These two men will be going to the Dominican Republic to finish their Seminary training. They will be leaving in early August. KIMA has committed itself to paying for their transportation there and back. Please see the enclosed Newsletter (pdf - click here).

Student: Neftalí Garcia Guevara
Age: 25 Years 
Marital Status: Single


Actual Service: Leader of the Youth of the Bethany Church in Rio Bravo Tamaulipas, supporting the music and liturgy in worship, he has a degree in Industrial Maintenance UAT. He has two years of Seminary training. 


Family: Neftali lives with his parents Pastor Isaac Guadalupe Garcia and Ms. Yolanda Guevara Jaramillo who serve in the Bethany Church of Rio Bravo Tamaulipas..

Future plans: Neftali wants to prepare as Pastor to serve in one of the congregations that the Lord provided and continue working with young people.

Student: Guillermo Leiva  Cruz 
Age: 29 Years
Marital Status: Single

Actual Service: Young man who has studied some subjects of pastoring and supports the Lay Pastor Job Jimenez in services in San Luis Rio Colorado Sonora wishing to be prepared to serve the Lord full time. He now has two years of Seminary training.
Family: Guillermo lives with his parents in Mexicali, Baja California who were an important part of the congregation of Mexicali which is currently being served by Rev. Samuel Perez Gaona.

Future Plans: Guillermo want to prepare as Pastor to serve in one of the congregations that the Lord provides, it is noteworthy that Guillermo is a very dynamic person with great potential for working with young people.

Good afternoon, my dear friends in Christ.

Things have been progressing nicely with the ministry in Mexico. Two churches are in the process of being reopened, men are studying to become ordained pastors, and men and women of the church are stepping forward to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with as many as they can touch.

Key to the ongoing success of the Lutheran Synod of Mexico is the training of more men to serve as ordained pastors. The LCMS is making this possible for two men by supplying them with full scholarships to complete their seminary training at the Reformer Lutheran Seminary in the Dominican Republic. 

This Newsletter (click here for pdf) is seeking your help in raising funds to pay for their airfare so that they can finish up their seminary training.

Please keep these men in your prayers.

Rev. Norman R. Finke
Executive Director of KIMA

Life gives us our ups and downs but we know that God walks with us every step of the way. Here are some of the things that have been going on recently in KIMA's ministry in our May newsletter (click here for pdf).