February 2016

Hello family and friends! Here is a short update of the highlights from this past month.

We were able to visit Hobe Sound Camp Meeting (this was the place where Jonatan and Natasha studied). It was good to get some spiritual refreshment during that time as well as connect with old friends and professors from the college. It was a blessing that we were able to speak at 3 churches in 2 hours with a great friend, Junior.

 For the aviation ministry in the Amazon, we are forming a team and it is doing well. We are planning, organizing things, collecting information and we will be making the first trip to the jungle together this summer.

The training at ITEC is going well. There is a lot of work, as usual, and exciting things to learn every day.

Our countdown for our anticipated move to the Amazon in now 16 months.

Here are some prayer requests:
*For our health, there are some viruses that are spreading in the area we are planning to go this summer
*The pastor and leaders where we will be working, open hearts
*The teams that are preparing to come, for us to be a light and things to go smoothly
*Our trip to the Amazon this summer, funding
*Isabella as she grows

We have been able to raise 30-35% of our monthly budget. Please pray for us so God can continue opening doors and providing for our needs.

If you are interested in supporting us you can directly donate through Itec's website: http://www.itecusa.org/donate.html
Option #1 You can donate online, Designation= I-FLY Program and Memo= JN (our initials)
Option #2 You can send a check to this address (with JN in the memo line):
I-TEC
10575 SW 147th Circle
Dunnellon, FL 34432

 Thank you so much for your support!
 

January 2016

Hello family and friends!
We finally made it back to Florida since Jonatan completed all of his studies and got the aviation licenses. The Itec family, as always, has been very supportive and loving to keep us excited to continue the training in missions and aviation for the ministry in the Amazon. 

Our countdown begins (17 months left) and this brings challenges, with some effort and commitment to make them happen. We are so grateful how God has been providing for every single need and how he has given us good health along the way.

Our goals to start this new year are the following:
 -Create a work team for the ministry in the Amazon. We are excited to hear from others who have the same passion and how God has been bringing us together to develop his will in our lives and go where he has called us to go.

 - Raise our monthly support as we both are involved full-time with the ministry, as well as when we are in the Amazon. So far we have been able to raise 10-15% of our monthly goal. Please pray for us so God can continue opening doors and providing for our needs, and if you are interested in joining us in the ministry financially, we would be grateful. It could be a one time gift, monthly, or for a specific missions trip like the one we are planning to make this summer.

You can directly donate through Itec's website: http://www.itecusa.org/donate.html
Option #1 You can donate online, Designation= I-FLY Program and Memo= JN (our initials)
Option #2 You can send a check to this address (with JN in the memo line):
I-TEC
10575 SW 147th Circle
Dunnellon, FL 34432

 Thank you so much for your support.
 

Feliz Navidad

Hello to everyone,
This is our last update of the year and we want to wish you a great time with family and friends.
We also want to remind of the importance and need of keeping the real meaning of the greatest gift of salvation of all of us during this and all the seasons.

Jonatan was finally able to complete all his studies. It has been a long process and we praise God for his help, provision, motivation and strength to close this chapter of our lives and keep moving forward with the ministry the creator has entrusted us to do.
One more goal we have set is for the preparation of our move to the Amazon put to a time frame.
We hope that in one and a half years we will be ready to establish our home in the amazon region.
The training with ITEC might take more or less time but we want to set this goal to help us stay focused.

 In the year 2016 both Jonatan & Natasha will be devoting all of their time to serve as volunteers in the ministry. We know the Lord will provide for every need because we have seen him working in our finances for many years, please continue in pray with us about this.
Merry Christmas!

New Excitement

We want to praise God for all the goodness in these past few months. Our last blog has not been updated in been such a long time ago because of so many new and exciting things happening in our lives.

The main exciting "thing" was the birth of our Isabella Marianna. She is such a precious joy to get to have as part of our lives. We cannot imagine life without her and she is always our sunshine. God gave Natasha a natural birth, free of complications and we are so thankful to let Isabella come into the world "all natural".

Another excitement is that Jonatan finally got to return to Liberty University to complete the rest of his aviation mechanics certification. Currently we are back in Lynchburg, Virginia so we can complete this chapter in our lives and continue on. The anticipated finish date is the end of this year, this will give Jonatan his aviation mechanics degree but he still has to finish up some tests to be an official aviation mechanic.

When Jonatan is finished we will be traveling back to Ocala, Florida to continue our training with ITEC. We have been so blessed to have them call us family.

Please keep us in our prayers as we continuing preparing for our future, we hope to be in the Amazon soon!

Resumen - Summary Junio - Julio 2015

Hello everyone,
We hope you are all doing well.
It is hard to believe that we are already in the second half of this year. There is so much to share and here is a little portion of what was going on in the last two months.
We also made a video about the time in the Amazon with several teams visiting different villages and helping to organize some Bible training for pastors and leaders.

We are anxious about Isabella coming to this world to start sharing adventures with us. Natasha has about two weeks left and she is doing well with her pregnancy.

The training at Itec has been an amazing time, we have learned so much. We feels loved and it is really a blessing and a pleasure be part of this caring family.

It is always comforting to receive letters from friends and family encouraging us to keep moving forward in the task the Lord has commanded us. Thank you for every verse, call and of course, your prayers.

Summer 2015

We want to thank everyone who recently reviewed our last post of our new beginning here in Florida with the missions organization, ITEC. We have felt welcomed and very thankful to be here and part of the team.
Within the next month we also have many things going on within MiSion Inc and Agua y Vida. Jonatan is excited to be able to go to the Amazon for a few weeks an participate with 3 different, God given, opportunities there:

*The first is with a team comprised of his father, Tiberio Nieto and Dr. Fanning. Dr. Fanning is a professor at Liberty University and also has been a missionary to Colombia years passed. They will be spending a week in Tarapaca along the Putomayo River, Colombia brining pastoral training and leadership training to the people there.
 - Please pray for this time as God will lead people to grow more in Christ and the knowledge of His will.

*Jonatan will spend his final weeks with the TLC team (Touching Lives for Christ). We are so happy to host them again this year. TLC comes from the Bible College in Hobe Sound, Florida where we both graduated from. This team will be taking part in a pastoral training in Several villages.
 - Please pray that the team of students will be able to stay free from sickness, the pastors will grow for this training and God can open hearts more to His will.

During all these trips we are going to be handing out InTouch's messengers. We had got in contact with this organization and were excited that they were interested in sending some messengers with us to the Amazon. If you don't know what a messenger is, it is a solar powered device that is packet with Dr. Stanley's messages and also the New Testament. We got them in the Spanish and Portuguese language so the people can hear and understand! What a blessing! We hope to hear how much of a blessing it is for them!

We are so thankful how God is working in the Amazon and always are excited for the summer months to be part of the ministry there! Thanks for your prayer support in this time.

Florida/ITEC Beginnings

We are now starting to settle in Florida with the missions organization, ITEC.
We would like for you to watch this short video of what are the latest things going on in our lives.

Please keep this prayer requests in mind:

Our time at ITEC to be a growth in knowledge and closeness to God
Isabella's arrival, the location and health
Natasha's health during the rest of the pregnancy.
Raising funds for our monthly expenses.

We love you all and will be in touch.

Natasha's First Mothers Day