Many Nazarenes in the Mesoamerica Region know that the month of January has been designated for several years to promote and give offerings to the Genesis ministry. If every member in the Church of the Nazarene in our 32 countries gave just one dollar to this initiative, we could train and send out more than... Continue Reading →
An Update On Genesis
By: Scott Armstrong In the Mesoamerica Region of the Church of the Nazarene, we dedicate the month of January every year to the promotion, prayer and giving for the Genesis ministry. NMI (Nazarene Missions International), under the leadership of Ana María Crocker, has truly led the way in prioritizing this emphasis, and for that we... Continue Reading →
Missionary with Genesis Reflects on her Two Years of Service
By: Diana González In the previous post https://transformtheglobe.com/2021/10/22/church-planted-through-the-genesis-initiative-receives-new-members-in-pacaja-guatemala/, I had the privilege of sharing about what God is doing in Pacajá, Guatemala during our last few weeks here. The truth is that the reception of members, the installation of the new pastor, and many other things have confirmed my call and my desire to serve... Continue Reading →
Church Planted Through the Genesis Initiative Receives New Members in Pacajá, Guatemala
Testimony by: Diana Gonzalez Two years ago, our group of four missionaries began the work in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. The pandemic has caused us to be more creative and patient with the growth process, of course, although we certainly have enjoyed every bit of it. Some of our services during the month of September continued online.... Continue Reading →
Annual Report of Global Missions Mesoamerica and Genesis
By: Scott Armstrong In a few weeks I will have the privilege of presenting my annual report to the Regional Advisory Committee (RAC). My wife and I coordinate two ministries in the Mesoamerica Region of the Church of the Nazarene: Global Missions and Genesis. Global Missions seeks to discover, develop, and deploy missionaries from our... Continue Reading →
Dominga
By: Maritza Mendoza When we arrived as new missionaries to Los Olvera in Queretaro, Mexico, we walked around the community to see where we might serve. We found a cultural center where senior citizens met twice a week, and so I made contact with the government-appointed person in charge. She introduced me to the group... Continue Reading →
Radamés
By: Ruth Keila Molina Some might think that as a missionary, I have a special gift to almost automatically be patient and loving towards everyone. I must confess that it is difficult for me, especially when a person seems to be a “specialist” in causing headaches. My little “headache boy” while I was in Panama... Continue Reading →
God Doesn’t Play Favorites
By: Marlene Valadez Several young people from various cities visited us for a few days days to help with a Maximum Mission, which is an outreach to the community through medical services, workshops for parents, etc. One day while we were in the neighborhood park attending to some people, a woman came up to us... Continue Reading →
The Wait
By: Ingrid Jocholá Who likes to wait? Waiting is the worst. We want everything to be instantaneous. We often pray for years for people to know the Lord, but in the end we give them up as lost causes because we believe that the response has dragged on longer than we can wait. We must... Continue Reading →
An Ordinary Place for an Extraordinary Encounter
By: Joselyn García It was a normal sunny day, like most days in Panama City. We left our house and walked the long blocks between us and the bus stop. After about 15 minutes on the bus, we walked 3 more blocks before arriving at Carrasquilla, a neighborhood where the houses are crowded together. We... Continue Reading →