Dear Friends,
As I mentioned in a previous email, I had the opportunity to go to the Christian Expo in Mexico City last month.  It was a few intense days but we are really happy about the results.

During this time we were sharing about what CRU is doing in Mexico and how we can better serve the church in evangelizing and discipling.  Personally I had the opportunity to talk to various people who were interested in working with college students or were students themselves and how they could start a spiritually multiplying movement on their campus.  They were incredible talks!  One day during the Expo I met Patricio from Chihuahua, Mexico.  He and his wife had just started working with college students in their church about three months ago.  He was in town for work, but found out that the Christian Expo was going on and decided to make a quick stop to check it out and see if there was anything that might be able to help him with the new ministry that he was starting as he wasn’t quite sure where to begin.  He found us and we talked for almost an hour about how they could not only just serve students in his church, but how he could also reach other college students in various universities in his city.  By the end of our talk I was really excited about the opportunity to serve Patricio by encouraging him to reach out to more students with evangelism and discipleship and explaining how to use some of the materials with CRU to do so.  We plan to stay in touch to be able to continue to encourage and serve him.

We were also promoting the student movement in Mexico City and many students involved in CRU were talking to other students that came to the EXPO.   They were able to contact 120 students from about 20 different universities in Mexico City.  The students involved in CRU were super excited to see that other students wanted to start movements on their campus while others were simply looking for other Christians at their university.

The Josh McDowell seminar called, “The Naked Truth” was a success.  Everyone who attended left encouraged that with the help of the tools that were shared in the seminar they will be able to better serve their children and the youth in their churches.

Thank you so much for your prayers for this time at the EXPO.  There is no doubt that God gave us many great opportunities!

Prayer Requests:

-That we would continue to do a good job with following up all the contacts from the EXPO.

-That God would allow us to see new student-led movements in Mexico City.

-That more and more people would partner with us to reach Mexico for Christ

 Luis, Elizabeth y Leah Pomares