Some of you know about my recent trip to Monterrey, Mexico, which was a fact-finding trip regarding the people that Pastor Jose Angel ministers to. This was first reported in a letter by my dear friend Kay Caldwell back in December 2006:
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/dec2006/kay1221.htm
The same day this letter was posted another one by Lisa appeared that, to me, seemed to tie in, and had a lot of personal meaning to me and my family, and from this letter we came up with the name the "Cornelius Project":
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/dec2006/lisat1221.htm
Because I have received many words and confirmations from the Lord, even from total strangers over the past few months since this all began, I felt led to go to Mexico on this fact-finding mission to ascertain the needs of these people. My 15 year old son Devin accompanied me and we were truly blessed to have met Pastor Jose Angel, his lovely wife Delores, and several ladies and their children who are members of one of his three little churches. We also travelled to a second community and I have pictures of our trip. They were so kind, outgoing, happy, even in their dire poverty, and they each blessed us before we left. Here is a picture of us seated in the little church, called Ministerio de Misericordio, or the Ministry of Mercy:
Kay compiled a list of questions that
I was able to discuss with the pastor and we have come up with a list of
many of the things that they so desperately need. Pastor Jose Angel works
full time as a mechanic and also does other work just to support his family
of eight, and still spends the remainder of his time ministering to three
congregations that are widespread. He is not supported by any other means,
yet this sweet man who loves the Lord and preaches the TRUTH, not a false
Roman Catholic version of it, could give up his mundane work to minister
fulltime if he were provided with only $8000 a year. Imagine, a family
of father, mother and six kids existing on less than $700 a month! He did
not ask for a thing for himself; it was my idea to come up with a salary
for him, which for some of the readers here would be negligible in comparison
to their own salaries.
There are many other practical needs,
among them a 2500 gallon water tank, as one poor community of 300 families
has no water. They also need about 1000 Bibles, transportation in the form
of probably a large bus for each community and a minivan for Pastor Jose
Angel. He has a driver's license, as do several of the men who could drive
a bus, but he drives an old economy car that will barely carry five people,
let alone a family of eight. The entire time we spent together, which was
about 6 hours, he never asked for a thing for himself, and with his meager
bank account he insisted on providing lunch for us.
There are many other things
which I have notes about, but as time is so short, and the probability
of the Rapture coming very soon, I would like to at least set the wheels
in motion. If any of you can offer suggestions as to how to start this
seemingly impossible task of helping these precious brothers and sisters
in Christ, please do not hesitate to post a letter here at Five Doves or
email me personally at
elenalareina@comcast.net.
I welcome all ideas and especially prayers. With God
ALL THINGS are possible.