Dear Family, Friends and Partners in Ministry,
We hope and pray that this letter
finds you doing well. We continue to
transition from Monterrey to the US/Mexican border region where we are now
living and serving. The children are
settling into their schooling and lives
here. Jeanne and I settle into our new
lives here as well, finding places through which we can minister and serve God and
others with our gifts and graces. As the
future unfolds before us, we walk forward with great joy, anticipation and
thanksgiving.
We are writing this letter to again
affirm our deep thanksgiving for your faithfulness through the days, months and
years past. We know that without your
prayers, your financial gifts and your partnership this ministry could not have
happened. Without you, the many, many
lives, families and communities would not have been touched, would not have
experienced the Good News of God in Venezuela and Mexico. So, we thank you again and again for all you
have done.
We also write to let you know that
at the end of this year we will transition from being full-time Cross-Cultural
Workers (missionaries) to being Mission Affiliates. This means two things specifically: 1) We
will maintain our connection to The Mission Society and will continue living
and ministering among Latin Americans—both here in the US and abroad; and 2)
because of this new classification and God’s provision, we will no longer receive
our salary and support through The Mission Society after December of this year. We will maintain our account with The
Mission Society where will be able to receive tax-deductable gifts should you
wish to help with a particular project we tell you about or a short term
mission trip (we have invitations for 2012 to Mexico, Venezuela and Honduras to
teach and train church leaders!); however, we will no longer depend on the
generous giving you have bestowed upon us to provide for our day-to-day living over
the last seven years.
Our “tent-maker” ministry will
continue…even though we do not know exactly what shape it will all take. While I teach at a local college on this
side, we will continue to work with the schools in Monterrey—El Seminario
Metodista Juan Wesley and El Instituto Laurens.
We are also connecting with people and groups here in the Rio Grande
Valley…and look forward to developing points of ministry here. And, as always, no matter what we do, no
matter where we are, we strive—as you do—to simply live out the Good News of
God through acts of love and mercy towards those around us. As we go forward in this new phase of life
and ministry, we hope you will continue to pray for us and know that we will
remain in touch for the years to come.
We cannot say enough how grateful we
are for all you have done with us, for us and through us in the last seven
years. We cannot know how many lives
have been forever changed because YOU were faithful in giving as God moved you
to give. Thank you, thank you, thank
you! And, may the Lord bless you—as much
and many times over—as you have blessed the lives of so many others.
God is
good…all the time!
Jon and
Jeanne Herrin…Jesse, Andrew and Megan (the J.A.M.)
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