Dios Te Bendiga!
Greetings my family and friends. I hope and pray that you and your family are well.
If you are like me, you probably won’t believe it when I say that a whole year has passed since I left Norman! We have an amazing, caring and wonderful eternal God and father. I do not deserve this wonderful experience.
I want to take a moment to look back over the past year. Since I have a faithful missions team (If you are reading this, you are a part of that team), we have been through so much together. Last summer, hundreds came to Christ. Last fall we made it through a hurricane, and were able to share the love of God with hundreds of people who lost their homes and jobs. We successfully made it to Guatemala twice in the past eight months. Both times ministering to people all across Mexico and Guatemala. Thousands of children were shown the love of our saviour through the shoebox and backpack programs. In the past few weeks we have already seen over 200 people come to Christ.
What is amazing is that I am helpless. I know that this is hard to believe, but I am far from perfect. “Wait a minute Eric, you are a missionary, you better be perfect”. That is a lie that people often believe. If all of God’s children waited around until they were perfected, no one would know about the love of Christ. God chose the broken, He chose you and me. No matter where you are, no matter what you have done, He loves you for who you are. He uses the broken and imperfect to do the impossible.
All of that to say thank you. We are all a part of the same mission. Without your prayers and financial support I would not be here, and hundreds of people would have missed out on hearing the Gospel.
I want to share a recent example of the power of prayer. On the second night that Wildwood’s youth was here we went on a trip. We did a program that night out in the town center. It was supposed to rain every night that week. Everything proceeded as planned, we did drama’s, puppets and clowns. As the movie was playing, thick clouds began to form. At the first sign of rain most people will quickly run home. So Zac Malthaner and I began to pray. (Later I found out that the whole group was praying with us) As we prayed it briefly sprinkled, then it completely stopped. God answered our prayers! We looked up at the sky and saw on of the most amazing things that I have seen. Straight above us was a hole in the clouds. For as far as you could see all around us were thick clouds and rain. When you looked straight up, all that could be seen was clear sky and stars. Please don’t ever forget the power of prayer. God is listening, and He cares for you.
If you remember when I began this adventure, I asked for your support for one year. Well that year is up, and I thank you for everything. I cannot say thank you enough. You might be wondering what will happen now that my year is up. If God allows, I will continue working full time with Mexico Missions inc. The needs here are endless. I will continue on as the School of Missions director and as the Group Coordinator. Since I am now a part of the staff, I no longer have to pay rent. That is a huge blessing. But I still have bills and have to buy several plane tickets every year. God has supplied every penny that I have needed over the past year, and I know that he will continue to do so. I feel that everything up to this point in my life has been preparation for this job. My life’s calling is to ministry and for at least the next year Mexico Missions is that ministry.
I hope and pray that you will continue to join me in prayer and financial support. I simply won’t make it without you all. I look forward to see what God has in store for our ministry in the future.
My dear friends and family I don’t think that you will ever know how much you all mean to me. I thank you for keeping an interest in my life. I thank you for your prayers. It is only by the amazing grace of our God that I am able to be here. Please know that with every prayer, you are investing heavily into the eternal kingdom of God.
God bless,
Eric-Robinson
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