What we're all about...

A group of us mission-hearted Christians in Steubenville, with a passion to see God transform our city got together in November of 2011. We decided to join together to do what we can do to make Christ more present in our city. Though we were all real busy with our own work and ministries, we knew that if we did this ministry TOGETHER, we could see something beautiful happen.

And so "Mama Nita's" was birthed in the Spring of 2012.

Katie purchased a gorgeous small mansion "in the hood" of Steubenville--the perfect place to see transformation of our city take place. A few of us volunteers are living there, building relationship with neighbors and inviting others into our home for weekly praise and worship times, prayer for the city weekly, and starting positive entertainment evenings... Unity in the Body of Christ is organically emerging from everyone's generous hearts and hands to see this ministry come to fruition.

God is saying to us it's to be a place, a ministry that brings people together for the sake of encountering His Love and Presence and building Unity in the Body of Christ. I think the fact that over 3000 joy-filled volunteer hours have been given since we started will speak for itself!

We're excited about what God's gonna do at Mama Nita's Coffee House! God bless you! Please keep us in prayers!

Sunday, November 30, 2014

A New Season for the Mission...


For this past year I, and several others, have been seeking the Lord as to His purposes in this next season for this mission house I started almost 3 years ago. Although nothing is official yet, I ask you to keep praying, as it seems a wonderful mission group will be buying the house and making it an outreach for lay missionaries who will continue the present mission of prayer on Monday evenings and street outreach weekly, and also serve in Steubenville in various ways. But it's not yet definite, so if you know of a religious community, or a lay mission group interested in buying the house, have them contact me!

Thank Father God!!!

I see that my gifting is being a fire-starter, a missionary to dark places to turn the lights on so that others can come in and carry on the work. I've done my part... and now it's my time to move on.

It seems the Lord is moving me back to California, within 6 hours of my parents, uncle, aunt and sister and cousins. I will be going out in January to check out "Oakhurst, CA" where a YWAM base is located, a good Catholic church and a small town at 3000 ft elevation near to Yosemite National Park. I ask you to please pray for me to follow His leading and wait on Him to find the right place to settle down in this next season.

He is calling me in these next years to "come away" and rest, seek His heart and grow even more solid in who I am in Christ and to walk with confidence in the Kingdom of God here on earth, as it is in heaven. I will keep you posted at: katiegesto.blogspot.com

I want to honor ALL those who have sowed into Mama Nita's Ministry in these past 3 years. It will continue to give fruit with the next mission group. The furniture and other donations will stay and remain a blessing to this city that God is transforming. The profits from selling this house will go into the All for Him fund to support missions overseas and other missionaries that I believe in along with some short term missions that God will be calling me to in the next few years. Thank you to every person who has given of their time and money and I believe God has and will continue to bless you for that!! There are so many of you!

Keep praying with us as we await the final decision of those that God desires to buy this house... How exciting to see what the new chapter of this house will bring to this city!!

God bless you!

Katie

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Welcome to join our Prophetic Worskshop

ECUMENICAL PROPHETIC GIFTS WORKSHOP

October 30th- Nov 1st, 2014

Come grow in your gift of walking in the prophetic and bring a friend.
High School to Adults all welcome!

Thursday night 7 pm - 9 pm
Friday 9:30 am - 5 pm
Saturday 9:30 am - 5 pm including outreach time

401 N. 5th St., Steubenville, OH



RSVP: katiegesto@yahoo.com or 740-284-2587
Accommodation available at the mission house upon request

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Please take time to sign this petition before July 4th and pass this link on!


we petition the obama administration to:
STOP the BOMBING on the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Nuba Mountains, Sudan!

A large hospital where I used to serve in Gidel, Nuba Mountains is being directly targeted by the Khartoum Government. It is the only hospital within several hundreds of miles and we used to even get Arab patients coming for help from Khartoum.

http://www.cmmb.org/supporting-mother-mercy-hospital

Despite bombing around the hospital, the foreign and local staff, many who are Americans and European nuns, have never had bombing on their compound.

This week, the tables have turned. We beseech President Obama to stop the Antenov planes that are barraging the hospital grounds daily. They are under constant attack unknown to the world. Limbs are being cut off from the shrapnel, patients are staff are at risk but persevering to still treat people amidst this hellish attack.

PLEASE HELP THEM!

To sign please go to:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stop-bombing-mother-mercy-hospital-nuba-mountains-sudan/2xHQ3pHd

Here's a picture of our Easter Celebration just before the hospital was built:



PRAYER POINTS:
1. Diving protection over every hospital stafff both physically and emotionally and supernatural sleep and rest amidst the tension and hard work of caring for over 300 patients.
2. Supernatural stopping of the bombing and violence in the Nuba and partiularly on the hospital.
3. Peace in both Sudan and South Sudan and for men to humble themselves before God and promote peace.

Thank you and God bless you!