Missions Ministry
Welcome!
Awaken Las Vegas believes that everyone should be involved in impacting the world with the good news of Jesus Christ. Our missions ministry offers missions trips, trains up missionaries, and supports mission work all over the world. There are also classes that will inspire you to have faith on a global scale.
Come experience an international missions trip. Whether it is your first trip or your fourteenth, experienced missions trip leaders will guide to our locations all over the world. Have a heart for prayer and/or giving? We will keep you updated about opportunities to be a part of the amazing things God is doing worldwide.
Contact missions@awakenlv.org to stay up to date and join our list.
2025 Missions Trips
Previous Missions Trips
High School Mission Trip - Tijuana
February-March
Men’s Mission Trip to Awaken Discipleship and Training Center
April 20-23
Middle School Mission Trip - La Gloria
Weekend Teaching and Outreach - Tijuana
July 21-24
Collective Graduation - Missions
August 18-20
Blessing Bags - Student Mission Trip
December
Blessing Bags - Family Mission Trip
December
Brazil Mission Trip: April 11-19
Youth Mission Natal Brazil: July 8-16
Brazil Mission Trip - Natal
September 13-21
View Recap of Trip
Missionaries
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Alvarez Family
Jahil serves as the lead pastor of Awaken CDMX and together with his family they intend to continue planting churches around the Valley of Mexico. We want to continue promoting the great commission of Jesus in everything we do as a family and as a church, using the spiritual formation and vision that God has given us for the next 48 months, a discipleship to spread the gospel through culture, sports and our urban center.
Matthew 28:18-20 Please pray for us that: · Jahil’s health after several surgeries can remain stable. · Strength, wisdom to guide the church to the feet of Christ and prepare teachers, leaders filled with the Holy Spirit, but also for the next missionaries that Awaken CDMX is raising to be exported to plant churches in 2025.
May God bring new people to His church and allow us to build the new 2024 leadership structure.
Asuncion Family
Through prayer and fasting, God opened an opportunity to serve Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Philippines, and engage with Natidasan Christian Community Church. Uncertain of His plans, we trust His lead and eagerly embrace living on the edge with Jesus. Our hearts long to serve Him in any way He chooses. Grateful for this chance to learn and grow while serving in the Philippines!
Benitez Family
We have now been serving the Lord as missionaries in Mexico for the past 7 years alongside our daughters Ayleen, Alyssa, Aubrey, Abigail, and our son Samuel.
In July 2017, the Lord called us out from our hometown in Montebello, CA to assist a new church plant, Capilla Calvario Michoacan in Zamora Michoacan, Mexico. Before going to Michoacan, we took the Church Plant course at the Training Center in La Gloria, Tijuana. Upon graduation, we set out to Michoacan, having the tools we needed to serve the Lord. We served in different areas as needed from Children’s ministry, youth ministry, and marriage counseling. Our oldest daughter, Ayleen, led the worship ministry for the last year.
In June 2021, the Lord called us back to Tijuana and we now have the privilege to serve at Awaken Discipleship and Training Center in La Gloria. We are so grateful to serve in the place where it all began for us and our hearts have been drawn to this place. Chris is currently assisting in the area of facilities, short-term mission teams and currently lead the marriage ministry alongside my wife. Yesenia is currently assisting as event coordinator, short-term missions, and also gets to help in the kitchen preparing meals for teams and students. Our oldest daughter Ayleen is also serving as a ministry assistant and teaches and does worship for our NDR kids program. She also serves in worship for group devotionals and local churches.
Our heart is to continue to serve the Lord, to minister and disciple the people in Tijuana, and wherever else the Lord would lead us to. Our hearts are open to do His will and bring many to a saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We hope that you will partner with us in prayer for the following:
- God’s direction for our family in this new season
- Financial provision for our family
- For the Lord to open the door for Chris to be able to travel to the US
Garin Family
Luis, Anel and their son Jireh started planting a church in the midst of covid in the city of Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico.
VISION.
Our desire is to see young families, open the Bible, know Jesus, grow in Faith and spread the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout Mazatlan, Mexico and the world.
PRAYER REQUESTS.
Protection, provision and faith for my family.
May faithful, willing and teachable leaders arise to continue the work.
