tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080153142004691362023-11-16T04:31:59.140-08:00ONE for GuateUniting as ONE for the ONE true GOdAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888877834173113969noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708015314200469136.post-80289014134003957882019-02-24T22:33:00.000-08:002019-02-24T22:33:14.880-08:00Being Here<br />
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like to be a missionary?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> I get this question a lot and most times I honestly do
not have a very good answer. I feel like I let you down by not being able to
verbalize it. Maybe I can’t because it is so complicated or ever changing, I’m
truthfully not sure. However, I have such a desire for each of you to get it
even if just a little bit. Why? Because we are here on the mission field because
God called us, so missions must be close to His heart; therefore, it matters,
it is important, it does change lives. God has been putting it on my heart a
lot lately to share what missions looks like for us, so that is exactly what I
am going to try to do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of my husband….what may appear to be a spoiled rotten husband eating dinner in
bed…well it is not what it seems. This is a husband who I am seeing for the
first time at 9:30pm, who is eating dinner, his first meal of the day, in his
bed because everyone else had already eaten and was asleep in bed. His day
consisted of running errands, paying bills, church banking, being at the
feeding center, talking to moms of the feeding center kids, doing house visits,
and then men’s group at the church. This is a day that is so full, but saying
that doesn’t really even start to explain his day. Here we say everything takes
a whole day to do, we don’t know why but it just does. For example church
banking that sounds like a quick in and out, but with the lines in the bank it
is at 30 minutes if not an hour to just make a deposit and that doesn’t include
the book keeping he had already done. When he is at the feeding center he waits
for all the kids to enter and then teaches a little bit, or plays games, or
teaches bible verses and then the kids eat. While the kids eat he goes around
and talks to as many moms as he can about their lives, their difficulties, their
doubts, their questions. Now on to family visits these are almost always very
hard and I’m not talking about the walk up steep hills hard, even though that
is almost always a given here in Guatemala as well. It is hard to see the
living conditions of people we have grown to care for very much, and it is hard
to hear so much pain. The story after story of living in such poverty, but not
just that it is hearing story after story of so much heartbreak. So these
family visits almost always take hours. Hours of them pouring out their hearts.
Hours of trying to giving encouragement and advice. Hours of prayers. Hours of
meeting the family. It all takes time here, and normally a lot of it. But this
is precious time because it is spent instead of in lines, it is in people’s
lives and that matters. Then my husband goes to men’s group where he is the
leader, and sometimes it’s fun and card games, other times questions, other
times pouring out their hurts and difficulties as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So when I said this is a full day yes it is,
but not in the since of busy(which it was that as well); however, in the since
of full of emotion, full of tears, full of heavy stuff, full of incapability,
full of fighting the devil, full of talking, full of listening, and full of
striving to let the light shine through such a harsh and cruel world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tell me I just don’t <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>know how I can
help, I want to help so bad, and I just can’t. Being on a missionary budget we don’t
always have the means to help. However, I have to say that the Lord has given my
husband such a wonderful giving heart. He almost never has money in his wallet,
but it truly is because he gives it away so freely to others. This night he
told me the same I am so tired Morgan, I’m not talking physically ( which he
was that as well), but so tired of not being able to do something… so after a
long day, I thought man this might be the last thing he wants to hear but I said
it anyways… You know what you can’t do anything, BUT God can. In all this situations
that seem so hopeless HE still has hope, HE still has the means to change
situations, HE still can. So I said let’s ask Him to do that. So we prayed and
asked God that He would show up, and give hope and future. And then my husband
went and ate his reheated dinner like the spoiled husband he is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So you must
be thinking surely not every day is that jammed pack and you are so right. Not
everyday is like this and some days I see my husband even most of the day. I am
thankful for those days because we never know when the next really full day is
coming. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I recently heard my husband on
the phone saying, “you know I don’t know what I have been doing lately I feel
like I’ve just been home more and with the family and working on house
projects, so maybe for that I don’t feel good like I haven’t been doing enough”.
This really made me start thinking about another side of ministry that maybe
many don’t know about. The guilt. The guilt that we are spending too much on
our family, we came here to serve other and minister to them and there are so
many that need it. The guilt that we need to be doing more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know and have been told so many times your
family is your first ministry. If our family is not good the ministry will not
be good or even not exist. We do believe this but putting it in to practice
really is a different story, it really takes carving out time, and being super intentional
or it does not happen. Because on top of ministry we still have to do the
normally everyday things like buying groceries, paying bills, taking and
picking up kids from school, doing reports, gardening, mowing, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>phone calls, home repairs, the mundane, but oh
so necessary for life to function. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Speaking of
family, I feel like that where I come in more. I told you about ministry but
more the ministry of my husband. So what does ministry for me specifically look
like? Well because I am a stay at home mom of 3, 2 of which are very young, most
of my days are in the home. Including cleaning, cooking, laundry, homework,
baths, naps, playing, potty training, teaching, diapers, tantrums, hugs,
attention, snacks, bedtimes. Taking care of my family, raising my children, having
food on the table, these are the things that consume most of my time. It is not
always fun, easy or glamorous, and seems like not at all what you want to hear
when you ask what being a missionary is, but the truth is I have come to learn that
this ministry desperately needs just that. I have tried to do it all and drag
babies along with me while doing it, I have tried going to minister and once
again leave my children at home, I have tried to make my little one as much a
part of every aspect of ministry as possible. I am here to tell you for my
family it does not work. Because I end up with kids who can’t get consistent
parenting because I was dragging them along everywhere and I pay for it for
weeks after. I end up with kids that are so clinging when I am there because I wasn’t
present enough. I end up with kids that are sick all the time because all those
places and houses and kids I took them around is just too much for there still
growing immune systems. I have come to find out when all this is going on with
my kids my husband nor I can ministry well at all; therefore, for now in the
phase we are my ministry is in my home, my ministry is not facebook worthy, but
my ministry matters to God and so it is important. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I now choose very selectively what is worth
my time away from my family. One of which is women’s group and we meet every
week with the goal to create community within our church and I have seen small
but such encouraging differences. I teach English during my kids nap times. Kids
ministry on Sundays. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I go on family visits when my husband suggests
it would be good if I was there, normally when he knows the situation needs a
women or some medical advice. Recently, I went to visit a lady that’s 15 day
old baby had just died. It is a visit I hope I never have to do again. I had to
listen and ask and realize her baby died of something that could have been
fixed if she had just known. I had to see and touch a precious but lifeless
baby. Nothing inside of me wanted this, none of it. But this is part of
ministry…death…hard…heartbreaking that you just want to run away from but that
sweet momma can’t run away so neither will we. Our Father doesn’t run so we
must learn to stay, stay in the pain, stay in the tears, stay in the loneliness.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So our
ministry is being here: Being here when it is sacrifice and when it is
blessings. Being here through the changes of people and needs. Being here even
when our family and friends are so far away. Being here in the trenches and on
the mountains. Being here is missions. So I encourage you to be there. Wherever
with whoever He has called you to be. Be there when it is hard and you want to
run away, and be there to rejoice the triumphs. And when you don’t know what to
do ask God to do it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888877834173113969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708015314200469136.post-32765124283818113632019-01-14T22:42:00.000-08:002019-01-14T22:42:13.987-08:00A Year of Seeing The Lord<br />
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I want to give the glory to God for everything and for every day this past year.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see and I have experienced the
faithfulness in abundance of my God toward me. I see God seeking me out, I see
God going through me whole day, I see God when I hold my son in my arms, I see
God when I see my baby girl dancing, I see God in my wife’s faithfulness and
love, but when I see myself I see how much more I need to seek God. In my
sinful nature and my imperfection I see how much God loves me. On the sixth day
of creation I picture God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit in their workshop putting
their heads together and thinking and planning and creating the perfect being
in His own image; that is you and that is me. What shocks me is in the first
five days He said it was good in everything that he did, but when he created
man he said it was not good for man to be alone. But why? Because God created
us to be in unity not to work alone, not to live alone, not to pray alone, not
to love alone, not to walk alone, and for sure not to do ministry alone. So
today I want to tell you one more time that you are not a number you are
family, and the ministry we do in Guatemala God didn’t just give it to me, but
he gave it to all of you as well. Because of you the one that prays, the one
that gives, and you the one that goes, have been and still are investing in us,
therefore, my ministry is your ministry, and my people are your people, and my
God is your God. So, if you think you just give, or you just pray or you just
do missions sometimes, let me tell you that you are wrong, because as I said
God did not make us to do ministry alone and therefore, you have been joined in
this with us as ONE. </span></div>
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members, and these members do not all have the same function, <b><sup>5 </sup></b>so
in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all
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appreciate you and how much you mean to me. I wish I could tell you what I know
or write about you because all of you have struggles of all kinds and even through
with your pains, restrictions, and setbacks you have been faithful and you have
loved us constantly. I have seen you cry, I have seen you doubt, I have seen
you confused, I have seen you broken, and there is so much I want to tell you,
but mostly that in all of this I have seen God in you. I have seen you loving
me and trusting me with your resources, stay with me, bare with me, keep
working with me for this ministry needs all of us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I haven’t been fired </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">) as a pastor in a great organization, manna
worldwide, they have entrusted me with their church and their people that they
have invested in and prayed for. Please pray that I keep gaining favor in their
eyes and in the eyes of the Lord with this big responsibility. In the San Lucas
church we have seen growth throughout this last year. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was ordained as a pastor, we had three
babies dedicated to the Lord and seven baptisms, and many have received Christ.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have started a women’s and men’s
group and have seen the people start to open up and relax, and our hope is to
see these groups start to make community within the church and that we can live
more as one body. Also, we have been able to start English classes to help with
the people’s desire to learn. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many new
things and faces this past year and we are praying for this New Year to bring
people that love and serve the Lord. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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half ago we gained a daughter, she is now 11 year olds. She has lived with us
and it has been hard, so hard, we have lost battles, dropped many tears, gotten
angry, and lost peace. And today I can tell you there is still a long way to go,
but we choose hope. My American mom showed me God and gave me a blessing and I
intend to pass that on, so one day Johana, my new daughter, can pass that on as
well. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Join us in prayer for strength, endurance,
guidance, and love. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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took a few steps back because we lost the place that we were in, but we are
still fighting the good fight. We need so much for that place. We are feeding
75 kids Mondays and Wednesdays, so for now we feed twice a week and I look
forward to the day when we can feed all week. On the upside this year San Mateo
kids had a huge blessing of being able to enjoy a Christmas lunch out in
Antigua where they all ate chicken and played and got to experience something
not many of them have ever done before thanks to this special donation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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an addition on to a house, and for another family a kitchen area and a
bathroom, as well as many food baskets and stoves for those in need. We are so
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for the new school year and new challenges that they will be completed with
this His power. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dates knowing that my car will not break on me. Thanks to Grace church I can
tell you now that I am so happy for our reliable car (that all my kids fit in
and it even has a/c) and confident that I can move around without worrying that
I may lose my brakes, as I did twice with my old car. Praise the Lord for
functional gift.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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completely loved and taken care of. We are so blessed to have gone, to have met,
and reconnected, but most of all blessed to know the feeling of being loved and
accepted by the church body as a family. We don’t have words for how thankful and
how deeply touched we are. We thank the Lord for always seeing us and caring
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touch many people through many random contributions that are not seen by many,
but are so helpful. Just a few examples: medicine for a baby with pneumonia,
tests for cancer, food, car repairs for a pastor, San Mateo kitchen helpers
Christmas donation, and many more. Please realize every dollar makes a difference
in even the smallest ways because giving is a blessing, giving is multiplied,
and giving changes lives. For that we want to thank you for every single dollar
you have given, every prayer you have given, every encouraging word you have
given, and every second you have given. ONE for Guate is thankful for you, for
this body, for the way God has woven us together. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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month and also a very fast month. It seemed to fly by in almost every way.
