I spent almost five days last week with Rev. Isaac Garcia, his wife Yolanda, and Lay-pastor Job Jimenez. I was really impressed with their enthusiasm for the ministry. We attended a workshop together at Our Redeemer in Irving, TX.

They hope to provide similar workshops in Mexico next May or June. Dwelling 1:14 will be hosting these three workshops possibly in Mexico City, Matamoros, and San Luis Rio Colorado.

There was also a request for a book that would contain selected liturgies as well as essential resources for ministry in illness and bereavement, as well as materials for use in various special circumstances. I have a book called "Pastoral Care Companion" that would be perfect if it was in Spanish. CPH said they were working on it and it would be available sometime next year. Augsburg Fortress has one that is called "Ritos Ocasionales." The price for it is $25.00.  The men in Mexico would like about 14 copies of this for all the pastors, lay-pastors, and men who help to conduct services in the missions. So if anyone out there wants to participate in this endeavor, please, send a contribution and earmark it for these books.

Keep these workers in the Kingdom in your prayers. They are working on the same type of problems as we are only very often they do not have the resources that are needed.

Here is his report with photos in pdf format.

Blessings to you and your ministries,

Rev. Norman Finke
Executive Director of KIMA

Job Jimenz is a young man whose father was the original pastor of San Mateo Lutheran Church in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico. His father died a number of years ago and Job has finished his university training with a degree in Psychology. He has always helped out in the church but has now decided to become an ordained pastor. The Lutheran Synod of Mexico has officially made him a Lay-pastor who has been given the honor of administrating the Sacraments. He was also recently elected to the position of Secretary of the Lutheran Synod of Mexico. Besides serving San Mateo in San Luis Rio Colorado he serves or oversees three  other missions in the Sonora Desert. They are Santo Tomas at the small town of Ejido Mesa Rica about an hour south of San Luis; the second one is Rey de Gloria at Ejido Independencia about 45 minutes south of the city; and the third one is in Ejido Fronterizo and at present has no name. All these missions are out in the desert. 

We will be posting Job's newsletters from time to time to share with you the work being done in San Luis Rio Colorado. 

Here then is the first: 
newsletter for the missions in and around San Luis Rio Colorado Sonora, Mexico (pdf).