Display Name: Stephen Tolman
Hometown: Kitchener, Ontario CA
Homechurch: Destiny Church San Antonio
Ministry Region: Mexico
What's Happening:--- Monday 04th of January 2010 ---1- Church in San Pedro: We are now full in both services on Sunday and are running over 300 people. With the exception of 4 people, all are new converts who have never served the Lord before. There are now 2 young men full time on the pastoral staff. We are planning on building for 700 in 2010. We are studying the most economical way of doing it because we refuse to go in debt.
2- The Soccer ministry has grown and now has 3 travelling teams covering two cities. We are reaching a group of about 200 young people from the ages of 13-19. Since August, 22 have become Christians along with several parents. Our goal is to win at least 80 to the Lord by next June. All of the teams are winning a lot and 2 of them are in the top 10 nationally. That's just added blessing!
3- The Drug rehab is still treating about 300 men each year. We are now receiving many who are also hiding out from the drug cartels because they are trying to escape that kind of life. Please pray for protection from violence for this center. We will be partnering with PROJECT AK-47 (Marcus Young) this year to start ministering to the kids caught up in the violence of the gang warfare.
4- The missions training School graduated another 5 students this year. Four of the students were also able to make their faith trip to a small town on the west coast and were able to help start another home missions work. We are still planning on sending out Latin American Missionaries to foriegn fields in the near future. Our evangelism teams still do campaigns with dramas at least twice a year.
5- In the social area we continue to teach English to underprivileged students. We have also opened a small secondary school for young people who dropped out and were not able to finish secondary school. the economic crisis has really rocked our city and over 5,000 jobs were lost this last year. We have built houses, fed the poor, scholarshiped 30 students, and helped create some job sources for the needy.
--- Monday 04th of August 2008 ---The latest pictures posted here are from Christ Church's youth visit to San Pedro. The team had its share of adventures (starting off with a broken-down bus on the way back from the airport), but they also enjoyed many ministry opportunities and learning experiences. It was fun getting to meet you!
--- Monday 07th of July 2008 ---Right now we are in the middle of a busy summer season hosting church groups from all over the US. Right now a work team from Arkansas is helping us finish the outside of our new bathrooms, pouring cement to make a sidewalk around the building. Two weeks ago a group of 30 youth from Nashville came and spent a week ministering in our rehab centers, the jail, and the children's breakfast. The final Sunday of their visit, 12 of the youth were baptized here, along with two members of Templo Cristiano Libertad. El Calor is busy with preaseason training, and Stephen just returned from the yearly soccer federation meeting with a trophy acknowledging the team's achievements this past season.
View All EntriesHistory:Having spent most of his childhood between living in Canada and on the missions field, Stephen became a full time missionary in the summer of 1987. In 1989 he and Marcela moved to San Pedro, Mexico where they have been working ever since.
Interests:Stephen: Reading, traveling, caving, team sports, music
Marcela: Music, sewing, reading, teaching
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