We Urgently Need Your Prayers!
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Greetings!
We're heading down to Una Esperanza for our annual Christmas outreach this Sunday and we need your prayers more than ever! We're looking forward to seeing God's hand at work, like we do every year, but the circumstances are very different due to the ongoing violence in Mexico.
Mexico is indeed a very dangerous place right now, and Juarez in particular. There have been over 1400 murders this year in Juarez alone, nearly all related to a drug cartel war, and it's getting uglier, more brutal. It's not in the US news much, but it's very real to our kids. Mutilated, headless bodies are turning up on elementary school playgrounds. Gangs are threatening to hurt children if teachers don't hand over their Christmas bonuses. Kidnappings of store owners are becoming common place, even in Kilometer 33 where Una Esperanza is located.
We've had many thoughts of canceling the event this year, which is what most ministries that work in Mexico are doing, but God has laid on our hearts that it is still in His heart to reach these kids, regardless of what we see around us.
Fear is a very real, very raw emotion in Kilometer 33, as well as the rest of Juarez. There is no sense of security from the law, as the government is under seige by these same cartels. In the midst of this, we MUST bring the hope of Jesus. We believe that's where He would be (and is going to be) in the midst of this Christmas season. His perfect love has to be what casts out the fear. Toys may be just toys in some instances, but this year, they are bringing hope and love, that these kids have not been forgotten, that God has not abandoned them in the middle of all this.
We are so grateful for all of you that have responded in whatever way you can for this outreach, and we ask you to continue to pray for God's guidance and provision as we press forward. We ask you to pray for protection while we are down there, from the 15th of December to the 22nd. We ask you to pray that God's hand would be so evident to each child, each person involved in this outreach. We pray that God would lift some of the heaviness in the hearts of the people during this time, that they can be reminded that God loves them and that He has not left them, that they are His Christmas treasures for which He gave His very own Son in exchange.
Thank you from Kingdom Flight!
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