A Blessed Visit...

Psalms 68:4-5

 Sing to Elohim, sing praises to His Name. Raise up a highway for Him 

Who rides through the deserts, By His Name Yah, And exult before Him.

Father of the fatherless, And Right-ruler of widows, Is Elohim in His set-apart dwelling.

Isaiah 1:17

 “Learn to do good! Seek right-ruling, reprove the oppressor, 

defend the fatherless, plead for the widow. 

 Our sister Carmen came back from Nicaragua to visit us. YHVH gave her the ability to return and visit us, and we were very blessed and happy to have her here again.We had a great time with her, speaking about Abba's Word daily and learning about how she lived in Nicaragua in the past.

 Zechariah 7:9-10

 “Thus said YHVH of hosts, ‘Execute true right-ruling, 

show kindness and compassion everyone to his brother. 

“Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the stranger or the poor.

 And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.ʼ  
 

She is an amazing woman who has gone through a lot in her life, and it was great to hear about all the things she had to go through back in the day in Nicaragua. She lived through the Nicaraguan Revolution (also called the National Sandinista Revolution) and she had to go through a lot during that time. She told us about her husband and how he was forced to fight in the war and how they lived during that time.

 James 1:26-27

 If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue 

 but deceives his own heart, this oneʼs religion is worthless. 

 Clean and undefiled religion before the Elohim and Father is this:

 to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. 

Her wisdom shows in her widowed white hairs and actions. Thank you for the support sent to the poor widows. She is also a great host for those who visit her town in Nicaragua. She was such a blessing to have and we pray she will be able to return.

She said after receiving the offering: "I know brother Jesus that what you teach me and say to the local people is the Truth from the Scriptures."

 Hermana Carmen qualifies to be a true widow, having no children or husband to care for her. She has no pension or ways to make a living. She is a widow of a Pastor and today she continues to preach the Word.

If YHVH puts it in your heart to bless her and other widows, please go to:

http://lchaimpuravida.blogspot.com/p/donation-for-giving-to-poor-widows-and.html

May YHVH Bless you so much more!

Until next time...

Shalom!

The Montañez Family

Servants and Emissaries of Messiah Yahshua, Children of YHVH

HalleluYAH!

We have been(and are being) SO blessed!!

Shalom brothers and sisters in Messiah! We  pray that you all had a blessed

 Shabbat and that you were able to rest in YHVH´s Word. Just wanted to 

share a couple of pictures and something very special that we were able to be a part of. 

Now, on to the pictures!

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For the better part of this week we had a VERY special guest stay with us. 

Her name is Tia Carmen from Nicaragua. She is the same elderly widow that 

had so graciously invited us to stay in her home when we went to Nicaragua in June. 

Here is the entire story of our trip that we took to Nicaragua:

Trip to Nicaragua June 2012

Anyway, she came here and had a very blessed time discussing YHVH´s Word,

 as well as being blessed the whole time with food, love, and affection. She spent Shabbat night with us and was able to take part of Kiddush with us. She is a very dear part of 

our family and we pray that we will be able to have the provision 

to go to Nicaragua and visit her and the people there again.

 

We also had a very dear young lady named Angie come by. She is one of the young 

women that was recently baptized. Praise YHVH that she has continued to attempt

 to walk the walk and has been spending time with us here on the mountain, 

not just learning about the spiritual things, but also about the physical things as well, including how to cook(which by the way, is kinda IMPORTANT in any Hispanic country LOL).  

And right now we have a family with us! They are Don Harold, Doña Lourdes, and their family. 

They came early today on Shabbat and are staying overnight. Pray that they will be touched 

by the Word that we bring them and that YHVH will change their hearts.

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Lastly, we want to share with you something VERY special that we were a part of. 

We were part of this AMAZING new magazine

 called HarvestMag which was created by 2 AWESOME cousins.

 Here is how HarvestMag got started:

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From:http://harvestmag.com/about/

Who we are and how we got started…

HarvestMag is a non-profit, quarterly magazine founded by Zachary Bruno and Sonja Langford. Both of us have had a great desire to start our own magazine for several years, but it wasn’t until September 2012 that the desire sprouted into reality. HarvestMag began one weekend with nothing more than a passion fueled by the Father and two young people desiring to further His kingdom. We were blessed with amazing support and input from our families, and after many 3 hour phone calls and Skype sessions, HarvestMag began to take shape.

