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f l o w
t o
t h a t of a n a r r o w
g o r g e , r ag i n g w i t h
white
w a t e r , speed and d a n g e r . Then
s h o r t l y , a n o t h e r
change;
t h e
r i v e r
r e t u r n s t o a calm,
wide
flow of
a z y
relaxation.
One h i n g i s for e r t a i n :
L i f e
does not stand s t i l l . I t i s f u l l of
s u r p r i s e s , and f i i l l of
change.
Of
course, not
a l l change
i s
bad, or
s h o u l d c a u s e
a n x i e t y .
I n
f a c t ,
we a n
r e j o i c e i n c h a n g e For example, we
can
change from
our p o s i t i o n as
s i n n e r s , condemned o
e t e r n a l
d e a t h ,
t o
t h a t of being a c h i l d of God
S c r i p t u r e s t a t e s i t l i k e t h i s . . .
Once
you were not a eople,
butnow ou
are the
people of
God;
once
you had no t
received mercy,
but
now
you
have received
mercy.
[ 1 Pet
2:10
NIV)]
Therefore, i f anyone i s
i n
C h r i s t , he s a
new
r e a t i o n ;
the old
has
one,
the
new
as
come [2 or 5:17 (NIV)]
We
an
r e j o i c e
in change
Januar> / Februarj-199 5
Praise God, owever, h a t
He s unchanging He i l l a l w a y s
l o v e
u s .
He
w i l l
always
d e s i r e
f o r
us
to
know Him and follow Him,
He s n o t l i k e t h e
gods of
man\
pagan people, who must be
appeased and feared, never to be
known p e r s o n a l l y ,
always
t o be
served from
a
distance, uncertain as
t o w h e t h e r o r n o t he i s b e i n g
p l e a s e d . I t
i s
a shame t h e r e
a r e
people i n t h i s world who don't
know the one. true God who ent
His son,
so
we
ould come
o Him
without fear. I t is true
there
ar e
many who don't
kn ow.
Given
Number
t i m e , however, h i s
t o o s h a l l c h a n g e .
According
t o t h e Word of
God,
we
ave a a s k .
That a s k i s to
share this
wonderful
news with th e
w o r l d . Our i r s t
p r i o r i t y
i s t o s e e
t o
i t t h a t t h i s good news
i s s p r e a d t o
e v e r y
n a r i o n , t o
e v e r y
t r i b e, i n
e v e r y
l a n g u a g e . T h i s
i s
a
change h a t
must
t a k e
p l a c e t h r o u g h u s ,
t h e
c h i l d r e n of
God.
WEre the ones who know
Him e r s o n a l l y .
W
r e t h e ones
who h a v e
e x p e r i e n c e d t h e
changes
t h a t o n l y our Sa\ o r
i s a b l e
t o make
in us. W re the ones nvolved in
(Conihiued
on page
2)
I t ' s
a Boy
Samuel Steven
h i l l i p s
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F e b r u a r y
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1995 (1:48
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Page
2
As
o u
c a n s e e ,
h e r e
h a v e b e e n
some
h a n g e s . One s t h e c h a n g e n t h e name f
o
u r
m i s s i o n .
A f t e r
much p r a y e r , we h a v e
d e c i d e d
t o i n c o r i ) o r a t e o u r m i s s i o n
u n d e r t h e
name
o f
. A . M . P . ,
I n c . (which d e n o t e s
l ^ t i n A m e r i c a
M i s s i o n
P r o j e c t ) .
O u r
m i n i s d y c o n t i n u e s t o b e
t h e
s a m e :
To
h a r e
t h e
m e s s a g e o f
J e s u s C h r i s t i n t h e c o u n t r y
o f
olombia.
Our i s s i o n
has
h e
d i r e c t i o n o f e l e c t e d e l d e r s f r
om
h e T o wn and Country
C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h ( S h e l b y v i l l e , IN)
a s
w e l l
a s
i n t e r e s t e d e l d e r s f r
om
h e
M o r r i s t o w n C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h ( M o r r i s t o w n , I N . ) We r e a l s o
i n v i t i n g
e a c h
o f o u r s u p p o r t i n g c h u r c h e s
t o e l e c t
o n e r e p r e s e n t i t i v e f r o m e a c h
o f
h e i r
c o n g r e g a t i o n s
t o
s e r v e o n a n A d v i s o r y
C o m m i t t e e .
B e c a u s e of
h i s c h a n g e , we
w i l l
no
l o n g e r
b e r e c e i v i n g f u n d s d i r e c t e d t o 7
"Team
E x p a n s i o n .
?
A l l s u p p o r t
s h o u l d b e made u t
t o
L . A . M . P . ,
n c .
*
Y o u a r e t h e
l i g h t o f
h e w o r l d . A
i t y
o n a h i l l c a n n o t
b e
h i d d e n .
N e i t h e r d o
* e o p l e l i s h t
a
l a m p a n d p u t t u n d e r a b o w l . n s t e a d t h e y
p u t
t o n t s s t a n d , a n d^
t
g i v e s
l i g h t
t o
e v e r y o n e
i n
t h e
h o u s e .
I n
t h e
s a m e w a y ,
e t
y o u r
l i g h t
s h i n e
*
e f o r e
m e n ,
t h a t t h e y
m a y
s e e
y o u r g o o d
d e e d s a n d p r a i s e
y o u r
F a t h e r i n *
i e a v e n .
M a t t h e w
: } 4 - 1 6
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a l o v e r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h God, and
n o t a r e l a t i o n s h i p o f
e a r .
We
r e
t h e
ones who
m u s t
share t h a t with
the
w o r l d
How can
we
make t he
c h a n g e s
n e c e s s a r y
t o l i f t u p
t h e
i g h t
o f
e s u s
to h e
world? We
an
d o
t
t h r o u g h l i f t i n g up
our own
Lamp
a n d
p l a c i n g
i t
on
a l a m p s t a n d ,
s o
o t h e r s may e e
t h e l i g h t of e s u s i n
u s . That s
t h e
m o s t f f e c t i v e w a y o f
s h a r i n g
J e s u s .
We a r e n o t h i d e o u r
f a i t h
f r
om o t h e r s , l e s t i t be
l i k e
l i g h t i n g
a
lamp
a n d p l a c i n g t u n d e r
a b e d , where
i t ' s
l i g h t
w i l l be
u s e l e s s .
No Rather,
e t
us dare to
shine for Jesus
n
a o r l d h a t
i s
f u l l
o f
a r k n e s s , l i g h t i n g t h e
way o t h a t
c i t y o f e f u g e and e t e m a l l i g h t and
l i f e , where
there
s h a l l
be
no more
p a i n
and no m ore e a r s .
I f
you've n o t been
l e t t i n g
y o u r
l i g h t
s h i n e , i f y o u ' v e
been
o ne
of
those
C h r i s t i a n s
hiding y o ur
lamp,
I i n v i t e
y ou
t o
make
t h e
c h a n g e . P l a c e y o u r
lamp
o n t h e
l a m p s t a n d f o r o t h e r s t o s e e .
A sk
J e s u s
f o r
h e l p ,
f o r c o u r a g e , f o r
s t r e n g t h
t o
change y o u r
ways
and
s h i n e f o r Him.
PROJECTS
FOR
YOUR
CONSIDERATION
R e c e n t l y
we
e n t
out
a
q u e s t i o n a i r r e
to s e e
i f
you would be i n t e r e s t e d
i n
knowing about s p e c i a l
p r o j e c t s
we
a r e
r a i s i n g funds o r ,
Here h e y a r e .
Thank y o u o r our
n t e r e s t .
AUTOMOBILE...
Upon
e t u r n i n g t o Colombia, h e
van
we
r e d r i v i n g n o w w i l l
be
s o l d
and
t h e funds w i l l go
t o
wards
t h e
p u r c h a s e
o f
a
v e h i c l e
for the work here.
