If you were at the missions conference Export Life 2013, Rudy Garrido, guest pastor from Colombia, preached three compelling messages about missions. In the first, "Why Missions?" (Thursday at Lourdes) he clearly outlined the daunting task that God has given us as a church to bring the world the knowledge of the love of Christ's sacrifice on the cross. On Friday in Miravalle, God showed us, in an unforgettable way from the book of Ephesians, the responsibility we have to grow individually as believers so we can be ready to fulfill the mission God has given us. Personally, not for many years had I heard so strong, so solid and so Biblical an argument in favor of the local church or heard a sermon so strong against the current tendency for some immature believers to be nothing more than "spiritual tourists." These "spiritual tourists," move from church to church without committing or without relating and, thus, cause damage to the church because they are not doing their part to edify the body. On Sunday at the hotel, the challenge to our church and to individual members was to start contributing to missions through Faith Promise. It was an an appeal to rededicate our lives and finances to the missions ministry. The challenge was to commit to seek God's guidance to understand how we can push the kingdom in this area through the local church and the answer to this challenge will happen in the coming days. This conference has been excellent . . . . now we wait for God to confirm in the heart of each member the way to risk more for missions through MetroAmérica 0-20.
I end with a few pictures of the day . . . . thanks for praying for us!
Praise team leading us in our them song, "Cuenta Conmigo"
View of the congregation during Pastor Rudy's preaching.
Guest Pastor Rudy and his wife, Rocio, Pastor Julio and Patty, and Pastor Steve and Pam
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