Miguel Castro & Sandy Alvarez Herrera

My wife Sandy and I were commissioned to the Lord’s work in Sincelejo, Colombia in April 2019; and by His grace we have been working in the northern part of the country, specifically in the coastal savanna, in the departments of Sucre and Cordoba, although we live in Sincelejo, the capital of Sucre.

Our work has been mostly focused on preaching in different towns and rural communities in this area, taking advantage of the blessing we have of being able to hold Bible classes with children, which has opened doors for us to share the gospel. Using this method of ministry, the Lord has allowed us to enter a  neighborhood called 17 de Septiembre, and over the years He has brought some people to Christ who are now active members of the congregation in Sincelejo. With the same spirit, we have been holding classes and preaching in Chinú, a town in Cordoba, where there is a building that was constructed by Brother Eduardo Smith, a servant of the Lord from Australia, who worked for many years in Colombia. He worked hard in that place, and we know that we have taken on the work of others, and we thank the Lord for those who have gone before us.

A large part of our work also involves supporting the teaching and instruction in the surrounding assemblies, which are striving to grow, such as Manguitos, La Sierpe, Macajan, Caucasia, Barranquilla, and El Tesoro. In general, the areas where we work are very rural.

Colombia is a very large country, and the work is very broad and varied. There are more distant places where we have felt a deep emotional burden, such as Pasto on the border with Ecuador (1,327 km from Sincelejo), where we try to help, always aiming to go at least once a year. Another place we think about a lot for preaching the gospel is Urrao in the mountains of Antioquia, which, although quite far (642 km from our home), has touched us in a special way through the Lord. The work here, due to its characteristics, is very dynamic. We appreciate your prayers for this country and the different needs that exist, that He would send workers into His harvest, and for us to be guided in doing His will.

Miguel & Sandy Castro

Chinu / Cordoba

Posted on June 10, 2026

Hemos estado trabajando en los últimos meses  ( ya casi 2 años) en un pueblo del departamento de Cordoba llamado Chinu, y agradecemos de manera muy especial sus oraciones por esta labor, tenemos una clase bíblica que se da en la calle, los jueves ,donde hay buena animación pero es un sector llamado la Piragua, donde la inmoralidad es grande, y algunas de las jovencitas que asisten llevan una vida muy dura, y nos preocupa el mal en que pudieran caer, por eso rogamos que EL SENOR las salve de este mundo malo y sus almas para la eternidad, hay una pareja con mucho deseo de oro la palabra llamados Jeison y Lina y su hijo Matias, y unas sobrinas de ellas que son muy fieles pero con una vida muy preocupante ya casi adolescentes llamadas Ana Gabriela y Maria Camila. EL el otro sector totalmente opuesto donde hay un lugar donde antiguamente se predico (construido por nuestro hermano Eduard Smith) ha sido muy difícil conseguir asistencia en los adultos y aun en los niños, en este momento no hay clase bíblica en este lugar llamado Villa Maria, estamos predicando al frente del local a vecinos que  se sientan al frente de sus casas para aprovechar la oportunidad, agradecemos muchísimos sus oraciones

La bondad del SEÑOR

Posted on August 24, 2026

Greetings beloved brothers, in the last weeks after having finished the special activity in Chinu with the children and young people, for which we are grateful because one of the purposes was to see other children more that are encouraged to the class especially in the local, this week after having arrived from a tour, we saw about 4 new children that gave us a lot of encouragement and encouraged us to continue with these days, and thank you very much for the prayers because we are sure that this helped a lot to see results, the task continues but it gives encouragement to see these small advances And sperm that THE LORD guides us and helps us in everything, we must inform that the lady where we started the class 2 years ago who allowed us to enter this place and whose grandson was the first assistant of the class due to the consequences of the earthquake, (although in this area it was not felt much) the high voltage wiring fell and as her house was in Palma it caught fire and lost everything, we ask for your prayers for this family, we are trying to take the opportunity to help you, and also that this is a door to enter with the gospel, We appreciate your prayers.

