Matthew 10: 37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. 40 “Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 41 Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. 42 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”
It all started in the middle of 2021, when after answering the Great Commission as stated in Matthew 28, with the authority and leading of the Holy Spirit, with also making mistakes and learning as I went thru the Bible and the Holy Spirit, with the Homeless(building relationships and building disciples, gang members, drug dealers, incarcerated(going to the men’s jail), LGBTQ, and more in Yonkers, NY, from 2015-2021. Around January of that year I heard that the mission in Yonkers was ending. In my mind I thought well I guess I am done, I finished, but that was just the beginning. I started seeing how the doors started opening to go to the Dominican Republic, even hearing that money for a car would be provided and it was. The flight was bought with money that came into the account, then a property was sold by my mom and my daughter and I got some money from that, Jesus, the Lord is like a puzzle, putting all of the pieces together. Then both my daughter and I went to the Dominican Republic, which I kept hearing no more than 30 days. My daughter left first as it was what she heard in the spirit. It started with spending a lot of time in the area where my mom was living in the Capital of the Dominican Republic, where she lived with my brother. People were also ministered outside of a “church’ that provided food and once a week I was asked to share a word and the opportunity to say the prayer of salvation and receive the Holy Spirit would come up, which the leaders of the church did not understand that as we serve people food we need to share with them about Jesus, as when we are approached people are meant to get to know about Jesus so they can depend on the Holy Spirit and not in a human being all of their lives. The population in the line started becoming less, as they would receive Jesus and be delivered and then one day I heard dust off your feet and let’s leave, because the leaders started getting upset that the people were not coming back, as they were receiving Jesus. I packed my things got in the car and headed to a town I had heard in the spirit to go to. That was the beginning of the journey of even more faith, in a country I had been born in but did not know. In the town I was sent to the people who represented Christianity were super condemning and judgmental, which is the opposite of Christianity. I was led to share about Jesus in a loving way, in the clubs, parties, houses and anywhere the Lord needed his message. I was hosted by one of the families where certain situations rose, as they had never met someone filled with the Holy Spirit who dressed and looked like me. The Lord showed them that he can come in any shape and form, that he is not to be limited. A lot happened there spiritually.
After that town where so much happened, I started hearing to surrender everything; the apartment, and that everything had to fit in a suitcase. I was living by faith, which was a process, depending for everything to the Lord, but now I was going to be in new places trusting that the Lord had been there before and that his will was going to be done and his kingdom come. I also had to learn to trust my daughter’s life to the Lord, which has been also a process, as I have spent many nights crying out for her in prayer, as we spent all of her life to that point together. We had seen the Lord’s hands in provision and in other people’s live’s as I answered the call he gave me on that day in the camp. The apartment that we had lived in since 2007 was emptied in 45 days. In was a journey getting there as from time to time we were led to get rid of a few things and by the time this happened it was sensed that the time to leave that town and place was there. The Lord thru a sister in Christ opened the doors for my daughter to work in a Christian camp in the kitchen. I was sensing to go back to the Dominican Republic, going from town to town, arriving by faith and ministering to the people in each town and also going thru certain situations, that were placed by the darkness to distract or try to stop what the Lord was trying to have me do with his Holy Spirit.
When the time came to an end in the Dominican Republic, I started hearing Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras. I got to spend time with my daughter before going to those countries, who was trying to adjust to being an adult on her own with the Lord. I sensed to stay in a missionary house in NY after the journey in the Dominican Republic. The mission in the Dominican Republic lasted about 9 months. In the missionary house I got to hear and meet other missionaries and be encouraged, got to cry out and reflect on all that had happened in the Dominican Republic. The days coming to leaving to Medellin, Colombia, which is the place I heard, a group came one night to do a prayer time and I was led to be there and share the testimony, one by one they were led to give what ever they had in their pockets and that is what was used to get to Colombia. My daughter was led to pay for the taxi to the airport. In Medellin, in the area where the Lord sent me the homeless and more were ministered in the park and the areas where the Holy Spirit led. The Lord connected me with a couple that had also been called to answer the Great Commission, they were so encouraged to meet me as they had never met someone else who had been called. Which I get a lot as I go to the places I am sent.