There were several reasons we wanted to start a magazine. The biggest and most important reason is that we just didn’t believe there were any “Messianic” youth magazines which spoke about the real life issues facing today’s youth. The youth of today, just like all youth in previous generations, are not interested in having beliefs and Biblical standards “spoon-fed” to them. We believe young people like ourselves mature much faster and are more capable of a deeper understanding of the Scriptures than our society gives us credit for. We also believe that one of our greatest strengths as young people is that we are always seeking the truth and challenging things that are told to us. However, without a solid foundation and a strong faith, there is no reason for young people to set the insight they gain on Saturday (Shabbat) as a guiding standard for the rest of the week. This leads us to our mission.

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 You can read more about their mission with this magazine and what is their vision for it,
including to prayerfully having HarvestMag in print form by 2014! Anyway,
 it´s absolutely amazing what they are doing and we were so blessed to be a part of that 1st issue.
Here is an excerpt from Brother Jesus´s interview with HarvestMag:
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 - Do you have any words of wisdom that you feel young people really need to hear?

                                     
The Messianic Way should be a movement for the youth that occupies their mind 

on how to help and minister to others like Messiah would. To motivate others to

 walk the walk and become emissaries of YHWH. It should be the cool thing to

 reject the falsehood we inherited from our fathers for the Truth and radical lives of Messiah’s likeness.

I remember Jeremiah when YHWH told him:

Jeremiah 1:7 And YHVH said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am a youth,

 but go to all to whom I send you, and speak whatever I command you.

Messiah told us that we have to be like little children, so to enter the Kingdom

 is not a matter of age. His relationship is established on Trust and Truth. 

If young people establish a relationship based on His Word of Truth and 

trust to follow His instructions then the fruit will be shown and they will show

 a testimony that not only will be light and salt but a testimony that will 

bring adults to shame in their walk. Then they will say “from the mouth of babes”.

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You GOTTA read it!! To read the interview, the rest of the magazine, and to give words of encouragement and ideas on how to make HarvestMag better(if it COULD be ANY better!!) go to:

HarvestMag 1st Issue! 

May YHVH bless them SO much, and may YHVH bless you too!! Please pray for our support offering to increase in time for our next schedule exit of the country to Panama and the Biblical Feasts of Abba.

Until next time...

Shalom! 

The Montañez Family

Servants and Emissaries of Yahshua, Children of YHVH

HalleluYAH!

Trip to Nicaragua Part 4 of 4

Shalom brothers and sisters in Messiah! I pray that you all had a blessed Shabbat! 

Here is the final part to our trip to Nicaragua and I pray it will be a blessing to you and your family.

This trip could not have happened without YHVH and you! Without your gifts and offerings, we could not go and do YHVH's will for our lives. Without your blessing we couldn't be a blessing to the poor, widows, and orphans.

 James 1:27
  Clean and undefiled religion before the Elohim and Father is this:
 to visit orphans and widows in their affliction,
and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

 

Here is the video!

We thank you so much for your offering and allowing YHVH to

 use your offering where it reaches those in need. 

With the gifts you have given, we have been able to go

 to the poor, widows, and orphans throughout Central America

 with the Torah of YHVH being doers of the Word.
With your gifts you have given we have been able to give clothes, dishes, shoes to those in need and 

with the offerings we have been able to visit the prison, preach the Good News, buy a table for a widow, 

and shade for the poor in Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua and El Salvador.

Again, we praise YHVH for all He has done through you 

so far and all you are going to do for His Kingdom sake.  

 

If you see on the top right corner of the screen, there is a button there. That is the new donation button specifically for the poor, widows, and orphans. We thank YHVH so much for EVERYTHING  

He has done through you in our lives and in the lives of others. 

 

We do not seek your gifts, but rather:

Philippians 4:17
Not that I seek the gift, but I seek 

the fruit that is multiplying to your account.

 

 Again, we thank you so much and may YHVH bless you always!

Shalom!

The Montanez Family

Servants and Emissaries of Yahshua, Children of YHVH

HalleluYAH!!

Trip to Nicaragua June 2012 Part 3 of 4

Shalom brothers and sisters in Messiah! 

Pray that you will all have a blessed Shabbat and that YHVH’s shalom/shalem be with you always. 

We are now going through part 3 of our trip to Nicaragua, and I pray that it will be a blessing to you. 