However, fast doesn’t mean bad it just means busy. Also, not a bad busy, a busy
that we love because there was much work to be done and that meant we got to
see many people blessed. We got to see a house be built for a family that goes
to our church and was completed in one day even the leveling of the whole piece
of land. On top of that another family of our church was blessed with a part of
their land being leveled and a semi-retaining wall built to prevent water
washout from happening. Our church was cleaned, leveled, painted and cleared of
debris by a wonderful church from California. Multiple family visits were made including
returning to the family from last month of the 9 nine brother with around 30
family members in total. On top of all this at the first of the month we were
able to visit near the volcano to bring some relief materials. God is good in
the way he provides, takes care of, and overwhelms. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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joy of having friends from Texas here in Guatemala this month which has been
wonderful and refreshing. They have been going through a marriage conference
with the pastors and leaders of manna worldwide here in Guatemala. It has been
nice to be invested in, taught, loved, and taken care of in this way. It has
shown us the leaders, pastors, and teachers need to be taken care of as well. To
not always be the ones running the show, but to be able to come listen and just
take in the blessing of being invested in is so so important. So I challenge
you if you are not one of the people in these positions search, pray, and seek
how you could invest in those that are the ones normally doing the investing. Because
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the month ends I see the blessings that I have every single day. Also, it is
always a privilege to work with wonderful people. After 2 and a half years we, ONE
for Guate ministry, had our first group from Elberton Christian church Georgia.
We visited San Mateo and visited two families that were blessed with a half of
a bunk bed and pastor Angel and his family were blessed with a wood burning
stove.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, our volunteer moms
that work in San Mateo were given food baskets and shoes what a day what a long
day, but a blessed day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In San Lucas we
also visited one family that needed a wood burner stove; however, once we hike what
seemed like the whole day and all the gringos got really tired we notice that
the people that we visited didn’t have a roof for their stove. The visit that was
suppose to last no more than one hour took us half a day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So this family got a roof, a stove, a bunk
bed and a new walls and roof for their bathroom that was not in our plans, but
for sure it was in God’s plans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw
hard work and kindness from Elberton even though this was not the plan and even
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addition, Elberton visited eight more families in San Lucas and built a small house
for another family this was two more days of hard work and 8 food baskets for people
that needed it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many people were blessed
this month by God and by His servants from Elberton and from Manna worldwide
ministry. Yesterday, June 6 I deliver the last food baskets(left by Elberton church)
to a lady that just had a baby a few days ago. So to summarize the week I will
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left the country June 1 and June 3 Guatemala suffered the wrath for the volcano
named, Fuego (fire), Fuego began spewing lava and ashes into the sky destroying
towns around and killing everything in its way. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From that day till now I have seen Guatemala
in pain and tears and as Peter cried out to Jesus “save Me” I am doing it today
save us father save us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am sad that my
people are in pain, but I am happy that our volunteers are ok and today will
end, but tomorrow will be a new beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On the other hand I have seen Guatemala as one and Manna worldwide
working and serving the people that are in need right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am so grateful with Manna this specific organization
does so much for our people and today they are here working hand in hand with
the Guatemalans giving food, beds, water, cloth, and so so much more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Elberton church left they left me some
donations to give away eventually, but when we didn’t know was the tragedy that
happened afterwards with the eruption of the volcano.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ended up having 8 full sizes trash bags
with cloth and shoes for those in need from the eruption, so Elberton church I want
to say THANK YOU.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Manna worldwide THANK YOU, all those that pray
and give in many ways I want to say THANK YOU.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we have been showered with sickness. Our baby has been well for maybe only a
few days the whole month. We are all currently going through a stomach bug. It
seems to have been pouring down on us this month. However, in the midst of all
this we have seen the Lord so much as well. He has sent people to encourage and
revive us. He has spoken to us. He has shown His power. Even through such a
difficult month in the home, I think I have heard us and others say more than
even how GOOD our GOD is. So in the showers YES we are seeing flowers!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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returned from the states the work in san Lucas has been amazing. I have met new
friends and I have seen old friends as well. I have been tired, I have been
sick, but also I have been happy because God never stops amazing me. This month
we were able to serve more than 800 people in the medical field. We were able
to provide general medicine, dentistry, optometry, and pediatrics. In, addition
to all of this we have visited many families and been able to provide food and
water filters that last for ten years. It has been such a blessing to work with
Manna Worldwide and their teams. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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said before it is not always flowers sometimes it is rain. I had the chance to
invest time into different families, one of these families live close to the
church they are rude, mean, and bully others. It has come to my attention that
the community does not care for them (of course I am generalizing). Many of our
feeding center kids complain about them, that they insult them, bully them, and
throw rocks at them. Other people say the father of the family have raped his
daughters ( I pray to God this is not true, because I have no proof). When I
went to visit them, what I did see was a controlling father, I brought a peace
offering with me (I brought food) and I had the chance to meet his two older
daughters. All of the children always look dirty and this time sad as well. The
family told me about their brother (19y/o) that just got killed two weeks ago,
he was stabbed in the back and could not make it to the hospital in time. Also,
three years ago another brother (15y/o) was shot in the heart and died
instantly. So they are devastated now, that two men of the family have been
killed and are only left with little kids. I prayed for them and left without
saying very much. That same day by coincidence, I met a second family that also
lost a nephew, I found out that the same boy from the other family and this
nephew were fighting to kill each other and the two of them died and another one
is in prison. I prayed for them as well. In this family there are nine brother
and all grow with their families equaling around 30 people that live on this
piece of land. This day I have the pleasure of seeing one of the sisters accepted
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later I went to see the first family again with a team and this time we brought
a water filter and a food basket. By now I already knew them more and every
time I see them I say hi. This time we talked to one of the sisters her name is
Olga, while we were talking to her we let her know that they need Jesus they
have suffered so many losses and it is time to do something different. Ryan
Jones, Manna mission leader, explained to her Christ through the water filter,
and how God is the only one that can clean our sins and that there is nothing
that we can do to clean ourselves. When I asked her if she wanted to accept
Christ she said yes and that it was a good idea to do it, However, she needed
to ask her dad first. She is a lady with kids and is in her 30’s but still felt
that she needed to ask her dad. During my time in Guatemala I have seen my
people being chained by ideas, by religion, by family, and by ignorance. They
are tied to many things that are not Christ. But I know that none of this is my
God because He is freedom. Pray for me so that God will give me wisdom to guide
His people, and humbleness to give Him the glory. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ago I started advertizing to our church, baptism, and finally this past Sunday
we got to baptize 8 people. Praise the Lord! During these two months in
different occasions and many times people have approached me, and have asked me
can I get baptized? Can I get baptized if I’m not married? Can I get baptized
if I have done it before? Can I get baptized if I was baptized in another
church? Can I get baptized if I don’t serve in this church? What would you say?
What should I say? This is what God said, “repent and come back to me”. So I
said baptize. These were 8 flowers for our church to see the baptism and
following in Christ. 4 last year and 8 this year, God is multiplying. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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other hand, in San Mateo, the other village that ONE for Guate works in, we
unfortunately lost the building where we were feeding in due to the land lord
getting tired of the noise from the church and from our kids. So we got kicked
out, but the pastors that we work with in San Mateo in a few days found another
place to use. Now our need is bigger in San Mateo, we need supporters and we
need churches to help us. The word of God says, “You are the light and the salt
of the world.” ;and ” to take care of the widow and the orphan”. This is what
we are trying to do and we are so grateful for each of you that come along side
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888877834173113969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708015314200469136.post-24919901806928049742018-02-05T09:49:00.003-08:002018-02-05T09:57:45.622-08:00We will fail, but God will lift us up..<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #666666;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: 35.4pt;">It has been too long since we wrote a blog I</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: 35.4pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: 35.4pt;">am sorry for that.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: 35.4pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: 35.4pt;">The past two months have been crazy
especially in our house because everything has been breaking.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: 35.4pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: 35.4pt;">There is always something that needs to be
fixed or replaced.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: 35.4pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: 35.4pt;">Our house, our car,
our computer etc seems like it has no end and that is just a few of our
problems, but at the end of every day the sun shows up the next day and we see
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sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the
unrighteous.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></span></div>
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I remember that God haven’t promised us comfort or that all of our problems
will be solved. All of us are children
of God and many times we will have battles and many times we are going to fail
and doubt so the question is not when we are going to fail, but how we are
going to rise. Also, my life of ministry
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James Version (KJV)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: #666666; color: white; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The steps of a good man are ordered by the <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>: and he delighteth in his way.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #666666;"><span style="color: white;"><b><i><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Though he fall</span></u></i></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> upholdeth him with his hand.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: #666666; color: white; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">When man falls it is not saying<b> IF</b> but when brothers and sisters this is life we are going to have
dark days and sunny days and God still will be with us so we have to remember a
few things:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="background-color: #666666;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">1.<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">He orders every single step we make good or bad, sad or happy, He is
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we have in the bible just remember that.</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: #666666; color: white; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">In our difficulties we must come back to how good
and powerful of a God we serve. That He is for us and not against us. That we
need to abide in Him; in His name, in His word, in His love, and in His truth.
