04.01.08
Posted in General at 1:17 pm by admin
Hi Everyone,
I went to the mechanic shop because our car had problems. In front of the whole mechanic shop, the owner shouts, “There’s the man that got the devil out of me!” He points and looks straight at me. Eight months ago I brought him to a Christian conference, he got saved, and I cast some demons out of his life. He really suffered from demonic attack 24 hours a day, he explained it as living death. I had visited his shop several times in the last eight months to see how he was doing, but every time he was not there. This was the first time I saw him. He explained that from that day he was freed of the demonic attacks and has been living for Jesus. His wife accepted the Lord, his workers accepted the Lord, He and his wife are graduating from a eight month Christian leadership training course next month, and one of his employees completed three months of the same course. Then he says, “I am starting my own cell group Bible study, but I need one other partner. I want that partner to be you.” Isn’t God awesome? I am amazed at how He orchestrates one person coming to salvation and then it grows and grows. Multiplying His disciples is the cry of the Lord. Many times the Lord weeps as he looks for his partners. Who will lay your life down and come follow Jesus? God is calling out to us and saying, “I want that partner to be you.” That is all God ever wanted from us. He wants that partner to be you. At the risk of going over the edge, I would like you guys to try something. Ask God, “How would you like me to partner with you, Lord?
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12.28.07
Posted in General at 1:38 pm by admin
Dear Family and Friends,
As we come to the end of the year, I want to say thank you to each person who has participated in the ministry of PMI over the past year. With all the terrible things in the world, we need to obediently choose to make a difference. Your faithfulness has made a difference within the reach of this ministry in fighting drugs, taking care of widows, meeting the needs of impoverished children, and spreading the message of Jesus Christ.
We depend heavily on our year-end donations. Due to ministry growth this past year our ministry budget was short $61,000. Please continue to pray and partner with us as we seek to accomplish all that God has for us to do. We are looking for monthly support partners to help get this next year off to a great start. If God leads you to give, please visit the “How can I help” page on our web site for a one time special gift or a monthly automatic donation. We actively seek to be good stewards of your gifts. All gifts are tax-deductible.
We here at PMI pray God’s Blessings for you and yours in 2008.
Thank you,
Jason Patton
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11.20.07
Posted in General at 9:29 am by admin
We are thankful that we are from the United States which sets aside time to be thankful to God for all the blessings He gives each and every one of us! Guatemala does not celebrate Thanksgiving.
We are thankful for each and everyone of you! Thankful for your prayers, giving, and concern that everyone might come to know Christ as their Savior.
We are also thankful for a Christian woman named Marta who lives here in our neighborhood. She runs a school for children of gang members and the poor of the poor at no cost to them. She does garage sales to raise money for her school. Since we learned of her we have a few outreaches at her school every year. We recently went through everything we own and gave her what we did not need. It came to two full van loads. When you know a ministry is doing Gods work you give. The Bible says that where you put your money, your heart will be there also(Luke 12:32-34).
We have already started building the walls for the last level, the team housing! The ministry we do requires others to make a step and give God a thanksgiving offering.
God Bless,
Jason & Tressa Patton
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09.09.07
Posted in General at 9:05 am by admin
Hi!
God is doing some amazing things in our lives. We had a wonderful time ministering in San Salvador last weekend. In three days we ministered to 1700 people, it was great seeing God show up and touch their lives. Jason was in the servants role to the main speaker. We brought our entire family and God visibly touched Tressa during the last part of the teaching sessions. It took 7.5 hours to get there due to problems at the border and 6.5 hours to get back due to our car breaking down. It is a one hour flight in an airplane! It´s not much fun to break down with two small children and a pregnant wife. Unfortunately the car´s engine is totaled. Please pray for someone that would be able to donate a reliable vehicle that is a 2000 or newer.
Many times we have asked you to pray for Carlos. We have helped get him through alcohol rehab quite a few times. Carlos now has been back and sober for 3 weeks as we have him working with Jason and discipling him. Please pray that he will continue to stay dry and for his spiritual walk.
We just finished the rerod of the missionary apartment roof! We are now working on installing the water and electrical tubing. We have funds designated for installation of items on the lower floors, but the rain comes right down the stair-well flooding all the floors below. We really need to finish the shell of the mission base and put the roof on the final floor before we can do finishing work on the floors below. Jason has been working on the rerod as well as fasting all week that God would make some breakthroughs. It is challenging to fast and do manual labor at the same time! We are asking you to pray and fast for this last level that needs a roof. We would really appreciate supporters designating funds for the roof, in addition to supporting the ministry. Just put a note of the designation on the memo of your check.
We thank God for you and for the work He is doing in your lives. We pray along with you for safety, comfort and provision for those who were flooded in the SW area of MN. We are all in this together.
Take Care & God Bless,
Jason & Tressa
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02.08.07
Posted in General at 9:03 am by admin
I relate my mission trip experience to a football game. The missionaries come to the states, where he visits our churches or home to show photos and tell about what they are doing and attempting to keep doing in their ministry. They are playing on our fields. It is a home game for us as we try to understand and learn what they are sharing.
