The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. It is time to provide for the great harvest in Mexico. Once churches are planted, this needy area will be provided for on a continual basis. Here is what happens when churches are planted.

-  The gospel is consistently preached.

-  The poor and needy are helped.

-  Orphans and widows receive ongoing care.

-  Prisoners are visited.

-  Youth are transformed.

-  Addicts are rehabilitated.

-  Families are restored.

-  In other words Jesus meets the needs of the world through His church.

A church insures an ongoing return on your heavenly investment.

At La Fuente Ministries we value..

…the Church because it is the expression of Jesus Christ on earth. (Ephesians 1:22-23)

…a commitment to fulfilling the Great Commission. (Matt. 28: 18-20)

…giving priority to reaching the present generation with a strong emphasis on children and youth ministries. (John 4:35)

…a lifestyle of giving to God’s work and His people. (Luke 6:38)

…ministering with a spirit of excellence, innovation and creativity. (I Corinthians 10:31)

…the unity of the Body of Christ expressed through ministering as a team and working for the common good of each member. (I Corinthians 12:20)

Now on every Tuesday afternoon and most Saturdays we are sharing the Gospel and feeding the needy in several key locations throughout our area.

EMILIANO ZAPATA:

Emiliano Zapata is our mission in the Punta de Mita area.  We now own property there and we soon want to put up an awning to cover the people before the summer rains….

Brother Saul teaching the Scriptures to Adults in Emiliano Zapata.

SAN VICENTE “LA MISION”:

We are actually working in two separate locations in the San Vicente area.  In the place pictured below 10,000 new low cost housing units are being built.  We are the first church in an area that will soon have 40 to 50 thousand people living there.

Children that attend our Bible Club in one of our two location in San Vicente

Another satisfied “customer”

SAN IGNACIO:

San Ignacio is our newest mission located near the tourist area of Sayulita.  Many of the low income workers live in the town of San Ignacio.  Over 60 children and 20 adults have attended our Bible classes and breakfasts.  There is no evangelical church in San Ignacio.

Our Newest Mission in San Ignacio

BUCERIAS:

This is our “Mother Church” in the area where we do both English and Spanish services.  We also have free English classes, Jr. High and Youth groups, our work for Food program, breakfasts for the needy along with other outreach activities:

Some Canadian and American members at our annual Valentine’s banquet.

AREAS OF GREATEST NEED:

We need vehicles! We are looking for a 15 passenger van that can be imported to Mexico.  We could also use a couple of pickup trucks for the many missions that need food and supplies transported to them on a bi weekly basis.

Construction: Construction of our Sunday School rooms and Kitchen are now practically completed.  However, we still need funds for our main church building that will seat about 300 people and some much needed office space.  Also, if a missionary builder would like to come down for a few months or more we are in need of an overseer in this area.   $50.00 USD purchases one square foot of our building.

General Fund: Paying workers, utilities, maintenance, Sunday School materials, etc. is always needed.  Although many Canadian and American people who attend our services go back to their native lands in the spring and summer months, we continue to minister to the hundreds of people that go to our missions and outreaches.

Thank you for being a part of sharing the Good News in this part of Mexico.

Blessings in Christ,

Keith, Maya, Misha and A.J.

Dear Friends,

What a blessing to serve the Lord in different activities in this area. We want to share some of the wonderful and refreshing testimonies from last weekend.

We went to serve breakfast at Emiliano Zapata (aka Punta de Mita) with our Jr. High team lead by Abel and Daniela Hernandez.  After setting up everything at a basketball court just a few kids and moms, showed up… Not that many and we wondered why?? Soon we realized that the government from the state of Nayarit was setting up a big free medical clinic, right next to us at the adjacent property.  So we quickly decided to bring breakfasts for each doctor and other people helping there. After that we asked the head Doctor if it would be possible to take our breakfast program along with our kids program to their clinic. Well, they said yes.. Praise God! … also, many thanks to the Cronk family, Vicky, Mike and Vicky and others for their flexibility.. we moved everything to the mobile clinic sight. Many more people were given New Testaments and Bibles, while they were waiting for the doctors along with a free breakfast. Also, a lot more children received the Bible lesson and craft. There is now a possibility that this same team of people from the government will join us for our outreach clinic on May 21 22, when the Circle of Concern team will be here. Several people were asking where we meet in Emiliano Zapata, so pray that we can start a small group there soon.

