Serving Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Blog & field notes
Mission trip guides, ministry milestones, and field notes from 26 years of serving in and around Ensenada, Mexico. These are the stories behind the meals, the work projects, and the friendships that carry the love of Jesus across the border.
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Why Ensenada Ministries works alongside local churches, not around them, and how partnerships with local pastors keep the work going long after a team goes home.
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Vacation Bible School with local children, work projects, worship around the fire pit, and what youth leaders should plan before the vans load.
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Each harvest season the church goes to the farmworker camps, and all year it walks beside men and women in recovery. Here is what that looks like in Ensenada.
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From the border crossing to the closing worship time, here is what a real week of work projects, children’s ministry, and lasting friendships looks like at Rancho El Refugio.
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A first gathering of 3,400 campers, hundreds of partnered mission teams, and a partner ranch that grew with the work. A look back at 26 years in and around Ensenada.
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Rancho El Refugio opens its doors for more than mission teams: church retreats, conferences, trainings, and quiet days of prayer, with space made for gathering.
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Go, give, or pray: three simple doors into the work, and a place for every season of life in serving the families, children, and churches of Ensenada.
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Reading about the work is a good start. Loading the vans and serving alongside local ministries in Ensenada is better. There is room for your church, your family, or your small group.
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Whether you are planning a mission team, giving to the work, or simply want to learn more about the ministry, we would love to hear from you.