To a t e , we ave
$4,800.54
n t h e
automo bile fund. We r a y t h e
s a l e
o f
h e
van
w i l l
b r i n g enough
t o
h a v e n e a r l y
a h i r d o f
what
we
w i l l
need
t o purchase a n auto
m o b i l e in Colombia.
WOR UNDS...
P r e s e n t l y our monthly m i s s i o n
i n
come
i s s u f f i c i e n t f o r
paying
o ur
s a l a r y ( l i v i n g - l i n k ) , t r a v e l e x p e n s e s ,
p o s t a g e
f o r m a i l i n g s , a n d m i s c e l l a
neous f f i c e o p e r a t i n g e x p e n s e s .
When
we
r r i v e
i n
C o l o m b i a,
we
w i l l need e s o u r c e s
f o r
t h e
a c t u a l o p
eration
of the mi ss i on . These
"work" funds w i l l go f o r p r o j e c t s
and events
s uch as
tho se
i s t e d
on he
next p age.
For / j example
o fh o w ou,
our
church,
a
unday
School l a s s ,
o r
y o u t h
group can
e l p ,
s e e page .
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E e c ^ k M U P c t , c D i t S c A p r i l
9 5
The hillips* Prayer Calander
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
F r i d a y
Saturday
1 Pray h e Lord
preparesyom
h e a r t
t o worship
himtomorrow.
Invite a riend.
ray o r Mark
S t r i n g e r .
He
leads the church
i n l b a g u e .
He
s u f f e r s
major
h e a l t h problems.
3
ontinue
) r a y in g f o r Mark
S t r i n g e r ,
w h o
w i l l
comehome
t h i s month
o
s ee
h i s
doctor
for
medication.
4
ray o r
Barbara,
i s
w i f e .
May he
b e a tme
help
o
h i m i n Hying
t i mes.
5
ray
o r t h e
y o u t h
i n I b a g u e ,
^at
h e
Lord w i l l
be
p r e p a r i n g
t h e
soil of heir
hearts to h ear
h i s
word
p r e a c h e d .
6 ray for
Nestor,a
rother
in the
church
i n
I b a g u e ,
working
to g e t t h e youth
program s t a r t e d .
7
ray
o r
Nestor's wife
and hildren:
for
h e a l t h ,
s a f e t y ,
and
S p i r i t u a l
growth.
8
Ask
h e Lord
t o
reveal
h i s
w i l l
t o
you
concerning
your
involvement i n
world
evangelism.
9 ray
o r
t h e
churches in
Colombia.
Ask
the
Lord
o pour
out i s
S p i r i t on
them today.
10 Praise God
for
all
t hose who
call themselves
b y H i s name.
Maywe
e a
la m p of o v e
unto
die
world.
1 1 Pray h e Lord
w i l l provide
f i n a n c i a l l y f o r
the
workof
i e
P h i l l i p s e s .
12 Pray God i l l
provide
abundandy
o r
an u to mo b i l e
f o r
t h e P h i l l i p s '
work n
Colombia
13
Pray
God
i l l
b less t h e
K e s s l e r s , who
o
f a i t h f u l l y s e r v e
as
forwarding
. a g e n t s and give
as
riends.
1 4
Pray
God i l l
h e l p you
understand t h e
s i g n i f i c a n c e
of
Jesus'
death.
15
Pray o r t h e
many
C h r i s t i a n s
in the world who
s u f f e r p e r s e c u
ti on for Jesus'
name
ake.
1 6
Pray
h e Lord
w i l l tou h h e
heart of h o se
Chri s tmas
/
Easter
Christians
i n a e r s o n a l
way.
1 7
Pray
God i l l
be
p r o c l a i m e d
t o
the many o s t
soul s i n
Colombia s
10
major
i t i e s
1 8
Pray
o r
Teresa
Dempsey
(missionary
Mark Dempsey's
w i f e ) , x p e c t i n g
a baby o r Sep.
19
Pray o r
Mark Dempsey
as he arries on
die
work n
Bogota: o r
stren^
wisdom.
20 Give p r a i s e
t o
God's
holy
name or t h e
many
who r e
coming
o
Him
i n
a l l of
at in
America
2 1 Ask
h e Lord
t o
see
t o i t diat
th ere are
more
menand women
p r e p a r e d
t o
go
o
Latin America
o
serve ii l l - t i m e .
22
ray
o r
Steve ancy
as they spend
a
few
days
w i t h
S t e v e ' s family
b e f o r e l e a v i n g
for
Colombia.
23 Seek God
t o d a y . Seek o
s e r v e
and ob^.
SeekHis
s t r e n g t h t o do
what l e a s e s
Him.
24 rayGod
w i l l
make
afe
the
w^
o r t h e
P h i l l i p s
f a m i l y ' s
retumto
Colombia
o
serve Him.
25 Ask h e Lord
t o h e l p
you
know
what
o
pr^ s
you u p p o r t t h i s
m i n i s t r y i n
prayer.
26 AskGod o
b l e s s Nancy's
mom, lga.
As k
Him o
give
her
b l e s s i n g s
of
oy
2 7 Pr^ o r
Juan,
Nancy's
r o t h e r .
Pr^ he Lord
w i l l
lead
him n
S p i r i t u a l growth.
2 8
Pray
o r
Loyda, u a n ' s
wife.
She s
e x p e c t i n g a baby
in June.
29 Pray
today
f o r Steve's
i s t e r ,
Cindy.
I t ' s her
b i r t h d a y She's
a l s o
e x p e c t i n g a
baby n J u n e .
30
ray God
w i l l g l o r i f y H i s
name n every
church united
under His
a u t h o r i t y .
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E s i ® ^
j j j m j h O R
P k A f t l 4 4 . . .
The h i l H i ^ s ' Prayer Calender
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wedf
f ^ e s d a y
Thursday Friday Saturday
1
Pray h i s
w i l l
l b e
a
g r e a ^ year
for
th
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for
Steve ancy
Q: What re your
plans
for t he
immediatefuture?
Lord w i l l i n g ,
we w i l l be
spending t h e next nine
weeks or
so
packing
and
doing
some f i
n a l
visitations. Then we'll
spend time w i t h
my
o l k s i n
P e n n s y l v a n i a , and a
few
days w i t h my s i s t e r s i n
Texas, b e f o r e f l y i n g o u t of
Houston on May .
Q:
What
re
your
plans
for
when you actu
a l l y g e t back to
Colombia?
We l a n t o
spend a
week or
so v i s i t i n g
N a n c y ' s
f a m i l y .
Then
we
i l l g o t o t h e
c i t y
of bague (pronounced: e e -
ba-*gay)
to
look
f o r a place t o l i v e .
We
i l l a l s o
b e g i n a
y o u t h
m i n i s t r y
in
anew
hurch that
has
e e n started
t h e r e by v e t e r a n
m i s s i o n a r y ,
Mark
S t r i n g e r .
Q:Why
do ou
want
o
have
a
ministry
to
the
youth I n
Colombia?
The Lord h a s p l a c e d
on
our h e a r t s
a burden
t o r e a c h
out
t o t h e y o u t h ,
and
meet
them
on their
level.
Much s b e i n g done, and has b e e n
done,as a r a s evangelism t o a d u l t s
and small
children is concerned.
Not so
w i t h
t h e youth. This i s a
f a i r l y new a r e a
f o r
m i s s i o n work n
Colombia.
I feel the
Lord has
r a i s e d us
up o r
t h i s work.
/ ' u r
p u r p o s e :
\
t o a s s i s t t h e l o c a l
c h u r c h
i n
b e c o m i n g a\
m i n i s t r y t o t h e whole
f a m i l y ,
Our ocus:
.
h e e v a n g e l i z a t i o n of
h e a
\ o u n g
p e o p l e
i n I b a g u e , ^
nd t h e i r e d i f i c a t i o n
\
i n
t h e
f a i t h . w
THEHILLIPSFAMILY
Steve w i t h Hannah) nd
Nancy
with
Jessica)
Q:
f
your
focus is evan-
n
elism to youth, how do n
you plan
to
reach out to v
: them
with
the message f
Jesus?
n
i ]
1
u t o r i n g i n
English t o open
c
doors and make i r s t
contacts.
v
2 eaching Bible s t o r i e s
to
d i e
s
n e i g h b o r h o o d c h i l d r e n
e v e r y
h
Sunday a f t e r n o o n .
a
.
