I have exciting news! During my recent trip to Honduras the Lord connected this ministry with pastor Juan Carlos Alvarenga. He invited us to come on a mission trip to Senegal, Africa and Spain on October 11-25 of this year. He went to visit Africa two years ago. I believe God has called our ministry to go and serve. We will be a team of eight people.
We will be focusing on three projects in Senegal: First, we will be working with a school that teaches languages and the Bible in the capital city of Dakar. Second, minister with the children begging in the streets of the city of Thies (320,000 population). Third, we will work with a community kitchen for the homeless children in the city of Thies. We will spend six days of intense mission work. The main goal is to bring the message of salvation to the Talibe children, who are forced to beg on the streets. Please pray for us. According to Wikipedia the country of Senegal is 96.6 percent Islamic. We will be staying with a group of missionaries and will be helping with their ministry outreach. This is a big opportunity and challenge at the same time. Help us with your prayers first and foremost. We need help with the airfare, transportation costs, As the Lord provides we would also bless the children with food, clothes, shoes etc. Also we will invite the missionaries and Christian workers of the area to a meal and bring them a word of encouragement and bless their lives. In Sevilla, Spain we will visit two new churches that were planted recently. We will minister in those churches and do gospel outreaches and pray for the sick. As Christians we are to go and be the light everywhere. This gospel shall be preached to the ends of the world and then the end will come. A great harvest of souls is coming!!! Thank you for supporting this ministry. Gifts are tax deductible and can be made out to “El Camino Evangelistic Association” or ECEA and be mailed to: 103 16th Ave CT Milton WA 98354 Or you can donate online now using this link Thank you Ildefonso Arguelles ECEA Ministries
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I would like to share about the most recent trip to Honduras on August 1-10, 2023. I was apart of a team of twenty people. We divided into three small teams: construction, medical, and kids ministry. The place we visited is one of the poorest regions of central America. Needless to say there were many, many people in need. The team from the church Family Life in Federal Way provided six hundred bags of food, one per family, and also bought thousands of dollars in medicine to supply two free medical clinics that had no medicine left to provide for hundreds of people. Three public schools for kids ages five to twelve year olds opened their door and through puppets, games, and the preaching of the Word of God, the gospel was presented to them and hundreds repeated the prayer of salvation. Only God knows the long term effect from this outreach. The Lord opened many divine doors for future trips including other large area where many pastors asked the team to come next time and minister to their villages and towns. The night before we were to depart Honduras we had a service by the beach to thank God for using us as a team as well as individually and the presence plus power of God descended upon us and refreshed us mightily and some received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, Glory to God!!! There are no words to express the gratitude of being called by God to serve His little ones. I believe He is raising an army of brave men and women of God who will give their all and their best for the cause of His Kingdom. Please pray for me, God is opening doors to go to Senegal, Africa and Seville, Spain. I will send more information soon. Thank you for helping with your prayers and financial support. “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:19-21 God has been good to us. His faithfulness has not limits. The Bible says "The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in Him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with His hand." Psalm 37:23-24 God has been busy opening doors for the ministry. All around us I have been seeing God giving us grace and His anointing to do His will. The ministry in Mexico has been growing. Right now we have two church building projects, one in Juarez Mexico (across the border from El Paso TX) and one in Zacatecas, Mexico (ten hours south of Juarez). We are also helping to support missionaries and pastors with their families, making it possible for them to focus in the ministry. We also are sending Bible literature which include tracts and Bibles for new believers. A major component of the ministry are the teams that are constantly traveling to Mexico and these teams have been a huge blessing to the host churches receiving them. The Slavic churches being the main sender of these missionaries. Recently the Lord has opened another major area for this ministry. It is to the country of Honduras. I started going as part of a team from Family Life Community Church in Federal Way and through two trips last year (March & November) and the trip coming up on August 1-10 of this year God has been connecting us to many churches and ministries in Honduras. Our vision in ECEA is to work as an evangelistic and missionary association across denominational and non-denominational churches and ministries. Our goal since we started in the year 2000 has been and still is to reach the lost for our Lord Jesus and to be a blessing to other like minded ministries (please see our vision statement). In Honduras we will be working with other churches to help with resources, such as providing food to very poor communities, bringing medicines and medical teams, helping with church building projects, evangelistic outreaches with local churches and possibly helping with orphanages and bringing teams from churches to help and be a blessing. Please pray for us. We cannot do this work alone. This is for all of us as followers of Christ. I will keep you updated with both the Mexico and Honduras work. If you or your church can come it would be a great blessing. If you can't come please help and send those who can. Thank you for your prayers and financial support "As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work." John 9:4 Sincerely, Ildefonso Arguelles |
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