Visit to Tlahuac

Denny and John Freeborn had the privilege to visit the church “Agua de Vida” in Tlahuac, Mexico to launch a School of Supernatural Ministry. Tlahuac is a community south east of Mexico City, which is steeped in pagan traditions and rituals, such as the worship of the dead and the practices of black magic.  Our close friends Victor and Cece Islas, the pastors, started their mission there two years ago.  They birthed this church and are now starting a school to train and equip believers to take the kingdom of God into their community and invade darkness with light. It was a joy to spend time with Victor, Cece and their leaders. They honored us as royalty and gave us a tremendous experience.  It is an honor to be a part of the vision they have in impacting their community. Their son, Jobab and Cynthia Mendez, who both lived with us in La Paz as they attended our school, are helping with the church and the school plant. We are excited to continue helping them with all the support and encouragement we can give them. We are making plans of returning in July and August to continue in giving them our support. 



Kris Vallotton Visit

It was a great honor to host Kris Vallotton and a team of five men and witness their impact in our schools, our pastors and leaders, and the city of La Paz. The main event was a “Sexual Revolution” conference in a local theater, which seats about 1200 people. The local churches, including the Catholic church, worked together to present a non-religious approach to reaching the youth of the city with the message of preserving their treasure of virginity for their future mate. The theater was full and responded overwhelmingly to Kris’ call to sexual purity. 

 One of the greatest highlights of Kris’ visit was to personally witness a historical event.  We held a pastor’s and leader’s breakfast at the church. The students of our schools did a fantastic job of serving those in attendance. The Bishop of the Catholic church was sitting at a table with Kris. Kris was commenting on the beauty of the cross that the Bishop was wearing around his neck.  The Bishop then told the story of how his mentor, who went on to become a Cardinal, presented the Bishop with his cross, as an heir loom. After telling the story, the Bishop removed the cross from around his neck and handed it to Kris. Kris was thinking he was handing it to him so that he may look at it more closely. But when Kris attempted to hand the cross back to the Bishop, the Bishop refused to take it back. The Bishop then proceeded to present the cross to Kris as his gift of thanks for receiving him as a friend and their connection with each other. There was such an awe that settled in that place as Kris took this cross and hung it around his own neck.  What a privilege to be a part of God building bridges between the Christian and the Catholic Church. In a nation that is a Catholic majority, creating a bridge of love and acceptance is imperative to see the Kingdom of God invading this nation. 



Ministry in Meliton

About and hour away from La Paz there is a migrant workers camp in a small town called, Meliton. The pastor of the church in that little town came from our church in LaPaz. They have been there for almost 10 years. From a very meager beginning, they have built a wonderful work there. They have grown not only in numbers, but in favor with the camps there. Where there used to be great restrictions, they now have great freedom to go into the camps and minister to the people there. We have visited the church over the years and could not be more proud of what we witnessed. Normally, we bring teams of students from our school to be our ministry team. They are the ones who prophecy, pray for the sick and minister with us. Because of the timing of the trip, we weren’t able to bring students with us. We did bring John, Jessica and their children and Matthew Scotney, who is visiting from Canada with us. John led in some amazing worship and Jessica got a powerful word for the church. What blessed me though, was to see what our students would normally do, their people were doing! They were prophesying over the body, they got words of knowledge and prayed for the sick. It was a huge testimony for us to see. They are doing the works of Jesus!! It was a wonderful time with the church there, playing with the kids, eating lunch together and enjoying the fellowship.

Love is the Foundation for Transformation

We just returned from Tijuana where we spoke at a conference with theme being “Transformation.” This is one of our favorite topics. It’s what we live for…..to see people being transformed by the power of God. While preparing for the weekend, I felt like I was getting a revelation of the Love of God. I saw a “Baptism of Love” coming down over the people. As I watched this, a strong realization hit me. We can’t have true transformation without this Baptism; whether we are talking about personal transformation or city transformation. If we are not motivated by His love, it all just becomes works. It’s easy to love those who love us and agree with us, but what about those who don’t speak well of us? Those who don’t like us? What do we do with that? The Bible says, “Even the world can love those who love them.” Can we love those who hate us? We can with the Baptism of Love. Jesus said, “The world will know you are my disciples because of your love for one another.” Do we stand out because of our love? Jesus said to love our enemies……how well do we do that? 

 I was so challenged by this. I could see cities and nations being transformed because of this Love. I believe this will happen as we each let His love transform us, then we can understand how to love others. This isn’t the kind of love that just rolls over and takes everything that comes. It’s one that understands honor, confrontation, and the ability to see who God is in each other. The Bible says, “God made man in His own image.” I understand that to mean we are ALL made in His image. Therefore, we each must carry a reflection of Him. If we are willing to look, we will find a reflection of the Father in each other. 

 Denny brought an amazing word he called, “The Mirror of His Will.” It was transforming as he took us from seeing in a mirror dimly, to seeing Him face to face. We shared prophetically, saw some healings, and had the power of Intercession come into the room with declarations over the city. All of that was good and fun, but I felt the real success of the weekend came as we were able to spend time with Pastor Alvin Morales and his wife Patti. They welcomed us into their home with amazing hospitality and great food! During our time together we felt like God took us deeper in our relationship - To be able to hear each other’s hearts and see the treasure in each other. It was a joy to be with them and we look forward to going back in the spring.



School Plant Coming Soon!!

At the beginning of this month, Denny and I had guest from Mexico City. Pastors Victor and Cecy Islas came to visit.  Little did we know, God had a lot in store with their visit. They came over for about a week to check out the school here, get some insight, and also get some coaching as to what a school may look like in their area.  They kept telling us that they felt so full- so full of information, tools and His presence to take home! That is what we like to hear!

Before they left, they decided that they would like to start a school in Mexico City!! Yeah God!! Denny and I will be partnering with them in that. For now, we will do weekly Skype calls and occasional visits over there to help them in building a school of supernatural ministry. We are so excited about this!! We really believe that this is the fruit from when Jobab, their son, lived with us a few years ago.  Jobob went through the school here and went back a total different person- God is good!

Denny and I will be traveling to Mexico City January 19^th-24th. If you are interested in partnering with us, please check out our website: dennyanddanette.org. Thanks so much for your support! We are excited about partnering with Victor and Cecy in bringing transformation to Mexico!