May 2016 We send you our warmest greetings and hope you are doing very well. In December of 2015, via Skype I met Erick, who is a 3rd-year Systems Engineering student at the Technological University of Chihuahua, Mexico. Erick had the opportunity to spend time as an exchange student in Arizona, U.S.A. from September to December of 2015, where he got involved with CRU at his university. CRU helped him grow tremendously in his walk with Christ during the time he was there.  He also met wonderful friends at CRU in that university.  (While he was there, he went to a conference with CRU in California and met a friend of ours who is a CRU missionary in California and she helped us get in touch Erick and I )  So went we talked in December, he told me that when he went back to Mexico at the end of his semester, he wanted to launch a new student movement at his university, since there was no a CRU ministry there.  So since December, he and I began talking, praying, and dreaming together about what God could do through him to begin a new movement at his university in Mexico. In March of this year, we had the opportunity to meet Erick in person at our National Conference.  He and Marisol took a long 24-hour journey by bus to attend the conference!  (Marisol is a 2nd-year student in Biomedical Engineering at a different university in Chihuahua who is a friend of Erick.)  When he shared about his experiences at CRU, it motivated Marisol to launch a new movement at her own university!  Now both of them are leading a student movement at their home university.  It was very encouraging for us to meet them at the National Conference and hear how God is using them to reach their university classmates.  I am in regular contact with them via video call in order to encourage them, to pray together, and to serve them as much as I possibly can.  Here is a picture we took together at the National Conference. Also, last week I had the opportunity to go to Costa Rica for a work session with other Latin American and Caribbean missionaries, where we focused on the areas of discipleship and the development of ministry partners.  Our foremost commitment is that every one of our missionaries in Latin America and the Caribbean is able to raise 100% of their finances in order to better focus on the Great Commission.  It was a very productive time for us.  We were able to share our experiences and plan together how we can sharpen and serve the missionaries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Liz and I are very grateful to all of you for being part of our ministry team.  Without you, we would not be able to obey the call that God has put on our lives.  We really do consider you to be an essential part of the team as we serve side by side to fulfill the Great Commission in our generation. Here is a picture with the participants in Costa Rica. As far as our family goes, we’d like to share that Liz went to a follow-up visit with the endocrinologist, and we’re grateful to God that her thyroid levels are finally where they should be!  Thank you so much for praying for her health.  Without a doubt, the past few months have been a major learning experience for us, but we have seen the hand of God moving in ways we’ve never seen before! Also, thank you very much for all the help you’ve sent to help meet the extra medical costs we have had recently. Here are some recent pictures of our family. Prayer requests: - That God would continue to use Erick and Marisol to reach their universities with the gospel. - That God would continue using our family to better serve the students and our fellow Latin American and Caribbean missionaries. - We still need another 800 usd for my trip to Korea next month with the students leaders from Mexico please pray that God can provide the rest. Gracias! Luis, Liz,Leah, & Ian Pomares "The Gospel for every student, A movement for every campus, Leaders for every nation"   Make a donation to our ministry: Online: https://give.cru.org/give/View/2805380 Check: Make your check payable to 'Cru' and attach a post-it note with "Luis  & Elizabeth Pomares" account # 2805380, please do not write anything in the for / memo line. The check should be mailed to CRU, PO Box 628222 Orlando, FL 32862-8222.