When a person goes on a mission trip to help. It is an away game for us. We are playing in their country, city or field of the ministry. Only then can you feel, see and learn compassion of the much bigger sphere of what even one single day of dealing with cultures, languages belief systems and problems that appear daily. Now they have to try to solve situations, keep their own family and relationships going, leading & teaching us that come to work, and somehow feed themselves, spiritually, emotionally and physically.
To go on a mission trip is to be changed in every area of your life forever. It always helps balance me in my wants and needs. There is a difference.
In the Fathers Service,
Joan Lee
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11.27.06
Posted in General at 9:25 am by admin
Our God is a God of miracles! We thank Him for the miracles that He performed for the group that came down in November. The first miracle was finances. With only 3 months to raise funds for their mission trip, we were all sweating when the funds still weren’t all there 3 weeks before the group was to come. Not only did God provide the money, but a surplus came in! It looked like one of the team members was going to lose his thumb due to a log splitter accident during a fundraiser. After 2 weeks of prayers the doctors removed the bandages and found that God had saved his thumb! Once the team got to Guatemala they were able to do twice as much as what was expected with the construction! One team member made the commitment not go to the bars and one team member started praying out loud in group settings which she had never done before. Another member had a special request that brought tears to her eyes; God heard her and answered her prayer when all looked impossible. The group was able to lead a vacation Bible school at night after long hours of doing construction all day. God moved powerfully on this trip. The following are some testimonies from the team members that came down:
To see the way God is using Jason & Tressa in Guatemala City and to help build the vision that God has given them is truly a privilege and life changing experience. - Andy Quelle
God has showed me how fortunate we are and to not take for granted what we have, but to be thankful to God for what He gave us. - Gerardo Flores
God has shown me His power and glory. I was able to witness this first hand, up close, and personal. - Ron Bearden
Praise God. I have witnessed first hand how amazing and wonderful God is. My spirituality has been rocked to the core, praise God. - Heather Coombs
This is my ninth missionary trip. God shows up powerfully when ministering in a different culture. This team God moved most powerfully. I am excited we got double the amount work done than what the ministry expected. - Kim Quelle
It has been a blessing to see the beautiful country Guatemala and how God is moving in Jason and Tressa’s lives. God used this trip to show me things that help me choose my path now. - Lucas Schuster
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10.24.06
Posted in General at 3:01 pm by Tressa
“Wow! A Real Live Missionary ate at our house!” Was that really me they were talking about?! I do have the bazillion pictures tucked under my arm to show a little bit of our life in Guatemala. I am the only one in Minnesota wearing a jacket even though it’s a spring day of 68 degrees. I pray it wasn’t me in the outdated clothes! Yes, that’s one of my hats, I am a missionary, but that’s not how I think of myself. Should it be? I always pictured missionaries as people who ate things not meant to be eaten, liked bugs and snakes, walked for days in the pouring rain and enjoyed it, never wore make-up or used a hair dryer…and the list goes on.
The times I have been back in the United States I have noticed a change in myself. A bug in my cup? No big deal, just flick it out and I’m good to go. A three hour car ride on smooth roads with lines feels like a short little jaunt. I can turn on the faucet and not only does water always come out, but I can decide if I want it hot or cold and if I want to drink it!
These are all outside items. How has my inner being changed? Has becoming a missionary made my thoughts more Christ-like? Again when I return to the States I have noticed changes. It’s hard for me to hear gift requests of a stereo or video games when my next door neighbors would like a bed rather than the planks of wood that they sleep on. I go to the grocery store and all I can do is walk up and down the aisles thinking of the hungry village people whose homes, livelihoods, and families were swept away in the land slide. There are so many things around me that it’s easy to become distracted and forget that there are souls crying out to know Christ. Since being a missionary I would say that my heart is more in tune with the unheard cries. I’ve become better at not seeing labels; the transvestite, the drunk on the corner, the rich snob, but instead seeing a hurting person who needs to know Jesus as their savior.
When it comes to outside appearances I don’t fit the missionary mold, I wear make-up, I dry my hair, and I get tired of the rainy season. What defines a missionary is on the inside. When we yearn to see people come to Jesus we have a part of the heart of Christ, a missionary heart.
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10.13.06
Posted in General at 11:13 am by admin
Hello………Greetings from Hendricks, Mn. I recently traveled to Guatemala with my friend Jody from Wisconsin. The reason for the trip was to visit the 4 children that my husband and I are in the process of adopting. Jody is adopting 2. We are so thankful to Jason & Tressa for sharing this need with us. Jason knows Tom & Susan who have been taking care of these children and many others in Guatemala. Jason has been very helpful in teaching Tom how to fly. It has been wonderful to be able to change a 4 hour road trip to a 25 min. flight. We had a good visit with Jason & Tressa. The kids are really cute and they are all looking forward to seeing the construction teams in Nov. & Jan. I can really see there is a huge need for others to join in to help with the construction site. Thanks to all of you that are lending a helping hand to do God’s work in Guatemala.
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Posted in Prayer Needs at 10:10 am by Jason
Mynor is in need to go to the skin specialist hospital because he is not recovering. He is one of our projects. Please pray that the doctors would know what is his illness
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10.12.06
Posted in General at 4:41 pm by Jason
Last weekend we went three hours away to a village called Tzan Chaj. We invited Guatemalans to plant seeds for the poor. Ironically it was the poor that volunteered because they did not see themselves as poor. They see those without a job or medical situation as poor.
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