Very briefly thank you for your prayers for what happened here since August 10 that was the earthquake, we left Sincelejo bound for the conferences in Medellin, but we had the exercise of voting for a sister who has cancer who is from the assembly in Manizales but she and her family live in Pereira, so that day were, in Pereira which was one of the most destroyed cities, "in mysterious ways God usually still acts" but we lived the impressive thing that is to be in the middle of an earthquake, we talked lived tremors but never something like that, we could be there, and Thanks to the LORD nothing happened to the brothers either to their house, and so we saw the hands of the LORD, but we went out to look for the children of the brothers, and we realized the magnitude of the matter, the city was very affected, let's pray for that place, we understood why THE LORD took us there at that time, first to teach us a lot, about the brevity of life and the need to take better advantage of time but to support that family. well then we went out to Manizales we saw the hand of the LORD in a special way Trying to bring encouragement to the brothers and gospel to those who have no hope, and from there we could be in Medellin and enjoy some very uplifting conferences, this week we return to the house and the expression that the HOLY SPIRIT mentions about the magicians when returning to their homes after having seen the LORD "they returned to their home by another path" MT 2:12. we are where always but not as always and we thank the LORD for that lived experience to be able to learn wisdom, the only damage we had was some failures That our vehicle acquired after being removed by the earthquake, the transmission and other details began to fail but thanks to the LORD they have already been solved, but we wanted to share a little of the experience lived these days and the movements that THE LORD wanted us to have, by the hand of the LORD his people in that area no one suffered neither personal or material damage without a doubt it was a miracle as THE LORD guards his town, a brother of the assembly in Manizales lost his house and when he left he was beaten by the rubble, but it's okay, although he lost His house, let's not stop praying for him, an elderly and widowed brother who needs our prayers. Thank you for your prayers and don't stop doing it

Preaching in Shagun – Cordoba

Posted on July 28, 2026

Greetings beloved brothers, we ask for prayer for this purpose of praying for this new place of preaching, and we are grateful to the Lord because his prayers were answered, with reason THE LORD encouraged us to agree to pray together and he promises "it will be done to you by my father who is in heaven" Mt 18:19. I will try to summarize this, but I only advance that we are convinced that the only way THE LORD blesses the preaching of the gospel is not with saved souls, it is one of the keys, but it is not the only one. First time since we live in Colombia that we see several assemblies working together on a purpose, of evangelism, and in these cults we could see 4 assemblies represented, that is more than we had asked for and we enjoyed it, see great efforts of brothers from distant places traveling early, to evangelize and invite, the truth brothers this gave me a very great joy to the point of crying because we have prayed for this and THE LORD granted them to HIM BE THE GLORY, on the other hand from the first day see good assistance of neighbors and family of the brothers, and Listen with great reverence to the message of salvation, we are convinced that we do not save, and that salvation belongs to HIM, but "he who hears my word and believes the one who sent me" are taking the first step to hear and that gives joy, but when it is common for us in this area to see so much attention, and finally the most Old worker in the country already with 86 years very limited in his steps, but he was encouraged to accompany us and we were very blessed to see the grace of the LORD in exercising his gift that the preaching of the gospel, in short brothers Truly more than we deserve, we have not heard of professions of salvation but good "put your bread on the waters and after many days you will find it" Ecclesias 11:1 we trust in the power of his word.

We met with the purpose of returning we believe that there is a key point for preaching there, and we hope after complying with other places where we must be, return, people were clear with the message and with the desire to continue listening, and a young woman named Yuli, she was very shocked, she wanted to go on Sunday to the LORD's dinner in the nearest assembly that is El Tesoro, and we went to look for her but they did not let her go, although she is a young but adult woman, about 38 years old, she suffers from a mysterious disease that has left her in a chair of Wheel and her crooked hands, the doctors believe it is ALS but they are not sure, the truth is that we must pray for her and her need for salvation. Keep praying for Sahagun and for this department of Cordoba where Chinu is also.

With deep Gratitude in THE LORD

Sandy y Miguel Castro

Chinu y Sahagun- Cordoba

Posted on July 17, 2026

Greetings brothers, we asked for Prayer to reactivate the biblical class in the Chinu place, and what power the prayer has without a doubt, the truth is that we are happy that in a miraculous way THE LORD, I react, a day of a lot of rain where we could not give the Class in the Canoe, because it is outdoors, we had to take them in the car to the Local, and that encouraged some children of the place, to attend and from there we started again with this purpose, we thank those who prayed for it and how much we continue to cry for more prayer, there is Only 3 children who are attending, but it gives us joy they are souls that need salvation, but we would still like to see more, we have the purpose of doing a special activity with the children once a month to unite them all and thus see if others dare to go more, we continue to pray for the help of heaven for this sector.

On Monday the 20th we begin preaching cults in the neighboring city (the second most important city in the department of Cordoba) called Sahagun, near there is an assembly about 5 kms stuck towards a field that is THE TREASURE, we are in communion with them and the assembly in Sincelejo, to try to preach in that sector, we have years praying for this place, and there lives a family that is in communion in El Tesoro, so a great and effective opportunity has opened up but many are the adversaries, we pray to the LORD to help us in this spiritual battle

THE LORD reward you for your care and great help that you continue to have with us