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January 2011


CORAM DEO = BEFORE THE FACE OF GOD

After all the busy holidays we finally made some time to get an ultrasound. Haley Emma was the name we had in mind, but it turns out Ethan Allen is going to have a baby brother. We want and “E” name but haven’t found anything we like…

Its a Boy!

“…The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

Job 1:21b

ON THE SEARCH AGAIN…

When Ethan was on his way to this world, God provided a great place to call home. It was walking distance to church, had an extra room for guests, and it was convenient for our teens to come hang out and do discipleship. Well, now that a second baby is coming, we have to look for a new place again. The owners of the house are going to bring down this place and construct a small building. God was so good in the past providing exactly what we needed; we are sure he will provide again. As we look at the circumstances, we have no idea how we are going to find a place to call home with all the benefits for ministry. We try to raise our eyes to those things which are set above, where Christ is, but we need your help. Please pray so that our faith will not falter, and that the Lord will guide us to that place he has in mind for us.

Prayer Requests

Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 John 5:14

  • a new place to call home
  • a healthy new baby boy
  • salvation in Bible camp
  • wisdom for Bible Club
  • our walk with the Lord
  • you coming down on a mission trip to Panama!

Summer + Bible Camp + Youth Group = “Awesome Ministry”

In Panama, January is a summer month which means… BIBLE CAMP! Our goal was to take 50 teens to the Word of Life (WOL) camp, we missed our mark by 3 teens. WOL is a dynamic, Christ centered camp with solid-Bible-teaching and committed counselors to work in the campers’ lives. Even with Jenn’s pregnancy, we were both able to be there. We didn’t want to miss the opportunity to invest in lives and bring new teens to the feet of Christ. Its a great way to start the year because the teens really hype up. This is where Bible Club comes in. We want to grab the teens’ hype and change it into a long-lasting commitment with Christ. So its up to us to plan and envision what God can do with our teenagers this year. Proverbs says, “…without vision, the people perish.” Do you have a vision/goal for your teenagers?

Last year we did a poor job going out and reaching the lost with the gospel of Christ. So this year, we’ve already gone out twice to hand out tracts and invite teens to camp. Hey! Why not pray about coming down to Panama with your youth group on an evangelistic mission trip? We would love to plan an activity like that for this year. It would really grow both youth groups.

VBS

As if summer wasn’t crazy enough, we got involved with VBS. This year we’re not leading the troops; I don’t think we could have planned what our friend Glendon did. Instead of bringing the children to church, he led us to four neighborhoods to take VBS to them. On the third week of January, we were at two different locations with 48 kids and 35 kids at each location on the first day. On the second day, attendance increased to 77 kids and 54 kids! God’s challenge for us in VBS was Jose. On the second day’s lesson, two adults had to exhort him to stay put. Jose wasn’t being rebellious; he just couldn’t hear what was being said or going on. After we realized he was deaf, Jennifer tried showing him the gospel with a Blackberry, but it was to no avail. She didn’t give up on him and that night downloaded the gospel in sign language from Youtube. The next day we failed again because he doesn’t know sign language and the illustrated wordless book was too distracting. Jenn and I just sat frustrated next to Jose. After all our human resources and intelligence failed, the Lord gave us one more idea. Jennifer played the part of a rebellious child with a black heart next to her chest. I was the man with the wounded hands he saw on the book. The main act was Jesus being nailed to the cross and then cleansing the black heart Jenn carried. When we finished our little play, we both looked at Jose and he nodded his head.

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