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By Heith Mitchell BMA of Texas Missions Director I had the privilege of serving and connecting the youth groups of Pathway Baptist, Waxahachie, and First Baptist, Rice with Lighthouse of Hope, Katy, for a week-long mission trip. Lighthouse of Hope is your Mission to Nigerian families in Katy. The students passed out church and VBS invitations around the community, held a two-day VBS, and worshipped and fellowshipped with the congregation. The mission church was strengthened and encouraged and the teens were forever changed for all they learned and experienced. Would you consider mission work beside a BMA of Texas Mission? We would be honored to connect you and assist you.
A word from your missionaries Eric Jordan - Breath of Praise – Brownwood [email protected] This month we raised up two new leaders: a Youth leader, and a Nursing Home leader. Prayer Needs: That the Lord continues to open opportunities to share His gospel, and that we have a successful VBS at the end of this month.  Isaias Martinez - Conroe Mission [email protected] The mission is going well. We have a strong focus on discipleship cells. We celebrated Father's Day. We are going to raise three brothers this summer. Prayer Needs: Pray for the church's goal to have our own place by 2026.   Chris Driver– Oasis Church, Llevaland Pastor Connection/Baptist Progress [email protected] Howdy from west Texas! Summer is here and things have heated up for Oasis (even if the temps in west Texas haven’t). We continue to grow both spiritually and numerically. It is an exciting time for Oasis. We had another amazing baptism service where three believers gave their testimonies of God’s salvation and transformation in their lives. It is always such a beautiful time for us as a church family. We also had our first ever Fifth Sunday Serve day. We canceled regular services and went out into the community to be the church and serve the Lord in various ways. It was amazing! I am so proud of our people and how God is moving in and through them. Thank you for letting us be a part of God’s plan and mission here in west Texas. Prayer Needs: Pray for new connections in Sundown, open doors for the gospel, and the start of our new discipleship groups and strategy.  Jose Gil - Proyecto Misionero "Lidia" – Spring [email protected] Lourdes and I are so grateful. After 18 months since our shy beginning in The Woodlands we have preached to more than 50 people and baptized three. At the present time we are serving in three cells: Spring, The Woodlands and Conroe. Despite the usual absences due to work schedule changes of the cell attendees, we are sharing the good news of salvation to approximately 25 every week. More than preaching doctrine, which we do, we are making friends and letting them witness the blessing of being part of the family of God. Prayer Needs: Resilience, health, and income  Luis H. Perez - Igelsia Bautista Gracia Soberana - Kyle [email protected] Thank God! Now there are three men and four women who are already beginning to develop biblical studies, they are not scholars but they are already beginning to structure their biblical studies and I give them the opportunity to present it on Wednesdays before the church prayer. Prayer Needs: Last week, and to be more precise, on Monday, I was also having anxiety attacks, and it is not easy; I had to sit down and try to relax. I ask for your prayers since I see that they are no longer as constant as at the beginning.  Kyle Cheatham– Grace Church Jarrell [email protected] We are 92 sermons into our series through the book of Acts. A man in his seventies has been attending our church. During a conversation in his home, he said that our church is the friendliest church he has ever attended. He loved that people didn’t just shake his hand and say “Hi” but had real conversations with him and remembered his name. We love seeing God grow us into a place of grace and truth. Prayer Needs: Please pray for the marriages in our church, that husbands will lovingly lead and that wives will respectfully submit as they both serve one another selflessly.  Jose Torres– Iglesia Nueva Vide en Cristo - Tyler [email protected] Iglesia Nueva Vida en Cristo of Tyler had a new profession of faith during one of our worship services. Brother Eduardo is excited about the next step of baptism. We hope to connect with his wife and sons to have Bible study in their home soon. The group that meets for worship is realizing this is a very exciting outcome of our service. We were also happy to host the East Texas meeting of our Spanish churches and plants in the area. Our group was blessed to serve and to receive encouraging messages from brother David Lopez and Jaime Lengua and reports from other church planters in the area. We also enjoyed singing along in worship with Fair Park, Tyler band. Please continue to pray for the formation of a worship band in our church plant. Thank you for all your support. You are a blessing to my family, church plant, and myself. Prayer Needs: Please pray specifically for Diego, that God may guide and prepare him in music.  Jaime Garcia– Iglesia Bautista Nueva Vida - Gilmer [email protected] Most of the families of the church do not have documents and are suffering in fear; some are not working after having worked for many years in the same work. Finances also affect us, and we will have to make several adjustments. Prayer Request: Please pray for the families to keep coming to the services. I am trying to encourage them with biblical messages that reinforce their faith, and may God comfort us.  Abner Nunez– San Antonio Mission [email protected] The main reason for prayers in our meetings is the immigration issue. We have seen that all the visits to the court of our brothers have been without problem. They no longer go with anguish, but with the conviction that God is in control of everything, whether they are deported. Prayer Needs: May we be able to find more church planters for the San Antionio, Texas area.   Brad Cauley– Cedar Park Mission [email protected] God allowed our family and another family from our church to serve in the Dominican Republic for a week. Our families (11-yearolds to 50-year-olds) shared the gospel, built relationships with children and adults, and served the community. Our children learned first-hand how the Lord can use them to impact others for Christ, how He answers their prayers, and what a joy it is to live for His glory. Our groups continue to grow and share their love of Christ with others, and our first multiplication group is ready to branch out and start meeting in a new group. God is faithful to build His church and gracious enough to let us be part of it. Prayer Needs: For our leaders to be unified in vision as they step into new leadership roles. For God to empower and embolden our evangelism relationships.   Marvin Medina– Plano Mission [email protected] After much discouragement and situations, we continue working to take the message to our community. We started with a group where there is a lot of family, God has been good, we are praying for people to arrive, but we want God to show his will. Prayer Needs: My family, my children, my wife, and the ministry that God gave us, and our economy  Rudy Villareal– Hometown Church Mission in Helotes [email protected] O u r f i r s t V B S w a s awesome! We met many families, our theme was Minecraft oriented, called Biblecraft. As a high school teacher, many of my students said that I look like Steve from Minecraft. So, we figured we would leverage that and built something really fun for kids and taught them that Jesus Christ is our foundation and Cornerstone for life. We shared the gospel with them and then had our Brisket Sunday two days later. This is where we got to continue to fellowship with families that returned for Sunday worship. Prayer Needs: Please pray that these families we have met get connected to our church and that some of them find Christ and are baptized. Comments are closed.
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