3
Opening
our house t o
those
w
ho
i v e around
us. t l
4
Using p u p p e t s , f l a n n e l g r a p h , C
and f ilm p r o j e c t o r s t o t e a c h .
f
Visits from ible characters b
every once i n a while should u
draw
some
nterest too. d
5
r a y i n g
f o r t h e
young p e o p l e
so
t h e y
w i l l
be
i n t e r e s t e d
and
r e c e p t i v e t o t h e messages we
will
share.
6
v e n t u a l l y
we ope
to e a c h
i n t o
t h e
p o o r e r
s e c t i o n s of town
by
r e n t i n g a p l a c e t o have t h e same
t y p e of program. Only i n t h i s
c a s e i t would p r o b a b l y be
on a
Saturday, and we would
o f f e r
breakfast to children of less
fortunate families.
Q:
What about ways
to
edify
them n
the
faith?
1 m i n i s t r y through small
groups
2
unday School
c l a s s e s
3 h r i s t i a n Service
Camps
4
etreats
^
5 n v o l v i n g y o u n g
I
h r i s t i a n s
i n o u t r e a c h t o
P h e i r f ii e n d s a n d f a m i l y .
Q: What is your
big g est
prayer concern?
U O u r n e m y
S a t a n
h a s h a d
h i s
s t r o n g h o l d
i n
Colombia
f o r
many
y e a r s
and
i s n t
about t o give
up h i s
p o s i t i o n of a u t h o r i t y
w i t h o u t
a i g h t . We
ust
p r a > ' f o r t h e
s a f e t y of
t h e
missionaries,
as
well
as
for
the
r e c e p t i v i t y
of h e people t o whom
we i l l
be
e a c h i n g .
A
second concern is the
matter
of mancing
t h e work.We r e
in need of work
funds .
I am
c o n f i d e n t t h e Lord
w i l l
p r o v i d e j u s t
what we
need.
What l l
do
is
s u g g e s t a
way
f o r anybody t o be
i n v o l v e d i n s u c h a way
so
a s t o be
able
t o give
a i t t l e , and do a o t
Anyone
who
reads about
t h i s need s h o u l d
p r a y
two h i n g s :
f o r
God
o
provide
f o r
our
needs,
and
f o r God
t o l a y on
t h e i r h e a r t s
a
burden for the lost and an
understanding
t h a t
t h e i r
small
donations
can
make a
ig
d i f f e r e n c e
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An
mazing
r u t h
Have
you
e v e r wondered
why
a d v e r t i z e r s pay b i g bucks t o
show
i i e i r p r o d u c t s ? T h i n k a b o u t
t .
They know t h a t i f f o r example, h e y
a d v e r t i z e on t e l e v i s i o n , t h e i r
ad
w i l l
be s e e n
b y
a v a s t m a j o r i t y o f
Americans.
Let's ass ume they
spent
$200,000
t o
a d v e r t i z e , and
t h i r t y
m i l l i o n viewers see t . I f ,
as a
e s u l t ,
o n l y two e r c e n t buy h e
p r o d u c t ,
and
t h e co mpany makes
wo o l l a r s p r o f i t
from each item sold, i t was well
worth
h e investment
of d v e r t i z i n g
You e e ,
2 f 0
i l l i o n
i s
600,000
times
$2.00
each
equals
$ 1 , 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0
The
company makes
ONEMILLION
DOLLARS
r o f i t
T o
s e e
a
l a r g e need and
i g n o r e i t
i s t o d o u b t
you
c a n
by any
means e l p . Yet,
I f you would
b e . . .
one of 50 e o p l e g i v i n g
$10
month.
Or
one of75 people i v i n g 20 month.
Or
one of50 e o p l e
g i v i n g $30
onth,
we would r e a c h our g o a l of $1,500
needed
monthly w o r k support
for
s h a r i n g t h e message of J e s u s
i n
Colombia.
Will you p l e a s e consider helping?
As f April 1st, l l s u p p o r t c h e c k s s h o u l d b e
made
o
L.A.M.P..
Inc.
and eat
to our
or warding
agent,
Ron
essler
at
2701 S. iller
St.,
S h e l b j v i l l e ,
IN.
46176.
Or
a l l
1-
317-398-0285
for
mo r e
info.
One of the needed
i n g r e d i e n t s f o r
a
s u c ce s sfu l mission
s
P r a y e r .
You
a r e an added
s t r a n d
i n
our p r a y e r l i n e t o
h e a v e n . One i s s i o n a r y
s a i d
h i s
p r a y e r s u p p o r t e r s were
h i s " l i f e l i n e ; " holding him
s a f e l y and g i v i n g him a w ay
home
from
t h e
s p i r i t u a l d a r k n e s s of
t h e m i s s i o n
f i
e l d .
We
s k
you
o
ad d
your p r a y e r s t o ours
and
t h o s e o f
many
o t h e r s so
our w o r k
may
go
forward, b l e s s e d b y G o d , and
u n h i n d e r e d b y
our
enemy.
Needed
ingredients
for sharing
Christon
the mission
field.
A
econd
i n g r e d i e n t
i s
f m a n c i a l s u p p o rt .
The
flo u r used to
make l i e cake is made
i'om
thou sands of
ea d s
of
heat.
The
money used t o c a r r y out
t h e
w o r k
comes i'om many
i n d i v i d u a l s , l i k e y o u r s e l f .
J u s t
as one g r a i n
o f
wheat
w i l l not make a c a k e , one p e r s o n ' s
e f f o r t
c a n n o t
e n t i r e l y
s u p p o r t
a
work.
We nderstand
that
i t i s a matter of
working o g e t h e r . A l l of s u t i n our
s m a l l ,
b u t i m p o r t a n t p a r t ,
and the
Lor d
b l e s s e s and m u l t i p l i e s .
Praise
the Lord with us or t he
b i r t h of
ur
e a l t h y l i t t l e boy.
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L. A. M. P. INC.
Dear
family, friends
and
supporters, June
15, 1995
s e are tinally
back
i n Colombia, after
a
wonderful
362
days in the United
States.
We
are
glad
t o
b e
back, and
want
to
thank
ail
of
you
who made our
d e p a r r . u r e
such
a n i c e
experience.
To t h o s e who h e l p e d
pack, load,
unload and
clean:
Thank you
Let
m e
share
with y o u
about
our travel
day, May 6th. After doing final
p a c k i n g " t h e n i g h t b e f o r e ,
N a n c y
a n d
I
a v e r a g e d
a b o u t
4 5
m i n u t e s
s l e e p . W e
g o t
u p bright and
early
a n d t o o k a tally
of
our
suitcases
and
carry-ons
to figure out
h o w
m u c h
damage was going t o
b e
done t o our wallet, due to hav ing to
pay
excess
baggage fees.
W e came
u p
w i t h a r . o t a i of
fifteen
suitcases, foot-lockers, or
boxes; t h r e e
carry-ons;
t w o child
car-seats,
a stroller and
fold-up crib
f o r
Samuel;
two adults, two
children
and
a
baby
in
tow. Over the phone we
had
been
t o l d w e would h ave to p a y S80.00 per piece f o r any baggage over eight checked
pieces
and
four carry-ons.
we had
been
praying the Lord would help us get by without having such
a
massive expense in moving.
