{"id":11869,"date":"2026-03-28T10:39:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=11869"},"modified":"2026-03-21T10:53:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T16:53:35","slug":"we-are-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2026\/we-are-here.html","title":{"rendered":"We Are Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

I’m a little over 3 months late, but I did want to report on an evangelistic event that we had in Las Palmas, because it was a good time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ponche<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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So one of our beloved Christmas traditions here in Mexico is ponche<\/em>, a hot punch filled with fruits. So we set up a stove on the street in front our church meeting place, and served ponche to the passersby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Emiliano<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Some served the hot drinks, some shared the gospel, some walked around the neighbourhood to invite people to come, and some played Christmas carols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we also handed out little bags with a candy or two, a verse, and information about the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many people heard the gospel and received information about the church. About 200 of our little information cards were handed out, which means that many households in the community now know that we’re there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can see in the image above right that we have a sign at street level for the church, and we hope to put another one up above so people can clearly see where we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Verses<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We appreciate your prayers as we continue to build on this start, or actually restart, since we’ve returned to Las Palmas after meeting elsewhere!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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