[About the photos: CONTINUITY: Nabor, whose life we changed as a little boy, now with a wife and daughter of his own; Shirley, who we lost too soon; Carlos, our faithful leader in Chiapas; Ken, teaching; Larry and the future generation; Larry and Mary Lou. ]
Dear friends of Mexico Ministries:
Hi. I’m Kenneth Myers, and I’m a pastor’s kid. Well, I used to be a pastors kid. And then I became a missionary’s kid. But I’m 62 now and no longer a kid. For the last 43 years I have spent my life in pastoral ministry and teaching. And for the last four I have worked in the background with my father, Larry. Many of you knew and loved my late wife Shirley, who was also a missionary’s kid and spent nearly 30 years managing the office for Mexico Ministries and being a point of contact for folk on both sides of the border.
My father asked me to write you this month and let you know a few things. First, he is once again in Tuxtepec, Oaxaca (and headed to Atoyac, Guerrero), meeting with pastors and people, overseeing new projects, and planning for future ministry. He is 83, but he isn’t slowing down.
Second, this isn’t a passing of the baton letter, and there isn’t one planned! This isn’t a Moses and Joshua moment; not an Elijah and Elisha moment. Dad intends to keep doing what God has called him to do until God tells him to either slow down or stop; there is much ministry still to be done in Mexico.
And third, when the time comes that God does tell him to slow down or stop, that doesn’t mean the work of Mexico Ministries stops. No, the ministry goes on and there are good teams of leaders both in the U.S. and Mexico to insure that it does. Churches will still be built, pastors will still be trained, needs will still be cared for, the sick will still be ministered to, the Gospel will still be proclaimed.
Throughout scripture God works from one generation to another and there is always continuity. “So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come,” David wrote (Psalm 71.18). And again, “One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.” (Psalm 145.4). The Kingdom of God is bigger and more wonderful than any one person, any one generation, any one denomination, or any one ministry. We are all called to work together in our own day and pass it on to those to come. Thank you for standing with Dad and Mexico Ministries in this day, and may the Lord bless us all to continue our part in expanding the Kingdom until Jesus comes again.
God bless you,
Ken Myers