Mixtec groups live in the mountains of Southern Mexico. They maintain a pre-Columbian language and culture. They have their own language, San Juan Mixtepec, though most also speak Spanish. Most people who speak this language live in Oaxaca, but others have migrated for work to Baja California and Santa Maria, California in the US.
Today the San Juan Mixtepec Mixtecs are usually subsistence farmers who grow corn, beans and squash. Their farming equipment is usually basic. They improve their diet through hunting and fishing. They go to the forests to collect things to sell in the markets. They sell woven and ceramic goods as well.
The culture of the Mixtec is both hierarchical and patriarchal. Those who move to the US usually maintain very strong cultural, family, and financial ties to their communities of origin. Most are oral learners and do not read or write in their own language.
The primary religion practiced by the Mixtec peoples is a form of folk Catholicism. They revere Catholic saints, nature spirits and their ancestors, whom they believe are the guardians of Mixtec ways. They have regular fiestas to honor and revere their gods and patron saints.
The San Juan Mixtepec Mixtec people need to put their trust and identity in the hands of the loving God of Creation who sent his son to make it possible for them to enter the Kingdom of God.
Pray for a "Book of Acts" type of movement to Christ among the San Juan Mixtepec Mixtec.
Pray God will have mercy on the Mixtec, doing whatever it takes to place them in a position to receive him.
Ask God to open the hearts of the San Juan Mixtepec Mixtec to the gospel.
Pray for an unstoppable movement to Christ among them.
Scripture Prayers for the Mixteco, San Juan Mixtepec in Mexico.
https://www.christianaid.org/missions-insider/2020-tribal-womans-dreams-present-daunting-evil/
https://www.peoplegroups.info/site/PeopleGroupHighlight/id/546/name/Mixtec%2C+Mixtepec/sort/state
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixtec_Culture
https://
| Profile Source: Joshua Project |