In El Salvador the Lord led me to stay in a missionary house, to which I only had the address to and when I arrived at the airport the driver was led to share the internet with me to search for the address. When I arrived they didn’t know what to do with me as they would only receive people from that denomination or church and I forgotten that there was a gang situation in El Salvador which had created a lot of uncertainty and fear in the population. I kept hearing do not leave, you will stay here. I laid down in an old wooden couch and waited, as the attendant called the manager who asked me a lot of questions, such as which Bible did I read, who was my pastor. At the end of the day he said I could not stay there, that they could suggest a hostal in another area, but I kept hearing to not leave. A sister in Christ gave the number of a husband and wife who were part of the organization she was part of and at the end of the day they came and spoke to the manager, that they would be responsable for paying for the stay, but the Lord had other plans, as HE ended up paying for the place the last day of me being there thru someone else. The sister who has been following this call and journey has also been led to support the missions monthly, which have been such a blessing. In each place the Lord would place me he would connect me with people who knew the area and would show me around. Parks, prostitution places, clubs, bars, neighborhoods and more were covered and the Good News of Jesus was shared.
In Honduras and Guatemala I was sent to the red zones, sharing the Good News of Jesus with so much love to the prostitutes at night and the markets and neighborhoods during the day. In Honduras I was placed in a missionary house in the red zone, close to the market, which was the area the Holy Spirit needed covered including the workers in the missionary house. Then I was connected thru a man I had met in El Salvador who trained missionaries to a couple who needed to be encouraged and who also trained missionaries. They were led to welcome me in their home and took me to another town I needed to go to, that I was hearing to share the Good News of Jesus in the red zone of that town. In Guatemala I was placed in two missionary places where I was also invited and led to share the testimony of faith with the students and the staff. In Guatemala I was also led to go to the red zones and areas where there was a lot of prostitution and other situations going on and they were so thankful and we even cried out to the Lord together.
In Guatemala I started hearing in the spirit: Nicaragua, Nicaragua, Nicaragua. After Guatemala, I heard to go to the USA to where my daughter was staying in a room for 3 months, there I got to see my daughter thru a lot of warfare that was going on around us, me unpacking everything that happened ministry wise in the countries that the Lord had sent me and everything my daughter also had gone thru as I was answering the Great Commission. In the midst of the attacks and healing the Spirit sent me to the jails and detentions centers in NY to bring the good news to the workers and directors. I also heard that the Lord was not taking me out of there to learn endurance. That just because a territory or that it gets hard it does not mean we are not mean to be there. That we get to leave when the purpose is accomplished. The word was also shared in an organization that would call themselves Christians but because they received funding from public places did not share about Jesus in the soup kitchen or with the recently arrived people. The Holy Spirit led me to go to the organization Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays the word with the prayer of Salvation would be shared in the line and to the immigrants that had recently arrived, becoming also part of the discipleship time and sharing the good news with the people in the area where there was a lot going on. Some of the leadership were amazed at how the Lord worked thru me and were also encouraged to connect more with the Lord and go out to the streets.
On September 2022 I was sent back to the USA and I kept hearing that at the end of the month I would be sent to Nicaragua, I didn’t hear at the end of which month, but in December both my daughter and I heard at the end of December, he even told me at what time to be in the airport on December 27, which was at 1PM. My daughter and I with all the faith headed to the airport with my suitcase. My daughter mentioned how much faith we have as we believed what we had heard. The Good News of Jesus was shared on the train, the bus and all over the airport. I prayed with people, shared the Good News of Jesus and my daughter heard to leave. I did not leave that day, as I was led to go back to the room where my daughter was staying and I heard the next day I would be leaving, the Holy Spirit revealed who was going to pay for the flight and stay and the person agreed and the next day I headed to the airport meeting a sister in Christ on the train, who has become a supporter also of the mission. It took two planes, the first one landing in Mexico City where in the Hostal the Holy Spirit lead to share the Good News of Jesus, talk and pray with each of the workers. In Latin America there are a few denominations but the Catholic is the most prevalent, but the Lord sends his people so that who ever he chooses will hear the Good News of Jesus and understand what it says in Romans 10, Galatians 5 and Revelations 21. All with love as it says in 1 Corinthians 13 and as the Lord and his disciples did when they were here, which is all in the Bible.
