An extremely belated update...

Hello Friends,

We're sorry that it has been so long since we have published a blog post. We have been through a lot of twists and turns and changes the past couple of years, but the Lord has been putting it on our hearts that we should be communicating with our friends, family, and loved ones more frequently and diligently. Here's a bit of an update.

Jadon is 3 and a half at this point, and Jimmy is turning 2 the 29th of this month. Even better, we are expecting another! Jimmy and Jadon are awaiting a little brother due mid-September. To be honest, it was a surprise to us at first that the Lord wanted to bless us with three boys up front. More and more, the idea has been growing on us- three little off-shoots of our family. We're praying that the Lord would grab their hearts and that God would give us the grace to model the Christian life, because we definitely can't do it on our own!

The ministry here in Mexico is really advancing- praise the Lord! The big thing right now is the School of Church Planting beginning this year. It's an eight-week course going over practical information for families who feel called to be used to establish a base for the kingdom of God in other places of the world. This year, we have two couples who will be participating- receiving wisdom from experienced pastors and ministers from the area.

We wanted to leave you with this thought- "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."- Galatians 2:20. True life is only made possible through faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Do you know Him? If anyone is ever interested or has any questions for us in this matter, send us an email at brennan@ctcmex.org.

Until next week family,

The Davis Family
Brennan, Angelina, Jadon, Jimmy, and the One on the Way

PS: Please let us know if you would like to be added to our prayer list, our newsletter, or are interested in becoming involved financially in our ministry. God bless!

We're coming for a visit!

“Sing to the Lord a new song, And His praise from the ends of the earth, You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, You coastlands and you inhabitants of them!” Isaiah 42:10

Hola familia,

Sorry that it has been so long! To be honest, its been a rough time trying to get this blog out! The ministry has been through some big changes. Thank you so much for being patient with us. You are such an important part of the work God is doing here! Please enjoy these pictures of James and Charmaine's going away party.

Since our last blog:
 

-Paul and Veronica arrived in Mexico and have been with us now for about a month. They are such a blessing. God is so faithful in His perfect timing, because He brought them at a time where we sure needed extra hands! We’re so excited to have them here with us.
-James and Charmaine had their last day with us this past Monday. We are going to miss them so much! Please keep them in your prayers, as they move to Atlanta
-Our pastor and our missions director from our home church came for a visit to see how the transition was going. It was such a blessing and encouragement to see them, and most of the CTC team even got to eat eye-ball tacos with them!
-The Ninos del Rey program has miraculously grown overnight, we now have over 30 kids regularly attending!   
-We’ve had back-to-back amazing teams stay with us, there were a lot of really awesome outreaches and divine appointments.
   

One of the most beautiful outreaches was to the elderly in the community. A high school team from Calvary Chapel High School served breakfast, gave testimonies, taught a craft, and shared the love of God. The local men and women who attended were visibly affected- one man was moved to tears as the Gospel was preached. 

We’re really looking forward to reaching out again to the elderly next week with a team from CC Redbluff. Please pray that those who attend would be blessed and come to know the Lord.

Another powerful outreach was to the men and women living in the drainage canals by the US border. There are over 10,000 people that live there- from North to South Tijuana. Many have been deported from the US, and most are addicted to various drugs.

The team from CC Santa Fe Springs brought sandwiches to the people and shared the Gospel one on one with the people they met there. There was so much powerful prayer and spiritual warfare- SO MUCH IS NEEDED FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE! Please pray that we would be Spirit-led in how to best minister to them.

 



Some of the most amazing things to see are the personal connections and divine appointments God arranges between the US team members and the local people here. Many teams get the opportunity to come down a few times a year and really build sweet relationships. It’s a blessing to watch how a team member from the US may share their testimony with someone and be so nervous, only to see that the person is so touched. Sometimes the recipient even has a similar story and walks away encouraged in the Lord. We love to talk to the local church after a team leaves and to hear the stories of how someone on the team took the time to pray with them though they had never even seen them before. God is so amazing to demonstrate His love to us in such unique ways.

  
  Little baby Jimmy is coming soon! His due date is June 9th, and he will be born in San Diego. We are so grateful for your best wishes and prayers as we expand into a family of four! Our hope is that you all would be able to come down and meet him as soon as possible.

    
Other than that, we are doing very well, praise the Lord! Jadon is growing by leaps and bounds! His favorite words so far are, “Ay doe” (I go), and he loves to lift his hand the air and shout “bah-bye” whenever we are heading out the door.

