{"id":14062,"date":"2025-08-05T13:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14062"},"modified":"2025-08-06T08:38:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:38:23","slug":"mexico-first-zoque-believers-baptized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14062","title":{"rendered":"Mexico: First Zoque Believers Baptized"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: International Mission Board, July 17, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Mission Board missionary Tammy Richardson knelt beside the river with her phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her husband, Clay, and their local pastor stood in the river, preparing to baptize Leana\u2014the first Zoque believer to make a public confession of faith in more than a decade of ministry in southern Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As she got ready to capture the moment of Leana\u2019s immersion, suddenly, her teammate leaned down and said, \u201cThere\u2019s one more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richardson glanced up in surprise. A moment later, tears flowed unchecked down her face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last 12 years, in raw moments of prayer, Richardson has wrestled with questions like \u2018Should we go somewhere else?\u2019 and \u2018Is this ground just too hard?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When they moved to Mexico in 2013, the Richardsons were not prepared for how long it would take to see gospel transformation among the Zoque people. Or, that it would all begin with an unexpected relationship, right under their very own roof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full story with pictures<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more good news from Mexico, read Seeing God at Work: Reflections on Culiacan<\/a> (Global Recordings Network).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the U.S., two rather different stories about spiritual hunger:<\/p>\n\n\n\n