We knew
others were also praying. And still others
made special donations to help with these excess ex penses. S o
with
faith
and
confidence, we set out for the
airport bright
and
early (6
A.M .) and
arrived at
Pittsburgh •nternational by
7 A.M.
Thank the Lord we arrived early. We
h a d
no
problem
getting someone to help
us g et
all of
our
stuff to the
check-in counter. There the gentleman asked if
we
understood
there would be e xcess
b a g g a g e
fees
charged
due to the
large amount
of items we were
checking in. I responded
that
I understood
and
explained
that
when you're
a
missionary
and have t o pack up
your life
and take
it
with you
the
l u g g a g e t e n d e d to
ad d
up .
T h e n the
Lord
worked a mir a c le .
T h e gentl em an
a t the
check -i n counter
talked with
a
fellow worker and she noaded her head. T hey allowed
us
to check
twelve pieces tree instead
of
eight. Then
he
courtesy checked the
stroller,
the
fold-up crib, and
the two car seats We
oniy had
to pay
for three excess
pieces
From
Pittsburgh
we flew to
Houston, where
we
met family. They brought
another suitcase
which w e
had
left our there
since Christmas.
We took
it
to the
ti c k e ting
counter
to
c h e c k it
and the
lady
ask ed to see our
ti ckets. S he saw
we
had paid excess baggage in Pittsburgh and asked i f we had already paid for th is
one too. (Now
to
be honest with you, I knew I
could
have told her "yes" and she
woul dn' t have known any di f f erent. But
I
knew that w asn't what Jesus would want
me to do). [ old h er
t he y
didn't charge
us f o r
it b e c a u s e w e didn't h a v e it
with us
yet.
She began writing and filling out
a
tag
to
put on the suitcase,
then she p u t . in on the
conveyor
behind her and
stapled
t l i e
claim ticket
in
our
ticket booklet.
She
smiled
and said, "Have a
nice flight".
T he
Lord
worked
again
and
saved
us
another S80.00 Isn't He wonderful?
The next miracle was getting all
of
our
stuff
to our place
of storage
until
finding a place
t o live.
I
had
contacted a
fellow missionary
and asked
him to
bring his car to
meet us at the
airport. I asked
him
to try to
get a
couple of
o t l i e r cars
there
too. We
found three cars were awaiting us. One was a Renault
4, one was a Renault station
wagon (small) and
one was the missionary's car which
would lake our
family and
. h e suitcases
we
would be living out of for the
next
few weeks. We asked
God
to work a miracle and shrink everything
so
it would fit.
He did I f w e h a d one
m o r e piece
or one
m o r e person
w e would have h a d t o p a y
f o r
a taxi t o move us Again
the
Lord saved us money, and
the
insecurity of taking
a taxi which can be dangerous at ni g ht.
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Ail in all, your
prayers and ours
could have imagined God was indeed
strength
to
travel (after
such little'
children
to
be well behaved the whole
d
We worship
and s e r v e
a
Mighty Goa
who
lo
need May He be praised for showing
hi
May 23,
199 )
were answered
bigger
and
better
than we
'ith us
throughout the trip giving
us
-est the
night
before).
He
caused our
ay, and nobody
got sick
or out
of
hand
< | ) k s out
f o r
His children and their every
nself
faithful
weeks and we
are beginning
to feel some
jasy to
accept, and some are hard. For
attended to with
respect
and honesty,
ou feels like being nice, you're doing
feel important, they may tell you, fo r
rnoon.
They sometimes
like to feel
they
Sort of
makes you feel small
and
to
We've been here now for a coupie oJ
of the cultural differences Some are
example,
in
any U.S. office a person is
Here, if the
worker
that is attending y
good. If,
however,
the worker decides
n o
g o o d
r e a s o n
come
b a c k i n
t h e
aft^
have the power
to
have
the
iast word
unimportant.
On
the other hand,
when
you travel
you begin to feel
sad.
The poverty is
to
get used
t o
it
because
it is every^
States,
we
feel
the
snocking realitv of
most Colombians
The vast majority of
people
earn
on what they earn. A person who earns
cents per hour. In a month they
only
ea
house you will find a
color
televisioh
purchased most of their personal belong
money. Almost very penny that
enters t l i
the
electric bill,a
nd rent. It
is
dif
and
really have
a
very
poor
ife i n g e i j i
May 29, 1995
What is eleven
year
old, b a c i l j i r ] need o f repairs, not safe
to
drive mor e
than
10
miles out of the city, with
hundreds
of thousands of
miles
o n it, with
around and see the barrios and
people,
eat here. After awhile a person begins
lere.
But after taking a
break in the
the situation
Life
here
is
hard for
ery
little
money.
They strive
to exist
ninimum
wage earns the equivalent
of 78
n $141.00. And although in almost every
, the fact of the
matter
is that
they
ngs with
Christmas
bonuses and borrowed
' house from jobs is for the daily
bread,
icult to
see so
many people work
so hard
eral.
one flat tire, o ne
headlight,
one w a r k l i
half the time,
full
of bangs
and
denrs
a
like
it hasn't
been
washed
in
the eleven years o f it's life, a motor
that
is
about shot, and would he lucky to
lirih
States? It's m y brother-in-laws
'84 Rei
a fair market value of
around 57,650.00
save in our whole year
in
the states
ng windshield
wiper, a horn that
works
nd scrapes, wi_th_an
interior
that
looks
g
5300.00
as a trade-in in the United
ault taxi, which he's trying t o sell
at
That's more than what we were able to
As
you can see, automobiles in Colombia
are
quite expensive. The
van we
drove i n the
states, which
we're asking around
52,500.00
for, would bring around
514,000.00
here.
Unfortunately,
the Colombian
government
does not allow the importatl
Honestly,
we
cannot see
investing
is
going
to need
constant
repair and con
of car . Even though we don't h a v e
the
S25 thousand to invest
in
a
car
or van
t
3n
of used cars
58 or 310 thousand
in
an automobile that
stant upkeep. We can't
afford
that kind
funds yet, we will probably need
520
to
lat
will be
new
and will serve our
needs
for many years with no worry or fear k^f breaking down
every
time we go out.
However, at this time we can't afford t
help
at kind of car either. What we need
is
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We have gone
to
the Lord in prayer. We have asked him
to
provide for this
needed tool for the
ministry
W e have asked him to
place
upon
your
heart
an
amount
uhich you can give
f or
t h i s n e e d .
W e
ask you to g iv e
i n
fa i th th a t He
will provide the means t o
do so
We
apologize that this
arri ve d to you
so
late. We
have
been unable to
send
this off t o the states due t o
being
away from
a
modern and/or printer
There
are
few
technological conveni ences here except for
those
which the Lord has provided
for
us to bring
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August
1995 PR YER
C LENDER August
1995
P l e a s e p r a y e a c h d a y f o r S t e v e ' s f a m i l y : t h e i r h e a l t h
and
s a f e t y . P l e a s e a l s o
p r a y
e a c h day
f o r t h e
i t e m l i s t e d n e x t
t o t h e
d a y ' s number.
You
i l l i n
t h i s way
be d i r e c t l y
i n v o l v e d
i n
w o r l d e v a n g e l i s m , n i t i n g y o u r s e l f
i t h
S t e v e and
Nancy
s t h e y p r a y
d a i l y
f o r t h e needs
l i s t e d below.
1
t Pray o r t h e upcoming r e v i v a l which w i l l
be
h e l d i n I b a g u e . Pray h e
Lord
works
i n t h e
h e a r t s
of
many
o draw them t o
t h e
r e v i v a l (Aug. 3-6) o h e a r
t h e
message of h e
g o s p e l
p r e s e n t e d .
2nd
Pr ay
o r
t h e
p e o p l e i n t h e c h u r c h ,
h a t
they i l l
be
b o l d and l o v i n g :
Bold
t o t e l l
t h e i r f ri e n d s a n d n e i g h b o r s about
h e
r e v i v a l .
Loving
h e f r
i e n d s
and
n e i g h b o r s enough
to
invite them o attend.
