Now for the pictures!!
The Penners
Jaxon, Irvin, Mari & Leah
Thursday 23 February 2012
Abellino's Family Update (Ultrasound Pictures)
Wow!! Now you can see what God has been doing through your prayers in these ultrasound pictures. I also want to thank you for praying for the finances for the doctor bills and the purchase of the blood needed for the surgeries. All the finances for what has been needed up to this point has come in, I will keep you updated as to the needs as time progresses and the date for these twins being born gets closer. God bless you for your continued prayers as you watch God work in this family.
Saturday 18 February 2012
Update (Abellino's Family)
Hello everyone, thank you so very much for praying for Abellion and Mirellya. Today we were out to visit and see how things were going. Mirellya is doing so much better health wise, the twins are healthy and the doctors are confused. The doctor told Mirellya that what is happening to her and the twin babies is not to be happening. She is healthier than she was expected to be, the twin babies are healthier than they are to be, they just do not have any answers.
Mirellya looked at her doctor and said that it is God who is doing a work in her and her unborn twin babies, she also reminded him that he said if her and her babies were healthy at birth that he would give his life to God. Mirellya said get ready to give yourself to God for the time is soon. God has worked in so many lives through these unborn twin babies, and He continues to work in the lives of the people around this family and in the lives of you in Canada.
We received two financial gifts for them from two different families in Canada, totaling $300.00 Praise God!! I have received e-mail request as to how thing are going with the doctor bills, so I asked Abellino and Mirellya today. The need they have now is for the cost of the surgery during birth (C-Section) and for the other surgeries that will be preformed when the babies are born. Mirellya also has o negative blood type which is quite rare and needs two liters of the blood for during her surgeries. The cost of the blood is $120.00 per liter U.S. dollars along with the other costs they are looking at a total of close to $1.000.00 needed to cover the rest of the medical costs.
Please pray that God would touch the hearts of the people He has lined up to help this family out. The need is great and the need is now, watch with us as you pray how God will provide a blessing to Abellino and Mirellya and to those He uses to provide for these needs.
Thank-You again for all of your prayers!! May God bless each one of you beyond what you might expect He would do.
In Christ, Irv, Mari, Leah and Jaxon Penner
Mirellya looked at her doctor and said that it is God who is doing a work in her and her unborn twin babies, she also reminded him that he said if her and her babies were healthy at birth that he would give his life to God. Mirellya said get ready to give yourself to God for the time is soon. God has worked in so many lives through these unborn twin babies, and He continues to work in the lives of the people around this family and in the lives of you in Canada.
We received two financial gifts for them from two different families in Canada, totaling $300.00 Praise God!! I have received e-mail request as to how thing are going with the doctor bills, so I asked Abellino and Mirellya today. The need they have now is for the cost of the surgery during birth (C-Section) and for the other surgeries that will be preformed when the babies are born. Mirellya also has o negative blood type which is quite rare and needs two liters of the blood for during her surgeries. The cost of the blood is $120.00 per liter U.S. dollars along with the other costs they are looking at a total of close to $1.000.00 needed to cover the rest of the medical costs.
Please pray that God would touch the hearts of the people He has lined up to help this family out. The need is great and the need is now, watch with us as you pray how God will provide a blessing to Abellino and Mirellya and to those He uses to provide for these needs.
Thank-You again for all of your prayers!! May God bless each one of you beyond what you might expect He would do.
In Christ, Irv, Mari, Leah and Jaxon Penner
Sunday 5 February 2012
Update two of three (Abellino's Family)
Hey there everyone, as I struggled to find the words to put this update together, my heart was torn as to how to send this out to everyone. How do I start, what do I put in, is there something I need to leave out, and is this going to just be a prayer request. Well I have decided I will say what God has done, not leave out things because prayer is needed and make it a praise and prayer update. So here is the story.....
Abellino and his wife Mirellya have been the pastoral couple of the church for just over a year now. From a church plant they are at about 75 people attending the church now. Abellino and Mirellya also have a feeding program where they feed the children from their neighborhood. There have been times when they have had no food for their family to feed along with the children in the neighborhood who needed to eat. They got together with other Christians and began calling out to God asking Him to supply their need of food. Just as they finish praying someone drove up with food on the back of a truck and drop it off. Mirellya has had medical issues and the cost of the medical bills have been getting higher. They were at the doctor and they were told on a Thursday that if they did not come up with some kind of payment they would no longer be able to see a doctor. Abellino and Mirellya told some friends and asked them to pray, and their friends asked how they were going to be able to accomplish such a task, paying a $1,500.00 medical bill. Abellino and Mirellya told their friends to pray, they did not know how, but God was going to take care of them. Myself and Mike and Ivan went out on the Friday, (the very next day) not knowing this story at the time. We were there to drop off $500.00 that was given to them by someone, then a little while after that Mike was at a YUGO function and just shared Abellino and Mirellya's story. Someone who overheard the story told Mike that they had $500.00 that was given to them to help where God directed, and gave it to Mike to give to Abellino and Mirellya. Now there is only $500.00 to pay off the medical bill.
