The Weapons of Our Warfare Seminar
in Mexico City, Mexico

 

Dios les bendiga! The presentation of The Weapons of our Warfare class in Mexico City was a tremendous success, with all fourteen new students moving forward in their ministries, in their understanding and in their use of the gifts of the Spirit.

My wife Nelly and I were hosted by Bro. Samuel Presa, pastor of the Iglesia Quiero Servirte (The “I want to serve you” Church). We will always be very grateful for his service to us during our trip, and the work he did to make this event so successful.

We arrived in Mexico City on Friday, October 29th, and settled into our room at the Aragon Plaza Hotel. The next day, Saturday, we drove with Pastor Samuel to the city of San Martin de las Piramides, home of the famous Teotihuacan pyramids. We were brave enough to climb to the top of the “Pyramid of the Moon”, and smart enough to observe the “Pyramid of the Sun” from down below. Saturday evening I preached at the church pastored by Bro. Martin Palomares, who was one of the students in my class. After the sermon, Nelly and I ministered healing to well over thirty people.

Nelly did an wonderful job translating for me during our stay in Mexico. Not only did she alone handle the entire responsibility of translating the class, but she also translated the ministering service, the Blessing of the Lord over each student, and any time anyone wanted to converse with me, since none of the students spoke English.

The class officially began Sunday afternoon with fourteen students: Samuel, Martin, and Antonio Velazquez Santiago (the co-pastor of Iglesia Quiero Servirte), Maria Sánchez Peñaloza, Angelica Araujo Bazan, Maria Antonieta Castro García, Rosalba Paredes Baena, Alicia Vilchis, Julián Juarez Quintero, Maria de los Angelos de la Rosa, Maria de los Angelos Farfón, Maria Elena Sanchez Pantoja, Maria Arvizu Rosas and Javier Villseñor Licea. Even Nelly had trouble with some of these names, so you can imagine how I did!

As we were beginning our class, Mexico was celebrating the annual Dia de los Muertos, or the “Day of the Dead” festival. This morbid celebration lasts for three days, first for the departed children and then for the departed adults. The children go out to collect candies, but instead of saying “trick or treat,” they say “Dame mi calaberita” which means “give me my skull.” On Monday evening we went to the Zócalo, the main Plaza in the city, to see the celebration.

We ran the class from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM and then from 3:00 to 7:00 PM, again teaching in 50 minute segments. Some of the students traveled up to two hours EACH WAY to be a part of this class. Originally I requested a small donation, but it became very obvious that even this was beyond their means, and I was determined that no one would be left out simply because of money. Thanks to each of you who helped make this trip possible by your generous contributions. As the Scriptures say: “But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality” (2 Cor 8:14).

I thank God for your help, and for your abundance that supplied their need. I hope to continue to serve the peoples of Mexico, and with your help, I will make sure that matters of finance never stand in the way of someone receiving instruction in righteousness.

Most of my students had been baptized with the Holy Ghost and walked in the use of the gift of tongues, but had not been instructed further. Two were new Christians. All were very receptive to the plain message of the Scriptures, and the instruction they received concerning how to receive and use ALL the gifts of the Spirit, decently and in order, in service to God and His people.

On the evening of Sunday November 7th, we finished the class with a healing service. Nelly and I ministered to another forty or so people, and the new graduates ministered to many as well. The deliverance was very real and very exciting, but best of all was seeing the joy on the faces of my new graduates as they walked confidently in the use of the gifts of the Spirit. Diseases were cured, evil spirits cast out, marriages were healed and hope was restored. Praise the Lord!

Nelly and I had a wonderful time, and we look forward to our next trip to Mexico. Thank you so much for your prayers that were so vital to our success. I thank God that I can be a WORKER TOGETHER with HIM and with YOU.

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The following testimony was written by Pastor Samuel Presa of Iglesia Quiero Servirte in Mexico City, Mexico, upon completion of the Weapons of our Warfare seminar. This letter was translated from Spanish by Nelly Sullivan:

Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

Beloved brethren, Tim and Nelly Sullivan of the ministry “Colaboradores Suyos” (“Workers Together With Him”), we have received and we have literally taken from you what this verse of the Bible says. The grace of God has been given to us every day through your teachings, which were a great blessing to our lives. There is no way to humanly repay you for what we now have in our heart and in our spirit.

The Church “Quiero Servirte,” the pastors and all the members want to send you their love, and their prayers to our God that you continue fervent in spirit, so that your light will continue to shine before men, and the Father will be glorified by your good works; always freely giving to the others what you have freely received.

There are no other words to embrace all that you have sowed, but thank you very much. Thank you for everything.

Pastor Samuel Presa
November 1999

 

 

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From the January 2000 edition of the Vine & Branches