Again, we thank YHVH everyday because through you He provides for what we do. 

Without your help we cannot go anywhere or do any of the things we do. 

Your offering allows us to go to the poor, widows, and orphans and help them 

with what they need most, physically and spiritually. 

May YHVH bless your gift!

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This post has to do all about about some people close to Dona Mayra;

 her mom Dona Lucia, and her younger sister, Patricia.

This family blessed us so much on this trip. 

They are a very sweet family that has gone through a lot in their lives, 

part of which we are going to talk about in this post.

The 1st thing I want to share with you is their living situation. 

Before I say anything else, here is a couple of pictures 

of the house they are currently living in:

  

Their house, as you can see, is made from the Zinc that is normally put on roofs here. 

They used to have a nice bigger house with concrete blocks but some things 

happened about 4 months ago and they had to take it down. 

This Zinc used to be a part of that old house and they couldn’t move the concrete blocks 

because they didn’t have enough money to bring it there and then

 have someone build it back up so they just built this Zinc house. 

Well, as you can see, it isn’t very big. In fact it is just one room without 

any bathroom in it and a small wood kitchen outside.

 In fact, they have to walk 2 blocks to go to their relatives house to use the outhouse! 

Something else that is a big problem is the heat. It gets very hot and sunny, and most days

 there isn’t very much wind, which makes the heat worse.

The Zinc makes the house much hotter then what it actually is, 

and because it is made completely out of Zinc, it makes things even worse.

Another big problem they have there is lack of shade where their house is.

 They have some small trees planted but it will be a while before they give any shade,

 so they have almost no shade and they can’t really stay in the house when it’s hot
since the Zinc makes thing unbearable even with a fan on.

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BUT thanks to your gifts that YHVH has put on your hearts to bless us with, 

we were able to get them a roll of plastic for some shade as well 

as the finances to get the concrete blocks and have someone rebuild the house 

for them so they can have a nice house with a bathroom. 

You have truly blessed others as well as us with your gift, and for that we thank you 

so much and pray that YHVH will multiply everything that you have!

Philippians 4:17-18a, 20

Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that is multiplying to your account. 

Php 4:18a  Indeed I have all and more than enough.

20 And my Elohim shall fill all your need according to 

His riches in esteem by Messiah Yahshua.

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The last thing we want to talk about is a young man.

He is 19 years old and is Dona Mayra and Patricia’s brother. 

He has gone though some things in his life and has gone through some troubles 

but he is a bright young man and wants to turn his life around. His name is Alvaro.

Pray that he will learn from his mistakes and turn his heart fully to Elohim. 

Pray for his family that they can understand that YHVH has a 

bigger purpose for his life through this situation. 

Pray that if it is YHVH’s will, that he will come out of jail 

sooner than his sentencing and most of all pray that he 

can be able to be a tool in the Master’s hand.

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For everything you have done, providing the finances for the table, 

chairs, basket, food, plastic and concrete blocks, 

as well as the bus trips and border costs, we thank you! 

Your gift has allowed us to bless others beyond what we could do ourselves. 

Without you we couldn’t do anything. 

YHVH bless you and multiply your gift above and beyond what you gave!

Until next time…

Shalom!

The Montanez Family 

Servants and Emissaries of Yahshua, Children of YHVH 

HalleluYAH!!

Trip to Nicaragua June 2012 Part 2 of ?

Shalom brothers and sisters in Messiah! 

Pray that you will all have a blessed Shabbat and that 
YHVH’s shalom/shalem be with you always. 

We are now going through part 2 of our trip to Nicaragua, and I pray that it will be a blessing to you. 
Again, we thank YHVH everyday because through you He provides for what we do. 
Without your help we cannot go anywhere or do any of the things we do. 
Your offering allows us to go to the poor, widows, and orphans and help them
 with what they need most, physically and spiritually. May YHVH bless your gift!

                                                                                                                                                            

Now, on to the pictures! 

While we were there we met a family behind Dona Carmen’s house. 
They are Don Mariano, Dona Angela, and their 9 kids. 
I would say that they are a very blessed family, don’t you think?

On the left is Luis, Moises, and Dona Angela and on the right is Sylvia, Marylin, and Marta. 
And down below is my dad and Don Mariano.