Mirellya is expecting twins any time now, and with that there are two other surgical procedures that are needed, but I do not remember what they are. The doctor has told Mirellya that her twins are doing good, but Mirellya herself has been struggling with a bad heart, and was told they do not believe she will survive the birth of her babies.
God has brought this family through so much, He has used them to change so many lives. Even one of her doctors that saw her before gave his life to the Lord because he did not believe she was going to survive an earlier medical problem. Mirellya's gynecologist told her that if both her babies and her survived this he would give his live to God.
There is a team from Canada here right now that is working on adding a room to the house for when the twins come home. Abellino has said what he needs for the babies to live in and the team is giving him what he needs for his home. Mirellya has kind of come to the place where she is willing to accept what the doctor has told her, and is spiritually preparing to go and be with the Lord. Do not get me wrong, Mirellya has not given up, she wants to raise these babies along with her other children, it is just she is ready to be with God if that was what happened.
Our prayer request is for Mirellya and her babies first of all, so that God would keep the babies safe and strong until the time to deliver comes, for Mirellya that God would work a miracle in her body and heal her and giver her the strength to deliver her babies via c-section and to survive the two other procedures that need to be done also. Pray for Abellino as he watches his wife struggle through these last weeks before their babies are born, and to take care of their other children as well. Pray for the doctors to have wisdom and discernment as they do the c-section and other procedures, and that God would be directing their hands the entire time. Pray for God to be glorified through everything and that many would come to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
Thank you for your prayers, may God bless you as you call out to Him on behalf of Abellino and Mirelya and their family.
Irv, Mari, Leah and Jaxon Penner
Abellino and his wife Mirellya have been the pastoral couple of the church for just over a year now. From a church plant they are at about 75 people attending the church now. Abellino and Mirellya also have a feeding program where they feed the children from their neighborhood. There have been times when they have had no food for their family to feed along with the children in the neighborhood who needed to eat. They got together with other Christians and began calling out to God asking Him to supply their need of food. Just as they finish praying someone drove up with food on the back of a truck and drop it off. Mirellya has had medical issues and the cost of the medical bills have been getting higher. They were at the doctor and they were told on a Thursday that if they did not come up with some kind of payment they would no longer be able to see a doctor. Abellino and Mirellya told some friends and asked them to pray, and their friends asked how they were going to be able to accomplish such a task, paying a $1,500.00 medical bill. Abellino and Mirellya told their friends to pray, they did not know how, but God was going to take care of them. Myself and Mike and Ivan went out on the Friday, (the very next day) not knowing this story at the time. We were there to drop off $500.00 that was given to them by someone, then a little while after that Mike was at a YUGO function and just shared Abellino and Mirellya's story. Someone who overheard the story told Mike that they had $500.00 that was given to them to help where God directed, and gave it to Mike to give to Abellino and Mirellya. Now there is only $500.00 to pay off the medical bill.
Mirellya is expecting twins any time now, and with that there are two other surgical procedures that are needed, but I do not remember what they are. The doctor has told Mirellya that her twins are doing good, but Mirellya herself has been struggling with a bad heart, and was told they do not believe she will survive the birth of her babies.
God has brought this family through so much, He has used them to change so many lives. Even one of her doctors that saw her before gave his life to the Lord because he did not believe she was going to survive an earlier medical problem. Mirellya's gynecologist told her that if both her babies and her survived this he would give his live to God.
There is a team from Canada here right now that is working on adding a room to the house for when the twins come home. Abellino has said what he needs for the babies to live in and the team is giving him what he needs for his home. Mirellya has kind of come to the place where she is willing to accept what the doctor has told her, and is spiritually preparing to go and be with the Lord. Do not get me wrong, Mirellya has not given up, she wants to raise these babies along with her other children, it is just she is ready to be with God if that was what happened.
Our prayer request is for Mirellya and her babies first of all, so that God would keep the babies safe and strong until the time to deliver comes, for Mirellya that God would work a miracle in her body and heal her and giver her the strength to deliver her babies via c-section and to survive the two other procedures that need to be done also. Pray for Abellino as he watches his wife struggle through these last weeks before their babies are born, and to take care of their other children as well. Pray for the doctors to have wisdom and discernment as they do the c-section and other procedures, and that God would be directing their hands the entire time. Pray for God to be glorified through everything and that many would come to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
Thank you for your prayers, may God bless you as you call out to Him on behalf of Abellino and Mirelya and their family.
