FERNANDO AND VENTURA

Ventura was behind the pulpit that night.

District Superintendent Fernando Colorado and his wife Ventura shared their future with us at the church in Nuevo Progreso. The Lord has called them to leave the church they pastor in Reynosa and start a new church in the vacinity of Monterrey. They will be leaving us at the end of December to begin their journey into an exciting but insecure future. 

Fernando and Ventura have three small children. They have no promise of a congregation in their new work and will be starting out with very little, not even a building. But they both are sure of this assignment from the Lord and are not hesitant about it.  

In the heart of Mexico, around Monterrey, there are very few evangelical churches. On our travels through Mexico, we have often said that there is a need for missionaries to open this area to the gospel. So even though we’ll miss Fernando and Ventura here in the northeast district of the Church of God, we are happy and very proud of them for taking this bold step. They will need lots of prayer in the future.

Fernando had his arm around one of the volunteers who came with him to the service.

Ventura spoke from Romans 8:28. She began by saying she likes to speak from life’s experiences and likes to use their own lives as examples. She told us how the Lord had spoken to them both individually until they came to the conclusion that there would be a change in their future. Many in their church seemed to think it was a foolish decision to leave the security of their church for an unknown venture, but they are both happy and content in their decision. She emphasized that God has a plan for each of us, a good plan, and that all things work together for good.

A super moon hung in the sky over Nuevo Progreso when we started home.  Surely it was a sign of God’s blessing on our work and on the church.

A bright super moon lit our way home.

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28