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.