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The Diocese of West Texas has formed partnerships with three dioceses in Mexico: Northern Mexico, Southeast Mexico and Cuernavaca.

In Northern Mexico we have a house building project in Piedras Negras, and a Medical/ Dental ministry in the same area. Teams also teach VBS there and a Tapestry micro-enterprize program for the women.

In Southeast Mexico we send a Medical/Dental team, a veterinarian team and a program of continuing education for the clergy annually. We also have introduced the Tapestry program for the women there.

We have introduced the "Godly Play" program in the Monterey area.

This year we have expanded our Water Well drilling program to the Texas/Mexico border area. www.texaswatermission.org

In Honduras we send four Medical/Dental teams and a veterinarian team annually. We send Water Well drilling teams four times a year to the EL Paraiso District . This program, besides the drilling, includes a water hygiene teaching program, an ESL program. VBS and introductions to Micro-Enterprize projects.

In Cuernavaca, We are helping to renovate the Diocesan Center and the Cathedral apartments and are beginning a project to renovate an existing property for a Retreat Center.

We are sending church planting teams to the Nueva Esperanza area and are in the process of building a multi-purpose building to house the newly formed home churches as well as a community center which will offer courses in the trades. These teams also award scholarships each year to deserving students on the high school level.

In Uganda we have finished building a Women's Educational Center in the Diocese of Nebbi and are supporting a revolving bank program for the women to start micro businesses. We built a grist mill to provide income for the center. We will have a on going relationship with the center, sending teachers etc.

We send, each year, family teams to work in the summer youth camps in Russia, Belarus & Ukraine. We also send teams to work in the orphanages that are connected with the camps. We are helping them set up computer programs, learn how to farm and this year we are beginning a new program of transitional housing to help the orphans integrate into their society.

Our Mission Division is made up of 25 people who are all leaders in the mission field. Our Bishops are very supportive of all missions and thay have served on mission teams. We meet twice a year for regular business meetings and at other times when necessary.

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