Reaching out to the Hispanic Community

Living in Costa Rica, there are a lot of things that we have learned about how to

 self-sustain us in this Earth, and we through YHVH's hand

 have been able to show others the Truth that sustains forever. 

One of the biggest things that we have seen though is just how little outside information 

they get about what's happening around the world. They are being taught only by the pastors 

in the pulpits and the teachers in the classrooms(and at least where we live only up to 6th-8th grade), 

and everything else they either learn themselves, or it is either non-existent or of little value. 

There is hardly any other side to debate what they have been taught. There is a lack of information 

about many topics, whether it be Creation Science, eating 'Kosher', the end times, etc. 

However, we are finally beginning to see more information like this,

 and in fact our family has been able to help.

Matthew 5:14-16 

“You are the light of the world. It is impossible for a city to be hidden on a mountain. 

15 “Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, 

but on a lampstand, and it shines to all those in the house.

16 “Let your light so shine before men, so that they see your 

good works and praise your Father who is in the heavens.

My dad started translating several years ago and has been helping different ministries get articles, 

videos, and teachings in Spanish. He has been able to share with others here in Costa Rica 

and throughout the Hispanic community through these, as well as in Facebook, 

which is actually the best way to get the word out to people here in these types

 of areas because almost everyone here has Facebook on their phones. 

One of the big things that YHVH has allowed me to do over the past several months 

is to write and translate articles for a website called The Creation Club, 

which is a site full of information about Creation Science, something of which is very 

much needed in this world were people are taught that we came from a primordial soup 

14+ Billion years ago and that we came from monkeys. People here do not have the information

 to defend against it, because frankly there is so very little done about it. That is why we need

 to help these ministries that do have this information be able to reach people that don't. 

Is it easy? No, definitely not. With the farm work that has to be done(plus cooking, my #3 occupation), 

it limits the time that there is for me to help. But with YHVH's help I want to be able to do more.

 There is a need, and there is a way to fill it, we need help. I personally have some ideas 

that I believe will help be able to reach out. A couple of them are:

1. Outreach through social media outlets like Facebook. Things like short written teachings 

and images are really good, easy ways to be able to share with them.

2. DVD and audio teachings. A lot of people here have TV's and DVD/CD players, 

as well as you can put audio teachings on their phones. They learn a lot more(and I do to)

 when they can actually see and/or hear what is being taught. Which brings me to the third idea...

3. Podcasts and Youtube! For those that have computers this would be a great way to share. 

Many ministries have great videos, and some are translated into Spanish, but very few are

 made specifically for the Hispanic people. Many of the videos are American or English-based, 

but there are very few that give the Hispanic/Latino mindset. There is a lot of great information

 out there that can be shared, but it needs to be in a way that they can understand.

Now, obviously there are things that would be needed to be able to do these things. 

Materials like DVD's/CD's disks, printer ink, etc. would be needed. And to do a podcast 

that is longer than an hour or a video that is more than 15 minutes could take some

 additional resources, like a hosting website for example. There is a lot that can be done, but it takes time and finances.

Acts 13:47 

 “For so the Master has commanded us, ‘I have set you to be a light to the gentiles(nations), 

that you should be for deliverance to the ends of the earth.”

But most of all, prayers will be needed. This would take a lot of commitment to do. 

We know that with Messiah all things are possible, but we know we have to do our part to 

bring the Word of Truth out to the Hispanic/Latino community. So please pray for our servant family, 

that we can continue to shine our light, and that we can bring this information 

that is so important to these people that so desperately need it. 

Until next time...

Shalom!

Christian Montañez Dodd

Servant and Emissary of Messiah Yahshua, Child of YHVH

HalleluYAH!

Our Family Mikvah

Acts 2:38-41
“Repent, and let each one of you be immersed in the Name of יהושע Messiah 
for the forgiveness of sins. And you shall receive the gift of the Set-apart Spirit.
39 “For the promise is to you and to your children, 
and to all who are far off, as many as יהוה our Elohim shall call.”
40 And with many other words he earnestly witnessed and urged them, saying, 
“Be saved from this crooked generation.”
41 Then those, indeed, who gladly received his word, were immersed.

