Hola!

Things on our end have been going really well.  Ministry seems busier than ever but the Lord seems to give us enough time for everything.  Two girls (Jessica and Karina) from BUAP have been joining us at church these last few weeks.  Jessica is new this semester and has asked that we help her learn more about the Bible!  Karina and I plan to start follow-up (basic Christian belief Bible studies) with her so that when I can´t make it to campus Karina can continue to help her grow in her faith.  

Last Tuesday we visited the weekly meeting of another ministry in Puebla called En Vivo (Live) with several students from Tec de Monterrey.  One guy from the baseball team that Luis and John have been working with (Ruben) came and brought his girlfriend (Vane) who is on the basketball team Jolita has been giving talks to each week.  In all there were 5 girls from the basketball team and Ruben from the baseball team.  Honestly, I had 3 spiritual conversations with the girls and it was very encouraging to see how open they are.  Another funny thing was that Luis stole the show with his ping pong skills afterwards.  Lots of students wanted to play against him. :)  He learned how to play when we were students with Vida Estudiantil in Xalapa after the weekly meetings (just like En Vivo) 

Yesterday we went to rock climbing with our team, it was really fun, here are some pictures.

TEAM: Luis John Abby Natalie Jolita Liz

Dear friends,

It´s been about a month since we´ve started activities on campus again, right now I (Luis) am serving at 3 colleges.

We are still working at BUAP (the campus we were at last year) working with Campus Crusade, but I am also serving with Athletes in Action (AIA) at the Monterrey Tech (TEC) and the University of the Americas Puebla (UDLAP).  God has opened the door  to work with the men's and women's basketball team at TEC, and I have been working with the men's basketball team.

UDLAP

 The AIA team has been working with the baseball team at UDLAP since last year, but for an unknown reason, this year the university is not allowing people outside of the university to volunteer in any way which could mean that we wouldn´t be able to continue to help out on campus, please pray that God would maintain the doors open to serve at UDLAP.

TEC

With the men´s basketball team at TEC we have started a series of talks with the team to help them both on and off of the court.  So far we´ve given talks about being adaptable, teamwork, and commitment.  So far the team seems open and  interested in growing in these areas.

BUAP

This semester at BUAP we are also offering an English Club in addition to our weekly talks on campus.  We try to focus on giving the students more opportunity to practice speaking and pronunciation with native speakers.  Our goal is to be able to meet more students as well as serve them.  Each week Elizabeth and  our friend, Jon, lead the club.  New students have been getting involved and some are showing interest in joining us for our weekly meetings and even going to church.

Something that is kind of funny to share with you is that as we talk to students in the English Club many think it is strange that a married couple and another American are on campus without any apparent reason.  In addition the English Club is free, and Liz goes to campus even though she is pregnant.  Thankfully we have had many opportunities to share with them why we do what we do, and why we desire for College students to know God.

Thank you very much for your partnership in prayer and financial support.

Prayer

Requests

-For our conversations with students that God would give us opportunities to share the Gospel with them.

-That God would use us in the weekly talks with the basketball teams at TEC.

-That God would guide us in what to do with the situation at UDLAP.

-That everything would continue to go well with Liz´s pregnancy.

-Please pray for me as I am giving the sermon at our church on Oct. 9th that God would use me that day.

Luis and Elizabeth Pomares

6 months