17 May 2015 Update!

A HUGE THANK YOU to all who are praying with us and for us. We are so grateful for your prayer support and you need to know that it makes a difference in the lives of many. Don't give up and/or let up! We are very dependent on your partnership though prayer.  Here are some updates:

• Your prayer support for the team retreat in early May was appreciated. We had a great time of training and fun with several of our teammates that we don't get to see very often. 
• Keep your prayer support going to Karen (Smith) Eaton and her team from Texas State University. They arrived last night and will be with us this week.
• Several of our USA Partners came to Oaxaca over the past few weeks. Urbancrest, Sonrise, and 2nd Baptist all sent teams who were able to see the Father working through them. These USA churches are committed to being THE MISSIONARY to their people groups. Continue to pray for them.

Remember to keep praying for our 2015 Summer Student Team. The majority of this crew arrives on June 1 and will serve until July 19. Please join us in praying for them by name as often as you can.

Orientation Helper: Jasmine (and her daddy!)

Zapotec Village Disciple Makers

1. Brooke
2. Tory
3. Devin

Chontal Village Disciple-Makers

1. Anna
2. Brittany
3. Kate

Disciple Making and Teaching English

1. Erika
2. Rachel
3. Lauren
4. Gabriella
5. Anna

Disciple Making and Sports Ministry

1. James
2. Matthew
3. Charlie
4. Emily
5. Josh

Endeavor Team  Will arrive June 20 and depart July 20.

1. Faith
2. Caroline
3. Hope
4. Mary
5. Sara
6. Rachel

Haylee is graduating on May 28! Here are some recent photos of some of the celebration. (You can click on the photos to enlarge them.)

On the way to the Class of 2015 Banquet.

They clean up well!

Oaxaca Christian School Class of 2015.

There is still a great opportunity for you to pray for the Unreached People of Southern Mexico. Please click HERE to visit the website or you can go HERE to the Facebook page. There is a new request each day during the month of May.

Thank you all for praying!

Jeff, Liesa, Haylee, and Jackson

26 April 2015 Update!

Thank you to all of you who are praying for the work going on southern Mexico. We are certainly aware of many of you 'holding the rope' so faithfully. Thank You!

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This past week was simply amazing. We wish you could have been able to witness the gathering of several language groups as they worked together to craft God's Word in the languages of their people. As you know, southern Mexico has over a dozen language groups. Many of these people do not have access to God's Word in their heart language.

StoryTogether is a way to train people to translate God's Word into other languages. We were able to help offer a StoryTogether training in Oaxaca this past week. Eight language groups gathered for five days and worked together to get God's Word into their heart language. They also learned how to share these Bible Stories orally so that those who don't want to read or can't read can have access to God's Word. It was an amazing week. Your prayer support was a key part of the success.

Now, these people return to their communities with the task of sharing God's Word. This past week's training was just the beginning of a long process. We have three other trainings planned for the coming year. Please pray for God's Word to be shared in these communities.

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Summer 2015 is quickly approaching. We LOVE summertime because we have the blessing of working with college students. We have a team of 22 students who will begin arriving in Oaxaca on June 1 and will serve until July 20. These students will be learning culture and language as well as doing what followers of Jesus do: Make disciples. Some will be living in indigenous villages, some will be leading sports camps and some will be teaching English. Will you join us in praying for our students by name? Here they are:

Orientation Helper: Jasmine

Zapotec Village Disciple Makers

1. Brooke
2. Tory
3. Devin

Chontal Village Disciple-Makers

1. Anna
2. Brittany
3. Kate

Disciple Making and Teaching English

1. Erika
2. Rachel
3. Lauren
4. Gabriella
5. Anna

Disciple Making and Sports Ministry

1. James
2. Matthew
3. Charlie
4. Emily
5. Josh

Endeavor Team  Will arrive June 20 and depart July 20.

