Beginning 2014

What are some of the blessings that you have recently receive in your ministry?

About two months ago, we had the opportunity of releasing a new music video from our album “Mas Que Rimas.” I want to point this as a big blessing because it has been able to touch a lot of people. It has been accepted really well by the non Christian listeners. Which there is our primary target when we make music?

It has been cool to see their response to this video because they are not use to see Christian rap with a message that they can relate to. And what really calls my attention its that in the song we are not trying to make it likeable to the secular audience; instead, we are literally saying that without JESUS your life has no meaning.

Since we uploads this video to youtube, it has gotten thousand of plays and several youtube channels have also upload it. The video has also been a door opener to places that we never been to before, so I praise the lord for it.

Any miracles I can think of?

Here in Santiago, there is a church that has thousands of members. It’s the biggest church of our city.  They are very well known around the country and the always host big concerts with internationally known artist.

Since that church was founded over 25 years ago, they have never been supporters of Christian rap music (just like the 90 percent of the churches in the country). I wanted to mention this because they invited us to one of their biggest events in their church and a lot of people around Santiago were surprise. We were not surprise because we know that through God we can do anything and our ministry calls us to go primarily to the streets were the people that don’t know God are.

But I have to say that it felt good when we found out that we were like the first Christian rappers to be invited to perform at that church. We felt like that was a victory for us because even though we don’t do what we do to gain recognition, it was good to feel that God has our back on everything and that through him nothing is impossible.

What was my biggest blessing of the year?

I got to married my best friend Lenae Hardman. God is faithful and always good. I thank every one of you who have been praying for me for all these years. God has always been there preparing our individual paths to bring us together. Please continue praying for us as we start our new journey. My goal is to be the best husband in the world, which I know that with God’s help it’s possible. Thank you for your spiritual and financial support and please don’t ever stop praying for us. May God bless you in this New Year and that he may pour out his blessings within your families.  

What miracles have I seen happening in my ministry?

Lots of people coming to Christ are always a big win for us. I’m very happy to see how through the years God has been supporting everything we been doing.

In one specific event, God showed up in a great way. There is a church across town that organized a weekend revival in their congregation and their main target were the younger generation of their community. They invited us to perform one night.

For that specific night, they invited the students of their local public high school. In order for high school kids are interested in going to an event like that, the church member went around saying that a rap group was coming to perform. It was awesome; lots of student received the gospel very well. I saw around 30 kids crying and surrendering their lives to Christ. For us, that was a big win!

I know that the kind of evangelistic work we do around the country it’s not easy. Because most of the times we don’t get to see the final work of God in people’s lives. But we know that our job is only to spread the seed… God will make that seed grow whenever he wants. It’s very rejoicing when we hear testimonies of people that come to the lord throughout our evangelistic work. It’s always a miracle when year’s later people say that a simple word that they needed to hear from God changed their life.

We also went to another event about a month ago near downtown. In this particular one, the only music welcomed to that event was hip hop/rap underground. It was A very lyrical experience for those who went. These events draw the attention of a lot of non Christian’s rapper from the area. It was powerful; at the end of the night Christians and non Christian renewed their commitment to Christ that night.

Another miracle that we experienced about a month ago was the baptism of two of our kids in the youth group, Hunter and Frederick. It’s always a joy for me to see God working in a teenager’s life. These two have been great; they have been experiencing a tremendous growth. And we can tell how serious they have been with their decision. I know that very soon they are going to be bringing others to the lord.

A story of a life changing experience:

About two months ago, we had a big concert in a big church here in town. For this specific concert, we invited my niece zoey to sing one of our songs with us. “No Temere” It’s a song that talks about perseverance through tough moments. It’s a song that has touched many, because it encourages people to trust God no matter what.

Before we started singing the song, we share Zoey’s testimony. She was born in only one arm, and we told people that her situation doesn’t stop her from worshiping and thanking God every single day of her life. She is like an angel for our family, our church, our community. Everyone who gets to be around her gets to feel something special. God’s love flows through her. That night in that concert, people were touch in a mighty way. When she sing a lot of people were crying and after the concert many testify how great our God is because they experienced looking at Zoey. God is good.

I hope you all have a great rest of the year that you get to eat a lot and enjoy that time with family and friends. I’m excited because at the end of this year I’m getting married to my beautiful fiancé Lenae. Please keep us in your prayers and merry Christmas and happy New Year!

Summer 2013

Hi,

I hope everything is good with you guys, things down here have been great. We just ended a crazy busy summer where each week we had 3 and 4 groups, including 2 straight weeks of 6 teams. It was crazy but God help us to make it possible.

I have been very exite it because our church has been growing a lot. All the activities that we have been working on throughout the summer have definally help this groth happen. For  me it has been special to see it because every one in our church is working together for one send purpose: to share the love of Jesus Christ to the world.

What miracles have I seen happening in my ministry?

Well, this year we had a big challenge a head of us. It was gonna be our fifth year doing our youth retreat, this time being at a new place with over 300 campers. We trusted that God was going to help us get through and work hard to organize everything well. we ended up having almost 350 people in our camp. Around 25 of them committed their lives to Christ. That made it all worthy for us.

We needed a lot of money to make this event possible and God made it happen like he always does. He used a lot of people to donate money so we could put together this event. I pray that God blesses your families and those around you, and I pray that more people can get involve with the awesome things that God is allowing us to do in this island and across the world.

Somebody who has been renew by God:

Its still in the process but it makes us very happy with the things that God has done so far in albania’s mom. Its been a long time coming. Albania was the first one from her family that met Christ, then her brother carlos, who is actually our worship leader, he ended up following her lead. For years these two kids have been praying for their family to encounter God. Their testimony has been their greatest weapon against satan. Their parent have notice a change in their lives since they met Jesus. Recently, at a women conference that my sister samira puts together every year, their mom, with tears in her eyes accepted Christ into her heart. We were at a cristo urbano concert when we heard the news. It made our day. We are so happy for her and it remind us the promises that God makes for us. He knows the desires of our hearts. He knew how bad carlos and Albania wanted their mom to encounter God. For that, I praise him!

God has been opening more doors for our ministry through music and more and more people our being touch by it because God has open the doors of new places and new venues. For instance, a new Christian radio station came to our city and loved our music and now there are playing us every day in around ten cities.

We always dreamed about being able to touch lots of people’s lives through music and finally God is making that possible. He has been blessing every ministry that he puts in our hands. That s why I thank you guys for believing in the calling that God has given us, because without your support and your prayers non of this would have been possible. God decided to use you to bless us so we can bless other…wow, that’s powerfull!

Much love for you guys, in Christ

I.G