We are imperfect, We fall. We lose heart. We get down, We get frustrated. WE
MUST COME BACK TO HIM! Why…. Because He is the source of life, the source of
hope, the source of all…because HE is ALL! This world is fading away but some
days this world seems all too big in our eyes and we must discipline ourselves
to refocus our minds and hearts on our good Father. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: #666666; color: white; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">In these past few months we have had such a
wonderful pleasure of having some great friends come and visit and do ministry alongside
us. The presence of brothers and sister in Christ here with us is so
encouraging and more than a blessing. Also, having Manna teams coming giving their
time, energy, and blessings to the people we work with is such a beautiful picture
of the Lord for us to get to be a part of. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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part of a 17 year old boy, we have been working with, become a Christian. It
has been good to watch God change an arrogant heart into one that is humble
enough to see the need for our wonderful savior. Pray for him in his spiritual growth
and relationship with the Lord. </span></div>
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new struggles and old struggles and remember you are not a number you are
family. Also, if we can pray for you guys
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center)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: #666666;"><span style="color: white;">Kevin- new Christian</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888877834173113969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708015314200469136.post-55879288265364871932017-11-07T08:48:00.000-08:002017-11-07T08:48:00.268-08:00finishes<div class="MsoNormal">
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in Guatemala October is a month of finishing. The kids finish school and start
their two months of vacation. We finish our last month of the feeding center in
San Mateo for the year. The six months of rainy season (Hopefully) is finishing
this month! With many things coming to an end it brings our prayers to two
things; one of thankfulness and the other of hopefulness. First we must look
back on all the Lord has done and see how faithful he has been to provide,
protect, and love. It is amazing to see the ways he has given to our family as
well as to so many families around us. Also, to watch his hand and how he has orchestrated:
people to meet, friendships to be made, needs to be met, vision to be given,
food to be given. For all of this that
has happened we are thankful to our Lord.
Secondly, we look forward with hopefulness for the year to come. We are
hopeful for our feeding center to open back up in January. We look forward to
seeing the Lords hand work as always in amazing ways. We hope in Him for
support and provision for another year. We are hopeful for health and
protection. We hope to see peoples financial needs met by the people of God. We
hope more than anything to see people (including ourselves) grow more and
closer to our Savior Jesus Christ in genuine relationship. We hope you see God
in what we do.</span></div>
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is coming to an end I thank God because in January it will be two years since
we moved here and God has provided all this time and we pray that he keeps doing
it. I have to believe in God because without Him all of this would be
impossible. We moved to Guatemala with very little support but the hardest
thing was not the money it was the lack of moral and spiritual support, but in
all our trails God has been faithful and people like you have been faithful. I
want to say thank you for those that have been helping us to carry that cross.
You are the one that keeps praying for us. You the one who keeps donating. You
the one that keeps sending messages of encouragement. You the one that keeps
loving us even from afar. I pray to my God for you the faithful one as God has
not forsaken us you have not either. In the Word we see how much God and Jesus
long for consistent, faithful, and enduring followers; and our family has seen
and experienced why. It is the consistent that you can lean on. It is the
faithful that you can turn to. It is the enduring that you can run to. Of
course the Lord wants these characteristics in His people. We are so blessed to
have seen this from you! The body of Christ is about people helping those that
go, emotionally, but most importantly spiritually, and loving them. Those are
the three pillars that will build up a missionary, that will hold a missionary,
and that will help a missionary keep going. So if you are our pillars or want
to be our pillars we are asking you to keep going, do not forsake us, for my
God will not forsake you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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FAMILY 300 which basically means helping a family in one of three ways: bunks
beds, wood burning stove, or fixing a house/building a small house. Each
project would cost $300 and these families would be blessed for 10 years or
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have been waiting for my wife and kids
finally two weeks ago they come back to me.
I am super excited and grateful with the Lord for allowing me to see my family and for keeping them safe
in another country. These six months
were slow and my house and my bed felt cold, every night when I went to bed and
every morning when I woke up. Now my house is loud and all the food is gone… so
I may change my mind hahahaha just kidding I love it! </span></div>
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His love toward us. For the past three months I have been teaching my church
the old testament. Yes, sometimes it can be boring and some books are like long
books without pictures …yes I know they are something else. Now we are in 2 Samuel and every time I study
a book I see how we humans keep pushing God away while God keeps and wants to
get closer to us. Don’t ask me why I don’t have an idea. What a great God we have, since the beginning
the only thing he wants is to love us, and constantly I ask myself WHY? Look at us sinful creatures we never choose
Him first and he always chooses us first. We never love him first and always loved us first. This is what I have learned God created the
most perfect creature, but not by himself and He said <b>LET’S</b> make men. So who He is talking to??? And then He walks with men. WHAT!!! Do you understand this; He was walking
with them basically hanging out, chilling with these two humans. This is our God, a powerful God, that wants
to hang out with us. </span></div>
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to kick you out because I am holy and you are not anymore, but don’t worry I will
be with you and we cans still talk. Then
many years went by and God said this is not working for me so He found a guy
that He liked and He called him Abraham. God told him from you and your descendant’s kings
will rise and I will make you great and He did and He made the <b>first pact with a human</b>.</span></div>
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another dude and He called him Noah, well this guy was different, but was an
amazing builder and God told him, hey you guess what? You will build and arc and I will bless you
and your descendants because of your obedience. And He did, so God made the <b>second pact with another human</b>. </span></div>
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build an arc so that my presence and my spirit can be closer to you guys. In that
way I can hang out with you guys as it was intended, but you guys have to come back
to me. So God made the <b>third pact with humans</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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want this they were not excited of having a God a King or a Father that loves
them they want a ruler. They want something
that they can see and touch, they don’t want God. By now many years past and one day God heard a
crazy woman crying and God thought what’s wrong with her, why she screaming, is
she drunk? God said ohhhh this is Hannah
so God remembered her and gave her a baby and she called him Samuel. One day
when Samuel was already older the people asked him, hey you guess what??!! And Samuel
answer WHAT !!! The people said we want a King.
So Samuel answered… you have a king and the people replied no we want a
king made out of flesh, so God said do what they want. God still wanted a relationship
with these people so God said ok I will give them what they want and guess what
they were wrong again. The people chose a gringo… well wasn’t a gringo but he
looked like one (probably not) apparently this guy was a good looking dude and
tall …yeah probably that’s it. Guess what
this didn’t work what can I do God ask himself??? How can I demonstrate my love, I have done
everything, I have made pacts with them, I have made signs and miracles, I have
saved them so many times, I have made them great among all the nations, I have
heard they cry and saved them, I have made them my people, I have given them
kings just to get closer to them. Just to be able to hang out with them when are
they are going to come back to me, how long I have to wait for them? So God
said to himself I have an idea what
about if I give them the best of me what about if I send my kid maybe they will
listen to him and finally they can come back to me. </span></div>
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from you to return to him if you ask yourself what does God want from me the
answer is simple FOLLOW ME. I love my
family so much and I was so eager to see them again! Just imagine how long has God been waiting for
you and how long will you keep him waiting.
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;">As time apart closes to an end I am thankful! However, not just thankful to no longer be apart, but so thankful for the ways the Lord takes care of His children. First and foremost I am so thankful because every blessing and gift that we have received in this time has truly been from God, and I really can't express enough how much the Lord longs to care for His children in tangible and intangible ways! I want to thank each of you who have cared, prayed, given, loved, challenged, and surrounded us! Thank you for showing the attributes of Christ to us! Thank you for listening to the Lords guidance! Thank you for taking care of us as your own! </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;">There are so many ways and people that the Lord has used to take care of us I want you each to know who you are and know that the Lord truly blesses those that bless others in His name and for His glory! So the biggest way I know how to repay all the blessings is to thank Christ for you and pray He gives abundantly more to you than what we have received. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;">I am FULL of thanks for the calls, the dinners, the time, the money, the oils, the clothes, the books, the words, the hugs, the laughter, the child care, the food, the conversations, the encouragement, the pool parties, the diapers, the fellowship, the tears, the honesty, and most of all the LOVE!!!!!! I could really just keep on and on, but I just want you to see that this is only the tip of the iceberg of the Lord’s goodness and provision to us in this time! I really really want you to know that when we trust that He will care for us better than we can for ourselves he will send His people, He will cover us, He will not let us be alone as the enemy would like us to be. Please see that the Lord still works, still moves, and still loves! I am so full because I am able now to look back and be thankful and see answered prayers all around! </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;">I want to share one small story of thankfulness in hopes that you might see what tiny details that the Lord cares for. My husband has never slept very good, but it's almost a thing he is used to at this point, and I as a momma of a baby who hadn't slept through the night for 4 months. We recently met a sweet couple that has their own business of blending oils and happens to have a wonderful thing called sleep salve and gave some to pj to try. Well pj said oh man I would love to have a big one of these. So we let them know we would like a big one to bring back with me to Guatemala… well not only did they provide it to us for free but gave us multiple small and large sizes! Thank you Jesus for caring about our sleep! Thank you Lord for wanting us to feel cared about by the body of Christ! </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;">Thank you for sweet Shane and Hellen for caring about us and about our sleep as well! </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888877834173113969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708015314200469136.post-14720842161425816112017-07-06T11:02:00.003-07:002017-07-06T11:20:42.069-07:00Staying Still<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">There is so much to say and not enough words to describe my feelings. This month has been a month of blessings, worries, and waiting. However, in every situation God has been really, really good to me. He has spoken to me through my wife more than once. As you guys know ONE for Guate has been working with another ministry (Manna word wide) and has been a blessing for my family and Gods ministry I have been able to meet many people and not just gringos ☺ but Guatemalans as well. I have seen the Glory of God in every situation and the kindness of the teams that come and help the people here in Guatemala. In Guatemala we are in rainy season so the attendance of the church has been declining drastically, so two Sundays ago I was in the church alone and it was raining so my spirit was troubled because I knew few or no one would show up to church. So I decide to get onto my knees and pray, by the way I do not do this often, so I started to pray (Father please fill this church with people that will please you. Not with those that just will fill a space in the church. Bring those that want to know more about you and your wonders. Bring those that will make a change in the community Amen.) And the rain was getting stronger after a few minutes’ people start showing up and my eyes start to fill up with water so I told the congregation what I did. So I told them that I didn't know why they were in the church, but if they persevered God will do wonders and it may be that they never see them, but their kids will.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">God promised Abraham that he will be a father of many nations, but He never said when, and Abraham never saw the promise nor his son Isaac, or Jacob. I may never see my church fill with people and I may get disappointment again, but God is faithful He was faithful then and He is faithful Now. One thing I know in the mist of every problem, every doubt He always is there, but sometimes we need to wait and we need to stay still. Other times we need to literally go onto our knees and cry out and He will do and He will listen, that has been my experience this month. It has not been easy, because once the torment passed I forgot God, but God never forget about me because He is amazing. Do you really know God? Do you really understand the power of God? Do you really preach God? Do you really trust God? My friends, my brothers, it is time to walk in faith, it Is time to let God guide you, it is time to live Christ.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888877834173113969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708015314200469136.post-62002956033545570712017-06-04T09:23:00.001-07:002017-06-04T09:23:10.266-07:00<div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">
