CMA HeartBeat May 2019 | Page 12

CMA International By VICTOR Ramirez Chile, we have grown; slow, but constant. In Santiago, two women have joined and received their patches and creden- tials, and a man submitted his Member Training questionnaire. On the other hand, the Arica and Parinacota Chapter is being formed in the city of Arica, which has two members with a completed train- ing plan and three studying. Hundreds of motorcyclists and their motorcycles have been blessed, CMA New Testaments have been given, and we have par- ticipated in various charitable activities where we are known as a ministry. The city of La Ligua (160 km In north of Santiago) gave us recogni- tion for having participated in its 2018 Anniversary. Sunday, March 4, 2019, four members of CMA Chile climbed the Cordillera limit with CMA Argentina to commemorate the Cristo Redentor Route, in which we have become known and expect- ed. The truth has been, we worked hard and we have been strengthened. I attended the leadership confer- ence in Paraguay last November, and this April, will travel to the CMA Paraguay Rally. In October, I will visit CMA Argentina, in the city of Misiones. age, he rides more than any from our group. Praise the Lord for opportunity that he has. He started to become active Christian because of CMA. He rode with us and want- ed to become a member. He under- stood he must be involved in some church. Eriks went to one church, got baptized, and became not just a church member, but also a CMA member. Praise the Lord for using us and CMA in Erik’s journey to becoming a believer. Don’t look at person’s age – in all ages there is a need for God. In September, in Riga, there was a big Christian event called Awakening Europe, where we had a chance to help with security at part of the event. Praise the Lord there are people who organize events and volunteers who can help with practical issues. Before we wrote our testimonies in Latvian, but when we heard that prison chaplain translated Latvian Biker Bible testimonies sentence by sentence in Russian (we have many prisoners who speak Russian lan- guage), we then translated our tes- timonies that more people can read our stories that God has done in our lives. We also translate testi- monies in English. Praise the Lord for opportunities to tell others about the Savior. May our Lord bless you richly with all kind of blessings. CMA CMA Victor Ramirez is the President of CMA Chile. By ZIGMARS Atvars YEAR OF THANKFULNESS (CMA LATVIA 10) year for us was very special because we celebrated CMA Latvia’s 10 year anniversary. During those years we have had many people who have crossed our lives – good and also hard moments, but God’s promise is that when there are at least two believers that are present, also Christ is among them. Thank you God for all the blessings we have felt during these 10 years! Now we have 11 CMA brothers in Latvia who like to ride motorcycles, but most important we love our Lord Jesus Christ. Our newest member is 71 years old, named Eriks, but even in his Last Zigmars Atvars is the President of CMA Latvia.