Devocionales La Mision

Hey guys! Today I want to share with you a little about a ministry my friends and I have started. You may have read about me talking about this in earlier posts, but the new Devocionales La Mision (The Mission Devotionals, for English speakers) is a project I started but so many others have gotten involved with.

This project started in April. Obviously in the middle of the pandemic, I was missing Rancho. I wanted to have the weekly devotionals with my friends, and of course everyone else was saying how much they missed each other.

By the end of April God set on my heart to start this. I didn’t know a lot about what it was like, but I knew that this was important–especially not being close to anyone from The Mission and not knowing how long COVID-19 quarantine was going to last. I probably spent a week or two thinking about the idea before God pressed on me that I should start it.

So I got one of my friends to help me start everything, and it probably took me a couple hours a day to focus and learn how Instagram Live worked, as well as how to work with translators, group video calls and group chats. When I shared with all of my classmates about this, they loved the idea and jumped on it with me.

I am thankful for the diversity of my classmates–how we all work in different parts of life. I had friends that wanted to share in the devotionals themselves, but then there are other people who like to make graphics. Others help me make decisions about the devotionals (times, days, announcements, etc.), and there are many other factors that have led this to becoming a great ministry for our family.

The Instagram account is public, so we have been reaching people outside of Rancho as well. It has been so cool to see that people are liking and watching the videos that we post, and they don’t have to be a part of the School of Missions to see them. We get to share with people who want more and are curious just as to what is on the hearts of students who have immersed themselves in a culture of God.

As this has been happening, I have learned new things. I am not a fan of social media, and sometimes I am not the best with technology. With saying all of this, somehow I am still the one that is designated to help my mom with her technology. I guess most of the time. 

But I’m good at learning. I focused my energy into creating a new way to reach people. I taught myself (with some guidance) how to actually create graphics and posts to share. It’s been a pain in the butt, but I’m learning.

Half of the programming still doesn’t make sense to me. So if for whatever reason you are good at these types of things, help a girl out. I’ve found this experience to be very educating, but my head hurts from how many wires I’ve crossed in my brain.

However, I will probably start creating graphics for this blog. It’s a cool skill to have. Very useful.

My creativity and imagination is great, but this stretches it, too. I’m so thankful for the experience I get from this, and people are continually blessed to be both a part of it and to see what’s happening.

The account itself is in Spanish and English. The videos have a translator. It’s amazing how this is coming together, because when I first heard from God about the devotionals I was overwhelmed by how I was going to be able to pull this off.

But … you know… God. God’s good.

If you would like to look at this account yourself, or would be interested in following it and taking time to listen and read what we have, you can find it on Instagram. The handle is @devocionaleslamision.

This is a great ministry that I hope to take further, and I hope you will take those steps with me.