Wow has it been an amazing summer!!!
Since my last letter, much has happened. A team from my
sending church St. Albert Alliance came to Mexico and painted the inside of El
Faro (the ministry house I live in). August 1st 2004 Rod, Rebekah
and I came to Mexico to serve. August 1st 2018, 14 years to the day,
I started serving under the direction of CTEN. I am so grateful my church family
was here with me to begin this new chapter of life serving as a missionary in
Mexico. We went out for Chinese food, took in dessert at the local Thrifty’s
ice cream shop and topped the night off with a train ride in the local
mall. So many beautiful memories!!! I
feel blessed.
Celebrating with St. Albert Alliance
A couple of the team members joined us for a Prison Ministry
event for “Our Girls” on the inside. We hosted a Purity Event. We all have sins
from our past that we are ashamed of, but Christ has the power to change
us. He did a lot of changing that day as
Debbie shared a powerful message on how important it is to walk in purity.
Melissa and inmate Kendi shared their testimonies and many volunteers kicked in
and helped as we worshiped, served communion, delighted in a tasty meal
together complete with fine fellowship and ended the day by giving out toiletry
gift bags and candy bags. It was a great day filled with great memories.
Lorena, Liliana, Cheryl, Cinthia, Debbie Front: Sherry, Melissa & Karla
Shortly after the team from Canada left Mexico we loaded up
ten of our Celebrate Recovery leaders and headed to the Summit at Saddleback
church in Lake Forest California. 3,000 people gathered together to worship;
hear powerful testimonies and receive amazing training. We all came back to
Mexico on fire to share more about Celebrate Recovery with our leaders and participants.
This year our Senior Pastor Mike Vincent, from Calvary Chapel Rosarito joined
us. We love and appreciate how he supports Celebrate Recovery from the pulpit.
Pastor Mike, Cheryl, LeAnn, Jeanette, Liliana, Karla, Alberto (front) Angel
Let me go back a few months, in January we started Celebrate
Recovery Step Studies in Calvary Chapel Rosarito with 80 participants. People
are seeing the changes in the participants who allowed God to work in their
hearts. 25 of these participants
finished the race well and our team hosted a meal night in their honor and each
was given a certificate for completing the 12 steps. Is their recover complete,
not a chance! We all have sins from our past that we are carrying around with
us. Little by little we let past hurts, habits and hang-ups go and therefore people
begin to see the changes in us.
On September 4th we launched our second set of CR Step Studies and have 100+ in attendance. No matter how brokenness these participants come to us with, we have well trained facilitators and co-facilitators in place with hearts to serve. They share the Good News through the Celebrate Recovery curriculum so each participant can be drawn closer to Jesus and in turn find healing from their hurts, habits and hang-ups.
White board Testimonies for New Step Studies
As you can see, the Recovery Ministry is growing and
thriving. With growth come
challenges. God is equipping my leaders
and I to press in with our own recovery so we can be empowered to deal with the challenges
from God’s perspective.
Are you wondering how can you pray?
-Pray for the 100+ Celebrate Recovery participants that are
in Step Studies that they find a closer walk with Jesus and healing
-Pray for wisdom, stamina and continued spiritual growth for
myself and my team as the Recovery Ministry continues to grow
-Pray for my YUGO prayer and financial supporters to switch
over from YUGO to CTEN
NOTE: Christmas
is just around the corner. Just letting you know my mailing address remains the
same:
Cheryl Hoople, 340 W, 26 St. Suite K, National City, CA,
91950
CTEN Canada and CTEN USA are accepting
regular donations to support me in the work I have been called to. You can find
me on the CTEN web page at https://cten.org/cherylhoople/,
(click Donate Canada or Donate USA to give online) or if you prefer to send a
cheque, it should be made payable to CTEN and write Mexico Recovery
Ministry-Hoople on the memo line. Send it to: CTEN Canada PO Box 22017 11500
Tecumseh Rd E Windsor, ON N8N 5G6 Please be advised YUGO Canada will continue accepting
support for me only until the end of October 2018. Thank you for your continued
prayer and financial support. If you
have any questions, please feel free to call me CDN 780-628-2415 USA
619-884-0380 or e-mail me hoopleshideaway@gmail.com
