Canote E-Notes 04/17/15

Acuña Update - 12/31/14

God's Providence

For starters, we must report that our Special Project prayer request was met 100% following our last update. God inspired His people through His Holy Spirit to meet our need.  Praise God for His Providence!  He goes above and beyond our expectations every time and absolutely well beyond what we might ever deserve.  He is so good to us!  

This is an excellent life application for our ministry theme this year.  We chose to give it to God in prayer and trust Him in His perfect timing and to simply #PressOn in faith.  

To be fair, in the last 48 hours before leaving for a 2,500 mile round-trip like this, one doesn't have time to worry about such things.  This is how it works!  God had a plan so we didn't need a plan other than to #PressOn.  Hallelujah!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We are serving this week as hosts for our Evident Ministries New Years Team Ministry Outreach here in Acuña, Mexico.  We are getting our socks blessed off, as usual, as God is working in and through us and our ministry teams this week!

It has been very cold and wet but we are choosing to #PressOn!  We hoped for sunshine and rainbows but we are trusting God who DOES know best. We are leaning in to God for courage and physical stamina and for making a ruckus in Jesus name!

Please pray for our ministry teams. This work is physically and spiritually demanding. But, also please pray for those who will be impacted by God's ministry through us this week.

Blessings to you!

Thanks for holding the rope!

We're Back! - 01/06/14

We're Back!

We're back from a week of Team Ministry in Acuña, Mexico, have unloaded, and even unpacked!  It was another 2,500 mile round trip and we are "no worse for the wear."  In fact, just the opposite!  God was so good to us and our ministry teams.  He showed up BIG, blessed our socks off AND revealed more of Himself in the process.  God used us make a ruckus in Jesus name and big impact for the Kingdom.  

As usual, we hit the ground running at home - back at it.  Winter, Basketball, school, basketball, winter, groceries...basketball.

God is so GOOD!

We were there to share the Good News of Jesus.  And that we did do.  However, while there, God used our ministry theme this year, #PressOn with inspiration from Phil. 3:14 to school us on a few things and further reveal Himself to us in a mighty way.

We had a plan of our own which came with warm, dry, and sunny weather for our week of Team Ministry.  However, God had a much better plan.  His plan included an opportunity to strengthen our faith and a lesson in appreciation of God's BIG PICTURE view.  We chose to #PressOn starting the week with dark, very cold, and wet weather and an interpreter shortage.  Of course, we endured and survived through God's strength.  We were reminded we do not need to control everything and we do not need to know every detail of God's plan, just that He IS in control.

Throughout, God used this week to make a huge impact on the Mexican people we were there to minister to.  Imagine what the people of those neighborhoods thought when all these people are willing to spend hours each day, in the cold, just to share Jesus!  

There are so many stories of God's goodness from this one week.  Amy Kingery was introduced to baby Amy.  This last July, Amy's ministry team did not come with intentions to conduct Women's Ministry.  However, God had other plans and sent several women to their ministry site so they did an impromptu Women's Ministry.  One of the ladies who came, has since joined the church and had a baby.  She was so touched by how Amy and her team helped her to a saving knowledge of Jesus that she named her baby Amy!  Wowzers!  

Our primary object is to reach the lost with a message of HOPE in Jesus.  He is our story and we love telling our story! God used us to do just that. Pastor David reported receiving a new families in church on Sunday, and several new youth and children.  Praise the Lord!

This is a day of Good News!

This is a day of Good News and we would love to come share about how God is working in and through us here at home and beyond.  

Do you have connections? Please let us know if you know of a church, group, event, etc. where we can make some music, preach the Good News, or just share about Mexico.

In other news....

Extra!  Extra!  

Read all about it!  

The Canote family made Pathway!

MBC Pathway Article - Dec. 2, 2014 edition, page 9  

Canote E-Notes 12/24/14

"I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."

Philippians 3:14 NIV

ON THE ROAD AGAIN!

All of the last minute details and logistics for our next big trip are coming together.  We leave Christmas Day for another week of hosting Team Ministry Evangelism in Acuña, Mexico and are nearly overwhelmed with excitement!

As one might expect, there are a million details which must fall into place just right for something like this.  However, our HOPE is in Jesus!  We choose to #PressOn, trusting in our Creator to take care of business!

We have had and will continue to expect the usual "fiery darts" tossed our way and will continue to trust God. 

PRAYER REQUEST:

SPECIAL PROJECT

We did have an extra big hurdle plop in our laps yesterday.  Please pray with us for God's Providence and an opportunity to partner with us for a Special Project.  We had hoped to squeeze out another Mexico trip and possibly a few more months from the tires on our 15-passenger van.  Unfortunately, that plan didn't work out.  We had to put $750 into new tires yesterday!

This is no hill for climbers...and be assured, we are climbers.  If you feel God leading you to partner with us on this Special Project opportunity, please trust His leading. We will #PressOn and trust God either way to meet our needs.

God bless you & Merry Christmas!

Thank you for your prayers and support!

Canote E-Notes 12/16/14

It is time once again for us to pack up that cargo trailer with luggage and supplies and to load up the Casa Canote Express and head south!  

We know there are a bunch of folks in Acuña, Mexico right now who need to know about the Savior, Jesus Christ!  Praise God He is still in the business of miracles and of rescuing folks from the darkness of this lost world!

