Winter 2020 · Trumpet Report
Revival with Frank King Refreshes Las Vegas
Las Vegas, New Mexico
- Pastor
- Ray Rubi
- Correspondent
- George H. Cruz
God has been moving in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Souls are being saved, baptized, filled with the Holy Ghost, and locking in to our congregation. We recently baptized several converts.
In August we had a powerful revival with Orlando Salinas from McAllen, Texas. He gave testimony about how God broke the curses of incarceration, addiction, rejection, and all manner of bondages from his life, wife, and family. Several visitors came in who were able to relate to the issues that Evangelist Salinas spoke about.
God also opened a door for him to speak into the lives of men and women in our detention center. One young man is still attending church from that visit. Our congregation was stirred up with vision and hope for their families that are bound in the chains of sin and addiction, - that Jesus sets the captive free.
In September we hosted our 2019 International Bible Conference, where we planted a new international work into Quito, Ecuador. We also sent one of our couples into Belmopan Belize. Nationally, we planted churches into Montrose, Colorado and Price, Utah.
Our guest speakers this year were Pastors Robert Correa from Houston Texas and Pastor Wayman Mitchell. During our conference, couples were challenged to fulfill their calling; many responded to the altar call with a refreshed vision and commitment to obey God. God has been faithful to use our small congregation in our small city to touch the world. We have eight international works and 22 local works. Glory to God!
In October we had a family revival with Pastor Frank King from Tucson, Arizona. Families were refreshed as Pastor King preached about marriage and child rearing. Parents were moved powerfully as he spoke about raising teenagers in this Godless, techie generation. Pastor King also did a powerful dramatization about the life of Joseph, son of Jacob. Several decisions were made during this revival that gave us hope,in this day and age that we live in, for unsaved families and for the destiny we have in Jesus. In October we hosted a family carnival at our college campus. We had more than 300 people in attendance. Some of our musicians performed and testimonies were given. Several people prayed a prayer of salvation.
In November we had a timely revival with Evangelist Mark Benavidez who preached about the end times. He encouraged the people of God to press in on the unsaved because the days are evil and the time is short. Several specific needed words were given that encouraged individual Christians to be sold out for Jesus and to be used of God. The messages that Evangelist Benavidez preached brought confirmation about the book of Revelation that our pastor is currently doing a Sunday School on.
We are currently outreaching our flea market with outdoor preaching, testimonies, and good old Gospel songs. We are also doing bi-weekly concerts at New Mexico Highlands University. 8 Jesus Christ has risen from the dead! Hello from Los Lunas, New Mexico. God is really helping us, He is doing great things in our church and in hearts and lives.
The church has stood strong through some trials. We lost our Pastor, Sam Griego, to cancer in September 2018. Then, July of 2019, we lost Pastor Lee Wilson who was the pastor of our Mother church. The Saturday morning we lost Pastor Wilson we shed some tears, but we continued on to prayer and outreach because that’s what he would want us to do. That same day we did a puppet show and saw 11 precious souls saved, glory to God!
We are seeing visitors and people saved in our services. In our Sunday night Holy Ghost services we are seeing many healed. We see God’s faithfulness to honor our labors in our One80 scenes to always draw in visitors and save them. Our Harvest Festival on Halloween with a trunk or treat in the parking lot was a great success. We had over 50 visitors and the church witnessed one-on-one with six saved.
We just finished up Revival in November with Pastor Tim Miller from Espanola, New Mexico. Of course, a couple days before the revival we had two ladies from our church that had to go the ER and be hospitalized. God is greater, though, He is on the throne.
The Saturday before the revival we did an outreach and music scene with help from local churches and saw eight saved. Pastor Miller preached solid messages, prayed for the sick, and gave words. He prayed for one lady with back pain, she felt a pop and was healed. He prayed for another lady with swollen thyroid, she also felt a pop and the swelling went down. It was a popping revival!
We thank God for our Fellowship. Thank you Pastor Jeff Day and Maureen for coming in to take over our Mother Church, thank you Pastor Mitchell, Pastor Greg Mitchell, and Pastor Heimberg for your leadership. Pray for us, as we pray for you!