1. Faith
2. Caroline
3. Hope
4. Mary
5. Sara

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Please join us in praying for these additional requests:

• Our teammates who have children are having a time of retreat on April 30 to May 4. We'll be headed to the beach for some training and fun times! Please pray for safe travel and a great time together. These families face some tremendous challenges in their work. Pray for a time of rest and encouragement for them.
• Karen Smith Eaton and her team from Texas State University will be joining us May 16 to 26. Karen served on our Summer 2013 team and we are so thankful to have her coming back to Oaxaca. Pray for this team to have great opportunities for ministry.
• Urbancrest Baptist Church and Sonrise Baptist Church are in southern Mexico this week working among their people groups. Pray for their teams to find favor among the leaders of the communties and for them to continue to build deep relationships among their people. Pray for opportunities to share the Gospel in a way the people can understand and respond to.
• Second Baptist Church, Springfield, MO was here last week and were able to encourage and train pastors and leaders in three different locations in southern Mexico. Pray for the pastors and church leaders of southern Mexico as they work in difficult places with persecution and in, some cases, isolation.

Thank you all for your partnership in prayer. We also thank you for giving to the Cooperative Program and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.

Jeff, Liesa, Haylee, and Jackson

10 April 2015 Update!

Sunset from our neighborhood in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Hola! from southern Mexico.

Thank you for your prayer support over the past few weeks! Your prayers are a huge part of the work going on in southern Mexico.  Here are some updated prayer requests! (You can click on the photos to enlarge them.)

UPDATE! Thank you for praying for the team from a local church in Oaxaca who went to Guatemala last week. Liesa and Jeff assisted in training and sending this group and they had a great trip and were able to help a new church plant, see new believers, and train leaders. It was a great experience and we're excited about hearing from the team over the next few days.

New Prayer Requests:

• Pray for Second Baptist Springfield, MO as they send a team to provide some encouragement and training to pastors. They will be meeting with pastors in several different people groups: Chontal, Mixtec, and Zapotec. Pray for safe travel, good health, and the ability to communicate clearly across several language barriers.
• On April 20, at least six language groups will be meeting in Oaxaca for several days of crafting the Bible into oral story sets for each language group. This is a huge project that will enable the Gospel to begin to be heard and understood among people who speak different languages and do not read. The Bible stories will be recorded and leaders from each language group trained on how to get the Bible to everyone, everywhere. Obviously, there are lot of needs for prayer so please cover us as much as possible in prayer.
• Karen Eaton (formerly Karen Smith) will be bringing a group of students from Texas State University to Oaxaca in May. Karen served faithfully in Oaxaca a couple of summers ago and we are excited about her returning with friends. Karen made a huge impact on the lives of several families while she was here. Pray for a great time of ministry for her team.
• So far we have a team of 19 summer students coming to Oaxaca during June and July. Please pray that these students will be ready for the task to which the Father has planned for them. Pray for their personal preparation and that the financial resources will be available to each one so that they can come and minister in Oaxaca.
• On July 31 we will be headed to Oxford, MS for ten months of Stateside Assignment. There is so much to do before we re-locate. Pray for leadership to be in place so that the work here will not be delayed. Pray for a home in Oxford to be located that will be a good, temporary refuge for us.
• Haylee begins her Mississippi College career in late August. Pray for the financial resources to be provided and for the details to come together as Haylee begins this new chapter.

You all are a blessing! Thank you for your prayer support and your financial support to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering and the Cooperative Program.

Jeff, Liesa, Haylee, and Jackson

Pray for villages like this in southern Mexico who need to hear
and understand the Gospel.

3 April 2014 Update!

Happy GREAT Friday!

1 John 5:14-15:   And this is the confidence we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.  And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

The Lord is at work in southern Mexico.  So many of you are faithful to pray and you give sacrificially so that the message of hope can be proclaimed here.  Here's an update of the past few weeks (you can click directly on the photos to enlarge them.):

 This photo is of a village that is in the heart of a huge group of people who have very little access to the message of hope.  Several weeks ago a church in Florida began to sense the Father leading them to find some way to bring the Gospel to this area of southern Mexico.  Two weeks ago we visited this area and found some great open doors for future work.  Many of you have been praying for this people group.  The Father has responded by calling out a USA church and also a missionary family is planning to move to this area within the next year.  Keep praying!