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To be vulnerable and honest coming to the states I had this fear that I would lose passion or some how get comfortable here because I wasn't hands and feet in the ministry as I had been. I found myself doubting what good can I do here, especially with a toddler and a newborn, how am I going to be on mission here??? </div>
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I had a kind friend tell me maybe you can just enterceed in prayer for those you would normally be working with. Wow how good to hear this... For me it was almost like oh yeah! Of course I should be doing that! God was so kind to show me that this is ministry, this is a piece of the puzzle, this is needed, and this is important! I knew and have always believed there are different types of ministry, but Satan tried to tell me your not there, you can't be useful. No Satan no you are wrong!</div>
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God has been so incredibly overwhelming to me with answered prayer he has shown me when we dwell in him, when we speak to him, when we abide in Him... He finds it a joy to answer us, to speak to us, and to give good gifts! Just watching God answer prayers has and continues to bring me to tears. HE IS A GOOD FATHER! I wish I could just tell you all the millions of ways he has spoken to my heart through answered prayers but I will share just one. I was in prayer as pj was in the states nearing his time to leave just saying," Lord I don't know how.. I see no way, but I am choosing to hope in you I am choosing to not lose hope and if it is your will I would love pj to be able to come back to spend some time with us again"........literally the next day we were having dinner with a family and pj said come here and the dad of the family said I would really like to fly pj back again to see you all.... Of course I start crying ...come on... Really!!! God really how great, how kind can you be to me ...you would do that just for me...you would answer that quickly...you would love me that much! </div>
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So satan, yes He answers! Yes prayer is powerful! Yes prayer is ministry! </div>
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So many people ask what can they do for us and we always say your prayer is the most important! This is why...it can move mountains and change hearts! Now I am getting to be that prayer warrior and it is good because He is good! </div>
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Another thing I am learning comes from being a mom of two and sometimes feeling tied down(never really understood that phase before kids). I really struggle with the saying your kids are your first ministry sometimes it even makes me cringe. God has given me grace as I come to Him saying forgive me AGAIN...or show me AGAIN...or teach me AGAIN. God has shown me truth that kids can be ministry because he has called us to make disciples. How do we do that? we start with the one in front of us. Well guess what the ones in front of me are my children! I must teach them what the characters of our Lord look like, and how what our flesh wants is not what we are called to. </div>
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My sweet kala she is kind and oh so loving but oh so stubborn as well. I am learning that this little one needs parenting that is so strict its crazy. But when I give an inch she will surely take a mile! I am having to teach her that just because you want it in that moment it does not mean it is best. I have to give her two options: listen or get in trouble and she gets to choose...and as some of you know she sometimes still chooses to get in trouble. I want to teach her and grow her is obedience not because it makes my life easier,(because really it makes my life a lot harder right now) but because I want her to see that the Lord calls us to obedience and when we fail to obey he does punish us, He does teach us because He wants the perfect way for us. Because if this is ministry then I need to follow His outline not my own...I am so lost on my own outline of parenting I would probably never make my child obey and just be a fun mom the easy mom, but that is not the perfect way that is not the way that leads to more of Christ!</div>
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Many days I feel like gosh when will this pay off, when will this season end, when will we reap what we sow. Many days I am in tears. Many days I am frustrated beyond belief. Many days I feel alone in the struggle. Many days i am discouraged and disappointed. BUT God said yes see this is ministry... This is what it feels like when we are trying to minister to those in guatemala that are in front of us and this is what is feels like ministering to the little one in front of me now. AND there are moments, there are glimpses, there are days, there are times of enjoying, laughter, and reward because God is good! Sometimes far and few between because the flesh is strong and very stubborn. BUT THIS IS MINISTRY! </div>
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I want to leave you with a couple things God keeps repeating to me and I hope they speak to you as well! </div>
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1.true grace is found when you come to ME with a repenting heart. </div>
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2. Are you talking to ME as much as you are worrying about what's going to happen...have you brought it to me? PRAY!!!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888877834173113969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708015314200469136.post-79477351011808403282017-03-01T19:31:00.000-08:002017-03-01T19:31:01.694-08:00deep waters<div dir="ltr" id="yiv6776426991yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488404446383_10225" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-indent: 35.4pt;">
<span id="yiv6776426991yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488404446383_10226" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">When you start to do missions you have an idea of how it should be. However, not that often do you think about the negative side of missions and when I say negative I mean how other missionaries do things, and the way they do things not matching with what God has called us to. Please don’t get me wrong I fail as well; however, I believe there is a difference between failing purposely, using grace as an excuse, and truly making a mistake. But that is just one tiny part of doing missions, another is you better trust the Lord because bad things will come and will shake you, but you have to stay strong in the Lord. Another part is what you give up as a missionary and what you gain as a missionary and if you put it on a balance the weight will lean towards your loses. No that does not make you a martyr it makes you an obedient child. As a missionary I HAVE TO depend on God otherwise I will sink. I need to trust in the Lord, but many times I fail. I constantly have to remember that my God is bigger than the sea and in those times that I going under the waves I know God will pull me back up because my God is a God that doesn’t fail. The problem has never been God it always has been us. We are the ones that don’t believe, we are the ones that let our hand go, we are the ones that betray, kill, destroy, and corrupt, NOT God. The easy thing is to blame someone that we don’t see because it is easy. It is easy to say, “why, why oh mighty God”. Missions are always about sacrifice just as Christ has called us to.</span></div>
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<span id="yiv6776426991yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488404446383_10232" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"> In the middle of the ocean things turned really bad and the waves were so strong, too strong for the little boat and Steve was afraid and shaking, but he knew that he had to take the two kids to the shore and they were his priority not the boat. Every wave that hit them was like a whiplash while Steve was trying to maneuver the boat he was keeping an eye on his son and he saw confusion, fear, pain and tears running over his pale cheeks. The next second he saw Robert pale as a ghost with no hope and at that moment he knew that he needed to do something drastic otherwise he may loose them both. While he was thinking a huge wave took the boat and for a second the two kids, Jake and Robert, disappeared under that monster wave that could swallow even a battle ship. </span></div>
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<span id="yiv6776426991yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488404446383_10235" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Steve saw at his far right was his son trying to swim close to the boat and at his left was Robert drowning. He knew his son, he was an amazing kid always talking about Christ and he knew that he was saved, at the same moment he did not know Robert so he made a decision and screamed with everything he had. With tears and a broken heart he said," Jake my son my beautiful son you have made me proud may my God hold you in his glory." Turning towards Robert and saved him without turning back. </span></div>
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Pray for our mission to always be for the ONE! </div>
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Pray for each of our hearts to be centered on Him that we may be made ONE through Christ not through proximity.</div>
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<span id="yiv6776426991yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488404446383_10241" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">“You call me out upon the waters the great unknown where my feet may fail and there I find you in the mystery in oceans deep my faith will stand.</span></div>
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<span id="yiv6776426991yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488404446383_10244" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">And I will call upon your name and keep my eyes above the waves when ocean rise my soul will rest in your embrace for I am yours and you are mine.</span></div>
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<span id="yiv6776426991yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488404446383_10247" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Your grace abounds in deepest waters your sovereign hand will be my guide where my feet may fail and fear surround me you’ve never failed and you won’t start now.” Ocean (where feet may fail) Hillsong United.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888877834173113969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708015314200469136.post-74854213685861878722017-01-31T20:27:00.000-08:002017-01-31T20:27:07.950-08:00A thousand to go!<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">A year has passed
and guess what? WE MADE IT! This crossroad was our first hard decision we had because
the odds were against us. However, by the grace of God we made it! We have been
rejected, we have been made fun of, we’ve been told we wouldn’t make it, that
we are just dreamers, but thanks to God and people like you we have finished a
year. Not an easy year, a year with
disappointment, a year of wondering, a year with confusion, and a year with
doubts, but in every situation that we lacked strength, God strengthened us and
sent someone like you to aid us. The aid
came in many different ways and each one was so important and valuable to us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> If you asked me what I have learned? This is what I have learned: church, family,
and acquaintances will fail you and many times betray you especially in the
moments you need them, but when your heart is in the right place God is always going
to give you an answer which can be yes, no, and wait. The other thing that I
have learned is that I do not have to depend on man but depend on God because He
is the one that gives and the one that takes and His love towards us has no
limits. A major thing that I have been learning is humility so that God can use
me . Also, I learned that to do ministry especially overseas you need people with
the same heart as you, but not that they just believe in you and in your ideas,
but believe on the same God that you worship. So to those who have believed in
us I want to say thank you! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Now what I
still need to learn is to understand people better, their ways, their thoughts,
their way of living, so I may do a better job. To learn to be quite and be
still while God is talking. In knowing that his will is the right move always
and being content in that. I still need to learn to put down my pride everyday
so that the Lord may use me as He used Moses because of His humility. To be a
better steward of the time that He has given me on this earth and the gifts I
have acquired by His mercy for His glory.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">As I
struggle and I as I sin I still want to serve the Lord, and I desire so much to
see others come with their weaknesses and difficulties to join the body, not a
body that is perfect, not a body without blemishes, but come to love our God
and love our neighbors! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We cannot emphasize
enough what importance the true body of Christ has been to us this year and we
so want other to see the blessings, love, encouragement of being and taking
part in this body! We are so expectant and hopeful to have the body grow and
strengthen and together to seek the face of our Savior, to fall more in love
with Him, to be more in awe of Him, and to embody Him more every day! That
together we may bring Him more glory. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ministry one is always going to have loses and the road may be painful not just
spiritually but physically as well, so I encourage you to keep fighting the
good fight and seek God first and then seek others so that you may grow up in spiritual
strength and when the devil comes you will resist him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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brothers and sisters may my God guide you in your difficulties and trails and
always remember that you are not a number you are family!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888877834173113969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708015314200469136.post-66327514533432603482016-12-05T16:45:00.000-08:002016-12-05T18:57:50.075-08:00Through the pain. <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 35.4pt;">
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<span lang="EN-US">In these difficult times not just for us but
for you as well I want to tell you all how much God loves you. The difficulty that the country is passing through
now not just with the elections, but the fires in TN and many other things have
no limits. There is so many people in need not just here in Guatemala, but
close to you, so if you can do something for someone that needs it PLEASE do
something. Don’t wait until it is to late don’t wait for a thought of doubt to invade
your feelings, if you have the chance to pray for someone in the middle of the
street do it. Don’t deny Christ to others
because your lack of confidence it is time to be BOLD it is time not just to
act like Christians, but to be like Christ.
This month has been a month of sorrow, loss, and tears, but in every
situation Gods brings glory to His name.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Three weeks ago we lost a 13 year old boy as always
for respect to the family he will not be named.
He was killed on a Monday night a drunk bus driver didn’t see him and
killed him and he had actually came to our church that Sunday. He was in the
kids Sunday school class laughing, singing, and playing and we are thankful to
have this memory of him. The heartbreak is unimaginable, the loss incomprehensible,
and the pain unspeakable. However, as the body of Christ we take part in this
heartbreak, loss, and pain. As if the head hurt the hand would hold it, and
this is what we the church must do as well.