This family is very hard working, as you will see in this post. 
They wake up at 4 a.m. and buy 200 uncooked corn-on-the-cobs that they 
make into corn-on-the-cob, tamales, and sometimes atol(a drink made from corn). 
They hoe their field which they planted corn and beans in. 
They cook the corn and then either take the corn of the cob or just put the corn in a bucket. 
The corn that they take off the cob is then sent to a place that 
grinds the corn, once for tamales, and twice for atol. 
They then get the ground corn and make the tamales and occasionally atol. 
They are done by 2 p.m., then they go to sell them. And almost everyday, they do! 
Here are some pictures down below of them with the atol and
 tamales as well as Marta and Luis hoeing the field..

                              Dona Angela making Atol                   Dona Angela counting the number of tamales they made.

                               Marta hoeing the field                                                    Luis hoeing the field

Psalms 90:14, 16-17

Satisfy us in the morning with Your kindness, And let us sing for joy all our days!  
16 Reveal Your work to Your servants, And Your splendour to their children.
17 And let the pleasantness Of YHVH our Elohim be upon us, 
And confirm the work of our hands for us; O confirm the work of our hands! 

It was so amazing to see that even though this family works so much, 
they are almost always smiling and almost never scream or yell at one another.
 The kids have an amazing imagination and they make up a lot of games and such. 

What a blessed family!

 

Marta, Sylvia, and Marylin making Tzitziot. 
We taught them what they were for and where the verses are in Scripture. 
May YHVH bless these children and their family!

Please pray for Don Mariano and his family of 10. 
He wants Torah but does not know who can teach him. 
Pray that the children will have learned what the Tzitziot are 
for and that they share what they mean to others.
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Now, there are a couple more children we want to talk about, whose names are Nehemias, Ruben, and Rut.

Mark 10:13-14  

And they were bringing little children for Him to touch them, 

but the taught ones were rebuking those who were bringing them.

And when Yahshua saw it, He was much displeased and said to them, 

“Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them, 

for of such is the reign of Elohim.

This is Nehemias, Ruben, Rut, and one of her friends. 
Pray for Nehemias and Ruben who came to the house we stayed at because they heard 
my dad talking about the new covenant in the blood of Mashiach (His TORAH in our minds and hearts)
 and they wanted know why we had fringes(tzitzits). 
We asked if they wanted to believe in Yahshua as their savior 
and if they wanted to enter the new covenant and they both said yes!

 

It is very exciting to see new brothers come into the faith, especially young ones like these. 
May YHVH bless them and may they grow in His word and walk according to His will! 

Psalms 133:1

 "See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity,"
Afterwards, we had a little Bible study. We read Scripture, prayed, and sang. 
This was a very special moment.
 Pray that these children will be able to serve, love, and obey Him 
and be able to reach their families with the Word.

Speaking of their families, we came to know Ruben's dad. 
He used to be a pastor but sadly fell to alcoholism and fornication. 
Now he makes bamboo baskets like the one my dad bought for Dona Carmen.
 My dad was able to talk to Him and he heard his call to return to YHVH’s ways
. Said he wants to return - repent. Pray that he will be able to get rid of the problems in his life
 and follow YHVH, as well as teach his son the Scriptures as well.

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In the next post we will talk about a message my dad was able to bring as well
 as how we able to help the mom and sister of Dona Mayra.
 But until then…

Shalom! 

The Montanez Family 
Servants and Emissaries of Yahshua, Children of YHVH 

HalleluYAH!!

Trip to Nicaragua June 2012 Part 1 of ?

Shalom brothers and sisters in Messiah! We are back from a blessed trip to Nicaragua.

 A lot of things happened while we were there, and with YHVH’s help as well as your offering,

 we were able to bless others.

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Psalms 57:9-11

I praise You among the peoples, O YHVH; I sing to You among the nations.
10 For Your kindness is great up to the heavens, And Your truth unto the clouds.\

 11Be exalted above the heavens, O Elohim; Let Your esteem be above all the earth.

This trip was truly a blessing in many ways, from the people we blessed to the views we saw. 

When some people think of Nicaragua they think of an 

unstable country with a lot of drugs and violence.

That may be true in some parts, but where we were, 

it was a very different story, as you will see in this post.  

But before we go into that, we want to say thank you for praying for us and 

allowing us the ability through your offerings to go where YHVH wants us to go.

May YHVH bless your gift and multiply all that you have!