 Mobilizing Students to be on mission with God has been a part of our calling for over 20 years.  A huge blessing this month was a visit by this group of Mexican students from another city in Mexico.  This was a group of city kids coming to work in indigenous southern Mexico.  The culture shock was real!  But this team offered themselves to the Father for the week and He used them mightily.  We're hoping they will return and continue investing in the people of Oaxaca.  Please keep praying that the Lord will send more workers into the harvest fields here.

Sending Missionaries is one of the important tasks the Lord gave the Church.  We have been so encouraged to be a part of sending a team from our church here in Oaxaca to Guatemala this week.  This is our church's first ever 'international' mission trip.  This team has prepared and are currently in the middle of their voyage to Guatemala where they are sharing the Gospel and leading out in disciple-making.  Please continue to pray for them!

We work in so many beautiful places.  Yet, in all of the overwhelming beauty there is an absence of the Light.  The village pictured here is a place where God is at work.  Please continue to pray for the hundreds of communities like this one in southern Mexico where the Gospel is beginning to take root.  Pray that the Enemy will not delay the opportunity for people to hear, understand, and respond to the Gospel.

Many of you have been praying for this special place over the past couple of years and some of you have invested time in working to establish the church here.  This group began by meeting in a home and now they have moved into a small building.  Our work here in southern Mexico is to make disciples that gather together to form churches.  Healthy churches are the best way to impact generations with the Gospel.  Join us in thanking the Lord for HIS work in establishing this new work and please pray for the group of believers working in a difficult place.

Haylee and a group of her friends traveled out into the mountains of southern Mexico last weekend to help a missionary family.  They were able to help out with some physical labor and also to encourage the teenage believers in the village.  We are thankful for the great work that the leaders of Oaxaca Christian School are doing.  Please continue to pray for Oaxaca Christian School.  We are still searching for teachers for the upcoming school year.  For more info click HERE.

You all are the BEST!  Thank you for your prayer support, your encouraging emails, and your financial support of the Cooperative Program and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.

He is RISEN!

Jeff, Liesa, Haylee, and Jackson Holeman

14 March 2015 Update!

Greetings to all of our praying friends out there!

Here are some updates about our lives over the past couple of weeks and a few prayer requests:

Jackson and Haylee

1. Jackson is doing great with his schoolwork and is enjoying his swimming class and life in general.  It seems he is growing about 2 inches per month at the moment but as of today has not passed Jeff in altitude.  But, that should happen soon.
• Pray for Jackson to finish this semester strong with great grades and godly relationships.
• Pray for Jackson as he prepares for a school year in Oxford, Mississippi.
2. A little over two months until Haylee graduates from Oaxaca Christian School.  Her graduation date is May 28.  She is always busy and is looking forward to Mississippi College this fall.
• Pray for Haylee as she finishes up this season of life on the mission field.  Pray for her last weeks in Mexico to be filled with great joy.



Liesa and Christy



• Pray for Haylee as she prepares for the transition to college life.  Pray for the resources that are needed to pay for college expenses.
3. Liesa is a whirlwind of activity.  She hosted our great friend Christy Holcomb for a few days and then worked with the First Baptist Oxford team this past week as they trained English teachers in a couple of locations.
• Pray for Liesa as she cares for and nurtures Haylee and Jackson.  Pray for wisdom in guiding them to deeper relationships with Christ.
• Pray for Liesa as she shares the Gospel in southern Mexico.  She works in several different settings with women and children.



Community Church Oxford in Oaxaca!

• Pray for Liesa as she assists our USA partners in their logistical arrangements as they work in southern Mexico.
4. Two weeks ago, Jeff spent time in Lima, Peru at a meeting of Americas Affinity Leadership.  These are exciting days as we see great opportunities to share the gospel in the Americas. We also had a great visit from Community Church from Oxford, MS as they sent their first ever international mission team to work with us!
• Pray for Jeff as he leads his family to be gentle in spirit but strong in biblical principles.



First Baptist Oxford in Oaxaca!