3 r d
t h r o u g h
6 t h Pray o r t h e s p e a k e r a t t h e r e v i v a l , J o r g e . Pray h e Lord s p e a k s
t h r o u g h him
n a
o w e r f u l way,
o
mo v e
through t h e word of h e g o s p e l and
t h e
S p i r i t of
C h r i s t ,
t o u c h i n g
t h e
l i v e s
of
h e
l i s t e n e r s
and
m o t i v a t i n g
c h a n g e .
Pr ay
a l s o f o r
t h e
music
d i r e c t o r and m i s s i o n a r y , M a r t i n
S a n d e r s .
P l e a s e
p r a y
i n t h e f o l l o w i n g days o r t h e S p i r i t u a l awakening of ach
of
h e
p e r s o n s
l i s t e d .
Seek
h e
b l e s s h g
of h e
Lord
upon
e a c h .
Ask h e
Lord o l e a d t h e s e p e o p l e t o a e t t e r
u n d e r s t a n d i n g of
who
e s u s i s and u s t
what He an do
o r t h e i r f i v e s ,
s h o u l d
t h e y s u b m i t
to h i s
s a v i n g
g r a c e and h i s
d i v i n e
a u t h o r i t y a s Lord.
7 t h
J a v i e /
-
a o u r t e e n
y e a r
o l d who was
a p t i z e d
i n J u l y i n a y o u t h
camp,
u t h a s
a t t e n d e d c h i r c h
o n l y one
time s i n c e .
8 t h
A n t c - n i o
-
an
e i g h t e e n
y e a r
o l d
who
was
a p t i z e d
i n
March
b u t
h a s n ' t
co me
o
c h u r c h much b e c a u s e h i s f a m i l y does
n o t
seem t o
s u p p o r t h i s new
found a i t h .
9 t h
W i l s o n - a o u r t e e n y e a r o l d
w h o ' s
f a m i l y i s s t u d y i n g t h e B i b l e . He eems
i n t e r e s t e d h u t h a s n t m a d e
any
d e c i s s i o n s y e t .
1 0 t h
J h c n
- a
h i r t e e n y e a r o l d b r o t h e r
of
i l s o n . His i t u a t i o n i s
t h e s a m e .
1
i t h
S a n d r a
-
a
i n e t e e n
y e a r
o l d
s i s t e r to Wilson and J h o n . She knows b o u t t h e Lord
and
l o v e s - t o
s t u d y t h e B i b l e , but she
seems
unready to m a k e any d e c i s i o n s . I u s p e c t
t i s
b e c a u s e
h e m a y
e e l
s h e h a s t o
g i v e up so m e
of h e
i f e
s h e s
e n j o y i n g
now a s a
young
adult.
1 2 t h Mag da
an e i g h t e e n
y e a r o l d
s i s t e r
to
Wilson,Jhon
and S a n d r a . Sh e has a o t
of
i n t e r e s t i n t h e t h i n g s
of
h e Lord a l s o ,
b u t
u s t
h a s n ' t
m ad e any d e c i s i o n s .
13th Kathy - a w e l v e y e a r o l d
who's mother was u s t
b a p t i z e d .
S h e
i s i t e d t h e
youth
g r o u p
b r
t h e
i
r s t t i m e
a s t
week.
1 4 t h
Marcela
- a e n y e a r o l d
who's mother was
a p t i z e d a l s o . S h e s
a c o u s i n
of
Kathys
and ca m e
a s t
week
o r
t h e ir s t t i m e .
1 5 t h
Y i s e l l
- a
w e l v e
y e a r o l d s i s t e r
of
a r c e i a ' s .
S h e
l s o a t t e n d e d f o r t h e
i
r s t t i m e
last v e e k .
1 6 t h
W e n dy - a
e n y e a r
o l d who c t i v e l y p a r t i c i p a t e s i n
K i n g ' s
K i d s : a g r o u p of young
p e c j l e
d e d i c a t e d t o
s h a r i n g t h e
g o s p e l m e s s a g e
i n
s o n g
a n d
w i t h c h o r e o g r a p h y.
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1 7 t h F e r n a n d o -
a
t w e l v e y e a r o l d b r o t h e r t o
Wendy.
He l s o p a r t i c i p a t e s i n
K i n g ' s
Kids.
1 8 t h A d r i a n a
-
a
i
f t e e n
y e a r
o l d who
a t t e n d s
y o u t h g r o u p . She h a s
a
l o t of n t e r e s t
i n
k n o w i n g
m o r e a b o u t t h e L o r d . P r a y
f o r h e r
f a m i l y a l s o ,
a s s h e
l i v e s w i t h a n
u n t
1 9 t h M o n i c a - a t w e l v e y e a r o l d c o u s i n of d r i a n a s . S h e a l s o a t t e n d s
y o u t h
g r o u p
f a i t h f u l l y ,
w i t h
a
d e s i r e
t o
know
m o r e .
P r a y
f o r h e r
f a m i l y ,
a s
s h e
a n d
h e r c o u s i n
a n d
t h r e e
o t h e r c h i l d r e n
l i v e
w i t h h e r p a r e n t s
i n one
room
a n d
s h a r e two
b e d s .
2 0 t h L u i s -
a
t e n
y e a r o l d f n e n d of
d r i a n a
a n d
M o n i c a .
He a s a t t e n d e d f a i t h f u l l y
s i n c e t h e f ir s t t i m e
he
came. He s a n x i o u s to
k n o w
more about the ways of h e
Lord.
His
p a r e n t s do n o t a t t e n d . P r a y a l s o
we
e t a
c h a n c e
t o
v i s i t
w i t h h i s
p a r e n t s
a n d i n v i t e t h e m
to know more b o u t th e L o r d .
2 1 s t L uz
n g e l a -
S h e i s
f o u r t e e n . Her i t u a t i o n
i s
e x a c t l y
t h e
s a m e a s h a t of u i s .
2 2 n d G u l i a n n o -
a
w e n t y - t w o y e a r
o l d
who h a s b e e n
a
h r i s t i a n
f o r
t e n
y e a r s .
He a s
a t t e n d e d
a c o u p l e o f
y o u t h
m e e t i n g s
b u t h a s b e e n
away
i" o m
t h e
L o r d f o r
a
n u m b e r of
y e a r s .
He
a y s
h e r e a l l y w a n t s t o f o l l o w t h e ways of h e L o r d . P r a y t h e L o r d h e l p s h i m
l i v e
the
C h r i s t i a n
l i f e
he
has
b e e n
c a l l e d
to
l i v e .
2 3 r d G e r a r d o - A w e n t y - n i n e y e a r ol d who
a v e
h i s
l i f e
t o t h e L o r d
a l m o s t a
y e a r a g o .
He a s n t , h o w e v e r ,
e a r n e d
t o
l i v e
a i f e d e d i c a t e d
t o
f o l l o w i n g t h e ways
of
h e L o r d .
P r a y h e a c c e p t s
a n
i n v i t a t i o n t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n a d i s c i p l e s h i p t r a i n i n g p r o g r a m I
am
p l a n n i n g
t o b e g i n l a t e r t h i s y e a r .
2 4 t h M a r l e n y -
An
i g h t e e n y e a r o l d who knows
Mark a r b a r a
S t r i n g e r .
She
h a s
a t t e n d e d o n e c h u r c h
s e r v i c e , p r o b a b l y
o u t of u r i o s i t y . P r a y t h e L o r d o p e n s
t h e
door
f o r a n
o p p o r t u n i t y t o
s h a r e
h i s
l o v e
w i t h h e r a n d h e r
f a m i l y .
2 5 t h D a r i o -
a
t w e n t y - f o u r y e a r o l d
n e i g h b o r of
u r s . He
s s i n g l e
a n d d r i v e s a t a x i . He
h a s
a n
i n t e r e s t i n
knowing
more a b o u t t h e
B i b l e .
2 6 t h Rosa
N a n c y ' s
a u n t . S h e i v e s p r e t t y f a r f ro m
w h e r e
we
r e ,
b u t s h e n e e d s a
p e r s o n a l
r e l a t i o n s h i p
w i t h
J e s u s
u s t
t h e
s a m e .
