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