As we drive by the place he was killed every day it is a time of
remembering not only how he passed away, but also who he was, his smile, his
laughter, and his face. It reminds me to
think of the cross this way, always remember how He passed away, but also
remembering everyday who He was. Thankfully with Christ who He was does not end
there but HE is, and HE will continue to be! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We miss him, we still cry for him, but we must rejoice
for his death was gain!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are harder than others to have heavenly perspective in those days we MUST draw
near to HIM, we must seek HIS eyes and heart, for ours will certainly fail us.
I ask that today in your pains</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, </span><span lang="EN-US">in your disappointments, in all the
places you secretly think the Lord has failed you…stop and seek His face and
ask Him to show you His perspective, that He may give you the eyes to see His
glory. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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excitement as we have had the first baptisms and baby dedications of the church. We had four people baptized and got to have celebratory
lunch after the service. We have been encouraged in the church by seeing that
those who come, however small the number, truly want more. We have been asking
for this, and are so glad to see people that want more of our Lord and to see
people following in obedience like baptism. We are hopeful and prayerful for
more and ask that you come alongside us in the prayer for our church and for
yours. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We had the privilege
of having a team from South Carolina come visit and love on our kids at our
feeding center in San Mateo this month. We had a special meal of homemade
pizzas and punche(which is literally the best drink in the world). We were also
blessed to install a stove for a family with this team and are so thankful for
each of their hearts to leave there families and homes and come give and love
on others that they do not know. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">As for Thanksgiving
well that doesn’t really exist here, however, we had the privilege of
celebrating it twice! We were invited by a manna team to have a thanksgiving
meal with them and the kids of their children’s home. It was such a special
night for us to take part of thanksgiving, conversation, skits, reconnecting,
and so much more. We also got to spend Thanksgiving day with a couple and their
family that have come to be very special to us. We had great food,
conversation, and games and felt so at home. We are so thankful to have people
that feel like family here and to be able to celebrate together. We are
blessed! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thankful to also let you know that in God’s perfect plan He has given us
another child that will be coming in April. As well as He takes away, He also gives.
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preaching the book of act and in chapter 12 talks about the execution of James
by Herod and he was the first apostle to be killed and the next one was to be peter
but in his circumstances he prayed and the church as well. He didn’t cry, he didn’t say why, why God, no
he was sleeping actually an Angel had to wake him up. In our trials we have the option to blame God
and ask him why me, and be angry, be sad, and in denial or we have the option
to trust and wait for the Lord. We as humans have to understand that sometimes God
answers in three different ways YES, NO, and WAIT and accept his answer because
He is absolute.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888877834173113969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708015314200469136.post-450308919715205012016-11-01T21:39:00.001-07:002016-11-01T21:39:50.968-07:00How blessed we are!!!!<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Hello guys
may my God bless you all in this almost end of the year. By now almost every kid in Guatemala is out
of school because the vacations (summer break) has already started. Talking about vacations we close the feeding
center in San Mateo and we will reopen the beginning of the next year. The people that help us in San Mateo need a
break and so do we. However, during this
Holy season we will open once or twice to make something special for the
kids. Please keep us in your prayers as we
need more supporters to jump in, and if you want to know more about how to help
us please contact me so I can let you know the best way to do so. On the other hand, the feeding center in San Lucas
and the church are still running all year long, and we are so thankful to God
with the opportunity of this new ministry. In this area as well we need so much help the
communities are really poor, but thanks to God and brothers and sisters like
you all we keep going. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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center is San Lucas (manna ministry) feeds between 100 and 150 kids every day
and we are thankful to be a part of them.
I have had the chance to meet some of the parents and life is really interesting.
I have met moms that have 15 kids, others
that had 8, and some that just keep going.
There are not many dads that we get to meet most of them are women but
they keep going against the odds. I wish
I could tell you stories about these strong women, but I have respect for their
privacy. However, I will tell you how blessed you and I are to be able to not
think what we are going to eat the next morning or if we have enough space for
our kids to sleep or enough blankets to keep them warm during the winter. I want you to take a few minutes and think
again how blessed you are and if you are complaining about your slow internet
or your favorite TV show please stop and rethink again. Count those daily
blessings! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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still small, but as I said to the flock of the Lord I don’t need 1000 people if
none will follow the Lord or do as He said. I will be much happier if I have
one or two willing to die for his name. We
as believers need to find perfection, but while we work on it we need
consistency meaning be Christians Sunday through Sunday not just Sunday. I have been
preaching the book of Acts and we are in chapter 9 about Paul’s conversion and what
really gets me is in verses 15 and 16 were God said “I will show him how much
he needs to suffer for my name” my fellow brothers and sisters be thankful that
others already suffered for the thing you should have in your hands every
single day (your bible). </span></div>
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leave you with a small thought that the Lord put on my heart this month and
hope it touches your's as it has mine. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In the feeding center in San Lucas there
is a special needs boy, his communication and walking skills are impaired, but
the Lord said to me Morgan look at him again…so I did. As I saw him more
clearly this time I started tearing up and had to walk away because of how over
whelming it was. I had seen him before and thought poor thing how difficult his
life is… how far he has to walk and how hard it must be for him…it really broke
my heart. But this time I saw something different I saw the biggest smile that
literally never leaves his face, the brightest eyes, a laugh so contagious, so
much HOPE, so much JOY, so much BEAUTY, so much LOVE for others. So what did I
see this time…what do I see now….I see JESUS!!! NO not poor him….. poor me,
poor us, poor everyone else that we don’t live so fully in the characteristics
of Jesus. I looked around and thought no other person here do I see Jesus so
clearly in. How special he truly is that others may look and see our Father. So
it has left me thinking am I exuding Him today. Can others just look, stare,
watch and see my Father? Am I truly so much His daughter that I am taking on
His identity? May you look around you and see more of HIM stare on HIS beauty
and may it bring you to tears. Also, may you be seen clearly as HIS son and daughter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888877834173113969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708015314200469136.post-11326165300663943742016-10-07T21:41:00.000-07:002016-10-07T21:41:04.266-07:00The Waiting is Worth it!<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">September was
a month of waiting and patience as you guys know we have accepted a job as a
pastor in san Lucas el Manzanillos like 15 to 20 minutes from where we live. There have been two phases of our waiting: one, the building
its not done yet, but all the first floor is done there is where we have the
feeding center that belongs to Manna ministry, also in the same level is where
we are going to live that part is not done yet.
The second phase of waiting is the church many people are catholic,
others had a church and others just don’t want to know about Christ or don’t care
about it. I understand that this is a
long long long process also I know this will take time people have to trust you
first and then change will occur. It is funny because I know all of this in
theory, however when it comes to practice it becomes hard. I am learning every day and now I am happy because
I have see consistency in the people that I served. Last Saturday a family received Christ they
were brought up as Catholics, but know we are so excited that they have receive
Christ in their hearts. We have
struggled with the lie that numbers matter in the church so we have really been
praying for the church to have quality and not quantity. When this husband and wife said they wanted to
accept Christ we were over joyed to have another brother and sister and to know
this brother and sister are in the church and want more and want to grow,
learn, change….Thank you Lord for a little glimpse of your quality. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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but as I tell them it will be pointless if you do not act on the Word. I
started our church with the book of Acts. It is important to know the beginning
of the church and how different the church has become from that example. I have learned that the Word of God has
changed not by Him but by man. It is simple love your God with everything that
you have and everything that you are and love your neighbor. Give to those in
need and be humble. Always accept the word of God as truth and never take or
add to the word of God. So, every time I preach I try to make it simple so they
can understand me and clear as the Word of God is. If you the reader are a
believer you need to understand that Christianity is a matter of consistence
and perseverance so that you may reach the goal that is Christ. As an athlete
if you want to be the best of the best you will need to work hard and harder
every single day because you know what you want and you know what you need to
do to reach that goal, you will sweat, you will cry, and many times be
disappointed with yourself, but you will never forget your goal if you truly
want to be a champion. My fellow brother
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<span lang="EN-US"> There is so
much to say, but not enough words to express my gratitude towards God and
towards you. The month of July was so crazy so many things and so much work to
come. In July we traveled to USA to
visited friends and family, and it was amazing to see you guys and to be loved
by all of you. Also, it was a month of transitions;
I have accepted a position as a pastor here in Guatemala. You may wonder what about your ministry? Is this
going to affect ONE for Guate? Are you going to stop working with kids? Well the answer is NO. Almost nothing will change ONE for Guate feeding
center still running and we are happy with what God is doing in San Mateo. We have
partnered with MANNA worldwide ministry and they have been amazing people to
work with. Basically our work has expanded,
and I know you may have questions so please feel free to ask anything you want.
If you reading this you know our hearts and our mission and by now hopefully
you can trust in us that we will answer you truthfully. I guess now I am a pastor and now I need your
support more than ever. The devil will try to destroy me and to destroy God’s
ministry so please pray for my family pray for the people in Guatemala and pray
for the ministry. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the month of July we got so much support from all of you and not just
emotionally we received a ton of materials to work with our kids in San Mateo. I
would like to say thank you and name you all but the list would be endless. Also, we received many shoes and many kids
were blessed by you all! We had all
kinds of offerings from you all so I want to say thank you agian. When we left the US airport they made us leave
two suitcases, and sadly we left shoes and books for the kids. On top of that
they made us pay $100.00 per 20 extra lbs. and we took 40 lbs extra just to be
able to bring a few more shoes and books. We didn’t have any other options unfortunately
and we seem to always run into issues in the airport,t but it was just a speed
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into our new work. Again we are still
working in ONE for Guate, but this new ministry requires my full attention now.
We are meeting with families and we are visiting them and trying to know them
better every day. Also, we are preparing
for the new church which will be AMAZING!
Funny fact I have no idea what to do this is my first work as a full
time pastor; however, I trust in the Lord and not on my own understanding. He will prepare me. By the way for those that does not know my
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guys know the story of how we arrived to Guatemala and how God provided every
single step to come here. Also, how we
got in contact with the guy that wanted to give us a free place to start the feeding
center. However, this guy and his family are not Christian, Catholic or any other
religion and at the time when we started the feeding center “I” thought that this was not a problem. We believe that God changes hearts and we
wanted to try to plant a seed in his heart.
