On Friday, February 22, the Tierra Firme Church hosted a net casting event entitled “El Secreto” (The Secret). Over the last several weeks the church passed out 9,000 invitations to the event, with the help of the 2007-2008 AIM class. While not knowing how many people would attend, our expectations were high after our recent equipping retreat and spending significant time in prayer together. We invited our good friend, Iker Marquez, from Cuernavaca to be the main speaker for the event. Church members served in every aspect of the process: passing out invitations, setting up chairs, welcoming guests, providing pastries and coffee, serving at the raffle table, serving the guests at the intermission, and cleaning up after the event. It was powerful to see the unity and diversity of service in the body of Christ!

Iker also did an excellent job explaining “El Secreto” – the mystery revealed – Jesus Christ! He tied in some of the concepts from the popular book and movie “The Secret,” showing both its strengths and its weaknesses. However, after the intermission he invited people to find true peace through Jesus Christ. It was exciting to walk with Iker through his personal journey. We were all moved by his humility and story telling, finally coming to the realization that Jesus is our one and only hope.

We were blessed to have 150 people attend the event, with 80 visitors filling out prayer cards! At the end of the event, we gave away 5 Bibles and 3 copies of “The Purpose Driven Life” in our raffle. We also invited people to continue discovering the one “in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,” “which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”

The church members have already committed to personally visiting every person who filled out a prayer card. The work of caring for each need and sharing Jesus with each family will be our task throughout the coming weeks and months. Please pray for these special encounters as we seek to participate in God’s redemption story in the Tlalpan district of Mexico City.