vida

Church Plant Pastor in Mazatan, Nayarit
Las Varas, Nayarit

Report: 12.02.24

Hello, and blessings to you all.
 
This is Ruben Dario and Carla Valeria, pastors of Church of Restoration and Life Cofradia United. In the past couple months, there has been discipleship for families from the church and from other towns where we are sharing the Gospel. The vision of the church is to restore families who are struggling and introduce and foster a relationship with God to restore these families through the word of God. We ask for prayers for wisdom and love to share the Lord to all that we encounter in our area. 
 
Sending you blessings and love from Las Varas, Nayarit, Mexico. 

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Pastors Jimmy Orozco and Perla
Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit

Most Recent Report: 12.30.23

We all have a very special relationship with our Father, and it will keep growing because it is the most important thing forever and always.❤️‍🔥

With my wife and I’s marriage, every day we are learning to love like our Lord. The kind of love that never ends, that forgives, and gives one confidence. 😌 Our kids have grown to know the Lord, the one who has known us since the beginning, and they are learning through reading the Bible and spending time in prayer. We have become stronger, and we venture toward getting closer to the goal!🙌✨ 

We give thanks to God for our pastors Steve and Geña Silberman for they have become an inspiration in our lives moving forward.


We are currently congregating in an incredible area in the Bay, San Juan de Abajo, Nayarit. The people are wonderful, and the pastor is a great teacher and mentor. He mentors us with our marriage. Ernesto and Katy are attentive to detail, and they have so much love towards us, which had been such a gift! 


We are also currently in contact with our church family in Tepic. Alan and Carito are taking their time in their walk in what needs to be taken charge of.😊 


We are currently living in Bahia de Banderas, Nayarit, and God, being faithful to his promises, has opened the doors for us to open our carport this past May for gatherings. Currently, there have been seventeen people saved and today they walk in new life. They have accepted the life of a beautiful relationship with the Lord. This is one of the many things that has been occurring in our place. 


We also finished a project we call Scoop.❤️‍🔥 This project entails that at the beginning of the day from 6AM to 7AM through Zoom; we pray and indulge ourselves in the word of God from Genesis to Revelation. We were able to finish this project on December 29th of this past year, and it has changed our hearts. 


Be faithful to His word and glory be to God!🙌✨ We are expecting great things from God this upcoming year of 2024 and we are excited to see how the year unfolds. We are prepared to know Him more and help others know Him through us.❤️‍🔥🙌 


Blessings to all! 

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Pastors Rodrigo Romero and Annel
Cordero y Leon
Culiacán, Sinaloa

Most Recent Report: 5.29.24

Greetings to all our brothers in Christ. 

 

We are pastors Rodrigo Romero and Annel Sánchez. We have the privilege of serving the church “Cordero y Leon” (Lion and the Lamb) in Culiacan, Sinaloa. On August 21stthe church will have its 5thanniversary. In these five years of ministry, the Lord has shown us His faithfulness in every moment and circumstance. We have seen his healing hand working in the hearts of each person of the congregation.

 

In these last couple months, His goodness has been unwavering and present in every moment. We began the course of Freedom in Christ and there have been many individuals and couples who have found healing and are now searching for the Lord. Many families have been touched by the love of the Lord. A mother and daughter who have recently found the Lord have provided some of their land as a meeting place for the congregation. The church used to meet in the garage of the small house my wife and I rent, but the location needed to be changed because we no longer fit. The new location has given the opportunity to grow certain areas of the church such as the kid’s ministry, which is growing rapidly. Apart from this, the new location is closer to the “Hospital for Women” where we share the Word of God, pray for the sick, serve coffee and have food drives with blankets on colder nights. 

 

The first weekend in July we will be traveling to the Sierra mountains of Nayarit to share the gospel with the people group of the “Cuare” (click here to read a little about them). Apart from preaching we will be providing medical support, medication, and vitamins as well as toys and candy for the children. There will be fifteen missionaries who will go, and the expenses of the rental van, food, and gas comes down to $1,600.00 dollars for all of us. We will be working on raising the money for this trip with high hopes and with the grand expectation of what the Lord will do in this trip.

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UPDATE: HERE IS A VIDEO REPORT OF THEIR TRIP:

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As for my wife and I’s own desires in our heart, we have been praying in our eight years of marriage to become parents. We are still trusting in the Lord. In faith, we have begun a fertility treatment. However, even though we currently do not have the economic resources to finance our treatment, we are still hopeful that the Lord will provide for all our needs. 

 

We are all thankful for all our brothers and sisters in Christ who have taken the time to read this report. I pray that the Lord blesses you all in your spirit, mind and body. I share with you the verse that we have been ministering these past couple months. 

 

“El que dice que permanece en él, debe de andar como él anduvo” (1 Juan 2:6)

 

“ Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.” (1 John 2:6)


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