For being able to impact our community where there are more than 20,000 families.
Vision, Provision, revival in Awaken Mazatlan.
Contact email for newsletters: Luisgarin@awakenlv.org
Gomez Family
Ramsey and Rachel Gomez have felt called to the mission field since they were married in 2023. God has been leading them to the country of Japan for the last couple years and they are walking in faith toward that calling. Right now, they are serving at Awaken Las Vegas and participating in a church planting residency to prepare them to plant a church in Japan. They are also working on acquiring a visa that will allow their family to remain long-term in Japan, growing a prayer team, and raising monthly financial support. They aim to launch to Japan in the fall of 2025.
Leona Karni
In May of 2026 Leona will have served as a pioneering missionary for 47 years. As a pioneer she has served in many countries around the world. In October 2020 the Lord based Leona in Las Vegas Nevada. In 2026 she will relocate to Bradenton, Florida. Although she is based in the USA many months of the year are spent ministering on other continents, teaching, mentoring, and facilitating conflict resolution. Leona also helps churches set up their Biblical Counseling ministries, this involves teaching a Biblical Guidance course and helping with the logistics of forming teams and assisting in the development of materials.
Since November 2024 the focus of Leona’s ministry has been the development of Women Unified For Intercession (WUFI) groups. The goal of WUFI is to establish women’s intercession groups in every country in South America. These groups approach praying for their country district by district, researching and listing every church and every pastor in the district. This becomes their prayer list. After praying for a church WUFI sends an invitation to the church inviting them to begin an intercessory group in their church. The end goal is to have every country, the entire continent, of South America covered in prayer.
Prayer Requests
For the establishment and development of WUFI groups in every country and every district within these countries praying as instructed in Ephesians 6:18.
Personal
Travel mercies and health
Paola Lopez
I served at the training center in Tijuana for a year, learning about leadership, discipleship, and also serving with children. Now the Lord has called me to serve in Mexico City. I want to continue learning along the way and show others the love of Christ.
My heart is still with the unreached, so I’m very excited to serve in Mexico City because I know the Lord is preparing me for when the time comes to go to the 10/40 window, if it is His will.
Please pray for this new step of faith and adjusting, for health and dependence on the Lord.
Roenspie Family
Vision: As we make the move to live and serve in Mexico City, our goal is to reflect Christ to one another as a family and to those around us. In our ministry, we want to engage, train and disciple a new generation of leaders, church planters and missionaries while building up the church in Latin America.
In our role as Awaken Church Coordinators, please pray for a deep love for the people of Mexico City and Latin America, and the ability to train and equip church planters and leaders; engage churches to discover their strengths and grow in areas of weakness; and to learn to minister to other churches in the Awaken Church Community.
Please pray for
The transition to living in Mexico City; for our health and well-being; and for dependence on the Lord and one another.
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Valenzuela Family
The Valenzuela Family currently lives in Madrid, Spain where they have been actively planting the church RAÍCES MADRID since October of 2017.
Tifiny and Esteban came from very different homes. Tifiny grew up in a conservative Christian home where she was raised with biblical values. Esteban was raised in a much more liberal environment and lived wildly during his young adult years. Shortly after getting saved in 1999 the Lord took Esteban on an adventure that spanned the USA and Europe, eventually leading him to West Virginia where he met Tifiny in early 2004. After marrying in 2005 Esteban and Tifiny lived in Southern California where they worked and served in the local church. Within the next ten years the Lord added three beautiful children to our family.
In 2010 the Lord began to stir Esteban’s heart for Spain during a season of intense suffering and trials. While still serving in the local church the Lord confirmed the call to Spain between 2010 to 2014. Having the support of the church and the elders of CC Canyon Hills we launched out as a family of 5 to Spain, where we have residing since January of 2015.
The Valle Family
We believe the Lord has called us to expand the Kingdom of God by planting a church in Guadalajara that impacts the community by the love and faith through Jesus Christ and bring a spiritual awakening in the city of Guadalajara. Prayer points: please pray for our season of being newlyweds and that our marriage would be strengthened and rooted in God. Please pray for our training and our residency here in Vegas that we would be thoroughly equipped and ready for our next steps in church planting. Please pray for the Lord’s provision in resources, a team, and perseverance.