Located in Matamoros, Mexico. The church and people are located near the dump and their ground is made up of the ashes from the dump. They have no sewage. Water is hauled in by the goverment. The people have to look for work or search the dump for items they can sell. They have needs for food, shoes and bibles. We have several churches that are helping at this time. The church welcomes groups and tries to have meetings for the community when visitors come down.
Pastor Lee Almendarez
Is now working with people in three differend areas of Matamoros. The ecomony problams have hit in the area some of the places have cut back and others have cut the wages by over half some of the people in the church are now getting paid the same as $40-50 per week to work in American factories their in Mexico.
The church trys to see to the needs of the people. They have been passsing out rice and beans twice a week..
A WORD FROM BROTHER LEE
IGLESIA NUEVA CREACION, OR NEW CREATION CHURCH WAS STARTED BACK IN 2005.
WE STARED MEETING IN AN EMPTY LOT WITH ABOUT 15 PEOPLE. WE WOULD HAVE OPEN AIR SERVICES DURING THE DAY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY. AFTER A FEW MONTHS WE ABTAIN SOME PROPERTY AND ON FEBRUARY OF 2005 WE STARTED BUILDING THE BUILDING. WE NOW HAVE A 30X 60 SANCTUARY AND 2 12X20 BUILDINGS FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL. WE HAVE SUNDAY MORNING SUNDAY SCHOOL AND WE HAVE SERVICES ON TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. WE ALSO HAVE WOMENS PRAYER ON WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY AND MENS PRAYER ON MONDAY NIGHT. WE HAVE ALMOST THE WHOLE WEEK TAKEN. WE RUN OVER 100 EVERY SERVICE ALMOST. WE ARE LOCATED A FEW SHORT BLOCKS FROM THE MUNICIPAL DUMP, BUT GOD KEEPS US HEALTHY. DURING THE SUMMER WE WELCOME MISSIONARY GROUPS TO COME AND HELP US MINISTER TO THE MEXICAN PEOPLE. WE NOW HAVE RESTROOMS ALSO.
Greeting in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ from the Tex-Mex border.
Well the heat continues in more than one way. The violence continues in Mexico and the needs are many because of the violence many Americans are staying away from the mission field. The violence has hurt the cause so much , lets face it, Americans have been a blessing for so many years, both spiritually and in meeting the needs sometimes in the physical. Many homes were built thru out the years that the summer missionaries came, and now the streets are empty of our American brothers. It is sad to see that so many people that when I started there that were scavenging at the city dump are now doing so again and having to traveling miles to the new sight of the dump to make their living again. So many from our own neighborhood are going in reverse and have return to their former way of making a living sin have affected much, that ecen the innocent are suffering. There are times when I don’t want to go back and see them going thru all of this and cannot do much for them. For the first time in my 30 some odd years I can’t do what I want to do for them.
Please help me Pray that God will some how provide. No wonder they are coming across our borders. I talked to a man that was walking the streets in Brownsville pushing a food cart he was telling me that he comes across because there is no way of feeding his family so he goes thru the alleys looking for stuff to sell.
God help us, I know what we are also going thru here in our beloved America. I know the economy is in shambles but this is still the greatest place to live, and God still has his hand on us because we have always considered the poor.
PLEASE PRAY
BECAUSE OF THE CROSS
LEE
PS Last week a Catholic priest was killed in a cross fire in Matamoros.
GREETINGS FROM MEXICO, IGLESIA NUEVA CREACION
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST IS STILL GOING ON IN A SPIRIT OF REVIVAL. EVEN WITH ALL THE TURMOIL AROUND US WE ARE STILL FOCUS ON HIM. THE VIOLENCE CONTINUES, THE KILLINGS ON THE UPSWING CORRUPTION AT AN ALL TIME HIGH. MY CHILDREN AND SISTERS AND ALL MY FAMILY TRYING TO KEEP ME HOME, BUT MY GOD TELLS ME IN ''DEUTERONOMY 20;4 '' FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS HE WHO GOES WITH YOU, TO FIGHT FOR YOU AGAINST YOUR ENEMIES TO SAVE YOU''
THERE ARE GUN BATTLES ON A DAILY BASIS, AROUND TOWN OR IN THE NEIGHBORING CITIES ALL THE TIME.
LAST WEEK IT WAS TO CLOSE FOR COMFORT. THERE WAS A HUGE GUN BATTLE BETWEEN MILITARY AND THE CARTEL. WE COULD HEAR THE WEAPONS GOING OFF AND THE LIGHT FROM THE EXPLOSIONS GOING OFF FROM IN FRONT OF OUR CHURCH. THE REPORT FROM STATESIDE IS THAT THE CARTEL IS USING THE SAME WEAPONS THAT ARE BEING USED IN IRAQ. BECAUSE OF ALL OF THIS , THE TOURIST ARE NOT COMING THE JOBS ARE DOWN THE ECONOMY IS IN SHAMBLES, PEOPLE ARE HURTING IN MORE THAN ONE WAY. CORRUPTION IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT ALMOST EVERY POLICEMAN IS IN THE CARTELS POCKETS. THE BIGGEST % OF THE CARTEL ARE EX MILITARY PERSONAL, THAT IS WHY THEY ARE SO BOLD. 8 REPORTERS WERE TAKEN, 5 HAVE BEEN MISSING AND PRESUME DEAD 1 WAS FOUND DEAD AND 2 WERE RELEASED TO GO TELL THE MEDIA NOT TO REPORT ANY THING THAT HAPPENS. SO TO THIS DAY YOU WILL NOT FIND ANYTHING THAT IS RELATED TO THE CARTELS ON THE RADIO,TV, OR NEWSPAPER IN MEXICO. ONLY GOD KNOWS WHAT WILL BECOME OF OUR BORDER CITIES. CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR US, I KNOW YOU ALL DO, BUT WE ARE IN A DESPERATE SITUATION HERE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY AND GET FOOD ON THE TABLES OF THE POOR AS THE LORD PROVIDES. I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE A GLOOM AND DOOM PREACHER, BUT ONLY IF I BRING THIS BEFORE YOU ALL, WILL PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO PRAY FOR. MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS ALL AND WE COVET YOUR PRAYERS ON A DAILY BASIS. AGAIN THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT AND FOR CONSIDERING THE POOR FOR YE SHALL BE BLESS.
IN HIS SERVICE AND BECAUSE OF THE CROSS
LEE
