Tim and Marci Miller joined Cross Bar X in May 2006. CBX has been providing youth programming and activities for socially and economically disadvantaged youth since 1977. Cross Bar-X could use help with their annual work week May 13-17th and are also looking for volunteers to help with the Iron Horse on May 25th. For more info visit www.crossbarx.org or email theranch@crossbarx.org.

In 2011, KJ and Jennisue established Compass 31 with a mission that holds strong today: to make Jesus known by combating human trafficking through prevention, restoration, and disciple-making. They have witnessed God’s transformational grace accomplishing more than they ever dared ask or imagine. The effect has been immense, with more than 53,000 lives impacted in the past year alone through their prevention and restoration programs.

KJ and Jennisue have taken the lead in orchestrating comprehensive, Christ-centered restoration initiatives on a global scale. These endeavors offer solace and an opportunity for those who have experienced human trafficking to find redemption, heal their wounds, and lead lives brimming with freedom and significance. Their reach recently expanded to Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Recently, a team from First Baptist just returned from Nicaragua where they worked with our sister church, Casa de Dios. While there, they helped with Vacation Bible school, they helped build homes, and they also did a food distribution project. Additionally, the members who were sent experienced wonderful fellowship and relationship building with our brothers and sisters in Nicaragua.

One of Treasure Ministry’s biggest events annually is Night to Shine. Night to Shine is a beautiful prom experience provided for our special needs community, celebrating them as kings and queens. This year’s Night to Shine will be hosted in Farmington but will be celebrating guests from Durango, Cortez & Pagosa Springs in addition to Farmington. Please sign up, volunteer & come be a part of a truly amazing night!

Please pray for:

• God to provide volunteers
• Safety and ease of travel for volunteers and participants
• That God would bless the special needs community

Yoel and Leticia are with World Serve Ministries. Their ministry focus is supporting churches & pastors through food and Bible distribution, offering micro-financial loans, managing warehouses for humanitarian aid, & training children’s leaders.

Malcolm and Leah Hillewaert work with Master Plan Ministries in Alamosa, CO, reaching students at Adams State University. They focus on evangelism, discipleship and leadership development. Their main meeting is a weekly Bible study called Anchored, which is held at their home. They live literally across the street from the student union building, and have students over almost every day. They have 3 kids: Ruth (8), John (7) and Zeke (4).
Main prayer requests:
– for students involved to keep catching the vision to lead and to share Jesus with others.
– for Cana, who will be interning with them next semester.
– for Leah’s body to be healed from cancer (which last scans didn’t show any cancer in new places, just the same small spot).v

Gersan and Betty Valcin have the ministries of The Village Church in Port-au-Prince,Haiti and Jacob’s Well Christian Campground in the northern part of Haiti. The Valcin’s reach people for Christ in both the French and Creole language around the world because the Sunday sermons at The Village Church are broadcast live each week over the Internet!

At present, Haiti is in crisis and without stable government. Gangs have taken over the country. Valcin’s personal security is one of their greatest needs. In the climate of fear that exists in Haiti right now, people seek God and Valcin’s know that God’s will for them is to stay in Haiti to share about Jesus, who is the answer to change the culture of the Haiti.

Since 1992 New Creation Ministries has provided theological training to Rwandans who are doing ministry in their churches, workplaces and homes. Our aim isn’t just to provide our students with knowledge or skills. We want them to be transformed by what they’re learning – to become true disciples of Jesus. To that end, we take our training beyond the classroom, providing personalized mentoring and discipleship by visiting students in their homes and observing them in their ministries.

Pray for our students – that God would open their minds to hear the Scripture clearly and that they would be effective in sharing with others what they’re learning. Pray also for our teachers – for wisdom as they teach and disciple students and also for safety and health as they travel to visit students all over Rwanda.

I am Junior Obregón, CRU missionary serving in Nicaragua for over 18 years full-time. I am the National Leader. Our calling is to help fulfill the great commission by winning souls for Christ, edifying the brothers in the Word of God and sending disciples everywhere in the power of the Holy Spirit helping the body of Christ to evangelize and grow disciples. My service to God through this ministry focuses on Evangelism and Discipleship with University Students and young people, training Pastors and Churches to use CRU evangelistic tools, and being an instrument of God carrying the message of salvation. My ministry is also a channel of help to those in need, and seeks to grow together with other believers in our personal relationship with God.

Malcolm and Leah Hillewaert serve with Master Plan Ministries at Adams State University in Alamosa, CO. They build relationships with students on campus and share the gospel. Many Christian students also partner with them to share the gospel with their fellow students and also to grow in their own discipleship and walk with Jesus. Please pray that their ministry would grow as they continue reaching students with the gospel and pointing them to the Bible. Please also pray for healing, endurance, and clear direction, as Leah battles cancer.

Willie and Miledys Santiago run the Cuba Connection Ministries, which works to connect Cuban churches with the rest of the world to bring the hope that is in Jesus Christ to the Cuban people. CCM is committed to combining social work with preaching the Gospel in Cuba, to helping and equipping those who are on the front line. We do this through our ministry farm, which provides work and food for families in need, like single mothers and families of children with disabilities. We also hold seminars to equip and train pastors, to encourage them in their service to their congregations.

I grew up attending First Baptist Church with my parents Chuck and Cindy Helvoigt. It was during this time that the Lord saved me. Later, after getting my education and meeting my wife, I joined a church plant called Gospel Church Durango where I’ve been serving for over a decade. I am now one of the pastors at Gospel Church and am being sent by them to plant a church in the Denver area. My family and I are moving up at the end of May, and are woefully underfunded at the moment, and have a very small team. We know that God goes before us and will provide. That said, please consider joining the mission. Please visit us. Please give to the mission. Please pray for us. We love you First Baptist, and are grateful for how God has used you in our lives.