Irv, Mari, Leah and Jaxon Penner
Saturday 4 February 2012
One out of three updates (Prison Ministries)
Hey there everyone, how did that groundhog do? Six more weeks of winter or is there more? I guess with a winter like this one six more weeks would not be too bad.
I am sending out this update with great excitement and a major prayer request. First of all I want to thank everyone that have been praying for our family, and the requests we bring to you for the people of Mexico. Your dedication to prayer is impacting people here in Mexico.
You know how you have your plans set out and you are going along just fine, and then something happens that changes your plans? Well this week as Ivan and I were in prison that happened. Ivan and I got to the prison, went through all the procedures for getting into the prison, had a short time of worship with the inmates we were with this week. I was preaching no more than five minutes when we were asked if we would be willing to go to another area of the prison to preach, because there were inmates there waiting for a few people that never showed up. We said yes we were willing to take the guys we were with and move to another area of the prison.
We had a few more minutes of worship together with the new group together with the guys we brought with us, then back to preaching. There were now about 45 inmates we were sharing God's Word to. The passage being used was Mathew 11:28 "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
God had different plans than Ivan and I had, He moved us from our building into another building where there were more inmates sitting and waiting to hear the Word of God, so the Holy Spirit could use the Word to speak to the inmates.
On Wednesday February 1st 2012 God added 18 men from prison to His kingdom!! Praise God!!
Please pray for these men so that they can read the Word of God in prison and become stronger in their new faith. Also lease pray for the others in prison that do not know Jesus Christ as their Savior for hearts that would be softened.
As I said in the very beginning of this update, I thank you for your dedication to the prayer requests that I send out to you, and your prayers are making a difference. I have more stories to share with you but I am not really sure how to word them yet, I do hope to have the other updates added by Sunday night.
Thank you again for your prayers, If you want to be added to our prayer team please contact YUGO Ministries at the address below and let them know and they will add you to our list that we have here in Mexico that is so very encouraging to us. Also if you are interested in supporting us financially, just contact the YUGO Ministries address below and let them know you are interested is starting to support us and they will help you set everything up.
It is so good to be able to update you on the investment you are making as we together lay up treasures in heaven. Prayer and finances making a difference for the kingdom of God!! May God have all the Glory and Praise!! God Bless you..
Irv, Mari, Leah and Jaxon Penner
Contact information to begin supporting the Penner's in Mexico
I am sending out this update with great excitement and a major prayer request. First of all I want to thank everyone that have been praying for our family, and the requests we bring to you for the people of Mexico. Your dedication to prayer is impacting people here in Mexico.
You know how you have your plans set out and you are going along just fine, and then something happens that changes your plans? Well this week as Ivan and I were in prison that happened. Ivan and I got to the prison, went through all the procedures for getting into the prison, had a short time of worship with the inmates we were with this week. I was preaching no more than five minutes when we were asked if we would be willing to go to another area of the prison to preach, because there were inmates there waiting for a few people that never showed up. We said yes we were willing to take the guys we were with and move to another area of the prison.
We had a few more minutes of worship together with the new group together with the guys we brought with us, then back to preaching. There were now about 45 inmates we were sharing God's Word to. The passage being used was Mathew 11:28 "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
God had different plans than Ivan and I had, He moved us from our building into another building where there were more inmates sitting and waiting to hear the Word of God, so the Holy Spirit could use the Word to speak to the inmates.
On Wednesday February 1st 2012 God added 18 men from prison to His kingdom!! Praise God!!
Please pray for these men so that they can read the Word of God in prison and become stronger in their new faith. Also lease pray for the others in prison that do not know Jesus Christ as their Savior for hearts that would be softened.
As I said in the very beginning of this update, I thank you for your dedication to the prayer requests that I send out to you, and your prayers are making a difference. I have more stories to share with you but I am not really sure how to word them yet, I do hope to have the other updates added by Sunday night.
Thank you again for your prayers, If you want to be added to our prayer team please contact YUGO Ministries at the address below and let them know and they will add you to our list that we have here in Mexico that is so very encouraging to us. Also if you are interested in supporting us financially, just contact the YUGO Ministries address below and let them know you are interested is starting to support us and they will help you set everything up.
It is so good to be able to update you on the investment you are making as we together lay up treasures in heaven. Prayer and finances making a difference for the kingdom of God!! May God have all the Glory and Praise!! God Bless you..
Irv, Mari, Leah and Jaxon Penner
Contact information to begin supporting the Penner's in Mexico
YUGO Ministries Canada
PO Box 231
St.Albert, AB T8N 1N3
E-mail address
Phone number
Update On The Way
Hey everyone I have some short stories on the way of how God is opening the doors for people to see Him here in Mexico....should be finished and posted here and on facebook by Sunday evening....keep praying!! God is answering so many prayers, you can't help but be encouraged....I am so excited...
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