T h e
d o c t o r s
f o u n d
a l u m p
i n
l e r
b r e a s t
l a s t
week a n d t e s t s h a v e n o t y e t b e e n
d o n e
t o
d e t e r m i n e
i f
t
i s c a n ce r o u s o r b e n i g n . P r a y t h i s
t r i a l moves e r c l o s e r
t o
t h e Lord n d m o t i v a t e s h e r
t o
g e t h e r r e l a t i o n s h i p r i j h t w i t h
Him n d
n o t
w i t h
some
r e l i g i o n " .
2 7 t h J o r g e - N a n c y ' s
u n c l e .
He a s some
p i r i t u a l
a n d m e n t a l p r o b l e m s .
He
a s t r i e d a
c o u p l e o f i m e s t o c o m m i t s u i c i d e
d u e
t o p e r i o d s o f d e e p d e p r e s s i o n . P r a y h e i n d s t h e
L o r d
a n d i s set r
e e
rom h i s
i l l n e s s .
2 8 t h Mark t r i n g e r -
o u r
f e l l o w m i s s i o n a ry . He s
f if t y - f o u r
y e a r s o l d . He
s
t a k i n g
b l o o d t h i i m e r s t o h e l p
h i s
h e a l t h . P r a y
f o r
h i s c o n t i n u e d s t r e n g t h , a n d r e n e w e d t e
a l t h
a s
h e i s a
b i g m o t i v a t i o n
f o r
t h e
p e o p l e h e r e ,
a n d
a
t r u e e x a m p l e
of h r i s t i a n
l o v e .
2 9 t h B a r b a r a S t r i n g e r - M a r k ' s
w i f e .
She s a l s o a i g e n c o u r a g e m e n t . S h e i s l o v e d by
t h e p e o p l e
i n
t h e c h u r c h . P r a y
s h e
s s t r o n g a n d h e a l t h y t o o a s
s h e c o n t i n u e s
t o s e r v e t h e
Lord
3 0 t h
P r a y
f o r t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n of
h e
y o u t h
a n d
d i s c i p l e s h i p m i n i s t r i e s . P r a y S t e v ?
h a s
t h e
wisdom a n d
m o t i v a t i o n n e c e s s a r y
t o
c a r r y
o u t t h e s e two
v e r y
i m p o r t a n t
m i n i s t r t s .
3 1 s t P r a y f o r y o u r s e l f : o u r p r a y e r s u p p o r t e r s . P r a y w i t h
me
h a t
t h e L o r d
l e a d s pu o
grow a s a e s u l t of
h i s
d i r e c t i n v o l v e m e n t i n w o r l d e v a n g e l i s m M a y God
l e s s
y o d
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HELLO
TOTHE
AITHFUL:
o
those who
r e
f a i t h f u l
to our
Lord
and
Savior Jesus
C h r i s t ,
and
t h e r e f o r e f a i t h f u l t o t h e p r a y e r a n d f i n a n c i a l
s u p p o r t
o f i s work h e r e
i n
C o l o m b i a .
Today
I am
i t t i n g
i n
my
f f i c e t h i n k i n g , H o w c a n I
i t
a l l t h a t I
h a v e t o
s h a r e i n one
n e w s l e t t e r ? I t i s
i n d e e d
aLOT h a t I want o s h a r e ,
and
I h a n k
you
o r b e i n g i n t e r e s t e d
i n
knowing what
t
i s . I s u p p o s e t h e b e s t
way s
t o d i v i d e
t h i s
l e t t e r i n t o s e c t i o n s .
T h e n ,
a s
y o u
r e a d
a
s e c t i o n
you
c a n
mark
t
o f f
a n d
g o
on t o t h e
n e x t a s
t i m e
p e r m i t s .
May
o d
b l e s s
y o u
a s
you
r e a d
t h i s l e t t e r .
IBAGUE T h e
i t y
where we i v e ) .
Welcome o I b a g u e
p r o n o u n c e d e e
- ba - GAY i t h t h e a c c e n t on t h e G a y ) .
T h i s
c i t y i s
l o c a t e d i n t h e Andes
M o u n t a i n s .
I f you l o o k o n a map t h a t sho ws h e g e o g r a p h y , you
w i l l
n o t i c e
t h r e e
b r a n c h e s r u n n i n g s o u t h t o n o r t h t h r o u g h
t h e
m i d d l e o f
o l o m b i a .
We r e
c l o s e
t o t h e
v e r t i c a l m i d d l e o f h e
c e n t r a l
b r a n c h , l a c i n g us
a l m o s t
i n
t h e c e n t e r
of
olombia.
We
r e
l o c a t e d o n t h e e a s t e r n s i d e o f h e m o u n t a i n s , and due t o our a l t i t u d e we n j o y an a v e r a g e a n n u a l
t e m p e r a t u r e
o f r o u n d 72
d e g r e e s .
The
h i g h s
g e t up
t o
a r o u n d
85
some d a y s ,
a n d a t
n i g h t
t h e
t e m p ,
d i p s
down
o
a r o u n d
65
d e g r e e s .
I t i s
a
v e r y
c o m f o r t a b l e
c l i m a t e t o
l i v e i n .
I f
y o u
c o u l d s e e
h i s
c i t y f ro m
a
d i s t a n c e you
w o u l d
n o t i c e
i t
i s
b u i l t
u p - h i l l . The e a s t e r n
m o s t e n d
i s a l m o s t i k e l i v i n g
i n
t h e
p l a i n s
b e c a u s e
i t
i s
f a i r l y
f l a t .
I t i s
a l s o l o w e r t h a n t h e
w e s t e r n
end.
Th e w e s t e r n end i s s u r r o u n d e d o n t h r e e s i d e s
b y
b e a u t i f u l m o u n t a i n s . (Back n
West i r g i n i a w e m i g h t s a y t s i n a
h o l l e r , o n l y
t h e m o u n t a i n s h e r e make h e b e a u t i f u l h i l l s of
W e s t
i r g i n i a look v e r y
s m a l l ) .
The
p o p u l a t i o n o f
b a g u e s a r o u n d 3 5 0 , 0 0 0 . The p e o p l e h e r e a r e p r e t t y ri e n d l y a n d
v i l l
d a r e t o
t a l k
t o
a t r a n g e r ,
a s
o p p o s e d
t o B o g o t a . The p o p u l a t i o n i s a l s o g r o w i n g r a p i d l y b e c a u s e
many C o l o m b i a n s
a r e
f i n d i n g o u t a b o u t h e
b e a u t y
o f
h i s c i t y ,
a n d t h e
r e l a t i v e
s e c u r i t y .
U n f o r t u n a t e l y jobs
a r e
h a r d t o i
nd.
I f you
came
t o
l i v e h e r e y o u w o u l d i
nd t h e b u s r o u t e s
a i r l y
s i m p l e . T a x i ' s do n ' t u s e
m e t e r s t o
i g u r e o u t c h a r g e s
b e c a u s e
t h e b a s i c
c h a r g e
f o r a h o r t r o u t e i s 700 e s o s a b o u t 80
c e n t s ) .
A
l o n g
r o u t e , w h i c h
m i g h t a s t
a b o u t
12 o 1 5 m i n u t e s a n d
b e
a r o u n d iv e m i l e s o u t o f
t h e c i t y c o u l d
c o s t
a b o u t 1 0 0 0 p e s o s a b o u t
$ 1 . 2 0 ) .
The
i t y
h a s a b o u t f o u r m a i n
s t r e e t s r u n n i n g
u p - h i l l , a n d
down
t o w n s o n l y a b o u t 8 l o c k s
l o n g
b y
f o u r
b l o c k s w i d e .
