Reflejo has also successfully placed Latino Christians in areas where others may not have access or be welcomed. They are met with curiosity and openness that allows them to quickly build relationships. For example, someone from the United States may not be able to safely travel to or work in certain countries that are open to South Americans. “We are seeing access in a few of these places, and we're well received. People are curious about where we're from, what we're doing, who we are, and we get to build relationships over time and share Jesus in a different way,” Matthews says.“Latinos are uniquely positioned to bring the gospel to the unreached.”
If you are a Latino Christian interested in more information about Reflejo, visit their website here. There are opportunities to serve internationally as well as volunteer from home. Dave Matthews also invites believers from any background to pray for and support Latin American missionaries. "One of the things that's a common theme in the countries we're going to is the enemy has had control of that region for a long time, and he is not excited to give it up," says Matthews. "He will do what is in his power in terms of spiritual warfare, challenges, difficulties of any sort of kind that are at his disposal to get in the way of missions advance. And so we need lots and lots of people covering our staff, our team, our projects in prayer." Sign up for Reflejo’s prayer newsletter here. “The whole body of Christ works together. If you are not a Latino and you still want to get involved in helping Latinos go, there's a number of ways you can do that,” says Matthews. “Get involved. Join us. Partner with somebody. Help us sponsor a missionary that will do excellent work, sometimes in places, even if you wanted to, you couldn't go into.” Header representative photo by Omar Lopez on Unsplash.“We’ve been able to put people who are going to do their work, and while they are doing their work, they’re going to be that living, breathing testimony of the love of God.”