 We had a Family mikvah as a refreshment to re-offer ourselves as a living sacrifice and 
clean vessels unto YHWH for the work of the ministry in Messiah Y'shua. 
Blessings from the Montañez mispacha scattered to the 
mountains of South Costa Rica to be a light. 
L'chaim Pura Vida!

Psalms 51:6-8, 12-15
 See, You have desired truth in the inward parts, 
And in the hidden part You make me know wisdom.
7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I am clean; Wash me, and I am whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness, Let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your deliverance, And uphold me, Noble Spirit!
13 Let me teach transgressors Your ways, So that sinners turn back to You.
14 Deliver me from blood-guilt, O Elohim, Elohim of my deliverance, 
Let my tongue sing aloud of Your righteousness.
15 O יהוה, open my lips, And that my mouth declare Your praise.

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We are descendants of one people, one blood who some choose to follow the God of Avraham, Yitzaq and Ya'acov and others do not. There is the account of Babel who after the flood men choose to follow after their own heart and desire but Abba kept one remnant for Himself, and called them out of one people and one language to make a nation that would follow Him.  By the obedience of one man we will inherit a Kingdom so by the Obedience from His Son we will inherit the Better Kingdom if we obey, believe, and repent thus becoming ONE NATION OF KADOSH (Holy) PEOPLE.

Hebrews 11:8 

By belief, Aḇraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place 

which he was about to receive as an inheritance. 

And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

Revelations 5:9-10 

And they sang a renewed song, saying,

 “You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals, because You were slain, 

and have redeemed us to Elohim by Your blood out of every tribe

 and tongue and people and nation, and made us sovereigns and priests 

to our Elohim, and we shall reign upon the earth.”

Until next time...

Shalom!

The Montañez Family 

Servants and Emmisaries of Messiah Yahshua, Children of YHVH

HalleluYAH!

Our Newborn Lamb!

Shalom brothers and sisters in Messiah! We pray that all is going well 

with you and that YHVH is using you for His glory!

This blogpost is very exciting so let´s get started!

Isaiah 40:10-11

See, the Master YHVH comes with a strong hand, and His arm rules for Him. 

See, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.

11 He feeds His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs with His arm,

 and carries them in His bosom, gently leading those who are with young.

We have a newborn lamb! It is amazing to see the blessings that YHVH gives,

 but this is something we honestly didn´t know if we would be able to see,

with all the immigration paperwork that we´ve had to go through, 

and all the twists and turns that have to go with it,

so it´s even more amazing to be able to witness it knowing just how big of a miracle it really was.

What is also so amazing is just how the whole experience was and how it underlines with Scriptures. It was night outside, and were we are it is very dark at night unless the full moon is out.

We had been waiting for ¨Mama Sheep¨ to give birth for a while now, so we 

had to be very careful and pay close attention to her. 

However, sometimes the sheep like to go where it´s difficult to impossible to see them, 

so Brother Jesús had to go down the pasture with a flashlight to look for them.

And how would you know, they were ALL the way at the BOTTOM of the pasture, and guess what? Mama Sheep decided that down there was a good place to give birth to a lamb.

 So Brother Jesús came back up to ask for help since the sheep didn´t want 

to come back up the hill. So Sister Tammy and another Brother whose family had been 

staying with us for a week went down to help him get the sheep back up the hill.

Luke 15:4-7

 “What man among you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, 

does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?

5 “And having found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

6 “And having come home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them,

 ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!ʼ

7 “I say to you that in the same way there shall be more joy in the heaven over one sinner repenting, than over ninety-nine righteous ones who need no repentance.

Now, you may think that sheep are these sweet, docile creatures that go wherever 

you lead them and get completely lost without someone taking care of them at all times.

However, that´s only ½ the truth, Remember, sheep have brains too, 

and when they decide that you are trying to take them isn´t where they want to go, well… 

let´s just say they are a pain to handle! Anyway, the reason we say that is because 

when we tried to bring them back up, 2 things happened...

 

One was that Mama Sheep didn´t want to come up at all, and started going in all different directions trying to get away, while at the same time trying to find her

 lamb(whose name is Milo, by the way) which Sister Tammy was holding. 