Please be praying for:

• Our ministry transition
• Our new companions- Paul and Veronica Morales
• Our children, and the birth process
• A continually strengthened marriage
• For God’s will to be done in our lives
• The people of Tijuana

We love you guys! Let us know what to pray for you.


God bless you all,

The Davis Family
Brennan, Angelina, Jadon, and Jimmy

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you..." 1 Peter 1:3-4

Hi everyone!!

The girls at the Youth Rehab Center with their Christmas cookies.

Hope that you guys all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! We're sorry for the long break without writing. It has been a very fun and busy time for us!

We got to celebrate our first Christmas as a little family here in Mexico (last year we celebrated in Las Vegas so this was our first official Mexican Christmas)! It was so much fun!

Some City of Angels boys enjoying their goody bags!

We started the season off with lots of baking; it was a blessing because CTC was donated enough dough and resources to make over 1,000 cookies to give as gifts to the different ministries we work with! So Charmaine, Angelina and Babs, Charmaine's mother, spent a lot of time in the kitchen and Jadon signed up as the official cookie taste tester It definitely seemed like everyone enjoyed their giant bag of cookies and candy, and we were blessed making(and taste testing) them of course.

It was a blast doing Christmas stuff with all the different ministries here, but I think our favorite thing was teaching Christmas songs to the English class kids! Check out this video to hear their rendition of “Jesus Born on this Day”!

For New Years, we headed to Las Vegas to spend time with our family there, and then shortly after we ventured to Murrietta, California for the Calvary Chapel Missions Conference! It was an amazing time of learning, refreshment, and fellowship. God really spoke to us as a family about trusting Him in each season and seeking to be faithful in His plan for us. It reminds us of the verse Ephesians 2:10: “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”

The family at a local boy's home enjoying the new hats that were donated just for them this winter.

The after school program kids enjoying an awesome Christmas pizza party!

We know that we are getting ready to walk through a new season with a lot of change this year. Our CTC team is going to go through lots of changes especially since James and Charmaine feel the Lord is calling them to move on. By God's providence in just a few weeks CTC will be welcoming two new missionaries from our church in Las Vegas- Paul and Veronica Morales. They are an amazing couple that love the Lord so much. We feel that God is desiring to expand the ministry here more and more and we are excited to see what He has! Please keep James and Charmaine in your prayers as well as Paul and Veronica as they are taking the plunge into international missions.

By the way, we have some news for you all...

 

Woohoo! We found out this last Tuesday that our newest family member is another little boy =)! We are so excited! Thank you so much for praying with us for this healthy pregnancy.

If you can also please keep in prayer with us for this weekend, we have a wonderful ladies team coming from CC Spring Valley. Please pray with us for their safe journey and that God would move through them as they minister and that lives would be blessed and come to know Him.

We love you and can't wait to talk to you soon!

God bless you,

The Davis Family

Brennan, Angelina, Jadon, and the Little Bean

"...being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ..." Philippians 1:6

Hello Everyone!


We hope that you're all doing well, and having fun as you get ready to celebrate these upcoming holidays. There has been so much going on here, and we can hardly believe our little boy is about to turn one this week!
We'd really like to begin to use this blog to present to you individual lives that we get the pleasure of ministering to and with here in Mexico. Having said that, we would like you all to meet some friends of ours:

These are the residents of the City of Angels Home for children. While some of these boys and girls are orphans, most of them come from families that are unable to support them financially. This ministry provides them with food, uniforms, schooling, a warm bed, and a biblical upbringing. All of the children attend church weekly and also have a devotional or prayer meeting every night.
Every Tuesday night we are privileged to be able to lead a Bible study for all of the 40+ City of Angels kids. We sing and dance and praise the Lord together, and then we relax and study the Bible verse by verse.

Last week, we talked about when the Lord appeared to Abraham in a vision in Genesis 15, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward." We discovered that we don't have to be afraid because the Lord is our protection and our prize in life.


We also talked about how Abraham "believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." We discovered that faith in Jesus Christ is the only thing that can wash us and make us white as snow.

Through this study, we have formed some really precious relationships not only with the children, but also with the staff as well. Imagine taking responsibility for over forty kids ages two to twelve 24 hours a day! 
Please be in prayer over these wonderful kids; pray for their health physically, emotionally and spiritually. Pray for the workers and directors of this ministry. Pray that the Lord would give us wisdom as we try to share the Word of God with them.

