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| Jadon could hardly believe his eyes at La Bufadora! |
Hi friends and family,
We hope that you're all doing well! It's been a wonderful few weeks here. In July we had four back to back teams, and they were such a blessing, and kept us very busy(also a blessing =D)! It was fun to get to minister along side them as they put on some really special outreaches for the people here. Take a look at a few pictures below from the teams:
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| A ladies team set up an event for the women of Calvary Chapel Granjas at the site of their new church building! |
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| At the ladies tea |
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| Grano de Mostaza Train |
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| Our friend Fonsie came to visit with one of the teams! Jadon loves him. |
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| A group of junior highers with the kids at City of Angels |
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 And then they got to serve them to a team of senior highers! |
As things have now slowed down a bit, we have been praying specifically for God to guide us where He would have us seek to reach out more, and we feel like He pointed us to two verses and opened a few new doors. The verses we felt led to are:
James 1:27:“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.”
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Matthew 25: 31-40:“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’ “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’ “One of the doors He has opened is with a hospice here in Tijuana. Will you please pray with us about how He may have us serve there? This hospice serves people on their death bed who have no family or anyone to look after them. Many of them are found lying on the street corner. Along with being fed, bathed, and monitored 24 hours a day, the hospice staff and local ministries make sure to communicate the Gospel to them in any way that they can. The need is great, and many of the patients will surely pass away soon unless funds are provided for surgeries, dialysis, or whatever the need may be. Please continue in prayer for the patients as well as the leadership and staff members.
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| Yumm, Jadon soup! |
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| Annelle, a popular novela star, sharing her testimony with the girls at the CIRAD last month |
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| Jadon hanging out with some of the girls from the CIRAD. |
We've mentioned before that its been amazing to see the power of God's word at the CIRAD rehabilitation center studies, especially in the lives of the young girls. We'd really like to go deeper with them in discipleship and are praying about the right opportunity. Currently, the head of the center has given us the ok for Angelina to spend time with the girls after the study, to sit in with them in their AA meeting, and spend some time with them after the meeting as well every week. We're just praying through what this time should look like, perhaps another Bible study? Please pray with us for wisdom in how to proceed.
We are also prayerfully proceeding with beginning a new English for adults. We've been noticing that some parents like to sit in the youth class and are hoping would enjoy a class as well. Please pray with us as we get the ball rolling August 20th for the new class. We feel that our youth class has been helpful in building relationships with some people that normally may have been difficult to reach and our prayer is that in the relationships that we're able to make through these classes that the love of Jesus would shine through and that if they don't already have a relationship with Christ that they would come to know Him.
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| A Ninos del Rey potato sack race earlier this year |
Our last but not least prayer request is for the CTC after school program, Ninos del Rey, which is already beginning again in two weeks!! Please lift up with us both the children and the teachers of this program. We are so excited to once again have them all running around the property three times a week, we miss them!
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| Jadon with his new friend Justo |
Thank you so much for lifting up these prayer requests with us!
We know that the Lord is so faithful to hear and answer prayer(whether it be a yes, a no, or wait). Lately we've been seeing so many answered prayers, we barely know what to do with ourselves other than look up in awe. Over these last few weeks, we've seen God miraculously provide our family with a personal vehicle, a new refrigerator (and the hands to bring it up our flight of stairs) and a new friend for Jadon(who has a mom who speaks English, one of Angelina's secret prayer requests). We are so blown away by God's grace and love. Who are we that he should be mindful of us? We are so blessed to serve Him. And in His goodness, we get to serve Him alongside brothers and sisters(such an amazing gift). Please email us and let us know what we can be praying with you =) we hope to talk to you soon!
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| Typical boys rough-housing around |
With Love and God bless,
Brennan, Angelina and Jadon
