Our Bilingual Church

Calvary Chapel Rosarito/Capilla Calvario Rosarito

This is the name of the bilingual church that we attend here in Mexico.  We are so blessed to be able to attend this church.  We loved that the gospel is presented every Sunday, at three morning services, and at every Wednesday night service as well.  It is amazing to see the number of hearts given to Christ on a regular basis.  There were 17 public professions of faith through baptism last month alone. 

We also attended two other beach baptisms this summer, where many others were baptized - including our son, William, in June.  (Which was, by the way, the only beach baptism I've every attended without my camera! :(  Luckily a friend took some photos for us.)

Ron and I have both volunteered for tech ministry.  Ron, of course, is running the sound board, and I am helping out with video.  I was also very excited to join the worship team last month at Calvary.  I've always loved to sing in worship, but that seems to be amplified even more when singing in Spanish.  (All songs are sung in both English and Spanish.)  I still have a lot to learn in terms of speaking Spanish, but with practice and memorization, I find the singing a lot easier than the speaking.  The children love to attend children's church every week, and they enjoy their Sunday school classes as well.  They both have amazing teachers.  Their classes are mostly or all in Spanish, but they have both been blessed with teachers that speak English.  There are at least three or more kids in each of their classes that speak English as well.  They both have missionary kids in their classes, as well as some of the children from YUGO's Grace Children's Home, where all the children are taught English as a second language.

I was very encouraged when I read our pastor's blog a couple days ago.  I read their September update, but realized I hadn't checked out their August update yet.  Wow, am I glad that I did!  I learned a lot about the intern program at the church that I wasn't aware of.  We have had the priveledge of getting to know one of the interns, Sergio, pretty well.  We met him last year and he has shared his testimony with us.  But in this recent update, there were more details about the background of a few of the other interns at Calvary.  God is really using this internship program in amazing ways.  It is a two year program, which includes attending the Bible college at the church.  If you have a few minutes, please click and read the August update from Pastor Mike.