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<b><span lang="EN-US">THE BAD</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: After a month of running the feeding center
friction started and he started to question us by going against everything we
said and also starting to try to change the rules and ways that we were running
the feeding program. Therefore,
miscommunication happened and assumptions started. For example, he believed we
were getting a monthly salary for running the feeding center (which is not true
we live by individual donations), and he assumed other ministries have this so
we must as well. He also believed that
we needed to run our ministry the same way other ministries did. By saying this by no means are we saying that
we did everything right my lack of communication made him believe other things,
my lack of leadership gave him a chance to step over me, and my lack of wisdom
made we believe I could run a ministry with someone that had a different belief
system than me. We had told him from the beginning that he could make the rules
for his home but when it came to ministry these decisions we would make. However,
more and more this seemed to no longer be something he was willing to do and eventually
he told us, “ We will do things here in my way, that is the only option you
have.’’ At this point he took the
position of authority and not of a servant for the kids, and when he told me
all of this believe it or not I kept my mouth shut which is something God has
been teaching me lately. Afterwards I went and asked for advice because when it
comes to doing the work of God we cannot do this alone and we need as much
wisdom as we can get and a lot of humbleness too. So, I asked for wisdom from two pastors here
is Guatemala, a pastor from Canada, and another pastor from America. All of them told me the same thing keep
working because the vision has not changed maybe the battle has and maybe the
circumstances have but the vision has not nor the mission. One of them told me
do not burn bridges, and he is right we did not come to burn bridges but to
build them. So I kept working with him.
However, all this time I had an itch in my heart and I really wanted to
confront him not in a mean way or to make him less than me, but to make things
clear with him. As I said before I had my fault in all of this. I want you to know that he is not and was not
part of our ministry he just was lending us his house. So the first week of May
he told me he needed a door, a window, and a roof for his house where we had
the feeding center, and I told him that before we spent more money that I
needed to talk to him. I started by saying thank you for all the help that he
had given us because without his house we could not have had the feeding center
at that time. I then apologized for
every misunderstanding that I caused and every offence that I made. Then I told
him that in his house he can be the boss and the ruler because that is his
domain, but when it comes to the ministry of God my wife and I are going to be
the ones that decide the best that we can and if he did not agree I would find
another place, but I did not want to go to that extreme because I like him even
though we have our differences. I said all of this as kindly as I possibly
could. I chose my tone and my words carefully. None of this works when a man
has his mind set on something nothing can change it. His reaction was, “give me
fifteen days and you will take some kids and I will take some”. However,
nothing of that is what I had said to him. His answer shocked, but did not surprise
me. So, I told him you did not listen to
a word of what I said I am not going to go pick kids I’m not here for that to
me that is just mean and this is not a competition. Now, the drop that filled the cup was when I responded
by saying “let’s please go pray and ask for wisdom, understanding, and
knowledge” and he told me, “I do not need any wisdom, understanding, or
knowledge I have all of this and I do not need to pray, I will think and see
what I come up with, God left all of that to us on the earth. “ At this moment
I stopped talking because my heart was hurt, I am a prideful man and I thought:
Is that how I look? Is that how I sound? Is that how my wife sees me? Is this
what I am portraying to the world and the people that I am around?(wow pride is
an ugly thing) So I just said thank you
again and I left because I realized I cannot do ministry with a man that does
not fear the Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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months ago I met a pastor in San Mateo, the same town we are working in, and he
told me whenever you need our church it is open to you anytime, and if you want
to start something here you are welcome to for free; however, at the time we
had already started using Byron’s home so we humble declined the need to use the
church. After I had the conversation
with Byron I returned to the pastor and told him of the difficulties we were
having and he said the offer was still available to use the church for the
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with him I felt that what I had done for two months was worthless, a waste of
time, and a waste of resources. I love them, I was teaching them the bible,
respectful prayers, and thankfulness, and this made it seem meaningless. I had a question for so long, why did they not
choose me, “but I am the good guy’’? Well no one is good, just one is good, and
that is our Father in heaven. Then we
moved to the church, Asamblea de Dios, (Assembly of God) and the thought of why
they did not come with us was still chasing me, I asked myself what I did
wrong, maybe my intentions were wrong, or my approach was wrong, or I am too
hard to work with. That first day at the church just nine kids showed up and
that was because the wife of the pastor went to homes and basically begged for
people to send their kids. I had an awful
attitude feeling sorry for myself, I was not happy, but I wasn’t mad either. I
was continually whining in my head. </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">You may wonder why I
am telling you all of this and it is because as I always say, you as a reader
and/or supporter need to know what we are doing and how we are doing the
ministry of God, every ministry has problems and battles and you deserve to
know it. Not just to fulfill your curiosity but to show you accountability and
hopefully to teach you the imperfection of the human being and how much more we
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Now I have stopped my whinning and I have
come to find out the rumors/lies about us and reason the moms chose to send
their kids to him and not to us; however we know there is nothing we can do
about these lies but to keep keeping on and to do all we do to glorify Him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the pastor and his family has welcomed us with open arms, the pastor has built
us a storage and kitchen area in the church, we started with 9 kids two weeks
ago and now have 30 kids, the pastor’s wife helps us to cook each time and is
always waiting at the doors to get started preparing the meal, this women is a
warrior and faithful servant of the Lord, we are now working with Christians
and that makes the work easier, and there is so much more peace at this feeding
center. Now, the kids from the other feeding center come to give us hugs and
say hi every time they see us. This just demonstrates to me that maybe I really
did do something good, that at the time I did not see. Even a few moms from the
old feeding center have told me that they will send their children to us. Every day at the new feeding center the kids
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midst of our trials I had the opportunity to go and preach for 600 youth and
young adults. My theme was, THE VISION. I
am not going to preach to you or write my whole sermon here, but I think that
many believers have misunderstood or do not know the vision of the Christian. So I want to leave you with these four
thoughts: <b>1.</b> You have to <b>love</b> your
God with all you being and you neighbor as
well(Matthew 22:37-39). <b>2.</b> If you
love God you will <b>fear</b> God, and that
is the beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 9:10). <b>3.</b> Therefore, you will <b>seek</b>
His kingdom and all the rest will be added (Matthew 6: 23). <b>4.</b>
If you know all of this you will <b>go</b> and understand the purpose of God
and the reason of you being in this world, and you will understand your VISION
(Matthew 10:16). In conclusion, love
your God so you can fear your God, and you will seek Him; therefore, you will understand His will. If you are
wondering what is the VISION of the Christian it is not your family, it is not
your church, it is not even your ministry, IT IS CHRIST/GOD/HOLY SPIRIT, your
eyes fixed on HIM. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I have also
had the great pleasure of speaking at Casa Aleluya, children’s home, for over 300 kids. With them
I spoke about not sitting still, that just because you are young it does not
mean you can’t stand up and be a leader (1 Timothy 4:11-16). I used Timothy because
he was a young man sent by the apostle Paul and it is such a great example of
leadership and how a young man or women can be an example to those even in the
church: 1. In Word, 2. Conduct, 3. Love, 4. Faith, 5. Purity. If you are
younger (not just in age but in Christianity as well) and you are reading this remember
God can use you as well as any man in the Bible and you can be an example to
others. Do not be afraid because the same God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is
your God as well. That same God that used
all of these great men is the same God now that can use you as well. God I not
asking for you to be rich or powerful or old, nor is he asking for gold,
silver, or jewels. He is asking for you fellow brother. You that is willing to give your life for Him.
The Lord is asking for your best, your everything, not for your preparation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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able lead a bible study in the church here in Santa Lucia where the theme was
about worshiping. I love to worship God,
I love to lift my hand, to shout, cry, dance, to bend my knees in front of God
because God asks for our best. I do it in front of people because when I am in
the presence of the Lord I do not care if they see my or not. I taught this
group about the freedom that we should feel in the presence of the Lord. My
example was King David and how he was after the heart of God. One more time I
encourage you to find the freedom that you are missing. I encourage you to give
your whole self when you are in the presence of the Lord. When you are broken,
cry before Him. When you are filled with His joy, shout, clap, dance of His
goodness. When you are humbled, fall before him. Let your heart be seen in worship. This is
not about you being a Baptist, Presbyterian, or Charismatic this is about you
and the Lord. Not about your religion, belief system, and for sure not your
church, it is about you and God and your offering towards Him. My brother be courageous and brave in the
presence of the Lord. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that I remember. I was invited to preach for 40 women. I talked to them about
women and leadership(not the head but a leader) not just in their house, but
also in the church. I used the apostle
Paul and all the many women that he mentioned in his letters. You may defer
from me about a women and the role that she may take, but I believe if a man is
not leading, why not a women? A man is
unable to complain if he is not doing what he is called to do. As I have
learned, do not complain for something that you allow in your life. Also, I
used Genesis 2:18 when God in His immense wisdom gave us women not to be the
cleaning lady, not to be the dishwasher, but to be our helper, to be our
supporter, to be our equal as God created us in same image and the man as the
head. However, a woman can be a helper
or can be a curse based on what she may choose to be (Proverbs 12:4). The decision
depends on each one of you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Morgan….and Kala! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">March was a full month for sure. March 1<sup>st</sup>
was our first day of our feeding center and we were expecting 14 kids to come,
so we let the moms eat with their kids so they could see what we were doing and
feel more comfortable leaving their kids with us. Well we ended up feeding more
than 50 people our first day and we could not have made it through that day
without all the help from good friends. It was a crazy first day, but a good
crazy and exciting to see kids just keep showing up. We are now blessed to have
40 kids that come to the feeding center. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> The mom of the family we live
with, Sister Neli, one night as we were discussing our feeding center she had a
great idea that they could bring their misioneritas(missionary group of young girls)
from their church, Asamblea de Dios Galilea, to our feeding center for a day.
They came and had great day full of prayer, singing, dancing, dramas, and
snacks for the kids. The kids loved it and by the end were up dancing with them
and asking for the group to sing more songs and to teach them. It was such a
blessing to have them with us and wanting to invest in our kids. I am used to
seeing foreigners come and help Guatemalans and have seen the love and care
that they have toward our people. However, I have not seen many Guatemalans
helping other Guatemalans, I have known my culture as the strongest one will
survive and not the weak, and the rich are going to stay rich and the poor are
going to stay poor. By seeing this church helping their own people it filled my
heart with joy and my eyes with tears because I am wrong, there are good people
here that want to serve their people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of having our first team from America come and spend two days with our kids at
the feeding center. This team consisted
of college students and one teacher from Grace University. During their time with us this team was able
to visit 20 families in their homes and present them with a gift of rice,
beans, oil, and coffee. This whole group
had been trained in bible storytelling and majority of the team played soccer.
