{"id":3485,"date":"2022-02-03T13:46:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T18:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/?p=3485"},"modified":"2022-02-03T13:47:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T18:47:04","slug":"kevin-and-sylvia-rosendahl-missionaries-to-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/?p=3485","title":{"rendered":"Kevin and Sylvia Rosendahl  Missionaries to Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends,<br \/>We pray God\u2019s blessings over your life this new year! One of<br \/>the most challenging Scriptures in the Bible for me, and perhaps<br \/>for you as well, is the passage of Scripture where Paul tells us to,<br \/>\u201cRejoice always\u201d (1 Thess. 5:16). He also tells us, \u201cTo give thanks<br \/>in all things\u201d (1 Thess. 5:18). With all the chaos and all the<br \/>difficulties that each of us has gone through in our lives, in our<br \/>families and in our jobs the last two years; how can God ask us<br \/>to thank Him for these things? These are thoughts that all of us<br \/>must deal with as we go through life following our Lord and<br \/>Savior. Many times, we do not understand what God is up to in<br \/>our lives by allowing such difficult circumstances. However,<br \/>what I have learned from the Lord through times like these is to<br \/>trust His sovereignty and to trust His goodness. God\u2019s Word tells<br \/>us that, \u201ca sparrow does not die without God knowing<br \/>it\u201d (Matthew 12:7). It also tells us that God, \u201chas every hair on<br \/>our head numbered\u201d (Matthew 12:7). The Bible also tells us that<br \/>God, \u201cholds all of our tears in a bottle\u201d (Psalms 56:8). If God<br \/>know all these small details of our lives, how much more He<br \/>sees and understands what we are going through when we pass<br \/>through difficult times. Our God is a good Father (Romans 8:15)<br \/>who has promised us that He \u201cwill work all things for our good\u201d<br \/>in our lives (Romans 8:28) no matter what the circumstances are<br \/>that we may be passing through.<\/p>\n<p>As you read in the last newsletter GCOMs Christmas<br \/>outreaches went well in December in Acuna, Mexico but<br \/>unfortunately, I left Mexico with a tickle in my throat and in<br \/>several days, we were all sick with bronchitis. After more than a<br \/>month of battling bronchitis, we are finally all coming out of it.<br \/>Joshua and I have been working on year end donation receipts<br \/>through this challenging time and you will soon be receiving<br \/>these in the mail. Sorry if they are a little bit later than usual!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/truck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"3486\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/?attachment_id=3486\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/truck.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1536,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"truck\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/truck-768x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/truck-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/truck-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/truck-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/truck-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/truck.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The truck from Minnesota brought literature to Laredo, Tx and it was off-loaded<br \/>to use in the Gospel Caravans to reach many people with God\u2019s Word throughout<br \/>the towns and cities of Mexico, Beliz, and Guatemala. What an exciting activity to<br \/>be involved with!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In mid-December, Four Winds Trucking from North Dakota,<br \/>picked up a semi-trailer full of ministry supplies from Canby, MN<br \/>and Omaha, NE to bring to Laredo, TX. From there a forwarding<br \/>agent friend, Alejandro, crossed all the Gospel tracts, booklets<br \/>and Books of John into Mexico for distribution. Other ministry<br \/>supplies that we will soon cross into Mexico are used steel and<br \/>used wood for church construction, blankets, clothes, windows<br \/>and doors for churches, a car for a needy pastor, blessing bags,<br \/>chairs and many other miscellaneous items. These 16 pallets of<br \/>literature have gone to Belize, Guatemala, Mexico and to Dallas,<br \/>Texas for distribution. We may distribute some of it in Austin, Tx<br \/>as well. To get the literature to Guatemala people put the<br \/>literature in bags and a pastor crossed the bags of literature by a<br \/>wooden raft over a large river into Guatemala for distribution.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/guy-on-boat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"260\" data-attachment-id=\"3487\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/?attachment_id=3487\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/guy-on-boat.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"468,260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"guy-on-boat\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/guy-on-boat.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/guy-on-boat.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/guy-on-boat.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/guy-on-boat-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>What a blessing to see the ingenuity of people in spreading the gospel to<br \/>many unreached people. This raft was used to cross the literature from<br \/>Mexico into Guatemala.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We have been helping a church in Ensenada, Mexico to put a<br \/>roof on its church. The Omicron virus has affected the completion<br \/>of the Yaqui Church near Obregon, Mexico, and other projects we<br \/>have in central Mexico. We received a call from a close pastor<br \/>friend from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico warning me of the dangers of<br \/>returning to Mexico as virtually everyone was sick. The hospitals<br \/>are full and unable to take new patients for days. There are many<br \/>restrictions throughout the city and churches and outreaches<br \/>could only have ten people in attendance and any meetings had<br \/>to be outside. Please pray for protection over the people of<br \/>Mexico and that I will be able to minister in Mexico again soon<br \/>personally. Meanwhile, we work through our contacts in Mexico<br \/>to spread the Gospel in areas where there are no restrictions.<br \/>This is the advantage of this opportunity to spread literature<br \/>throughout Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. The restrictions of<br \/>the various countries do not affect the ability of  churches and individuals to spread God\u2019s Word. The distributors go out in many small groups all over the city or town with God\u2019s<br \/>Word and so God\u2019s Word is spread without restriction.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ladies-working.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3488\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/?attachment_id=3488\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ladies-working.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1284,782\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ladies-working\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ladies-working-1024x624.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ladies-working-1024x624.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3488\" width=\"849\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ladies-working-1024x624.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ladies-working-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ladies-working-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ladies-working.jpg 1284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/roof.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" data-attachment-id=\"3489\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/?attachment_id=3489\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/roof.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"roof\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/roof.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/roof.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/roof.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/roof-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tmcimissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/roof-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>GCOM is helping to put the roof on the church in Ensenada. The cost to<br \/>finish the roof is $1000 which we are praying we can do soon. If you desire<br \/>to help, we would be so thankful!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Also, while I am unable to go into Mexico, I will be working on<br \/>the book that God has put in my heart to write telling about<br \/>God\u2019s protection for us and working through us in Mexico. We<br \/>hope to be able to get everything set up to set up our GCOM<br \/>Child Sponsorship Program.<br \/>Thanks for all that you do to help GCOM to impact souls for<br \/>Christ throughout Texas, Mexico, and Latin America. We treasure<br \/>your faithful prayer and financial support, and donation of<br \/>ministry supplies for Mexico. You and your family are always in<br \/>our prayers! We so treasure your partnership with GCOM!<\/p>\n<p>In Christ\u2019s Love,<br \/>Rev. Kevin, Sylvia and Joshua Rosendahl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends,We pray God\u2019s blessings over your life this new year! One ofthe most challenging Scriptures in the Bible for me, and perhapsfor you as well, is the passage of Scripture where Paul tells us to,\u201cRejoice always\u201d (1 Thess. 5:16). He also tells us, \u201cTo give thanksin all things\u201d (1 Thess. 5:18). 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