Friday, November 28, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Servant's Update October 2008
Dear friends and family,
We hope this finds you well. In the interest of everyone’s time we are going to try a new shorter format for our newsletters. We hope you like it and we look forward to your comments!! All is well with us here. We were glad to see so many of you on our recent visit to the states. We were blessed by your warm welcome and by the dessert gathering hosted by Ericka Edwards, Cindy Long and Heidi Eller. Thank you again for you kindness.
Family news: Patrick is back in school and so far is making straight A’s and has a lot of new friends. Had a great summer visiting his grandfather in Ga. and going to a 2 week evangelism training church camp here in Mexico, in July, called Terremoto.
Britany our oldest (29) got married, in Nashville, August 31 to Judd Rothstein. They live in NYC and teach high school in Westchester County.
Kristen our next oldest (27) finished a CD with her band “Polly Pry” and she has a new job teaching high school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Lisa had the opportunity speak and sing a number of times while she was in the states and it was a blessing for her to have the opportunity.
Jim kept the home fires burning while Lisa was in the states and has been coordinating our efforts at La Roca and continuing his weekly men’s group.
La Roca is in full swing with after school activities for the children from the Mercy House orphanage and the La Roca neighborhood. Campus Ventures, an arm of Campus Crusade for Christ, has asked to be a part of our ministry at La Roca and we are training them to be a part of our team. They will also be having their leadership trainings and other events at La Roca as well. These are college students that are being discipled by CV leaders here in San Luis. It is an exciting opportunity for us to partner with them and again evidence of God’s never ending supply of delightful surprises as we press on in His service.

play time at La Roca. 40 orphans live together in a very
small orphanage called Casa Misericordia and have little room to play.
- Financial support for the ministry
- Good health
- Sat. Kidz Klub starting Nov.1 Evangelism outreach for kids!
- Lisa as she teaches 4 weeks in local Bible College
May God bless you richly. We love you.
Jim, Lisa and Patrick
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Monday, July 21, 2008
VBS at La Roca
So, since there is more to tell than we can write in one short letter we are going to let the photos tell the story. God bless you. Keep us in your prayers and if God lays it on your heart to help us in anyway financially we would greatly appreciate it. God has moved in mighty ways here and there is much more to come. We invite you to be a part of it!
The VBS was to start at
One example is Erial and Flore an artist couple from across the street who brought their son Giovanni to Bible school. They caught the vision for what the Lord is doing at LaRoca and though they are not yet believers have offered to volunteer free art classes to the kids who come to La Roca twice a week!
To hear these children squeal with excitement as they come through the door and participate with all their hearts in every activity has been a blessing that is hard to describe. Thank you so much for helping make this possible. We know that this is just the beginning of what God is going to do in this neighborhood and it would not be possible without you.
May God richly bless you and your family as we work together to build the Kingdom of our Lord and Savior.
Sincerely,
Jim and Lisa McTighe
Thursday, June 26, 2008
April 2008
Dear friends and family.
We hope this letter finds you doing well. Things have been busy as usual this month as we wind down the school year schedule and get ourselves geared up for a ministry packed summer.
The Women of Worth International Bible study is still in full swing. We are studying the Purpose Driven Life this term and have had many incredible discussions about how to get our lives fully lined up with God’s purposes .We have also had 6 women accept the Lord as their Savior and have had many answered prayers that have encouraged our faith! God is so faithful!
We also had a leadership meeting this month and are putting the different facets of the plan into action. There is much to do but everyone is looking forward to what we sense God doing in our midst.
Guadalupe Victoria: Discipleship classes are proceeding as usual at Guadalupe Victoria.
There is a team that is covering everything on Saturdays that is independent of our efforts. We really sense our season there ,for the most part, has come to a close. Though we are still planning to bring some of our youth from GV to help us with out reach this summer, we sense that the work there is in good hands and it is time for us to focus on La Roca. We will miss them terribly but there will always be visits from time to time.
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* Health- Jim has been in a lot of pain with his back
* Materials and man power needed for the outreaches
*Favor with officials and people in general
*Right school for Patrick for next year
Thanks again to all of you are so faith fully support us each month with you finances and your prayers. We could not be here with out you. God Bless you.
His in
Jim, Lisa and Patrick
February 2008
We hope this letter finds you well and blessed. First quarter has certainly gotten off to a running start. This month has been filled with family news as well as activity in the ministry here.
As many of you know Patrick had to be taken to the hospital in San Luis for an emergency appendectomy. A bit scary to face surgery in a foreign country, but he faced it like a trooper and was very comforted knowing so many of you were praying for him.
W.O.W. International Bible Study: The Women of Worth are moving forward and our meetings have been rich. We meet every Thursday morning and have been growing in number every week. Our most recent member is Sylvia from
We finally have a church service here that is in English. Though we are working hard on our Spanish, it is nice to be able to go to church in our native language. There is a wonderful church here that is very missions oriented that has started an English service on Sunday mornings. We are really enjoying the services and Lisa is getting to sing on the worship team which, of course, she loves. We are planning to work with the
Children’s pastor this summer for VBS at La Rocca. Lisa was also invited to speak at a marriage conference sponsored by the church of another missionary here from the states. We never cease to be amazed at how God uses all of the twists and turns in our lives for His glory. Romans 8:28 is definitely true!
