History of the Vision | August 2022 Update
- Raven Ministries
- Aug 15, 2022
- 4 min read
Updated: Dec 31, 2025
El Salvador
“For the vision is yet for an appointed time and it hastens to the end [fulfillment]; it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait [earnestly] for it, because it will surely come; it will not be behindhand on its appointed day.” Habakkuk 2:3 (Amp)
This was God’s declaration to Habakkuk when he cried, “YHVH, how long must I cry without your hearing?...I cry, but You don’t save.” Sometimes God gives a promise and then nothing appears to happen. In fact, sometimes it seems like the exact opposite occurs, which can cause questioning, doubts, and discouragement. We have taken great comfort in these words to Habakkuk because it assures us that God will ALWAYS do what He says He will do, and He is ALWAYS on time! We give praise, honor and glory to Jehovah and are excited to share the continued story about the vision for the Ministry Center.
During our recent visit to El Salvador, we were invited to a meeting with Board of Ministerio Cuervo that was led by the President, José Elias (Chepe). Among the agenda items was a discussion regarding the Ministry name. Since the first time Ron spoke in El Salvador in early 2000, Raven Ministries has been translated into Spanish and been presented to Pastors as Ministerio Cuervo. We’ve known Pastor Gabriel since 2001 and in 2007, God laid it on his heart to take a huge step of faith to go into full time ministry (he had pastored for many years and at that time was employed as a professor in the Baptist Seminary). He founded Siervos.com, which serves Pastors by helping them develop leadership as well as influence them to build relationships with other Pastors for mutual support and encouragement. At that time there was another ministry, SOL Ministry, that served Pastors’ physical needs such as food, medicine and help with construction projects. The Director of this ministry was Chepe, whom we met through Roberto Choto when we first began living short term in El Salvador during 2003. Pastor Gabriel and Chepe approached us in February 2007 to propose that the three ministries work together, since we all have a heart for Pastors but focus on different areas. It became clear very quickly that Pastor Gabriel could represent Raven Ministries when we weren’t in the country since our mission and his dovetailed, and that he was very willing to do so. God has granted him great favor with Pastors from all denominations and all sized churches throughout the Country.
Fast forward to 2022 when we began sharing that Ministerio Cuervo is a newly approved NGO (like a 501C3 in the US) ministry in El Salvador with the vision to build a ministry center. It caused a little confusion. Ministerio Cuervo is a name that has been associated with the United States and Siervos is the ministry he founded, so most Pastors didn’t understand that anything had changed. This brought up the need to discuss the name. God gave amazing insight and wisdom through Ron that the Ministry Center Vision needs a name. In this way, we can clearly demonstrate that this Center is a Body ministry and Ministerio Cuervo, Siervos.Com and Raven Ministries U.S. are all coming alongside the vision for a ministry center.
As we discussed this topic, we witnessed Pastor Gabriel and Chepe receive revelation about what an answer to prayer they were for us back in 2007. They finally understood that this vision had been placed on our hearts during 2004. But since “nothing seemed to be happening” the only purpose of that 2007 trip was to close everything up. After 2 years of God closing the door for us to minister in El Salvador and then impressing on us to return in February 2007, we assumed He was shutting the door completely and were questioning whether we’d heard correctly in the first place.
When they asked to meet with us to propose working together, they had no idea we thought God was telling us our time in El Salvador was over. What a precious and palpable moment it was when “the light came on!” What a blessing to remember how we felt in 2007 when God surprised us with a re-kindling of the vision. We continue to hold on to the truth that one day the vision of Ministry Center that God has on His heart will be fulfilled.
“Though it tarry, wait [earnestly] for it, because it will surely come; it will not be behindhand on its appointed day.”
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Go After the MIA’s
Encourage the Standing
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