Having grown up as a missionary kid in Mexico City, Andrea is back in Mexico as part of the church-planting team to Aguascalientes.  This city of about one million people is a brand new mission field for EFM.  The city of Aguascalientes has a great spiritual need since only 1 person out of every 100 have a relationship with Christ.  With her passion for college students and ministry experience in Campus Crusade for Christ, Andrea will be focusing her ministry at the UAA—the largest university in Aguascalientes.   

Timeless prayer requests: 

• That the Holy Spirit would enable Andrea to love God above all else and to love others as much as herself.
• That Christ would destroy barriers that prevent people from understanding and accepting the gospel (specifically, works-based worldviews and loyalty to empty traditions).
• That God would use the Aguascalientes team to produce multiplying disciples of Christ.
• That God would motivate and equip national leaders for the churches.

A Mother's Reflection on a Daughter's Calling:

It has been 20 years now since our family was appointed to serve as missionaries in Mexico City with Evangelical Friends Mission - the first step in our journey of ministry with the Hispanic people that we care about so deeply.

Lately I have been reflecting on an experience that took place shortly after our arrival in Mexico. We were getting into the car with our daughters, 5-year-old Laura and 3-year-old Andrea, preparing to head off to a gathering at one of the churches. As the girls buckled their seatbelts, we heard Laura's voice from the backseat saying, "Andrea, I'm kind of worried about you. I don't think that you have ever prayed to receive Christ as your Savior." As we listened in rapt attention, Laura explained the plan of salvation to her little sister, and Andrea prayed to receive Christ. To this day it makes me smile to think that after our years of college, seminary, pastoral experience, and pre-field training, our 5-year-old daughter was the first in our family to lead someone to Christ in Mexico!

Andrea grew up with a heart for ministry and a deep sense of compassion for the lost, which have grown even more during the past four years as she has studied at Northwestern University. She graduates this month and has just been appointed as a missionary candidate to EFM's new field in Aguascalientes, Mexico. We are so excited that Andrea is returning to minister in Mexico, the country where she spent her childhood and first came to know the Lord.

Please join us in praying for her and the rest of the Aguascalientes team: Jeremy & Betty Smuck and Candi Foster. Pray that God would raise up another man or couple to join this team so that they can begin ministry in Aguascalientes, that each of the team members would be able to raise the needed financial and prayer support, and that the Lord would prepare the hearts of the people in Aguascalientes.

If you would like to communicate with Andrea, you can send her an email at andreaby@gmail.com.