• Pray for wisdom for Liesa and Jeff as they lead the missionary personnel in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.  Pray for leadership that is directed by the Spirit and founded on God's Word.

Other news and requests:

• Pray for the people groups in Mexico that still need to hear and understand the Gospel.  There are 200,000 people in these SEVEN groups: 
• Ixcatec
• Southeastern Guerrero Mixtec
• Atatlahuca Mixtec
• Matlatzinca
• Western Coastal Nahuatl
• Temascaltepec Nahuatl
• Durango Nahuatl
• We are very thankful and excited to have new teammates on the way.  Christy Holcomb will be moving to Oaxaca in just a few weeks.  Jim and Mandy Wells are preparing to arrive in Chiapas for mentoring and language training before they come to the Oaxaca.  The Knights and the Krafts are two families that are being sent directly by their churches to join the work in Mexico and we'll work with them when opportunities are available. We have another IMB family that will be appointed in May and another in August and they will make their way to Mexico next year.  YOU have been praying for more workers and the Father is calling them out.  Please continue to pray about this.
• Summer 2015 Student Team is going to be a great one!  We are so thankful for the opportunity to continue to work with students.  This year we'll have students from Liberty University, Mississippi College, Multnomah Bible College, McNeese State, University of West Alabama, Mississippi State University, Wake Forest University, and Kosciusko High School.  These students are putting their lives on the table as a 'blank check' for the Father to use this summer. Please pray for them!  Pray for opportunities to build relationships, good health, safety, and being able to raise their financial support.
• We will be in Oxford, MS from July 31, 2015 to June 15, 2016!  Every few years our mission organization provides a time of Stateside Assignment for us to reconnect with family and friends.  Haylee will be heading off to Mississippi College and Jeff, Liesa and Jackson will be living in Oxford, MS.  Jeff and Liesa will be serving as Missionaries in Residence at our home church of First Baptist Oxford.  We are so grateful our sending church continues to bless us in so many ways.  Please pray that we can be a blessing to FBC Oxford while we are home.  Please continue to pray that housing will be located for us that will meet the needs of our family.

Thank you for your investment in what the Father is doing in us and through us.  You all are a blessing!

Jeff, Liesa, Haylee, and Jackson

26 February 2015 Update!

Hey all,

Greetings from warm and sunny Oaxaca!

Thank you for your partnership in prayer for the work happening in our part of the world.  As you know, relationships are the key to sharing the life-changing message of the Gospel in southern Mexico.  Often, it is a group of believers working together that results in someone surrendering their life to Jesus.  We have seen that happening here in southern Mexico over the past few weeks as several precious people have made decisions to follow Jesus.  These are significant decisions that, many times, come with serious consequences.  The animistic Catholic culture here often is threatened by those who seek to have an authentic, personal relationship with Jesus.  Faith alone in Jesus alone and allowing God's Word to serve as the guidebook for life is incompatible with a religious tradition based on following ritualistic practices and a view of a distant, disengaged Father.

Would you join us in praying for more open doors in the communities of southern Mexico?  The Enemy has certainly been effective in limiting access to the Gospel here.  The Enemy has convinced many people here that a personal relationship with Jesus is not needed or not possible.  Join us in praying for more workers and for our Mexican churches to break away from unhealthy doctrine and unbiblical traditions so that the Gospel can flow freely.  There is so much to do.

Pray also for:

• On a recent visit to Oaxaca, one of our USA churches faced resistance from a community where they have been working.  They don't like the 'Christians' in their community.  Pray for a better understanding of culture for the USA church and for the Christians in this community to engage their community instead of living in isolation and separation.
• Summer Missionaries arriving on June 1!  Here is our Summer 2015 Team so far:
• Zapotec Village Disciple-Makers
• Brooke Pullen (Mississippi State University)
• Tory Ford (Multnomah Bible)
• Chontal Village Disciple-Makers
• Anna Beth Caves (University of West Alabama)
• Brittany Foster
• Kate Warner  (Louisiana Tech)
• Disciple making and Teaching English
• Erika Hofacker (Mississippi College)
• Rachel Robb (Liberty University)
• Lauren Cullen (Mississippi College)
• Disciple making and Sports Ministry
• James Swinney (Kosciusko High School)
• Matthew Yeager (Wake Forest University)
• (WE REALLY NEED TWO MORE FOR THIS ONE!  PRAY!)
• A large population of our people do not speak Spanish and they do not read.  So, getting the Bible into an oral format is very important.  Pray for an event in April that will bring together several different language groups for the purpose of developing sets of Bible stories.
• Our mission organization is once again undergoing some changes.  Pray for our missionary team as we determine what adjustments we need to make in these new directions.

