Testimony Night | Pastor Ryan Van Duesen | Calvary Ministry Mexico | Tuesday Service | 12-30-2025

Our Missionary In Mexico Ryan | 3 Year Old Ministry | In the Beginning God Created from Nothing | Less of Us the More of God | His Plans Will Succeed | Called to Ministry yet Saw Need for a Church | Planted Calvary Guasave 2 Years Ago | Started in Their Home & Then Rented a Space for Church | Make Disciples of All Nations | Great Commission | A Christian Following a Call | From Outside Their Church Looks Like Coffee Shop | Miracle Over a Cup of Coffee - Minutes Turn into Couple Hours of Koinonia | Church is in the Back of the Coffee Shop | Next Door's Law Office Brings People In | Offering Good Coffee | 25-30 People on Sundays | Serving Thanksgiving Dinner - 80 Came | Lots of Seeds Planted & Starting to Sprout | Many Locals Are Catholic | Long Procession on Main Street Praying to Mary - a Stronghold | Not Much Knowledge of the Word | English Lessons in the Cafe During the Week | Encounter with Criminal Driving Motorcycle with No Lights in the Dark | Yet Ryan Followed Call to Go Pray for Him | God is Faithful | Testimony of Flat Tire Coming Back Home | God Gives Peace & Is with Us | God is Good | He is Leading Them | Living on a Main Street in a City - the Only Americans in Town | Goal to Teach the Word Simply | Every Protestant Church There Abuses People for Tithes & Not Teaching the Word | Helping People Know God is Calling Us to Turn to Him & He Will Forgive Us |Challenges of Bringing 4 Kids from American Luxury to Poor City In Mexico | Not Asking for Tithes & but Teaching Responsibility | Simply Teaching the Word | Sean Coming to Our Church for 5 Years | Highschool Ministry | God Worked in His Life Far Longer Than Realized | From Christmas & Easter Only Christian to Faithful Churchgoer | Faithful Grandmother a Great Inspiration | Witnessing from Schoolmates and from Co-workers Humbles Him Now | Living in Narcissism Disappointment & Anger | Sports Injury Changed Things | At Physical Therapy after Surgery He Met the Most Beautiful Woman | Finally Invited Her for Coffee | A Strong Christian Woman who Insisted to Attend a Church with Her | Turned to Beautiful Wife who Showed Him How to Be a Good Servant | At First He Picked Megachurches - an Impersonal Experience | They Went Through Many Miscarriages and Many Unanswered Questions | Last Pregnancy They got Prayed Over and They Had a First Son | Then Second Son | Yet it Took Covid to Find a True Church with Caring Community | Blessing of Covid to Find a Church which Stayed Open for the People | Send on Many National Guard Deployments & Was Happy to Have a Church Family to Be There for His Family | Good Job Offer in Tennessee where His Brother Lives | Yet Prayed for God's Will | Local Opportunity Opened Up & Relieved Their Worries How They Would Find a Church Elsewhere | A Full Year Deployment to Syria Coming Made His Job Hard to Manage | Missing Family and Work Pressure for Difficult Evaluation | Death of Grand Parents | Fear Anxiety & Pressure Mount Up | Home Alone Started Praying for Help & Relief | Wanted to Find A Journal to Put Verses in for His Deployment | Same Verse Kept Coming Up | Be Strong & of Good Courage | For the Lord God is With You Wherever You Go | First Time Hearing from God | Witnessed Explosion on Deployment | A Sight of Bible Brought Him Peace & Strength | Calm Among Upset Colleagues | Possible Ministry in the Future | Towards the End of Deployment Thinking to Relocate to Texas | But New Pregnancy Made Them Stay in California | Need for Always Asking God for Direction | Call to Be More Involved in Church Yet Looking for Excuses | Charlie Kirk's Assassination & His Impact & Courage in Sharing His Faith Gave Sean Courage | Know Your Purpose & Calling | Pastor Joe Asking Him To Ministry was an Answer to His Prayers | Got Involved in HS Ministry | Yet Distractions of Holidays Get in the Way | Inspired by this Sunday Sermon to Get Back on Course and Being Asked to Give Testimony | When Feeling the Nudges from God Don't Ignore it & Waste Precious Time | God Hears Our Prayers & is on the Throne & in Control | Be in the Will of God | Make Your Call & Election Sure

Sermon Summary: This testimony service emphasizes God's unwavering faithfulness throughout life's journey, particularly as believers transition into a new year. Through missionary updates and personal testimonies, the service illustrates how God orchestrates circumstances, closes doors, and opens opportunities according to His perfect will. The central message encourages believers to stop running from God's calling, submit to His plans rather than pursuing their own desires, and recognize that God's ways are higher than our ways. The testimonies demonstrate how God places people strategically in our lives, answers prayers in His timing, and works all things together for good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.

Scripture References:

Lamentations 3:22-23
Joshua 1:9
Romans 8:27-30
Romans 8:1
John 3:16-17