Project Mexico
The second partner that came into our lives shortly after we launched CG was Convivir International. Its founders, Dustin and Sarah Reed, moved to the violent slums of Mexico City with their two young daughters to plant living room churches against a backdrop of legalism in the local Catholic church, as well as suppression by the local cartels. They reached out to us in December with a need for 150 NLT Bibles printed in large-print, Spanish, which they could gift to their church plant families as they go.
In March, we had the Bibles printed at a local printer in Aguascaliente. Fast forward to mid-June and we received the following message from Dustin:
“Brooks, hey brother, how are you doing? I wanted to send you a couple pictures. This is a really cool thing that one of our friends, who's a local pastor, organized witih other pastors in the community. We just had elections in Mexico and all the political parties wanted their [the pastors’] nomination in this upcoming election. So, what Julio did is he invited three of the political parties and their candidates to come speak. At the end of each presentation, Julio gave the politicians one of these Bibles. Each of these candidates represent two to three million people that live here in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Mexico. And Julio told them that with this Bible they could govern well. This Bible has everything you need to know about justice and peace and how to govern well. One of the candidates said he is a Christian and this is the nicest Bible he’s ever been given, so thank you so much for this gift. Every single politician was grateful for the gift, every single one of them represent people that live here in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Mexico. And Julio told them that with this Bible they could govern well. This Bible has everything you need to know about justice and peace and how to govern well.
It was grace and so who knows, but the Bibles that Cheerful Givers donated are now in the hands of the political candidates of one of the most dangerous barrios of Mexico City. So we pray that each one of these candidates will open their Bible, come to Jesus and govern with his power and with his wisdom because we know that authority is only given by God. We each have a choice to use the authority that we’re given in the name of Jesus, to govern with wisdom, or to use our own power for our own devices. So thank you so much for what you've done, it really is making an impact in Mexico, and we just pray that these Bibles in the hands of these leaders would be used and would give them knowledge and power and wisdom”.