Thank you so much for your prayer support and your financial support through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering and the Cooperative Program.

Blessings!

Jeff, Liesa, Haylee, and Jackson.

17 February 2015 Update!

Your prayer support is very important to the work that the Father is doing in southern Mexico.  We continue to be humbled and amazed at how God works through ordinary people to accomplish His work.  We have just finished up a couple of weeks of God working through His people.

Matthew 5:14-16

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

The Light was proclaimed to a group of women last week
by two awesome Mexican young women who are seeking
to be on mission among their own people.

James 1:27

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Michael from First Baptist Oxford offering a healing touch
to a friend in a village in southern Mexico.  He also shared
words of hope with all of those he ministered to.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Sarah has made a huge investment in the people of
southern Mexico.  She has been obedient in sharing His Story.

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Cheryl is an expert at being "Jesus with skin on."
This village has given us a wide open door to
their community.

Those of you who pray are as much (or more) a part of the work as those of us who actually work among the people here.  Please continue to pray for the unreached peoples of southern Mexico.  Here are some updated prayer requests:

• Please continue to pray for more open doors among communities of southern Mexico. Many communities are closed to outsiders but God is moving in some incredible ways.
• Pray for more workers.  Pray for more giving to support missionaries through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.
• Pray for Mexican churches to take seriously the task of reaching the unreached peoples of Mexico.

You all are a blessing.

Thank you for being a part of what God is doing.

Jeff, Liesa, Haylee, and Jackson

3 February 2015 Update!

Just a quick update to encourage those of you who invest time praying for the work in southern Mexico!  Here are some updates:

Shindler Drive Baptist Church is one of the greatest missionary churches on the planet.
Over a year ago we had two flat tires on the road in front of this family's house.
Two weeks ago they asked to follow Jesus' example of baptism.
YOUR PRAYERS ARE A HUGE PART OF WHAT IS GOING ON
WITH THESE FOLKS!

Esteban has been praying for 15 years for help in reaching the people the
Father has sent him to.  Christy and Rebecca are an answer to Esteban's, yours, and
the prayers of Jesus.  The harvest is great but the laborers aren't as few as they
used to be.  KEEP PRAYING.

Rosa and Raquel's father was the first believer in their village.  He was heavily
persecuted for many years.  Today Raquel and Rosa are committed to laboring
in the harvest.  KEEP PRAYING.

Thank you for praying.  Please know that your investment of your time to pray and

your giving to the Cooperative Program and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

is making a difference.  Thank you!

Jeff, Liesa, Haylee, and Jackson

23 January 2015 Update!

¡Saludos de Oaxaca!

After a whirlwind month of travel to the USA we are so glad to be home in Oaxaca.  We had a great visit to the USA spending time with our family and friends and also getting some great work accomplished.  Here's a brief update:

1. We were able to get some effective treatment on Haylee's knee and she is almost back to full-speed.  The Lord has provided an awesome doctor who knows everything about rheumatoid arthritis.  We are thankful for your prayer support as we have worked through this challenge.
2. We had great visits with some wonderful churches.  Center Grove Baptist Church (Maben, MS), First Baptist Yazoo City, MS, and First Baptist Oxford, MS are such strong supporters of missions and missionaries.  All of these churches are faithful supporters of the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.
3. Missions College 2015 was a huge success.  Over 100 of our USA church partners came together in Virginia for 4 days of intensive training.  More and more of our USA partners are realizing the value of training in having an eternal impact in another culture.  
4. The 2015 Mixtec Summit was phenomenal.  The Montgomery Baptist Association (Alabama) hosted this training/fellowship meeting for churches who are working with the various Mixtec people groups around the USA.  It was an encouraging time for all of us.

