Donated Van for Ministry

A couple, Travis and Heidi Klaassen, walked up to Stephen and Tonyia after a church service and asked if we wanted a 15 passenger van for our Mexico ministry. They did not know we needed one, but they felt the Holy Spirit’s prompting. Our response, “YES! It is just what we have been praying for….” We need a better people carrying vehicle. The Suburban we use was not really designed for the way we use it. We have to transport Kid’s to club each week (often twenty at a time). Plus, we drive people to church, take groups on Saturdays to worship in remote villages and take youth to special events in other towns.

Tonyia and I (Stephen) are always blown away by how the Lord provides for his ministry needs. On Sunday we were in worship services at the Medina, Texas Methodist Church. My brother Arlen and sister in-law Linda are members there and introduced us during the service. The Church is also one of our supporters.

Travis and Heidi were at the service too. They had the 1997 Ford 350 van for some time. It was originally bought for another ministry, but was no longer needed. They were trying to decide what to do with it and on Sunday that question was answered.

We, at True Path Ministry, are humbled and grateful to be a part of what God is doing! A big THANK YOU to the Klaassen’s for following the Holy Spirit’s prompting and donating the van – God bless y’all in a mighty way.

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Guarantee

For this sketch “Guarantee” I pulled from 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 . These verses show the trinity and assures me to whom I belong. One of the ways I (Stephen) study the Holy Bible is through simple drawings I make as I read or as the Holy Spirit brings images to my mind. All my drawings are based on my English Standard Version (ESV) Bible without commentary, but, it does have 10,000 cross references. I view it as scripture defining scripture. I show my references in the drawing, look them up and see if they are related to my drawing.

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Light to My Path

For this sketch “Light to My Path” I pulled from Psalm 119:105. One of the ways I (Stephen) study the Holy Bible is through simple drawings I make as I read or as the Holy Spirit brings images to my mind. All my drawings are based on my English Standard Version (ESV) Bible without commentary, but, it does have 10,000 cross references. I view it as scripture defining scripture. I show my references in the drawing, look them up and see if they are related.

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Faith Doodle

For this sketch “faith” I pulled from the new and old covenants. One of the ways I (Stephen) study the Holy Bible is through simple drawings I make as I read and meditate or as the Holy Spirit brings images to my mind. The Bible for all my drawings are from my English Standard Version (ESV) without commentary, but, it does have 10,000 cross references. I view it as scripture defining scripture. Many of my doodles show the tie between the Old and New Testaments. I show my references in the drawing, look them up and see if they are related.

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Return to Canoas

Pastor Alfredo had tears in his eyes as he expressed his gratitude for the True Path Ministry and Getsemani Church team visit to his tiny village in Canoas Mexico. It has been a while since TPM was in Canoas but Pastor Reynaldo performed a baby dedication there in December. Almost a year ago, Steve and Arlen, were in Canoas to install electrical wiring in the church building (see Church Wiring in Canoas). The remote farm village is deep in the mountains at the end of a steep road. They seldom have outside visitors.

We had just enough gifts left over from Christmas to give each child one after the service. Galeana Pastors Reynaldo and Lulu lead the service and Evangelist Ramiro preached the sermon on Jesus’ parable about the “lost son” (Luke 15:1-7). The kids had their own singing, Bible study and art project, lead by Letty.

It was a great day serving the Lord – Jesus gets the glory!

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