Jim and Cindy Moss are the Director of Calvary Commission Tribal Missions. With a missions base in Belen, New Mexico, they provide training and serve the missionaries to the tribes. The Hope Christian Fellowship of Belen serves as a local church for the missions base and the community.

Jim Moss writes,"I would like to focus on the Tarahumara Indians in Southwestern Chihuahua, Mexico and our ongoing work among them. There are about 60,000 Tarahumaras living in some of the most rugged and yet beautiful country on this continent. Many of the Indians still live in caves. The caves resemble that of the pueblo cave dwellings here in New Mexico, except much smaller, usually one family per cave. One of the cave houses I've been in actually has running water. A small 20 foot waterfall drops from the ceiling into the center of the house. Some of the cave houses are actually very comfortable, in a primitive sort of way.

The section of the world in which the Tarahumaras live is called the "Sierra Tarahumara". To walk through the Sierra Tarahumara is to go back in time over 100 years. It is a very large land mass consisting partly of mountains very similar to our own here in Belen and a maze of very deep canyons which are deeper than the Grand Canyon of Arizona. These canyons are called Barronca Del Cobre or Copper Canyon. In the bottom of these canyons it is sub-tropical with rivers and streams every where. Many different kinds of fruit trees exist. Mango, orange, lime, papaya, banana as well as very large organ pipe cactus. It has spectacular views at every turn in the road or trail. Over the years the Tarahumara people have made thousands of miles of trails intertwining their villages. 

The people, for the most part, are subsistence farmers and gathers with some hunting, although hunting has become difficult because of the lack of game. The women wear very colorful dresses, and many of the men still wear their traditional breechcloths. The Tarahumara are famous for their endurance running. Some races go for 100 miles or more. They run through the night with a torch made out of an old can filled with pine pitch to light their way. What a beautiful sight to see all the little fires dancing along through the night as they run their race through this rugged terrain.

We started our work among the Tarahumara about 11 years ago. The first year I spent exploring extensively throughout the mountains and canyons. Eventually we bought land and moved into the Sierras. We built several homes, a clinic, the Tarahumara headquarters and our training center. We began to recruit and train people who had a desire to work in pioneer missions. Graduates from the school have spread out across the world and are working to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Several doctors volunteered there time to help open up the Tarahumara work. One of the doctors is still there today treating and sharing the love of Christ. Many workers have come and gone being that this is a difficult work. Living conditions are primitive and at times you have to deal with government hostility. We deeply appreciated each and every worker who helped out in this ministry. Each one did their part in sharing the love of Christ and helping to comfort those in suffering and pain. Presently Mark and Roxane Davis are the field missionaries working with the Tarahumara and are doing an excellent job. They live in a very remote section of the Sierras. There are many sacrifices that Mark and Roxane have made to be in this work but if you ask them about it, they would tell you that it was all worth while to see the Tarahumaras come to Christ and watch their lives change into happy caring people. Mark and Roxanne are overseeing the development of four Churches. A big job for anyone. The pulse of this ministry, which is headquartered here in Timberon, is to give the primitive tribal peoples around our world an opportunity to come to Christ and to follow His wise teachings from the Bible.