These next few months are going to be busy ones for our Southern Mexico UPG Catalyst Team.  Our Mexican and USA partner churches are committed to being with their people groups and bringing the Gospel to this dark corner of our world.  Please pray for:

• Shindler Drive Baptist Church (January, March, May visits)
• First Baptist Oxford, MS (February and March visits)
• Urbancrest Baptist Church, Lebanon, OH (February visit)
• Crosspoint Church, Melrose, FL (February visit)
• Village Church, Midlothian, VA (April visit)
• Piedmont Okefenokee Baptist Association (April visit)
• Second Baptist Church, Springfield, MO (April visit)

We have an exciting opportunity to join with our Mexican partners for a StoryTogether training in April.  This training equips us to get the Gospel to the heart language of various people groups.  As you know, there are at least 15 different languages in southern Mexico.  If these people do not have God's Word then we have no way to move forward in Discipleship.  Please, please pray for the StoryTogether project.

God continues to bring us students for our 2015 Summer Missions Team.  We are excited about the quality of the students that the Father is sending our way.  We need several more students to join us.  Will you pray that the Lord of the Harvest will send more laborers?  If you know a college student who speaks Spanish and is looking to be involved in missions please refer them to this website (Click Here.) and search for positions in Mexico.  You will find our needs listed there.

We will be heading to Mississippi for Stateside Assignment on July 31, 2015.  We'll be living in Oxford, MS and enjoying some time with our home church, First Baptist Oxford, MS.  Haylee will be heading to Mississippi College this fall and Jackson will be an Oxford High School Charger.  We are very much looking forward to some time in Mississippi.  Will you pray that housing can be located in Oxford that meets our needs?

Thank you so much to all of you who are praying.  We want you to know that your prayer support is THE KEY to the Father's work here in southern Mexico.  You are all a blessing!

Jeff, Liesa, Haylee, and Jackson

Here are some photos from our visit to the USA...

Haylee went to visit the same doctor that takes care of Eli Manning
and the USA Olympic Ski Team.

We'll be serving alongside Brooke during Summer 2015!
Pray for more like her!

Family Time in Mississippi.

Oaxaca Reunion before the Peach Bowl.
We have served with all of these folks and are blessed
to call them friends.

When you see a giant Christmas ornament you probably
should get a photo with it.

Peach Bowl Fun!  (This was before the game started.)

Jackson is now driving.  Don't you feel safe?

A batch of cousins.

A visit with one of the greatest missionaries.  The Gold Shoes go
to the loser of the Egg Bowl each year.  Tommy is the loser again.

Brandon Burns (in the middle) took a bullet in the head in Iraq
so that I can be free.  And, HE INSISTED THAT HE BUY MY LUNCH!
Yes...I'm a loser.  

Missions College 2015!

Mixtec Summit 2015!

10 December 2014 Update!

Feliz Navidad! from southern Mexico!

2014 has been an incredible year of seeing God's faithfulness to our family and seeing him work in some amazing ways.  You who are a part of our prayer support and those who give to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering and the Cooperative Program are a vital part of the work. God is using you.  When you pray God works.  When you give to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering people hear about Jesus.

Here are just a few of the things that God has done in southern Mexico this year:

• Churches from the USA have committed to make sure the Gospel is proclaimed in FIVE unreached people groups that previously had no one planting churches among them (Unengaged).  Pray for the Z people (two language groups), the M people (two language groups), and the C people to soon have healthy churches planted among them.
• New teammates!  Frank and Phoebe, Christy, and Rebecca joined the team this year.  God is so good to provide more workers.
• New believers in several people groups and good relationships being made in so many communities.  Relationships are the key to reaching the last unreached communities in Mexico.
• God is calling out more of our Mexican brothers and sisters to be a part of the task of taking the Light to the dark places.  Please continue to pray for them.
• New relationships with Mexican pastors and missionaries are giving us opportunities to partner together to push back the darkness in ways that none of us could do on our own.

