What's New at ˇVámonos!

October 11, 2011

It's been a while since this page was updated.  We have finally finalized our ability o update the site on a regular basis, so hopefully, we will use this page to bring you up to date on all the happenings.

Although Aaron Berman passed away in October of 2007, Olga continues to live at the camp and oversee the general conditions.

One area of concern is the number of American short-term teams that have cancelled their trips to Reynosa.

This is not only at the camp. All short-term groups saw American churches cancelling trips over the last several years. This has been due to danger of violence as reported my the major media on American TV. 3 years ago we had over 400 Americans at the camp. This year, we had 3 churches come down for aq total of 40 short-term servants.

We would like to assure you that these things have been blown totally out of proportion. Of the few churches that have come down, none has ever experienced any danger or even saw a hint of it. We have been going to Reynosa at least once a month for the past 5 years, and have never seen any violence or even felt in any danger at all. All laarge cities, even in the U.S. the possibilityof violence is always present. In Reynosa, despite the news on TV and radio, the problems are spotty and seldom. It is true that, in other areas (Cuidad Juarez and the Monterrey area) there is much violence. Unfortunately, the media makes the entire border area look like a war zone. This is simply not true.

So, in short, please come back! The lack of American groups coming have a huge effect on the Mexican churches that depend on our groups to help continue building and reaching their respective communities. If there is one message that the Mexican pastors would like us to pass on to you, it would be, "Please come back. We need you".

If God is telling you to come, don't you think He will protect you while you're here?

The good news is that several churches continue to come. . We would be happy to provide you with contact people from these churches to allay any fears you might have in coming to Mexico with your church mission group.

However, we have many Mexican retreats and pastoral training seminars. Just about evey weekend is now booked withMexican church groups.