Pastor Arturo Velasco is the pastor of the Lion of Judah Church in Atizapan, Mexico, as well as the Coordinator of the Central Region Missions for the Mexican Christian and Missionary Alliance.

The Lion of Judah is a missional church and a sending church. The church members are very active and visible in the Atizapan community. Pastor Arturo and Elizabeth have also been instrumental in planting several churches int he mountainous regions outside of Mexico City. One missionary sent out by the Lion of Judah is Dr. Luis Hurtado, who is also a mission partner with Memorial Park.

Please pray for Lion of Judah, that the church will continue to grow in numbers and influence in the community so that Jesus will be glorified near and far. Contact Pastor Arturo and Elizabeth Velasco. 

Diana Garrett (Field Missionary) with Christ For The City International, lives in Tuxpan, Veracruz on the Mexican Gulf Coast. Mirna Sotomayor (Field Missionary) with Mesa Global, lives in Tuxpan, Veracruz on the Mexican Gulf Coast. Diana and Mirna are developing Camp Kikomar, which is a beautiful beachfront property on the Gulf of Mexico. They work with construction, team building, hosting groups, and establishing relationships with local churches and the indigenous people.
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Contact Mirna Sotomayor.

PROSIGUE, formerly Children in Crisis has completed 28 years of service to the most vulnerable children in Mexico City, Mexico. PROSIGUE ministry:

• rescues boys, girls, and adolescents living on the streets and seeks to prevent those at risk from doing so;
• improves living conditions and promotes their integral development at the individual, family, social, and spiritual level within a framework of respect to their rights;
• provides support to encourage a better quality of life for children working on the streets so that they may develop their holistic potential within their community and as human beings. Contact PROSIGUE.

Kyle and Claudia Zimmerman are missionaries serving as support staff at La Mision, a small Presbyterian church in the southern part of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. La Mision is a small church with a big heart, ministering to the poorest of the poor. Kyle is the director of vocational and recycling classes offered in two different community centers in the city's shanty towns. Claudia is assisting and teaching leadership and Bible classes in the developing seminary at La Mision. Together they lead a college and young professionals small discipleship group, and are part of a church-planting team targeting that same population. Contact Kyle and Claudia Zimmerman. 

Lisa grew up at Memorial Park and was sent out as a missionary with a Latin America Mission (now a ministry under United World Mission) in 1983. She has worked with Christian Camping her entire missionary career. Since 95% of camping is done by the local church, Lisa's role is to train church and para-church leaders to serve as counselors, program directors, and bible study curriculum writers.

Over the years, Lisa and a team of Latin Americans have written an extensive curriculum to develop leaders, which is used in 12 countries of Latin America. Each of the 6 courses they have created entails an average of 150 hours of training and has proven to be deeply transformative.

Lisa and her husband, Alfredo, have two children: Valerie and Victor. Contact Dr. Lisa Anderson-Umana. 

Motivated by compassion for “the least of these,” EduNations gives forgotten children tangible reasons to hope. Together we build and operate schools in Sierra Leone, West Africa. In addition to free Christian-based education in this largely Muslim country, EduNations brings clean water, health care and community development to remote and under resourced areas that are very open to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. With 98 Ebola orphans in our schools, there has never been a more crucial time to change the life of a child. A learning child is a healthy child, so our new partnership with Jericho Road community Health to operate our clinic in the village or Rokassa is a highly strategic relationship that invests in the well-being of an entire chiefdom. Rescuing even one child enriches a whole community, which strengthens a nation. By helping to educate forgotten children today, we create a brighter future for the nations of tomorrow.

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Umuryango Children’s Network (Umuryango: means “family” in Kinyarwanda) is a non-profit Christian organization. Their mission is to transform the street children commonly known as “Mayibobo” from isolated outcasts into productive, fully integrated members of the community. By placing the street children in family homes where their emotional, spiritual and physical needs are met, and by equipping them with education and marketable skills, we hope to permanently transform these precious children from Rwanda’s Mayibobo into ethical leaders who are physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually whole. Umuryango Director and Founder, Yohani Kayinamura, asks MPC to pray that God will continue to bless the ministry as they devote their lives to saving the lives of the children by and for the glory of Christ Jesus. Contact Umuryango Children’s Network or Visit their Website 

Freedom Firm, India is dedicated to the liberation of children enslaved in commercial sexual exploitation, their rehabilitation, and to justice against those who have profited from their misery.

Currently, there are an estimated 500,000 minor girls in forced trafficking in India. These girls need counseling and a strong Christian support network to avoid returning to prostitution. Uneducated and often considered ineligible for marriage because of their sexual exploitation, rescued girls are in desperate need of basic education, medical care, and vocational training.

Freedom Firm deploys teams of undercover investigators who identify minor victims. With assistance from Freedom Firm, the police raid the brothels and rescue the girls who are then placed in protective custody or are reunited with their families *(if their families are safe). Freedom Firm works to bring accountability to police and court proceedings as charges are brought against the criminals. Freedom Firm supports the girl as she testifies against her perpetrators. The goal is to send traffickers and brothel keepers to jail, both to pay for their crimes and to act as a deterrent to those who buy and sell children. Freedom Firm walks alongside each victim through the recovery process, providing counselling, medical care, vocational training, and support in a variety of ways, long after rescue. Contact Freedom Firm.  Website, Newsletter Sign-Up Link, Donation Link

Pat is with Mesa Global and the EPC and has served in China for 11 years then Taiwan for more than 4 years doing discipleship, mentoring, training and coaching with first generation Christians. She is now serving in Thailand to sit around the table to engage in relational ministry with Thai Nationals and the Chinese diaspora to disciple and equip servant leaders with the Church for God’s mission.

Current Prayer Requests
* Transition well into the Thai culture and new country (moved from Taiwan to Thailand Feb. 18 2025)
* Find suitable housing that will enable me to thrive
* My home and table (Mesa) will be a place of respite and peace for all who enter
* My ability and perseverance to learn the Thai language
* Seek God for the direction on what ministry looks like
* Build community with my Mesa Global team and others

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Dave & Cathy Hicks Dave and Cathy strengthen, coach, and encourage leaders of 15 indigenous Great Commission ministries and church networks in India, Nepal and Bhutan. Thier passion is that South Asians might increasingly know, love and serve Jesus Christ. Based in Kentucky and Geogia, the Hicks travel frequently to South Asia. Some of their Indian partners include: Dr. K. and Pramila Rajendran, Freedom Firm, Hindustan Institute of Missions, North Bengal Outreach, Nepal Gospel Centre, and Malda Christian Fellowship

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Pramila Rajendran is a mission partner who is building a Global Movement of Christians innovatively finding ways to share the Gospel in all areas of their societies. Pramila's ministry focuses on missionary care and well-being.

Based in Bangalore, India, Pramila lives at the forefront of worldwide witness for Christ. Contact Pramila Rajendran.  Website

Luis is a Medical Doctor, Counselor, Discipler, and Pastor. The Hurtado family served in the rural mountains of Mexico for 12 years, working with the Xi’iuy, an Indigenous people group; developing a healthy Xi’iuy Church through creating oral Bible stories, teaching, discipleship & preaching. They recently transitioned into a new ministry calling to minister and witness to Muslims from many nations.