Yadira Montejo, public high school teacher in Tabasco, Mexico, founded Ama La Vida (Love Life) to prevent teen suicides. In this effort, she has now become an AMO teacher and will be using the biblical principles she’s learned and the Literature component of AMO® Program in her language classes to nurture and heal her student’s hearts.

This week, Yadira and Francelia shared with 100 or so of Yadira’s students in the school auditorium about the transformation God has wrought in each of their lives since their college days together. In teaching that God has a plan for each person, Francelia read Psalm 139. The silence in the room was the Holy Spirit at work in 100 hearts. After the gathering, 18 students responded to meet, individually, for counseling with Francelia. “The sad thing is, many of these youth expressing severe problems and brokenness are from Christian families” said Francelia afterward, pointing out the dual mindedness that plagues the Church today.

Pray for the Church. We have to overcome our dual-mindedness and become single-minded in following Jesus Christ, applying God’s principles to all of life. Pray for the AMO Programs and churches which are teaching new generations to do just that. Please, pray for the training finishing up here in Comalcalco and the practicum coming up just after Easter in Puebla. Pray for our TOT’s as we all continue working out the transformation God requires of us.

Thank you!

Chris

P.S. If your wondering how it happened that we are able to teach in a public school, the director, with Yadira’s help, knows the desperate situation that many youth face and has chosen to do something about it. There’s still limits but God’s Word is being let in.

Francelia sharing her testimony and teaching biblical principles to public high school students.

Mildred Torres and Rubí Hernández newly certified AMO Trainers!

Mérida and the Yucatán now have Rubí Hernández and Mildred Torres as newly certified AMO® Trainers to help families and congregations. The AMO Program training is not just about learning how to use a curriculum but, also about breaking down non-biblical, non-Christian ideas about education, art, reasoning, imagination, stewardship, self-government, and much more. Rubí and  Mildred have worked hard preparing themselves for this important work and we congratulate them!

Pastor Aldo Chalé, Rubí’s husband,(see photo), also completed the course and plays an important role leading the Church in practicing wholistic biblical Christian education in homes, churches and schools. Aldo and Pastor Amos Cahuich head up San Pablo Presbyterian Seminary of Mérida as Academic Dean and President, respectively. They both help share the vision of biblical Christian worldview and AMO Program.

Please, hold all of them in your prayers. We are blessed by them and look forward to continuing our walk together.

Also, please pray for the third and final group to be certified as AMO Trainers the first week of April. Pray for Liliana, Judith, Susie, Betzabé, and Pablo as they prepare for their practicum. Pray also for Francelia and Chris and the new AMO Trainers here in Tabasco as we finish training in Comalcalco, Tabasco, next week and then on to Puebla to function as evaluators of the final practicum mentioned above.

We plan to be in Texas later in April and welcome opportunities to visit churches and leaders, anywhere, who would like to learn more and get involved in transforming their communities.

Thank you, for your prayers!…Chris and Francelia

Pastor Aldo Chalé commissioning new AMO Trainers, Mildred Torres and Rubí Hernández, of Mérida, Yucatán (L to R).