The second thing that happened was that Zacchaeus(our dominant male sheep)

started attacking Mama Sheep to point where Brother Jesús had to

 start fighting with him to keep him away from Mama Sheep.

Now, another difficulty was the actual walk up the hill. In the daytime you can see

 all the rocks and holes, but at night it´s much harder, even with a flashlight.

So you add that difficulty into it and you can see just how hard it truly is to get the

 lost sheep to come back home. It would have been very difficult 

if not impossible for Brother Jesús to bring them back up by himself, 

and even with the help of two other people it was still very difficult to bring them back home.

John 10:14-16

 “I am the good shepherd. And I know Mine, and Mine know Me,

15 even as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.

16 “And other sheep I have which are not of this fold – I have to bring them as well,

 and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.

However, the joy in being able to see this newborn lamb is absolutely amazing. 

Milo, not even a day old, could go wherever his Mama went and could 

run nearly as fast as her too.

For all the blessings that YHVH has given us, this may be the most special, 

because this one was truly ‘un milagro’(a miracle, hence where Milo comes from),

and one that we can see, hear, touch, and smell every day. It truly is amazing to see YHVH at work!

Psalms 100

Raise a shout for YHVH, All the earth!

2 Serve YHVH with gladness; Come before His presence with singing.

3 Know that YHVH, He is Elohim; He has made us, and we are His – 

His people and the sheep of His pasture.

4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. 

Give thanks to Him; bless His Name.

5 For YHVH is good; His kindness is everlasting, And His truth, to all generations.

And while this may be off topic, we want to say HALLELUYAH to our King because we have been told that we no longer have to leave Costa Rica every 3 months!

We are not completely through yet, but the hardest part has been 

completed so rejoice with us and please keep praying that we can

 finish quickly that way we can be able to better share the 

Good News with the people here in Costa Rica.

Until next time…

Shalom!

The Montañez Family

Servants and Emissaries of Yahshua, Children of YHVH

HalleluYAH!

Unity in Messiah is an AMAZING blessing!

Psalms 133:1 

 See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity! 

We have met many brothers and sisters in Messiah over our years as we have gone along this journey. Some we only met briefly at Sukkot or at Congregations, while some we stayed

 in their homes for days, weeks, and even months. We had our ups and our downs, 

and while we separated at one point or another, those times will be with us forever. 

From the 1^st time we were invited to a Passover Seder, to the times we went 

to spend Shabbat with just 2 or 3 other families, to celebrating Sukkot with over 200 people,

 we will always remember the laughs, the tears, the great Midrash and fellowship

(not to mention the GREAT food!!). Whatever the case, we have been blessed to be 

allowed to be a part in the lives of some of our brothers and sisters in Messiah. 

This blogpost is to remember some of those moments...

 From working together, 

 

 to fellowshipping in groups large...

 

 small...

 and in between.

We will forever remember the moments that we have had together. From the joy to the tears to the prayers that we have shared, we praise YHWH for each moment that we have had with you. 

For the gifts that you have given to our family, whether large or small, we thank you so much!

Psalms 122:6-9

  Pray for the peace of Yerushalayim, Let those who love You be at rest.

7 Peace be within your walls, Rest in your citadels.

8 For the sake of my brothers and companions, I say, “Peace be within you.”

9 For the sake of the House of YHWH our Elohim I seek your good.

 Whatever our future holds, we will always remember 2 things...

1. YHWH is in control over EVERYTHING and EVERYONE, at ALL TIMES and

in ALL PLACES. 

and...

2. We have brothers and sisters in Messiah that we love and that we know we can trust in. 

We praise YHWH for each and everyone of you and we cannot wait for

 the next time we meet, whether before or after Messiah comes!

 Numbers 6:24-26

 “YHWH bless you and guard you; 

25 YHWH make His face shine upon you, and show favour to you; 

26 YHWH  lift up His face upon you, and give you peace.”

Until next time...

Shalom!

The Montañez Family 

Servants and Emissaries of Yahshua, Children of YHWH

HalleluYAH!

P.S: If anyone has pictures of either your family with ours or a group picture that isn´t here,

we would LOVE to add it to this blogpost. So if you do, please comment and we will send you he e-mail address to send it to. Shalom!