This is the “God-did-it-again” story of Scary (pronounced Scotty) and Diana. Scary is originally from Mazatlán, Mexico. As is the case with many young men in Mexico, Scary was deeply involved in gang activity for many years. When Scary turned to the Lord, though, he started serving God as wholeheartedly as he had lived his previous way of life. He has been active in church for years now.

Around one year ago the Lord did something life changing for Scary and Diana…

Scary was working as a waiter at one of the nicer local resorts. He had a desire to be in full-time Christian work, but as is often the case in Mexico, he needed to work full time, as well as work with Pastor Carlos Maciel and the Cristo es el Camino churches. One day he shared a word of witness to a gentleman as he waited on the man’s table. The tourist to Los Cabos, Leonard Pearson, picked up on the word and started a conversation with Scary about his relationship with the Lord. From that moment on, a friendship of Christian love developed. After hearing Scary rave about his pastor, Leonard wanted to meet Pastor Carlos. Leonard visited Pastor Carlos at his church and continued to be impressed with the Godly character and ministries of the two men.

The end to this marvelous story began with Leonard questioning Pastor Carlos as to what would help him the most with his many ministries. Pastor Carlos’ answer was to have the salary for a full-time assistant pastor−the choice for this man being Scary. Shortly after that visit, Leonard arranged with Pastor Carlos to pay Scary a monthly salary sufficient to comfortably support him and Diana, in addition to blessing Pastor Carlos’ ministries.

All of this led up to a recent, wonderful reunion with Leonard and Marcie Pearson of Washington State. Since Richard and I were also highly talked about (and have become the English speaking connection for phone conversations), we were also honored to join in on the festivities.

God continues to be amazing! Scary was faithful to be a discreet witness on the job, and Leonard was impressed. For several months already, Scary no longer has had to be bi-vocational, and God has fulfilled the desire of his heart. Pastor Carlos has the help he desperately needs, and Richard and I get to glory in another amazing testimony of God at work in the Los Cabos area!

We were recently blessed to have Rick and Nancy Cramblet back in Los Cabos. The company Rick works for, Aerovision in Norton Shores, MI, donated the bulk of the funds for the Tierra y Libertad Church building project. We also had the pleasure during this visit of meeting their friends, Dave and Vonda Biona, for the first time. Dave and Vonda live in Kalamazoo, MI, only a couple hours away from our home base in Muskegon, MI. The Bionas have an amazing heart for missions and have been on many short-term mission trips. They are also very active in their local church, which has a huge heart for spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ around the world.

Rick’s visit did have an official slant, as he took several photos of the project to share with Aerovision’s benevolent committee upon his arrival back in Michigan. Many of the materials used in the church project were salvaged from our house that was destroyed by Hurricane Odile in September of 2014. Rick blessed our hearts while standing in what, according to North American standards, would be a very humble structure, by proudly exclaiming, “Look what $10,000 and a hurricane can build.” Rick is always very quick witted!  

We send another big thank-you to Rick and Nancy Cramblet and Aerovision of Norton Shores, MI!