La Roca: Jim and a team of men from San Luis and Guadalupe Victoria have been cleaning out debris and building stairs to get La Rocca ready. Thank goodness for the internet and the “how to” websites! Please be praying that the man who owns the building will follow through with his promise to put in bathrooms and electricity.
We are also planning our outreach team trainings that will start in April. So far, we have 35 people that want to be on the La Rcca team. We are humbled and amazed at how God is drawing people.
Moving: We found out a few weeks ago that the house where we currently live has been sold and we are going to have to move. This will be our 6th move since our house burned 3 years ago! We were shocked at first because we really like the house where we live and it is really feeling like home. But we kept praying that God would bring us a house that we liked as well. The market here has gotten very pricy and it was not looking good. But, Jim believed we would find one that would be even better and less money. And that is exactly what happened. We found a great house and it’s much less expensive then the other one! God is so faithful. Plus, the landlord has said that we can live there as long as we need to. They want to keep the house in the family and have no intentions of selling it.
Thank You so very much for your faithful financial support. Without your help this ministry would not be possible. Thank you, Thank you Thank you! May God richly bless you for your heart to serve through your giving?
Prayer requests:
* We are looking for 30 people to be intercessors for this ministry. Our vision is that each person would take one day a month that they would pray fervently for us. Pray and see if God lays it on your heart to be one of them.
*Lisa’s dad is having some problems with headaches and pressure in his head. Doctors not sure what it is .Please pray for his healing.
*We want wisdom in the area of Patrick’s schooling. Where he should be next year for High school
*Interns: Please pray about the interns we want to come from the states this summer to help us with La Rocca (information at available on World impact board at GCC)
* Trainings for outreach
*Good health for all of us especially Jim
January 2008
Dear Friends and family,
We hope this letter finds you well. We are all healthy and blessed, though a bit chilly! The temperatures have been down in the 40’s and 50’s, which would not be too bad except that houses in
January has been a time of setting our yearly personal and ministry growth plans in motion and looking to what God has for us in the New Year. So far, plans for La Roca, the
W.O.W. (Women of Worth)
Our Women of Worth Bible study has just started its third session. We began last April with 4 women. This fall we had 12. This session we are up to 18 and there seem to be more coming each week! God is so faithful. Of the 18, we have women from
Guadalupe Victoria (the rancho)
We are back in full swing at the rancho. We started classes on January 19. It was good to see everybody again. Everyone was glad to be back in class. Through some miraculous circumstances, we have become friends with a wonderful brother in the Lord from
One of our goals for 2007 was to raise up at least 6 leaders in the youth and young adult class. We did that and are continuing that discipleship this year and are preparing them to join us in San Luis at La Roca for out- reach training. We are excited to see what God is going to do in the lives of these young people who ,for the most part ,have never been anywhere off of the rancho.
September/October 2007
We hope that this finds you all doing well. Life here has been extremely busy as we are sure it is for you. School is back in session and we have been busy working at Guadalupe Victoria, resuming our Thursday Bible study in our home and building an evangelism team for outreach.
Guadalupe Victoria:
We have continued our discipleship classes and we are seeing a real understanding take place in our group. We are teaching a lot on evangelizing and they are all anxious to learn how to share their faith. It is very exciting. These teens that usually start having babies by age 18 are now starting to believe in a future they never thought possible. God is so faithful!
Waters of Grace is continuing and we are investigating the possibility of drilling another well. The “trading post” where people, come to “shop” for needed items like clothes and shoes, is also going well. They trade services like cleaning the buildings and grounds for goods. They love it!
Going back to school was made an exciting time At Guadalupe Victoria. This year, for what usually is a stressful time due to the lack of needed school supplies, the families enjoyed a happy time with the generosity of the International Club of San Luis who helped us purchase back packs and supplies for all the children. Team work is an awesome thing… everybody wins!
The (English) Bible study is going great! We have 10 women now from three counties and 7 different
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Through some miraculous circumstances, we have made a friend who has offered to bless us with a warehouse space to use for our ministry. This space is right between a rather affluent area and a very poor neighborhood. We are not exactly sure what God wants us to use it for, but our sense is that it is to be a Christian Community Center where families can come with their children for recreation and classes .We are also believing that this is the place where we will be able to disciple and train evangelism outreach teams to not only reach the ranchos but the inner city of San Luis Potosi as well. God is putting the team together and we are praying, watching and walking one step at a time.
Well, that’s all for now. Thank you again for your faithful support. Without your financial help sustaining and expanding this ministry would not be possible. May God bless you richly for your generosity for the Kingdom.
Serving the Lord in
Jim, Lisa and Patrick McTighe