We know there is another bunch of folks, some from Michigan and some from Missouri, 64 of them to be exact, who have planned, prepared, and sacrificed to come along side us and join us on the mission field.  We are so excited for this opportunity they have to strengthen their faith by simply telling the story of how Jesus has impacted their lives.


Adding in the 15 members of our staff host team makes 79 of us total for another week of Team Ministry Evangelism in Mexico.  We will be there to support and help meet the needs of the local church.  God designed and orchestrated our strategic alliance and partnership with Pastor David Huerta, his family, and the ministry of the Aviva-Kairos Church to help us do just that.

Please keep us in your prayers!  We are counting on it.

Prayer Points

• Host Team (the Canote family)
• Travel, logistics, health, vehicle stamina, etc.
• Ministry Teams
• Cornerstone United Methodist Church - Caledonia, Michigan
• Unity Baptist Church - Fayette, Missouri
• Aviva-Kairos Church
• and most importantly those who will be ministered to during our week in Acuña.

Merry Christmas!

Stay Tuned for Updates

Canote E-Notes 10/28/14

Romans 8:28 - "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."

God is amazing!

God works things together for good because He is better than good... He is amazing!  As always, we sure hope this update finds you getting your socks blessed off.  That is certainly what's happening on our end.  We are proud to say, we do love Him and have been called according to HIS purpose.

In fact, God is doing so much in and through us in ministry right now, there's just too much to report in one update!  We'll stick to the highlights this week and send a follow-up soon.

Upcoming Calender Items

• Nov. 9 - Chris will be preaching for the morning worship service at our new home church, Perche Baptist Church.
• Nov. 15-16 - We are over the top excited to have Pastor David Huerta from Acuña, Mexico right here at home for a whirlwind central Missouri speaking tour!  More info here
• Nov. 22 - 1st Annual Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk fundraiser - Bicentennial Park, Centralia, MO.  More info here
• Nov. 25 - 5--8PM - Culver's Night - Culver's Restaurant in Columbia, MO will donate 10% of all proceeds for the evening to support Evident Ministries!  More info here

Special Announcement!

Our 2015 Ministry Theme

#PressOn - "Life is hard but God is good so press on!"

Phil. 3:14 "I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."

Theme Song:  Building 429's "Press On"

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We are more excited than ever about how God is confirming our call and leading us to greater challenges every day.  That requires surrender and faith on our part.  It also requires some help.  We need additional prayer and financial support to continue in this ministry. 

Please pray about how God would have you respond to this need. 

Acuña, Mexico - Team Ministry Update 07/24/14

Casa Sweet Casa!

Woo hoo!  Our very first Mexico Team Ministry Outreach under our new ministry, Evident Ministries, Inc. is in the books!  And boy oh boy did we ever have an another amazing and wild adventure for Jesus!   

2,576 miles and 88+ salvation decisions later...it's good to be home!  Add that to an unknown number of seeds planted for a future harvest.  Halleluja and glory to God!  People need Jesus.  Praise God for allowing us share the Good News that folks might have an opportunity to hear the TRUTH and give their lives to Him!

We also know each of us on the staff host team (Team Canote) along with our two ministry teams (Team Dallas, TX & Team Fayette, MO) experienced something incredible together.  We left that place forever changed leaving a piece of our hearts there on the dusty roads of Acuña, Mexico.

This ministry allows us to provide the training resources, tools, and opportunity for people of all ages to share not only their faith but also, and more importantly, the HOPE which is in Jesus!  For many, an opportunity like this "puts legs on their faith" like no other experience can do.  Some of those on our ministry teams who personally led individuals to Jesus, did so for the very first time.

Our week was as hot as any we have ever had in Mexico.  Life is hard, but God is good!  As always, He kept His promise to meet all of our needs and never left our side!  We saw the usual fiery darts tossed our way, all of which were easily overcome.  If God is with us, who can possibly come against us?

Evident Ministries has unofficially partnered with Pastor David Huerta and the Aviva Kairos Church (Iglesia Cristiana Aviva-Kairos) to reach the people of Acuña with the message of Christ.  Pastor David, along with his wife and family, has recently launched a new ministry church plant in the Francisco Imadero Colonia of Acuña.  This was the ministry site for Team Fayette.  The Team Dallas site was a new neighborhood ministry center for Pastor David's church located in the nearby Santa Teresa Colonia of Acuña.

God is using Pastor David, his family, and now his new church plant to reach families by ministering to the children and youth of Acuña through VBS programs, church camps, youth ministry, a school supply ministry, etc.  This makes his ministry a perfect fit for us!  God is good!

As usual, we have hit the ground running and are already making plans for our next Acuña Team Ministry Outreach in December/January.  Maybe you would like to join us?

We are so very thankful for those who "hold the rope at home" on our behalf as we venture out into the darkness.  Know that your are treasured and very much appreciated!  We thank and praise God for our faithful ministry support team!

Mr. Chewy Canote, our Video Production Director created another fantastic summary of our trip, now available to view on YouTube:  

Click here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxRAHSAXEeU

Team Fayette, MO

Team Dallas, TX

Pastors David Huerta & Chris Canote

Bath time for Carter Carey!

Caballero Señor Trini giving rides

Sports Ministry

Prayer Partners Natalie & Andrew