When you give to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering people hear about Jesus.  God continues to use Southern Baptists to do amazing things.  Will you give to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering this year?  Will you give a sacrificial gift?  Your local Southern Baptist church is your best channel of support BUT you can also give on-line.  HERE IS THE LINK FOR ON-LINE GIVING.

If you would like to give directly to the work going on in southern Mexico and help provide ministry funds to our team then you can do that  HERE!  Make sure you put Jeff and Liesa Holeman as the Field Person's name.

We are excited about coming to the USA for some vacation and also taking some time to visit in some great churches.  Here's our schedule:

• Dec 21.  Center Grove Baptist Church.  Maben, MS. (Morning)
• Dec 28.  First Baptist Church. Yazoo City, MS. (Morning)
• Jan 4.  First Baptist Church.  Oxford, MS. (Morning)

Hope to see many of you during our time in the USA.  Have a tremendous time celebrating the Father sending His Son to us and we hope your New Year is filled with blessings!

Feliz Navidad!

Jeff, Liesa, Haylee, and Jackson

Here are some photos of recent events...

We are very fired up about going to the Chick Fil A
Peach Bowl  and cheering for our Rebels
on December 31.

New believers who were baptized two weeks ago.
Will you pray for them?  They are the only
believers in their village.

The growth hormone that Liesa has been taking
is showing some results.  Look how tall!
This is a Zoque friend she has been able to spend
time with.

We don't know.  Just something to do.

This is how Liesa and I spend most of our time.

Sara (Batgirl) and Katherine served with us for
four months.  Pray for them as they return to
the USA this week.

Haylee and Jackson.  Growing up.  Great missionaries.

23 November 2014 Update!

Thanksgiving is a natural overflow of a heart that has been changed by Jesus.  We are very thankful for all of you who take the time to pray for us and the work that God is doing among the peoples of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.  You need to remember that we don't take you for granted.  We can't do the task that the Father has asked us to do, period.  We can't do it.  But, if we're going to be obedient and follow God on this journey we would not want to attempt it without prayer warriors like you.  Thank you.

November has been a great month.  We asked you to help us out with a few prayer requests a few weeks ago.  Here's an update:

• Haylee's knee.  We'll get more information in December when we meet with some doctors in the USA.  Originally what was diagnosed as some ligament damage has become clearer as a very large cyst on her knee.  There is some pain involved but Haylee is doing well and has not slowed down too much.  Keep praying as we prepare to meet with doctors on Dec 22 in Oxford.
• Jackson is pushing through a challenging semester.  Keep praying for him to finish strong.
• Liesa and Jeff traveled to Haiti to pray and get a better idea of how to lead Southern Baptists to more effective work.  Haiti is a wonderful place with some precious people.  The needs are overwhelming and without a disciplined approach, Southern Baptists have been spinning their wheels for decades.  Keep praying because the answers are difficult and emotions get in the way of a coherent discussion with many people.

We're very excited about the next few weeks.  We'll be celebrating the USA Thanksgiving with some time at the beach with several of our colleagues and Mexican family.  Jeff will be traveling to Peru for some important leadership meetings.  And, we'll be heading to Mississippi for a couple of weeks of vacation and speaking on Lottie Moon's behalf.

While in Mississippi we're available to visit Mississippi churches.  Here's our schedule so far:

• Sunday, December 21.  Center Grove Baptist Church, Maben, MS.  (AM Service)
• Wednesday, December 24.  Venture Church, Hattiesburg, MS.
• Sunday, December 28.  First Baptist Yazoo City, MS.  (AM Service)
• Sunday, January 4.  First Baptist Oxford, MS.  (AM Service)
• Sunday, January 11.  Pillar Church, Stafford, VA.  (AM Service)

Let us know if we can help out with anything at your church while we are in the USA.

We pray each one of you have a great Thanksgiving Week!  We are hoping that this Saturday is one of the worst days ever for our Mississippi State friends.  Go Rebels!

Blessings!

Jeff, Liesa, Haylee, and Jackson