Kevin and Sylvia Rosendahl Missionaries to Mexico

Dear Friends,
We pray God’s blessings over your life this new year! One of
the most challenging Scriptures in the Bible for me, and perhaps
for you as well, is the passage of Scripture where Paul tells us to,
“Rejoice always” (1 Thess. 5:16). He also tells us, “To give thanks
in all things” (1 Thess. 5:18). With all the chaos and all the
difficulties that each of us has gone through in our lives, in our
families and in our jobs the last two years; how can God ask us
to thank Him for these things? These are thoughts that all of us
must deal with as we go through life following our Lord and
Savior. Many times, we do not understand what God is up to in
our lives by allowing such difficult circumstances. However,
what I have learned from the Lord through times like these is to
trust His sovereignty and to trust His goodness. God’s Word tells
us that, “a sparrow does not die without God knowing
it” (Matthew 12:7). It also tells us that God, “has every hair on
our head numbered” (Matthew 12:7). The Bible also tells us that
God, “holds all of our tears in a bottle” (Psalms 56:8). If God
know all these small details of our lives, how much more He
sees and understands what we are going through when we pass
through difficult times. Our God is a good Father (Romans 8:15)
who has promised us that He “will work all things for our good”
in our lives (Romans 8:28) no matter what the circumstances are
that we may be passing through.

As you read in the last newsletter GCOMs Christmas
outreaches went well in December in Acuna, Mexico but
unfortunately, I left Mexico with a tickle in my throat and in
several days, we were all sick with bronchitis. After more than a
month of battling bronchitis, we are finally all coming out of it.
Joshua and I have been working on year end donation receipts
through this challenging time and you will soon be receiving
these in the mail. Sorry if they are a little bit later than usual!

In mid-December, Four Winds Trucking from North Dakota,
picked up a semi-trailer full of ministry supplies from Canby, MN
and Omaha, NE to bring to Laredo, TX. From there a forwarding
agent friend, Alejandro, crossed all the Gospel tracts, booklets
and Books of John into Mexico for distribution. Other ministry
supplies that we will soon cross into Mexico are used steel and
used wood for church construction, blankets, clothes, windows
and doors for churches, a car for a needy pastor, blessing bags,
chairs and many other miscellaneous items. These 16 pallets of
literature have gone to Belize, Guatemala, Mexico and to Dallas,
Texas for distribution. We may distribute some of it in Austin, Tx
as well. To get the literature to Guatemala people put the
literature in bags and a pastor crossed the bags of literature by a
wooden raft over a large river into Guatemala for distribution.

We have been helping a church in Ensenada, Mexico to put a
roof on its church. The Omicron virus has affected the completion
of the Yaqui Church near Obregon, Mexico, and other projects we
have in central Mexico. We received a call from a close pastor
friend from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico warning me of the dangers of
returning to Mexico as virtually everyone was sick. The hospitals
are full and unable to take new patients for days. There are many
restrictions throughout the city and churches and outreaches
could only have ten people in attendance and any meetings had
to be outside. Please pray for protection over the people of
Mexico and that I will be able to minister in Mexico again soon
personally. Meanwhile, we work through our contacts in Mexico
to spread the Gospel in areas where there are no restrictions.
This is the advantage of this opportunity to spread literature
throughout Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. The restrictions of
the various countries do not affect the ability of churches and individuals to spread God’s Word. The distributors go out in many small groups all over the city or town with God’s
Word and so God’s Word is spread without restriction.

Also, while I am unable to go into Mexico, I will be working on
the book that God has put in my heart to write telling about
God’s protection for us and working through us in Mexico. We
hope to be able to get everything set up to set up our GCOM
Child Sponsorship Program.
Thanks for all that you do to help GCOM to impact souls for
Christ throughout Texas, Mexico, and Latin America. We treasure
your faithful prayer and financial support, and donation of
ministry supplies for Mexico. You and your family are always in
our prayers! We so treasure your partnership with GCOM!

In Christ’s Love,
Rev. Kevin, Sylvia and Joshua Rosendahl