Meeting About Cancun Christian University

Steve Horrex and I met with Cancun Philanthropist, Gilberto F., near San Jose today at Saratoga Federated Church. Gilberto was there visiting his sister and brother-in-law for over a week and invited Steve and I to fly up to meet with him. What an incredible setting Saratoga Federated Church always is. This is a church that has been involved with Amor for a very, very long time. It seemed only appropriate to have such an important meeting for Amor at this church. As expected, they made us all feel right at home and even brought a cart full of breakfast rolls and coffee for our meeting.















Gilberto and Steve at Saratoga Federated Church

Gilberto brought new architectural plans for the CCU Campus as well as a contract to donate the 12 acres of land designated for the University to of Amor Ministries. The reality of this moment set in as we went through the contract, line after line. Gilberto was legally donating the 12 acre campus to Amor!















CCU Deed Presented to Scott and Steve

We also received and reviewed the parcel map for the entire region surrounding the University. This community is actually called Puerto Morelos ,which is a subsidiary of Cancun. We will now continue to work with Gilberto, our attorneys, and our Board of Directors to review all the legal documents that Gilberto submitted to us.

Additionally, Gilberto presented a plan to develop a Christian community surrounding the University. This would consist of some 40 lots
directly around the University property, allowing for easy access to all the facilities on the Campus. We will continue to discuss this opportunity with Gilberto and will definitely be providing more information on this specific development in the future.

Great Meeting With Juarez Seminary

I am writing this from El Paso, Texas where I am working this week. Yesterday I participated in interviewing a prospective field team member for the Juarez field. Today Michael Williamson and I had the most amazing meeting at All Nations Seminary in Juarez.

We first attended their Wednesday Chapel and then met for several hours with the Seminary's President John Lee. Or "Juan Lee" as they call him here in Mexico. Amor is building several houses on the Seminary's campus for married students. It appears that we may be building them as soon as this June.
















Scott and John Lee at All Nations Seminary

What's most touching about us helping the Seminary with these homes is that the school is full and they had to turn away eight applicants for the Seminary this past August. They have the class rooms and other facilities but no place to house them. Imagine that, eight willing students want to study to become ministers and missionaries and there is no room for them. I felt honored that Amor could participate in serving the needs of the Seminary by providing housing for these willing servants of Christ.

We soon discovered that we had far more in common than we ever imagined. John Lee is formerly from Los Angeles, not far from Amor's first headquarters in Gardena. Tijuana was also the start of John Lee's ministry in Mexico where he began preaching in the La Mesa, Tijuana prison in 2000. Tijuana, of course, is also where Amor started.

The most amazing connection we shared is when John Lee told us how several churches in Cancun, Mexico had already asked All Nations Seminary if they would start a seminary in Cancun. Last year John Lee visited and met with these Mexican pastors in Cancun and there were some obstacles discovered that prevented them from moving forward; not having a facility to hold the seminary was just one of these issues.












Seminary President John Lee

All Nations Seminary has numerous extension around Mexico and they are now in discussions and in prayer with us to form a partnership with Amor to develop a seminary extension at the proposed Cancun Christian University.


The final thing I think that is worthwhile to mention is that the All Nations Seminary is located on the paved road right next to where we turn onto a dirt road to drive to our new Juarez camp. The seminary is probably less than two miles from our camp.

Cancun Christian University

I have created another blog that I will be posting to about the development of the Cancun Christian University. This is a project that a major donor has asked us to participate in and is currently under review by the Amor Ministries Board of Directors. While the feasibility of the project is being undertaken, the donor continues to develop the 12 acres that the University is being built on in Cancun, Mexico.

To see how things are continuing to progress, please go to the blog below:

Cancun Christian University Blog