From kilo x kilo program

During that same morning Freddy and another team were working at our “work for food” program cleaning the Bucerias beach… Freddy shared some wonderful tesitmonies: a drunk person, when he saw a group of people cleaning went up to Freddy and gave him a 100 pesos to help feed the people there.
A guy passing by with a delivery truck with bread, (he had met Freddy before and told him that he doesn’t like pastors or churches) stopped the truck and gave Freddy many loaves of bread to give to the crowd while they were cleaning the area……

Pancake Power! (youth group)

This next month our youth group will be going out on the streets of Bucerias to share with other youth about the love of God using their testimonies as living proof of God´s power. While we do that we’ll be serving them pancakes!
Last Friday they went to one of the most visited plazas were lots of kids and youth spend their evenings out. We were praying for divine appointments, someone hungry to hear the good news and we got one. Freddy and I saw this young lady Aymar and started talking to her and sharing about God´s love. She opened up and it was like a hurt and dry heart receiving God’s living water! She ended up receiving Christ!
Our youth group is really fired up to continue to spread what God has done in their lives and they are looking forward for next Friday for more divine appointments to come!!

“Let your light shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify you Father in heaven”

Keep us in your prayers, while we continue doing this labor of love.

Many blessings to all of you,

La Fuente Riviera

Construction will begin on Phase One in January and the day we leave( MAY 17) from our next mission trip there the “KIDS AROUND THE WORLD “ ministry will bring 30 people from Florida and they build a large playground on the front of our property. For those that have prayed with us and helped us financially thank you from COC and La Fuente.

Any help you can give us with this church plant is greatly appreciated.

Happy 2010 to you all,

Pastor George and Betty Wakeling

I wanted to keep you all up to date on what God is doing here in Bucerias, Mexico. I know that for many of us these are “tough times”. Some of you that are receiving this have been unemployed or have been struggling this last year. Can you imagine being unemployed but with no unemployment insurance? Could you imagine being a Senior citizen with no Social Security check or retirement fund, with limited medical aid? This is the present situation in Mexico.

As a church we feel compelled to help those in need. We decided that those who have been receiving assistance through the food program should have the opportunity to return something back into the community. So we did a “work for food” day last Saturday with over 120 volunteers participating to do some cleanup in the community and share God’s love in a practical way.

I always wanted to see this area cleaned up and the welcome sign repainted. Here’s a before and after shot.

Bucerias Sign Before Painting

Bucerias Sign After Painting!

- A dump truck was filled with trash picked up by 5 different work teams:

- Youth with a Mission from Salem, Oregon was one of the teams that cleaned up the beaches with Misha and A.J.
- 250 sandwiches made by our Mexican, Canadian and American volunteers

Joyfully making and serving 250 sandwiches!

50 brooms, 15 machetes, 100 yellow T-shirts, a dump truck, 20 paint brushes, 15 gallons of paint, 250 sandwiches, 100 bags of free groceries and a total of 120 people working, sharing and giving.

A great way to share God’s love for everyone!

We appreciate your prayers, work and support to this ministry. Thank you for partnering with us in sharing Christ.

Blessings and Thanks,

Keith, Maya, Misha and A.J.

Maya Durkin praying with the women.

We’re continuing to do the free breakfast and food giveaway. Due to high demand and logistics during the month of August we decided to do this aspect of mercy ministry every other week. Today the people were lined up at 7:00 am this morning waiting for their ticket for a bag of groceries. Over 130 food packages were given to needy families today!

Dr. Norma gave a stirring testimony and we had a ministry time for the people that came. Many prayed to receive Christ and many others were praying for physical healing. Many of these needy people have begun to come to our church.

Maya led women to receive Christ and prayed for healing for many.

Freddy and Michelle, Biff and Sarah, Abel and Daniela, and Nacho and Mizuco staffed our first camp for adolescents this month. My kids said, “That was the BEST camp they had ever been too.” I was really surprised because they’ve been to many camps. Our volunteer staff is doing an INCREDIBLE job.

Thank you for partnering with us.

Blessings,
Pastor Keith

In January 2008, after 14 years of serving as with La Fuente Ministries in Tepic, Keith and Maya Durkin, our friends and partners felt God’s leading to start a church plant in Bucerias, Mexico right in Nayarit’s booming coastal region. They held their first Sunday Service in their rental home 2 days after they moved in. There were seven of them. One year later they now are doing two Sunday services on our church property with about 80 people attending.

Pastor’s Keith and Maya Durkin have been ministering in Mexico for over 20 years. They have two children, Misha who is part of the worship ministry and Abraham James (A.J.) who helps with teaching Sunday School to preschoolers. The Durkin’s passion is to see people transformed by the Good News of Jesus. Through La Fuente Riveria they are providing weekly Bible Studies, holding 2 Sunday Services, one Spanish, and one in English for the large English speaking population living in the area. The Durkin’s rely on missionary support. We are praying for more helpers and staff to assist them in this wonderful work. Internships are available. If you are interested, contact us.