{"id":11264,"date":"2023-01-24T11:19:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T17:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=11264"},"modified":"2023-01-24T11:19:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T17:19:48","slug":"working-together-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2023\/working-together-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Working Together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

On Saturday four of us left Ixtapaluca at about 5am to attend a meeting of Bible church leaders from the area.<\/strong> I believe about 8 or 9 churches were represented (with three people attending via Zoom, due to a car breakdown and other circumstances).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was encouraging to spend time together, although concerning at times to hear some of the things that people are going through. These are challenging times, and it’s good to come together as believers and look to the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We planned – or, I should say, started<\/em> planning quite a few events for the coming year, including a youth event, a men’s retreat, and a joint service. Everyone is anxious to get together after having fewer activities over the past few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other news, our coworkers Rod and David went to the state of Oaxaca to serve there and see what the Lord is doing.<\/strong> There’s a possibility of sending a team or two there in the future, whether from our area here in Mexico or (and?) from a team from outside the country. I won’t give everything away – there’s more information and a video at Rod’s blog – be sure to check out Reaching an Unreached Ethnic Group<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re encouraged to see what God is doing here at home as well.<\/strong> Here’s a recent picture from a Sunday morning, although there were quite a few who weren’t there that day. Nathanael used his growing skills as a photographer (Photography is one of his courses this year) to take the shot (with a timer, obviously!). Just click the image for a higher-resolution version in our photo gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8 January 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to so many of you who also are working with us to reach Mexico!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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