LATIN IMPACT MINISTRIES
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Summer 2011 RUSSELL & KERRY BLACK 19485 SW 288TH STREET HOMESTEAD, FL 33030 PHONE: 305-245-6479 WWW.LATINIMPACT.ORG russkerry@me.com
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The Gathering Homestead group with Revival Agents from Dallas, TX We are all Expolit! Every year “Expolit” takes place in Miami. It is the largest international expo of Christian literature, music and media in Spanish. Our fifth year of participation included working with a group called Revival Agents. Revival Agents is a youth and young adult ministry out of a church in Dallas, Texas. Marco Barrientos, one of the most well known worship leaders in all of Latin America now pastors this city-impacting church of a few thousand. This year we were involved in three new initiatives during Expolit. One was called Expocinema which is the first mini film festival in Miami showing movies and short films with Christian messages. These films were produced in Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the United States with the purpose of reaching Hispanics with the Gospel.
Andres with the team at Expolit!
Even though this is the first time having an event dedicated to Christian film at Expolit, the response was very positive, offering a good chance to continue it in the years to come.
This is considered a great success since Christian film making is in the developmental stages in Latin America. These efforts help encourage the further production of Christian media products that is vital to communicate the message of the Gospel to the masses. The second initiative that we participated in was connected with the audiovisual production of Vida Extrema; our communication tool that reaches thousands of Hispanic youth. We worked throughout the event producing promotional material for a new translation of the Bible in Spanish called the New Living Translation, as well as conducting interviews with internationally known Christian artists and personalities for use on our weekly Vida Extrema Podcast.
Ministering to the Revival Agents team at the start of Expolit
Without a doubt, one of the highlights of Expolit for us was the Prayer Booth, which we have been developing for the last four years. This year it was a privilege to have Revival Agents joining us in this initiative. Revival Agents, lead by pastor Alfonzo Ortiz, is a dynamic group of passionate young people who have been experiencing a great revival with signs, wonders, and miracles. The prayer booth was prepared to be open for the entire 5 days of Expolit, with continuous worship, intercession for the nations, prayers for salvation, healing and giving prophetic words. It became a spiritual oasis in the midst of the busyness of the expo.