For the Bible Institute in the prisons, we reward a study Bible for the student with the highest score at the end of each cycle of studies. For many years we have rewarded either the Thompson Chain study Bible or the Vida Plena (Full Life Study Bible). These Bibles are not cheap but are well worth the price… Read More »
It is hard to describe just how the Lord is moving in the Reynosa Anexo (Drug Rehab Center) for men. These men are truly seeking the Lord. They have begun our Bible Studies and are diligently seeking a move of God in their lives. We are ministering to them three times a week, and this is just a… Read More »
This is Leyla. She is a guard at one of the Mexican prisons in which we minister and of which I am a Chaplain. She is one of the 103 students (guards and prisoners) that are enrolled in the Bible Institute which are faithfully doing their studies. At the end of each cycle of studies (approximately 10-14 weeks),… Read More »
Yesterday I was blessed to be reunited once again with a former inmate; Mario Alberto Chavez Salinas. He had gained his freedom “five years” ago, and we had lost contact with him. He came back for his first visit to the prison since his release while I was there. He testified and preached for a few moments before… Read More »
It has been our privilege as well as custom over the years to present a Vida Plena (Full Life Study Bible) to the student who achieves the highest score during a cycle of studies, which normally covers a period of 9 to 11 weeks. This recent period of studies happens to be the longest one throughout the whole… Read More »
This is Bro Miguel Iglesias. He is a dear friend of mine that spent nearly 20 years in Mexican prisons for a crime that he did not commit; had nothing to do with; knew nothing about. I know. I personally read the exoneration papers that he finally received from Mexico City when he gained his freedom. This would have… Read More »
We had such a wonderful service in the Reynosa prison yesterday. I preached on the “Last Public Ministry Words of Christ” (John 12:35,36) and the Lord’s conviction was so strong in the service. Words can’t express seeing the altar full of men weeping, pouring their hearts out before the Lord. After Jesus spoke these last “public” ministry words… Read More »
Words can’t express the way we felt when we received the news today of the murder of Humberto Vega Avalos. He was a happy-go-lucky young man; a friend that always had a smile. He worked at the prison at Santa Adelaida for about nine years and greeted me upon my arrival every time I visited this prison. Vega,… Read More »
Often times when we tell people that in the past eight years over 250,000 (1/4 million) people have been killed due to drug-related violence in Mexico we get that deer in the headlight look; as if they are trying to decide if we are exaggerating or not. We are not. Besides these 250,000 killed, there have been over 80,000… Read More »
After seeing this pic I know someone that needs to lose a few pounds. However, we are happy to finally announce that after several months the ambulance has finally left the States for the prison in Santa Adelaida; outside of Matamoros. Pictured below is Me, Maira Aguilar (Assistant Warden), Francisco Javier España Hernandez (Warden) and my little buddy… Read More »