So the team was able to use their training in telling/acting out bible stories
and playing a lot of soccer with the kids. We were blessed by this team that
left us jerseys, soccer balls, and toothpaste/toothbrushes. Yes toothpaste and brushes! Our kids always
brush their teeth after their meal because pastor Hilmar had donated some
toothpaste and brushes our first day. However, we had run out of toothbrushes
and were running low on toothpaste. I
had been thinking the week before the team came how are we going to be able to replenish
the toothpaste and keep buying more toothbrushes as we have more kids because we
did not have that is the budget to do. Well, the leader of the Grace University
team after seeing the kids brush their teeth was laughing and said, you will not
believe it but people as I was preparing for this trip kept coming to me and
giving me toothpaste, and I have been on many trips and never had people give
me toothpaste, but I said yes if they fit in our luggage I will bring them because I
know God has a reason for this. OH I was
almost in tears and laughing too about how good a God we serve that He would
send us toothpaste and that he cared about the little things! WE love seeing
more of the Lord and we definitely got to see that in this team and their
gifts!<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">For Holy
week(week before easter) in Guatemala everything gets busy so we went to visit
my big brother and his family. We were
able to spend time with him, his three kids, and wife and get to just relax
with them even though I was sick the whole week. Also, we met a wonderful
couple from Texas, Jim and Leslie, that hosted us as we were there. The loved on us and made amazing food for us
and treated us as family. We were truly able to relax because of them and their
kindness. We also met a strong willed
women, Bonnie, that came on her first mission trip to Guatemala at the age of
80 years old, but age doesn’t matter when you are doing the work of God. In
addition to all this we met a retired pastor and evangelist, Clifford Neal, a
wise man and strong Christian that was a pleasure getting to know. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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us a month ago with an offering from a team of $200 and in our needs God told me to wait... HE had a better plan. When
we were going to see my brother God told me this was the time to use what He had
blessed us with and so we bought 100lbs of beans, 100lbs of rice, and 100lbs of
corn. My brother took us to the mountains to bless 50 families more than 100
people with this food. We have seen the multiplication of the Lord in finances,
in food, in blessings, and in people that surround us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">As we
returned the devil attacked our minds and hearts as we came back to frustrations.
I had a bad discussion with a missionary here that at the time seemed important. Our house that we will eventually rent and
should have been ready a month ago was far behind schedule and had nothing done
while we were gone. Adding to this Yanci, a girl that through our ministry is being
helped (she is in kidney failure) was very sick because of her compromised
immune system, and she thought she was going to die. By now I was frustrated and mad so I had an
idea that sounded good at the time. The idea was to leave the feeding center
for a month and take a break, so I would not affect the ministry and family
with my bad attitude, so basically time to release stress. But guess what I was wrong. After two months I
was ready to run without noticing it, and running away sounded so good, but a good
family friend gave me some wisdom and told me what I needed to hear not what I
wanted to hear. Basically what she said was suck it up, and God will bless you
when you have and when you do not because that is what I said before I came
here, and she was right. The devil will attach you any second he can, but
thanks to the people of God we are able to persevere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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continue to pray for health over our bodies as it seems to be a huge area of
attack the devil is still using. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888877834173113969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708015314200469136.post-41167506134210260612016-03-09T18:32:00.001-08:002016-03-09T19:15:02.490-08:00Thanks to you!<div class="MsoNormal">
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Many
things have happened since we arrived in Guatemala: sickness, doubts,
frustrations, but also we have made friends and God has not left us. Our God is
a God that does not fail and today I would like to say thank you Jesus. When I went to America I forgot what it means
to be worried so I stopped asking God for the little things that we take for
granted like food, clothes, roof etc. Now, I am here in Guatemala and I find
myself asking for these same things that I forgot about. In the mist of my ignorance God still was
providing for all of these and more. God
is given me everything that I need and not what I want and that is ok. </div>
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He gave
us a group of friends that are strictly supporting us in the management of the
ministry, and that it is not easy . They
have other things to do, but they are taking the time for the ministry and I am
thankful for that, and I believe they are doing this for one simple reason
"LOVE". When I talked to them
about our ministry I told them that we were looking for friends and family that
would believe in the same God and in our vision of the ministry. Also, I told them that we did not have
anything to start our ministry with no MONEY, no LAND, no SUPPORT, no CONTACTS,
no PARTNERSHIPS basically nothing. However, I told them what I had; a POWERFUL
GOD a God that brought me to America, the same God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
that God that sent fire from heaven and the same God that split the red sea.
"That is my God" so they said yes :) Now, thanks to them and God we
are managing our non-profit. This group
of friends sticks with us not because they have to, but because they love us
and that is what we are looking for, not numbers, not quantity, but friends and
family that love us because of Him, thank you Jesus.</div>
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Thank
you, yes YOU the supporter I want to tell you that you are not a number ($) or
a face you are my friends because that is what we are looking for in Gods
ministry and some of you all I don't know because you are giving privately and
for that thank you. I know some of you
are younger and don't have much yet, and yet you are incredible faithful with
your money already, so thank you and we
know that God will bless you. To those
of you that have your own family to support, but have choose to support ours as
well we cannot thank you enough. Thank
you to those that are giving extra to help other people here in Guatemala. However, as I said you are not a number ($)
so thank you to those that guide us and those that teach us and encourage us,
and to those that remind us that we count with your friendship and those
spiritual leaders, and last thank you to those that I forgot to mention we
truly believe your reward is yet to come. </div>
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When we
started our ministry (God's ministry) someone asked me what do you want? This
is what I want! Friends that can love us, friends that can trust, and can see
our vision, friends that can encourage us. However, when I was asked that
question I just said three groups of people: prayer warriors, financial
supporters, and volunteers. So, today I want to say thank you as well to those
that pray for us. If you are one of
those I want to let you know that God has listened. Prayer is one of the most difficult
disciplines in the church and in life. We
pray when we need something, we pray when something happens to us, we pray when
we want something, we pray when it is Sunday, we pray because it is expected in
our family, friends etc. I was(and sometime still am) one of those that prays
just when "I need" , but I have caught myself praying more often and
it is because I need Him more and depend more on Him. I am learning to pray not because I am
"Christian" or because I need something, but because I need HIM. I need you prayer warriors you have given me more
than you think because of your faithfulness God has listened and you are not a
number you are a friend, thank you Jesus. </div>
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We haven't had a volunteer come yet, but I am waiting for
you my brothers and sisters in Christ. I encourage you to pack your bags and
come and get to know the sweet faces that we are working with. You may get sick, REALLY SICK, you may be
afraid, you may not be used to being out of your comfort zone, you may be
bossy, you may like to control your surroundings, and you may like to your own ways. Come anyways, and learn and be humble and be
a blessing for those less fortunate that you.
Because you will come to learn not to teach, to receive not to give, to
listen not to speak, to love not be comfortable, and the most important thing
to cry, to bleed, and to sweat with those that are your brother and sisters in
Christ.</div>
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Thank you to all my Guatemalans that have taken us in your
houses, given us shelter and food without any cost. Thank you for automatically
making us feel like we have family here. Thank you for your open arms, your
friendship, and your love. You literally
live "mi casa es su casa"! Even though you barely have enough for
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At last thank you for the e- mails, calls, texts, likes,
shares and comments your encouragement
in all its forms has meant more than you will ever know and kept us going on the
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888877834173113969noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708015314200469136.post-56162243167277625272016-02-28T18:22:00.000-08:002016-02-28T18:24:50.455-08:00Prayer that sticks with you<div class="MsoNormal">
We had the pleasure of working with a Canadian mission team
a week ago and our family has been so blessed by each of them. The Lord truly
shined through this team. We had a night of worship with them that has stuck
with me so much that I think about it daily and it has encouraged me, pushed me,
and grown me. Sounds crazy! How can ONE night of worship do this for me? Well
because the Lord was there and the Lord spoke, that is how! </div>
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First, we made a fire pit on the top of the soon to be
AMAZING mission house of pastor Hilmar's. The view wow! Look around and you can see the volcanoes
and the mountains and also the lights of the city. To be able to see this beautiful
country, to be able to live in this breath taking place, that is a blessing in itself.
It is a constant reminder of how much
more beautiful our God is and how GOOD of a God we get to serve that he would
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So we had a fire and great conversation with the team as
everything was coming together. We roasted marshmallows. We laughed...A LOT.
Then the singing started at first the Guatemalans singing praises in Spanish
and then the guitar, a bucket for a drum, and an egg like maraca joined in and
we sang some English worship songs. All the songs really shouted out the
greatness of our Lord. Something that I really loved was that this team had
learned parts of some songs in Spanish, and as they sang these parts all the voices
were joined as ONE. What a picture of Him! Apart from the language barriers and
the cultural differences there was ONE voice, ONE heart singing of the Lords
holiness and becoming ONE to solely glorify our Lord. </div>
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Then someone asked for a person to pray for this time. Every
word of this prayer brought so much truth and so much of Him! As she prayed she
spoke of how they did not want their time here to be an experience, but how
they wanted more of Him. How they wanted their gifts to be used. How for those
that did not speak Spanish may be used for His glory and how in the short time
they were already here they had seen this. She thanked the Lord for the great
blessing it was that He was already using them and how good of a God he is. She asked for healing on those they had
already met and prayed for. She spoke their
belief in His healing and His desire for healing in His children and how much
they loved Him for that. She continued in praying how our cup is filled by Him
alone. How if our cup is not full and if we are feeling empty it is only
because we are not going to Him to be filled, and we are taking our cup away
from Him. Because when we are letting Him fill our cup it will not only be
filled but overflowing! So that the excess, that constant overflow from our cup
will bless others. (Praise Him for He is sooooo good, so good. He has designed
such a beautiful life, such a magnificent plan, and we get to take part in it!
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, SANTO, SANTO, SANTO is His name.) She ended her prayer by
thanking him for this place, for these people, for this time, for His love, for
His goodness. Wow the power of prayer! I have been left in
awe of Him, in awe of His faithful followers, and in awe of His plan because of
this prayer.</div>
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I have
been tired because of cultural changes, language learning, sickness, and waking
up three times a night with my baby for the past month. However, because of
this prayer I am learning, I am being challenged to go to the Lord in my
tiredness and draw from Him. To put my cup under His stream. For it is not of
my own strength that I will be reenergized.