OURHOM
A f t e r
t h r e e
LONG eeks o f e a r c h i n g we i
n a l l y
found
a
house t o s u i t o u r n e e d s . I t i s
l o c a t e d i n a
b a r r i o
c a l l e d La G r a n j a(The Bam). The o u s e s t w o t o r i e s , w i t h a n i c e p a t i o f o r
t h e
g i r l s t o
p l a y o u t b a c k . I t h a s t h e b a s i c s o f a k i t c h e n , s m a l l i v i n g
r o o m ,
m a l l
d i n i n g
r o o m ,
a n d g a r a g e o n t h e i
r s t f l o o r .
U p s t a i r s w e a v e t h r e e b e d r o o m s a n d t h e f a m i l y
r o o m .
I n
t h e
p a t i o
w e h a v e
a
l a c e f o r t h e
w a s h i n g
m a c h i n e ,
a t o r a g e
room,
n d
a s m a l l room w i t h
a
s m a l l e r
b a t h r o o m w h i c h
i s u s u a l l y
u s e d
f o r
a
m a i d ' s
q u a r t e r s , b u t
w e
l a n t o
u s e i t f o r
g u e s t s .
The d i n i n g
room h a s p l e n t y
of
windows a l l o w i n g i g h t
i n f r
om h e p a t i o , a n d a l l o v v d n g u s t o k e e p
a n
e y e
on
t h e
g j r l s
a s t h e y
p l a y .
We
i v e
on
a t r e e t
t h a t
h a s a
p o l i c e m a n
s t a t i o n e d t w o o u s e s
down,
4
o u r s
a d a y . The
r e a s o n i s
t h a t ii e r e a r e t h r e e p o l i c e
o f f i c i a l s w h o i v e
h e r e t o o , a n d t h e y r e q u i r e a r o i m d - t h e - c l o c k
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s e c u r i t y .
I t
g i v e
u s
a i t t l e more
p e a c e
of i n d h a v i n g t h e
o f f i c e
a n d t h e
e q u i p m e n t
i n
t h e h o u s e .
We
l s o d o n ' t w o r r y so much a b o u t a h i e f
b r e a k i n g
i n w h i l e w e ' r e away
a t c h u r c h .
W i t h i n one b l o c k
f r
om h e
h o u s e we
ave
two b r e a d s t o r e s ,
o u r m i n i - s t o r e s , a m a l l
f r
u i t
e g e t a b l e m a r k e t ,
a
meat t o r e ,
a
m a l l hardware t o r e ,
two
i d e o - r e n t a l s t o r e s ,
t h r e e
h a i r
s t y l i n g s h o p s , a d r u g
s t o r e ,
an d
two c e - c r e a m s h o p s
We
l s o h a v e a u p e r m a r k e t
and
a
c o m m e r c i a l
c e n t e r
( m i n i - m a l l ) o u r b l o c k s
away,
a
a r g e
f r
e s h
f r
u i t
e g e t a b l e
m a r k e t
a b o u t
s i x
b l o c k s away,
n d w e r e
o n l y
a b o u t
t e n b l o c k s f r
om
own-town w a l k i n g u p - h i l l
t o
g e t t h e r e ) .
THECHURCH
The
h u r c h
i s
i n a a r r i o c a l l e d Helen B e t h l e h e m ) . I t
i s l o c a t e d
i n
t h e
u p p e r
e n d
o f
h e
c i t y
f o r now. We r e m e e t i n g i n a e n t e d
h o u s e .
P r e s e n t l y
t h e
room w h e r e
w e
o l d s e r v i c e s
i s
o n l y b i g e n o u g h t o
h o l d f i f t
een
p e o p l e
c o m f o r t a b l y . We q u e e z e i n
a n o t h e r 15
h i l d r e n o r so n
s m a l l c h a i r s
p l a c e d up
r
o n t .
We
l s o p u t c h a i r s o u t s i d e
t h e
d o u b l e d o o r s o n h e s i d e w a l k ,
an d
we
an g e t a b o u t
60
e o p l e p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n
t h e
s e r v i c e . A ew weeks
ago
we ad
65
n
a t t e n d a n c e l T h e
c h u r c h
a l s o
p u r c h a s e d s o m e p r o p e r t y a b o u t mid-way b e t w e e n where t i s l o c a t e d
n o w
a n d t h e o t h e r e n d of
h e
c i t y .
The
o t s i n s o m e
i n d
of i t i g a t i o n s o
t h e
c h u r c h
d o e s n ' t
h o l d
t h e t i t l e t o i t
y e t . T h e r e f o r e we
o t b u i l d any
pennanent
t r u c t u r e
y e t .
We r e
p r a y i n g t h e
papers
g o h r o u g h q u i c k l y
b e c a u s e ,
as you e e ,
we
eed h e s p a c e .
We
r e p u t t i n g up a
temporary
s t r u c t u r e
o n h e l o t ,
however, o
a l l o w f o r
g r o w t h . We r e
c o n s i d e r i n g b e g i n n i n g
two
e r v i c e s
o n Sundays,
one
a t
each
l o c a t i o n . The d e a
i s
t o have
a
u n i t e d c e l e b r a t i o n s e r v i c e i n
o n e
o c a t i o n o n
Sunday
m o r n i n g s . Then
n
t h e a f t e r n o o n each
l o c a t i o n
c o u l d h o l d
s e r v i c e s i n
t h e i r
o w n
p l a c e f o r t h o s e w h o i v e c l o s e s t . P l e a s e p r a y
about
h i s
as we r e
a l r e a d y b u i l d i n g
and hope
o
have h e "new"
o c a t i o n
ready
n about
h r e e
months.
Pray
h e l i t i g a t i o n i s
s e t t l e d q u i c k l y
( b e c a u s e i t c o u l d
t a k e
y e a r s )
and
h e c h u r c h r e c e i v e s t h e
p r o p e r t y
l e g a l l y
a n d
c o m p l e t e l y
w i t h o u t any t r i n g s a t t a c h e d . P r a y a l s o
f o r
t h e c o n t i n u e d g r o w t h
o f
h e
c h u r c h
h e r e
i n I b a g u e .
HER YOUTH
Youth m e e t i n g s began t h e second
S a t u r d a y
o f u n e . We egan w i t h an a v e r a g e a t t e n d a n c e
o f
o u r .
Within
o u r t h w e e k we ad n i n e
a t t e n d . The
n e x t
v v e e k (which w a s
a s t
week)
we ad
f o u r t e e n
i n
a t t e n d a n c e There a r e
a
o t
o f o u t h
i n t h e
c h u r c h ,
and m a n y u t s i d e t h e church who
a r e aware
o f
h e i r
need o seek C h r i s t . As
' v e
s a i d m a n y i m e s
b e f o r e ,
t j u s t amazes me h e
number of
young
p e o p l e
i n
Colombia
wh o r e l o o k i n g f o r
t h e
t r u t h
-
w h i c h w e
k n o w a n b e
f o u n d
in
Jesu s
Christ
I n our m e e t i n g s
we
ave been
s t u d y i n g
i n t h e bo o k o f o h n . We
r e
answering each
w e e k
t h e q u e s t i o n Who s J e s u s ? " We r e u s i n g a h a p t e r
a
w e e k
o
f in d h e answer. Up
o
n o w h e
k i d s s e e m t o b e n t e r e s t e d i n knowing
who
e
s . I
am
r a y i n g , and
ask
you
o
p r a y , o r
them t o
l e a m t o l o v e J e s u s so much, an d e a l i z e t h a t He o v e s them so much, h a t t h e i r o n l y p o s s i b l e
r e s p o n s e w i l l
b e
o a c c e p t
him
as
h e i r
S a v i o r a n d L o r d . As t i s o f h e n i n e t e e n y o u t h
who
ave
a t t e n d e d a t
l e a s t o n c e ,
o n l y t h r e e have b ee n b a p t i z e d . W h a t
a
i
e l d r e a d y f o r h a r v e s t
Youth m e e t i n g s have
had
k i d s f rom
0
o 29 e a r s o l d . We r e
i n
t h e p r o c e s s
o f
i v i d i n g
t h a t
i n t o
s m a l l e r ,
more
manageable g r o u p s . Our p l a n
i s
t o meet on
S a t u r d a y ,
f r
om
: 0 0 t o
6:30
PM i t h
t h o s e
wh o a r e f rom
0
o 14 y e a r s of
g e .
