It has been a busy and exciting season in ministry, and we are so grateful for all that God is doing! Recently, we had the joy of hosting four teams who came to share the Gospel and show God’s love to our community. We are thankful for each team and their willingness to serve alongside us.

We have also been preparing for our upcoming Christmas Festival and Zona Cero, celebrating the Bible Institute graduation, and looking forward to the opportunities these events will bring to share the love of Jesus. If you’d like to partner with us in supporting these ministries, you can give through our website or send a check to our P.O. Box. Thank you for your continued generosity!

We welcome a new church into our Nueva Vida church planting ministry family. This continued growth encourages us, and it is a blessing to see God working through the ministry’s partnerships to reach more communities with the Gospel.

We also celebrated the inauguration of Impacto Africa, marking an exciting milestone in our ministry! We were able to join our brothers and sisters through a Zoom call for this event. The recording is on our Facebook page if you would like to see it. We now have 3 new churches in Equatorial Guinea and our dream is for each one to start a Happy Tummies. As you consider giving to Impacto Africa, we’d like to remind you that you can do so through checks with NVA, NV Africa, or Nueva Vida Africa on the memo line.

NVAfrica children waiting for Happy Tummies sponsorships

Thank you for being part of this journey through your prayers, encouragement, and support. We are excited to see what God has in store for the coming months and are grateful to be part of what He is doing!

Fasting as Sincere Devotion to God

This month at our church, we started a series on Romans and have been talking about how important the law was to the Jews—so important that they believed they could be saved by it. But the Lord our God says in His Word that there is no way to the Father except through the Son. The law is good because it shows us our sin, but it cannot take us to heaven. Jesus taught that fasting should be private and sincere, not a public display to gain human praise.

Isaiah 58 speaks about fasting, an important part of the law for the Jews. Isaiah goes on to describe how people would draw attention to their fasting by appearing hungry and sad so that everyone would know they were fasting. But in verses 6–7, the Lord says,

“No, this is the kind of fasting I want: Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people. Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help.” (NLT)

I invite you to join me in a spiritual fasting that is pleasing to the Lord.

May God bless you,
Pastor Luis

Missions team home visit

Missions team members