February 2026
Hello from Panama. Time flies when you are having fun.
We closed off 2025 with a bang! We held our first ever Walk-Thru Christmas. We had the opportunity to participate in a Drive-Thru Christmas with New Life Baptist Church in Alabama when we were in the states last year. When we returned to Panama, we started with the preparations. We are so grateful for New Life Baptist Church who purchased speakers and other equipment assuring that we will be able to continue this project every Christmas. We had over 70 actors and behind-the-scenes workers. The actors and workers came from over 10 different churches. We had a GREAT team! A special thank you to Evangelist Ethan LeCroy for bringing us a small team down. Although there were just a few, they helped us pull it all together. We had over 500 people go through, over 500 people received a clear presentation of the gospel, many of those people were moved to tears. We are humbled and grateful that God allowed us to do that project. We are looking forward to our Walk-Thru Christmas 2026 and have already started planning.
A young couple, she has been in and out of different churches and just recently started attending our church. She invited her husband to the walk-thru Christmas. At the end of the walk-thru, they stopped in the section where we had people waiting to talk or pray if so desired. Her husband made the decision to accept Christ as his Saviour and she rededicated her life. They both followed Christ in baptism in January and are attending faithfully. Please pray for continued spiritual growth.
Lighthouse Baptist Seminary (Seminario Bautista el Faro): We are looking forward to our second year of our seminary. Classes start in the first week of March. We need $2500 to cover the first semester. We are looking for sponsors to help us cover the expenses. We offer the students room and board. Most of the students are on a work scholarship, which helps them and it benefits our ministry as well.
Last year we were able to purchase a piece of land. We will soon begin building a new nutrition center. Not only will this building serve as a nutrition center, but it will also house the boys who will be attending the seminary. That will also allow us to house the girls in the dorms at the church.
Panama For Jesus, Inc: Praise the Lord, last year we started a non-profit organization with tax-exempt status. The non-profit organization helps to serve as a clearing house for national pastors who cannot receive donations from the states. We currently are helping 12 national pastors receive donations for their ministries. We also are receiving donations to go towards different ministries here in Panama…
nutrition, medical, orphanage, etc.
Not only were we able to open the non-profit in the states, but we also opened the non-profit,
Panama For Jesus, based in Panama.
Both non-profits have been a long and expensive process, if you would like to donate
towards this ministry, it will be a great blessing.
Thank you for your faithful prayers and support!
The Rodriguez Family