Also, please come and meet these children. I guarantee that you won't regret it.You will form connections with them that could last their lifetime.We would love to introduce you.

By the way,  we found out a little while ago that Angelina is pregnant again! Woo hoo!  We are so excited. We're hoping that it's a girl so we can have the complete set =),but we definitely don't mind if it's a boy.


Here are some updates on more things that are going on, please keep them in your prayers with us:

• The CTC Wednesday Night Bible Study has moved into the local community with prayerful hopes of becoming Calvary Chapel La Gloria. 
• The Niños del Rey program is growing! Capilla Calvario Sante Fe has begun their own Niños del Rey program three days a week to reach out to nearby kids with a Bible study, meal, and help with their homework.
• The Calvary Training Center now has a Facebook page. Please "Like" us in order to receive latest pictures and updates. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Calvary-Training-Center-La-Gloria/286084484752959

We hope to see you all soon! Enjoy your Thanksgiving! 

Love and God bless you, 

The Davis Family 
Brennan, Angelina, and Jadon 

Hi friends and family,

Some artwork done by the kids at the El Campo Summer Camp

We hope that you had a great end to your summer! If the weather where you live is anything like Mexico, it sure still feels like summer. A lot has happened here this last month that we'd love to update you on.

We're so glad, hot or not, that school is back in and the Ninos del Rey after school program kids are back running around the property! We missed them so much. Thank you for your continued prayers for this program, for God's will to be done in it and that all the children would come to know Him. 

The original church building in Granjas.

One of the most exciting things that has happened this last month, was that new church building for Capilla Calvario Antiochia in Granjas is now completed! Charmaine made a video of the whole building process, please take some time to watch it! Its been such a blessing to see the Lord bless this congregation and its Pastor Gonzalo. You can check out the amazing transformation here: http://www.ccspringvalley.org/granjas. God is so incredible!

Some of the girls at the CIRAD Rehabilitation Center with Angelina

He is also so powerful. Its been amazing to see the power of His word. Thank you for your prayers for the Cirad rehab center studies and the study at the boys' home, we really feel like the Lord is moving in the lives of the youth in both of these places. So far, we have not begun another study with the girls at the Cirad, but please keep them and this possibility in your prayers as many of them are seeking and hungry to truly know God. 

Cheers!

We've been blessed to begin another Bible study through our church here in Mexico, Capilla Calvario Sante Fe, at a local Brother's home. The first night the study took place we rejoice that a young lady who was actually helping with the praise and worship gave her life to God. Talk about a divine appointment :D and we all now have a new Sister in Christ! God is so good.

Thank you for praying with us for wisdom in how to serve at the Hospice here in Tijuana. So far, on Monday mornings Brennan has been helping with the volunteers there- changing patients' diapers, feeding them, and learning about their different health problems. It has been an experience like no other we've had yet here in Mexico. Its a blessing to come alongside the workers and see the way the Holy Spirit works through them in love and service. To be honest, this kind of service is very stretching for us. It's difficult to see the pain and sickness that these people live with everyday, with little hope of more medical treatment or recovery. We know that there is hope for them in God, and we feel like we can see more deeply into God's heart the way that He loves each person there so much, and has sent the workers there to care for them so affectionately in His love. The key to serving there, one of the workers explained to us, is to remember that each of the patients is Jesus. Remember, “‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’ “

 Thursday mornings a local community center invites elderly people to get together and talk.. A few times we've been privileged stop by and share about the Lord. Many of them are in need of serious work done on there houses, especially their roofs, before the rainy season, and need medical care as well. Our hearts break for their needs and we wish we could take care of all of them as our own grandparents. We can pray for them though, as we do know the One that can and does take care of them. They have asked us if possible, to get blankets together for them before the weather starts to get really cold. If you have any blankets that you'd like to donate, please let us know! 

One of Jadon's favorite things to do now that he can crawl is put baby wipes in convenient locations around his room!

Other than that, our baby boy Jadon is almost 10 months old and is officially on the move! He began crawling last week and now loves to get into EVERYTHING! We're having so much fun chasing him around :D and learning how to child-proof! We also got to take him to get his very first haircut this month which was so much fun.

We hope that you will come and visit and see him soon! And us of course!

Thank you for reading our updates and praying with us =) your prayers are invaluable to the ministries here. Please let us know if we can be praying anything specific with you this month.

