Pastors Conference Day 1 - Starts coming together

Evening "Koinonia"

Out of all of the opportunities we have to see God change the lives of pastors here is during the evening when we gather for a time of singing, sharing, laughing and praying for one another.  It's in the evening when we get to hear people's stories, their burdens and their vision for what God is doing in Mexico.  On Monday, the first night of the conference we ask people who are here for the first time to share their names, where they are from and what they are expecting to receive.  Sometimes pastors share what you would expect them to share - difficult times, church needs, etc, but sometimes you hear words that aren't so typical.  Pastor Juan started by sharing his name, and church and then he said, 

"This is something different.  We have heard about these conferences for some time, but in October we couldn't come because of the hurricane.  This is a great blessing for us to be here with you because we feel here the family of God coming together.  It's special to see people who have on their faces a care for you.  We can see now why God has blessed this ministry to lift us up.  We are looking forward to hearing what God has for us this week."


Isn't that fun?  One of our goals with GCP is to unite pastors together so that Jesus' prayer in John 17 would become a reality.  When we hear pastors talk about working together, we can start to see some of the fruit of what we invested here.  Exciting stuff!

Pastor Juan and his wife introducing themselves.