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Now, on to the pictures! We start out our trip by going from the farm to San Jose. 

 It isn’t a bad trip, but it does take 5 hours to get there on 1 bus.  

But when you take 2 buses, one from close to the farm to Limon(1hr. 30 minutes),

 and one from Limon to San Jose(3hrs. 30 min.), you have a waiting period in between. 

It’s not bad normally unless there are a lot of people, usually about 30 minutes.

We left the farm at 11 a.m and got dropped off about 30 minutes away. 

We stopped by Dona Mayra’s house and picked her up as well.

 The bus got there late(like 12:40) and then we left. 

Anyway, by the time we got there it was close to 6:30. 

We got a taxi to get to the hotel, (more like a boarding house as you will see in a minute)

 and then got something to eat. 

We didn’t take many pictures from the bus ride or San Jose but here are a couple we did take: 

Me and Christopher, my younger brother.

 He doesn’t like to have his picture taken which is why he isn’t in many pictures. 

He is a big help around the farm and he loves animals!

 And this is Dona Mayra. She is a very sweet lady with a heart for the Word. 

She is married to Don Renaldo, one of the workers on the farm. 

She was our guide for the trip as she is from Nicaragua. 

And now, the hotel. It is more like a boarding house where you pay by the person. 

It is taken care of by an older lady. There are some people who rent some of the rooms 

out for a long time but normally it’s just one or 2 nights. Here is a couple pictures of me on the beds. They aren’t the best beds in the world but it is much better then sleeping on the floor. 

Everyone shares one bathroom and one shower. Fancy it’s not but it is cheap and clean!

Dona Mayra calling Don Renaldo to tell him that we made it to San Jose. 

Just about everyone in Central America uses prepaid cards 

or phones since they can’t afford monthly plans.

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The next day we went from San Jose to Nicaragua. 

This is a very long trip, plus we have to cross the border. 

We woke up at 4 a.m and left San Jose at 4:30. It is about 6 hours from San Jose to the border. 

We had to get our passports stamped and such at the border so we could cross. 

Thankfully it wasn’t a very long wait and were able to get on the bus at around 12:30.

 It took about 31/2 hours to get to where we were going, a town called Niquihnomo. 

Here we were met by Dona Carmen, better known as Tia Carmen. 

James 1:27

Clean and undefiled religion before the Elohim and Father is this:  

to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

 

Dona Carmen is an elderly widow of 8 years.

 She has had a very blessed life and is a strong warrior for the Word. 

Her house was built and given for her by a pastor and 

when missionaries come she invites them to stay at her house. 

Last year she thought she was moving to Costa Rica with Dona Mayra 

so she sold everything in her house, but as she said,” It was my plan, not God’s plan.” 

And so it was. About 3 months ago she came back to Nicaragua, 

with a feeling that God wanted her to stay in Nicaragua. 

Now saying that, because she sold everything, their wasn’t anything in the house.

 She didn’t have almost anything other than a bed, 

a SMALL table, and some kitchen stuff which she put on the table. 

She was still happy with what she had, but when my dad asked her 

what she needed the most, she told us what she truly needed… 

 She said that more than anything, she wanted a big table and chairs so that whoever 

came and stayed could have a place to eat at instead of on floor or in their laps. 

She says she used to have a big table where she would have the people sit at. 

The church let her borrow some chairs but whenever they need them, she only has 1 chair to sit at. So, thanks to YHVH and thanks to your offering, we were able to buy her a table and 4 chairs so that whenever people come over she would be able to serve them food there instead of in their laps. 

We also got her a matchete(she has a lot of energy still!!) and a basket made from bamboo. 

On our last days there a lady called her and asked her if she wanted a bed. 

The lady asked Dona Carmen where we were sleeping. 

She told her we were basically sleeping on the floor

(which is pretty much true, the “bed” wasn’t much thicker than a comforter).

 The lady felt really bad. She said that she had a big matrimonial bed

 and that she would give it to her in a little while. 

There also have been other people that are going to give her some other things.

 May YHVH bless her and allow her long life to continue blessing others. 

In the next blogpost, we will be talking about some more families we saw and were able to bless. 

But for now, until next time…

Shalom!

The Montanez family

Servants and Emissaries of Yahshua, Children of YHVH

HalleluYAH!! 

Note: I had to redo these posts so I could make the pictures look better. Shalom!