Before his haircut

And after =)

Love and God bless you,

Brennan, Angelina and Jadon

"Unless the LORD builds the house,They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain." - Psalm 127:1

Jadon could hardly believe his eyes at La Bufadora!

Hi friends and family,

We hope that you're all doing well! It's been a wonderful  few weeks here. In July we had four back to back teams, and they were such a blessing, and kept us very busy(also a blessing =D)! It was fun to get to minister along side them as they put on some really special outreaches for the people here. Take a look at a few pictures below from the teams: 

A ladies team set up an event for the women of Calvary Chapel Granjas at the site of their new church building!

At the ladies tea

Grano de Mostaza Train

Our friend Fonsie came to visit with one of the teams! Jadon loves him.

A group of junior highers with the kids at City of Angels

Our neighbor Conrie taught Charmaine and Angelina how to make Tamales
And then they got to serve them to a team of senior highers!

As things have now slowed down a bit, we have been praying specifically for God to guide us where He would have us seek to reach out more, and we feel like He pointed us to two verses and opened a few new doors. The verses we felt led to are:

James 1:27:^“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.”

and

Matthew 25: 31-40:“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’ “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’ “

One of the doors He has opened is with a hospice here in Tijuana. Will you please pray with us about how He may have us serve there? This hospice serves people on their death bed who have no family or anyone to look after them. Many of them are found lying on the street corner. Along with being fed, bathed, and monitored 24 hours a day, the hospice staff and local ministries make sure to communicate the Gospel to them in any way that they can. The need is great, and many of the patients will surely pass away soon unless funds are provided for surgeries, dialysis, or whatever the need may be. Please continue in prayer for the patients as well as the leadership and staff members.

Yumm, Jadon soup!

Another door has also been opened to us at a local home for boys to do a Bible study with them once a week. There are seven boys ages 13-17 and the head of the home is a fellow Christian brother. Our heart is to come alongside and help him in any way, as his family takes full responsibility for all the boys in the home. The Bible study we've been blessed to begin starts this Friday, our hope is that we might eventually be able to bring dinner each Friday as well. Thank you so much for praying both for the hospice and home for boys.

Annelle, a popular novela star, sharing her testimony with the girls at the CIRAD last month

Jadon hanging out with some of the girls from the CIRAD.

We've mentioned before that its been amazing to see the power of God's word at the CIRAD rehabilitation center studies, especially in the lives of the young girls. We'd really like to go deeper with them in discipleship and are praying about the right opportunity. Currently, the head of the center has given us the ok for Angelina to spend time with the girls after the study, to sit in with them in their AA meeting, and spend some time with them after the meeting as well every week. We're just praying through what this time should look like, perhaps another Bible study? Please pray with us for wisdom in how to proceed. 

We are also prayerfully proceeding with beginning a new English for adults. We've been noticing that some parents like to sit in the youth class and are hoping would enjoy a class as well. Please pray with us as we get the ball rolling August 20^th for the new class. We feel that our youth class has been helpful in building relationships with some people that normally may have been difficult to reach and our prayer is that in the relationships that we're able to make through these classes that the love of Jesus would shine through and that if they don't already have a relationship with Christ that they would come to know Him.

A Ninos del Rey potato sack race earlier this year

Our last but not least prayer request is for the CTC after school program, Ninos del Rey, which is already beginning again in two weeks!! Please lift up with us both the children and the teachers of this program. We are so excited to once again have them all running around the property three times a week, we miss them!

Jadon with his new friend Justo

                                                                   Thank you so much for lifting up these prayer requests with us!

We know that the Lord is so faithful to hear and answer prayer(whether it be a yes, a no, or wait). Lately we've been seeing so many answered prayers, we barely know what to do with ourselves other than look up in awe. Over these last few weeks, we've seen God miraculously provide our family with a personal vehicle, a new refrigerator (and the hands to bring it up our flight of stairs) and a new friend for Jadon(who has a mom who speaks English, one of Angelina's secret prayer requests). We are so blown away by God's grace and love. Who are we that he should be mindful of us? We are so blessed to serve Him. And in His goodness, we get to serve Him alongside brothers and sisters(such an amazing gift). Please email us and let us know what we can be praying with you =) we hope to talk to you soon! 

Typical boys rough-housing around

With Love and God bless,

Brennan, Angelina and Jadon