I fail often, I get frustrated a lot, but I am learning to go to His
good fountain. I am finding that my cup being empty is only from my own
choosing. He is teaching me, and that is all that I can I ask for. </div>
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As I
was praying yesterday at the soon to be feeding center I heard the Lord say,
" I said your yoke would be light, but not because your circumstances
would be light, not because you life is light, but because of me. Because of me
your yoke will feel light, because of my strength holding your yoke, it will be
light. Because you come to me, because you know me, because you love me, your
yoke will be light. BECAUSE I FILL YOUR CUP YOUR YOKE WILL BE LIGHT!!!"</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888877834173113969noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708015314200469136.post-71426407136900650422016-02-12T18:37:00.001-08:002016-02-12T18:37:17.401-08:00GOD IS HERE!<div class="MsoNormal">
I have learned that to do ministry you have to prepare
yourself otherwise you will fail. Like quitting your job in advance, selling
everything, putting your affairs in order, etc. In addition, there are some stepping
stones: education, support raising, broadening your contacts. These things will
save you headaches in the long run. All of this is good and reasonable, but let
me ask you something was Moses ready? What about David? Or Steven the first
martyr? We as believers have to believe
in and follow the ways of the Lord. We have to let God prepare us to do His
work. That means to shut up and start
listening and believing what the bible says. All the great men of the bible did
not prepare themselves, but God did it for them. </div>
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This past week I have been struggling with health issues and
anger because of these two reasons I said and thought stupid things to my wife and
I could have hurt my first ministry that is my family and second the ONE for
Guate. ministry. This is not from a lack of preparation but a lack of
listening. I am telling you this so that you know that in every ministry the
devil will try to get in and cause chaos and division. We as christians are
accountable to tell you what is going on in our ministry. Telling the good
things, how good we are doing and "how
many people we are helping" is the easy part, but telling you our pains,
our frustrations, our mistakes that we are making in the organization can be
hard and can cause doubts to you as a reader and/or supporter. This is the reality of a ministry. Things will
be bad sometimes and we may have doubts, but our Father is working on us every
single day and preparing us every single day as He did with the saints. Now, we
are healing and we ask for prayers for continued health. (P.J)</div>
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This weekend we were able to be a part of a wedding and as I
watched the people cooking, cleaning, and decorating I saw how much JOY there is in
the process. I realized that I LOVE watching the process of something coming
together. I love it way more even than the finished product. Although the
finished product is beautiful I would not have had as much joy if I had not
seen the laughter, the apprehension, the smiles, the togetherness of the
process. </div>
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As I reflected later on this I thought about the Lord and
His work in each one of us. As he is teaching us, preparing us, correcting us,
he is joyous! He loves to see the process of his children coming closer to Him.
Yes the end product will be wonderful, great, and beautiful, but he is taking
JOY in the process of our souls! (Morgan)</div>
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The provision of the Lord never fails.</div>
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We came here January
21st with no jobs to acquire income, no food in our bellies, no roof over our
heads, no transportation, and no bed to sleep in. People told me before I came,
you are too young, you are a dreamer, you don't have money, you need a lot
(ALOT) of money, you need a place to stay, ect. However, we continue to hear
Him say, "you have a choice faith or fear and that is it". Let me
tell you where we are now. We came and God provided a house for us. Hilmar gave us one of his rooms the first week
we were here. Remember the saying "my house is your house" here they really mean it. Hilmar took the
room of his kids and gave it to us. Now five people were sleeping in his
bedroom. God was there. The next week we moved with his brother, Dennis, and he
gave us a room in his house. Now, we are going to rent the upstairs of a house
that Dennis is building when it is
finished, and he is giving us a good deal. God was there. Every single day since we came
we have had a roof over our heads, food in our bellies(three times a day), and
a bed to sleep in. God is here. </div>
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Then came the sickness. The family we are staying with as
well as us have been sick with flu like symptoms. Morgan only being sick for
one day thankfully, but Kala and I being sick for more than a week now and at
times with a fever of 102.7 . We prayed and prayed to God to take her fever
away because we did not know what else to do and we saw His provision as he
took her fever away that night and now she is eating and drinking again! Praise
the Lord! I am getting better but still have a lingering
cough and Kala is getting better more and more every day. If you ask where is
God? Well, God is here. </div>
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In addition, we are going to meet with some families this Saturday
as we prepare to start the feeding center on March 1st. By the way we did not
even have a feeding center, but by the provision of God we met a family with
the desire to serve their community and they gave us the place for free. God
was still there. Please be praying for open hearts as we get to know this
community and that the Lord will speak.</div>
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We are learning to
take joy in the process no matter how difficult the circumstances are. One more
thing choose faith not fear today. </div>
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P.s,. no picture this time everyone is looking pretty rough after the sickness!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888877834173113969noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708015314200469136.post-51919899854543255702016-01-27T12:53:00.000-08:002016-01-27T12:53:03.837-08:00Oh the Journey!<div class="MsoNormal">
Our journey to Guatemala was definitely not an easy one, but
in the midst of the struggle the Lord's goodness was evident to us. We awoke at 4:00 am and we got ready, packed the car, (when I say packed the car I
mean to the top with everyone's laps full of luggage too)and we all squeezed in
the car and off we went to the airport. Since we packed for two year as we
arrived at the airport everyone was looking at us as if we were crazy, and they
were right! That CRAZY looked like five large suitcases, one pack and play, one car seat, two large
carry on suitcases, two HEAVY backpacks, and a diaper bag! Oh yeah, a baby and
a dog TOO!!!! We just kept repeating
back to each other "go big or go home" ! However, the longer the day
went on for some reason this saying didn't seem as funny. As we finally made it to the front of the
line to get the tickets the airline agent said," you have a dog, so where
are the papers?". I had a shot records to show her but that was not the
papers that she needed. Evidently we needed a international certification within
the last 30 days. Well we did not have this paper since I had called the airlines customer
service the day before and they had said that for Guatemala I did not need
anything and I had them double and she still said there was not any papers that
I needed to bring. Long story short trying multiple ways of figuring out what
we could do and being told we were going to miss our flight we were finally(an
hour later) offered the option of changing our flight to a later time in the
day. Our friend that had dropped us off at the airport and had just made it out
of Atlanta traffic had to turn back around and pick up our dog, Luna, and take
her to a vet five minutes away from the airport and bring her back to the
airport for us. Finally all was done and we had the papers in hand!</div>
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Ok get ready cause here is where
we start to see the goodness of the Lord and we were so amazed by how good he
is to us even in the a mundane airport trip. At this time there is a very long line just to
get to the ticket counter , so PJ goes up to the same lady who was working with
us before and asked if we are ready to go now that we had the papers. She said
yes! We did not even have to wait in the line! Thank you Jesus! She proceeds to
tell P.J. that it was a good thing we did not take the earlier flight because
it broke down and never even left the tarmac. Thank you Jesus! Miraculously all of our luggage was within
weight requirement except one which was a pound over, but she did not even look
at it and just let it pass through. Thank you Jesus! Now, we have everything
checked in and have tickets in hand and off to security we go! We are down to
two large carryon bags, two HEAVY backpack, a diaper bag, a baby, and a dog.
Since all of us have been up since 4AM and it is now 10 AM kala has fallen asleep
in the carrier. As we got to the security station they told me I did not have
to take Kala out of the carrier, but I did need to take my jacket off. Well my
jacket was under the carrier, so the man told me to wait a minute he came back
and said I could leave everything on and could to a pat down. Thank you Jesus! Now,
through security and P.J. is working like a mule trying to get all the bags off
the line, put my shoes on for me, and get everything ready to go to our gate.
As we are now ready to go to our gate we
look on our tickets to figure out where it is; since we are at the Atlanta
airport and it is HUGE we are readying ourselves to walk a long way with backs
breaking. We look up at the signs to see where our gate is and it just happens
to be the one right in front of us. Thank you Jesus! At this point I am
laughing at how good He is to us! We get
to sit down and take a break for a few minutes while Kala is still
sleeping. When Kala woke up I went to
get some food for us, a banana for kala and burger for us to share( little did
we know this would be the only food we would have for a long time). When I came back from getting the food P.J.
tells me they were asking for people to check some carry-on items for free so both our huge bags (we didn't
even know if they would fit in the over head space in the plane) got to go
under the plane. Thank you Jesus! Now they are asking again if anyone has more
carry- on items that they would like to check and they will do that for free
too. So we checked one of our HEAVY back packs too. Thank you Jesus! We are now
down to only a diaper bag, one backpack , a baby , and a dog. This seems a lot more
due able now. </div>
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We made
it Miami for our layover with little to no issues and Kala only cried a little
bit on the plane; however, wiggle worm does not even start to describe her for
the whole flight. Our layover was 4 hours, so Kala was able to get down and
play for a little bit and the dog got to get out of the carrier. During our layover
Kala got pretty sleepy, so I walked her to sleep and went back where all our stuff was. Believe it
or not there was a pink rocking chair right beside all our stuff! I hadn't paid
much attention to it before now, but what a perfect place to rock my baby as
she slept. Thank you Jesus!</div>
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We made
it on our flight to Guatemala with no problems. We are so excited we are almost
to Guatemala and the pilot comes on to tell us we are 30 minutes out from
Guatemala, BUT there is ash from one of the volcanoes near the airport, and it
is not safe to land so we will be re-routing to El Salvador. We made it to el Salvador
and we had to go through a check point and customs. They saw that we had a baby
and let us skip to the front of the line. Thank you Jesus! We stopped to ask if
we needed to pick up luggage or if they had decided to keep it on the plane over
night. They told us that the luggage would stay on the plane. Thank you Jesus! Now
we get through customs no problem, but no one knows where we need to go to get
our vouchers for the hotel, so we all are following each other like chickens
with our heads cut off! We find the place to get vouchers and we make a LONG
line, but little did we know there was no reason to make a line because they
were just calling out names as they came to them. We get on a bus with vouchers
in hand and a man gave me his seat up front because I have baby. Thank you
Jesus! At this point I have a migraine like no other and am nauseated as a result
of it and I am just watching the clock
in the bus thinking, "you can make it! We are almost there! It won't be
much longer!". Well 45 minutes
later we arrive at the hotel and by God's grace I did not vomit! The hotel is beautiful,
but to be honest we could not even enjoy it because now it is 11 pm and we
haven't eaten in 12 hours and have been up for
almost 20 hours with a baby who has only has two 30 minute naps. We get
to the room, I put the baby to bed, and PJ goes to get food from the hotel.
They told P.J that you can't take food to the rooms, but P.J. explained or
situation and they let him. Thank you Jesus! We scarf down our food and go to
bed as quickly as possible since we have to be back up at 4:30 AM the next morning. We made it back the airport and through all
the check points in El Salvador no problems and as we waited to board the plane
we got to talked a guy, Mathew, that was
coming to Guatemala for 6 months to backpack. We had a great time getting to
know him and he even helped us carry our diaper bag through the airport!</div>
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We made
it Guatemala after a quick 30 minute flight. They let me go through the
handicap customs line since I had a baby. Thank you Jesus! We had a guy put all
our luggage on a cart and we went through the last security check and had our
dog's papers checked( thank goodness we had them!). We went out of the airport and Hilmar was
waiting for us(I had face book messaged him the night before about all that
happened but wasn't sure if he received it since we did not have international
phones). Thank you Jesus he was there! </div>
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Thank you Jesus for provision! Thank you Jesus for the gifts
we do not deserve! Thank you Jesus for being our LORD! </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888877834173113969noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708015314200469136.post-46781053617367544552015-11-13T19:04:00.001-08:002015-11-13T19:04:48.189-08:00<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">P.J and I are very excited to announce that we have bought tickets and will be flying to Guatemala on January 20th!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We can not wait to see what God has in store for us there!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We will be using this blog to keep everyone up to date with what is happening with our family and how God is moving. This will include pictures and small ways we see the Lord at work!</span><br />
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