In Nicaragua the Lord had me for 5 months, it took almost 3 hours to get out of the airport, being questioned as to what was the purpose of me being there. The Lord doesn’t reveal the political condition of the country only the principalities that dominate the places. The Lord changed the flight many times as I was there, giving me Provers 3:5-6 and Zechariah 4:6(take the time to read it in the Bible). People would often ask me how do I like the country in each place where I am sent but I let them know that the concern of the Lord are the souls for people to receive Jesus, have an encounter with the Holy Spirit, receive all that it says in the Bible we will receive, answer the Great Commission so that more people can have forgiveness, healing, restoration, purpose, eternal life and all the Lord offers. In Nicaragua the Lord started in the Capital, sharing the Good News thru food, prayers, listening and any way he shows up for people to see how real he is. He sent me to different areas of the country where there was also idolatry and unbelief which he talks about again in Galatians 5 and Revelations 21 in the Bible. I would hear other countries but the Lord would change it and said to trust him. A lot happened in Nicaragua, a lot, including being sent to an island where there was a lot going on and the focus were the business owners.
After Nicaragua, tired I heard Florida, which I was there for a week, then I headed to NY to be able to see my daughter, ending up in Harlem, seeing her 2 to 3 times that week. While in NY I heard to do a fast from Monday to Thursday, as I was leaving before Saturday, which the room was rented for. On Thursday I heard Peru, Chile and Ecuador. I told my daughter and we met up for dinner to say goodbye. The flight had to be bought for all countries as I was not allowed to leave without a returning flight but as usual even thought they were bought I knew the last word would be the Lord’s word. In Perú I was sent to the Capital to fill the area including a local church with the Holy Spirit, thru the Good News of Jesus and the testimony of faith. There I was heavily attacked as well with the principalities of Idolatry and false religion. There were days it was hard to wake up and a sense of loneliness came over me. The commission was still done in the best way that I could do it with the direction and authority of the Holy Spirit. I heard to be there for a month as well as in Chile, where it was also interesting as before arriving I had heard to place the Good News of Jesus paper under each floor and when I did the attack was brutal trying to also give me a fine for doing that, which after prayer the lady said they would not give me. I still gave the Good News on the elevator and in the surrounding areas where there was also other situations going on.
In Ecuador the word was shared for a month also in the capital. In all of the places I have been sent to I have not seen other believers sharing the Good News in the streets, which after I would learn that it has been prohibited, but the Lord is the Lord and his will always ends up being done. After Ecuador the flight was changed as I was hearing in the spirit Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. In Argentina was a month, sharing the Good News first in the building where the Lord placed me, door by door, then filling the area with the Good News of Jesus. People were also encouraged with the testimony of walking by faith and being obedient to the Holy Spirit. In Uruguay was 15 days, filling the area and where I was placed to stay with the Good News of Jesus, where people would say how they never met someone like me, which I would share the testimony of coming to Jesus and what they saw and felt being a product of having an encounter and a full surrender to the Holy Spirit. Again in this area I did not see anyone else sharing about Jesus, but then that is why the Lord sent me. The provision to get to the next country which was Paraguay came the day before thru a sister in Christ who received money that she was not expecting and she was led to share it with me.
In many of these trips the stop would be Panama where in the airport the Good News was shared and prayers were done as well for the country. In Paraguay there were many believers as in many of the places who know of the Lord but did not have a relationship with him, which changed and they became disciples thru this page with the direction of the Holy Spirit, also being sent to the center and surrounding areas. In each country the Lord makes a way thru people for the food and the needed items to be had. There is also a sister who has been of support monthly. I am hearing another country after Paraguay. The Lord in his might ways makes us understand the importance of obedience and even though he knows it is not easy as he himself went thru it all, he makes sure to encourage us thru his body and makes sure all that is needed to accomplish the Great Commission of building disciples happens. It also amazing to see that regardless of the dark nights and the not knowing; thru the obedience the purpose of the Lord gets accomplished. Who ever is meant to understand understands. I don’t know how long the Lord will have me go from place to place, but I always pray that his kingdom comes and will is done, in Jesus name. Thanking the Lord for each person that prays and supports this mission. Also please keep praying for my daughter as I still have not heard from her.
There are two scriptures that come up in the Spirit as this recap is done: 1 Corinthians 1:26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him. 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.” and Romans 10: 14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
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