Then
we
l a n t o meet rom :30
o 8:00
w i t h
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t h e " s i n g l e s " a g e s 20
n d
u p ) . S u n d a y s we l a n t o m e e t w i t h t h e y o u t h a g e s 1 5 t o 1 9 , rom 5 : 0 0
t o 6 : 3 0 PM. Our o a l
i s
t o s t a r t t h e s e d i v i d e d m e e t i n g s t h e s e c o n d S a t u r d a y i n A u g u s t . I t w i l l
make
u r o r i g i n a l g r o u p
seem much
s m a l l e r , and e a c h
of h e two
t h e r
g r o u p s w i l l be v e r y s m a l l
a t f i r s t . But h i s way we
a n
o f f e r
t o
a d d r e s s t h e n e e d s of a c h a g e
g r o u p
a c c o r d i n g l y , a n d p r a y
t h i s w i l l
e n c o u r a g e e a c h
p a r t i c i p a n t
t o b r i n g t h e i r f ri e n d s t o
t h a t
m e e t i n g .
TH
MINISTRY
T h e r e a r e many e e d s t o b e met
e r e
a s f a r a s m i n i s t r y
i s c o n c e r n e d .
I t
i s f r u s t r a t i n g a t
t i m e s t o t h i n k I am
o n l y
one
e r s o n
a n d I
c a n
o n l y do o
much.
T h a t
u s e d t o f r u s t r a t e me l o t
But h e
L o r d h a s t a u g h t
me h a t h e g a v e e a c h of s
c e r t a i n
g i f t s
t o b e
u s e d
f o r H i s g l o r y . He
t a u g h t me h a t we
e e d
t o
f o c u s o n
u s i n g t h o s e
g i f t s
f o r h i m , a t h e r t h a n f o c u s
o n t r y i n g
t o d o a
t h o u s a n d a n d o n e t h i n g s He a s n ' t p r e p a r e d u s t o d o . I u s e d t o t h i n k
t h e
o n l y a n s w e r was o
e n c o u r a g e more m i s s i o n a r i e s
t o come a n d
f i l l t h e s e n e e d s . Now t h i n k d i f f e r e n t l y . Though h i s
does
o t
r e d u c e t h e
n e e d I s e e
h e r e f o r many, many more
m i s s i o n a r i e s ;
p e o p l e who
o v e t h e
Lord
a n d who r e w i l l i n g t o
s a c r i f i c e t h e i r
way f
i f e
t o b r i n g t h e g o o d
news
f
J e s u s C h r i s t t o a
l o s t
and
dying
p e o p l e )
O ne m p o r t a n t
a n s w e r t o
f u l f i l l i n g
t h e
n e e d s w i t h i n t h e l o c a l c h u r c h on
h e
m i s s i o n f i
e l d
i s
t o p r e p a r e
t h e
l o c a l p e o p l e t o
d o
t T h e y t o o
h a v e b e e n
g i v e n s p i r i t u a l
g i f t s w i t h w h i c h
t o
s e r v e .
We
ust
a v e
p a t i e n c e
w i t h t h e m
a n d e d i f y
t h e m
a n d
m o t i v a t e t h e m t o
p u t
t h o s e g i f t s t o
u s e .
That s one of
t
i e
d i r e c t i o n s I can e e t h e m i n i s t r y
g o i n g .
I am d o i n g
y o u t h m i n i s t r y
so c a n
l e a d
a n d
t e a c h by x a m p l e . A l s o I am n v o l v e d i n
t h i s
m i n i s t r y
t o
p r e p a r e y o u t h
t o o n e
day e r v e . I
h a v e a
u r n i n g
d e s i r e t o t e a c h o t h e r s t o
do
h e w o r k . I
d e s i r e
t o m u l t i p l y m y s e l f . Then
w i l l
b e
f r
ee o
move
on o a n o t h e r
m i s s i o n f i
e l d and s h a r e
C h r i s t
v r i t h
o t h e r s
as
r e p a r e d
men
and
women cany on h e m i n i s t r y of h i s l o c a l c h u r c h , a n d e v e n go
u t
i n t o
t h e
w o r l d t o s e r v e
a s
m i s s i o n a r i e s
and
r e p e a t
t h e p r o c e s s .
P l e a s e
p r a y f o r wisdom n p l a n n i n g a n d p r e p a r a t i o n
t o
cany u t t h e m i n i s t r y o b j e c t i v e s
s e t
b e f o r e
me.
P r a y
a l s o
f o r t h e L o r d t o s e n d c h i l d r e n of i s , w i l l i n g t o b e t r a i n e d
a n d
p r e p a r e d t o
s e r v e .
P r a y
He i l l
h e l p
u s p l a n
a n d
p r e p a r e
a n d
cany u t o u r a c t i o n
p l a n s t o r e a c h
o u r
g o a l s
o n
t h e m i s s i o n
f i e l d i n an a c c u r a t e and f f i c i e n t manner.
We
r u l y
need
h e L o r d ' s h e l p t o n o t g e t
d i s t r a c t e d
f rom
u r m i s s i o n g o a l s ,
a n d
t o
n o t
g e t
b o g g e d
down
w i t h
" o t h e r " l e s s i m p o r t a n t
t h i n g s .
keepingintouch
You a n s e n d us - m a i l v i a
Compuserve
a t box 7 5 7 1 4 , 4 0 . We
h e c k
o u r m a i l
on Monday
a n d
T h u r s d a y n i g h t s . Or
y o u
c a n w r i t e
u s
a n d
s e n d
i t
t o STEVE ANDNANCY HILLIPS
A.A.
038
IBAGUE TOLIMA
COLOMBIA SOUTHAMERICA.
We
i l l
d o
our e s t t o answer
your
c a r d s and
e t t e r s .
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Dear
a r t n e r s
i n P r a y e r ,
Thank
you so
much o r
b e i n g
u n i t e d i n
s u c h a p e c i a l
way
i t h our
m i s s i o n work Y o u ' r e p r a y e r s a r e
i m p o r t a n t , and
e l t .
We s k t h e L o r d ' s s p e c i a l b l e s s i n g on a c h of ou and y o u r f a m i l i e s .
One of
ou
s e n t us a e t t e r(Thank
you)
nd mentioned
he had p l a c e d
t h e
p r a y e r c a l e n d a r
o n h e t a b l e
where h e f a m i l y e a t s .
That way
as h e
f a m i l y gave
thanks o r t h e L o r d ' s
p r o v i s i o n ,
t h e y c o u l d a l s o p r a y f o r t h e
need of h e d a y . What a g r e a t i d e a
Let
us
i
l l you
n b r i e f l y
on
our
work
and
l i v e s .
We r e
busy as
s u a l ) . There r e more e o p l e v i s i t i n g t h e church t h a n
we
ave
time to g e t out n a week
t o v i s i t . I
am r a y i n g
t h e y can c o n t i n u e t o v i s i t w i t h o u t t h e n e e d
f o r an
m m e d i a t e v i s i t .
We
r e
a l r e a d y h o l d i n g
a number
of t u d i e s between Mark,
enjamin
Colombian),
and
m y s e l f . There
s a l s o
t h e need t o s t u d y w i t h t h e
new c o n v e r t s to r a i n them
up
n t h e Word. I am orking
o n a e r i e s
o f e s s o n s f o r
them
to
s t u d y ,
from day to
day n
t h e i r homes.
We ay l s o s t a r t a
New
o n v e r t s " c l a s s d u r i n g one
of
h e
s e r v i c e s .
I
d o n ' t k n o w how
o keep up. Nancy a i d i t
b e s t t h e o t h e r d a y :
d o
what
you
can n
a
day
and go
o
bed
g i v i n g
t h a n k s t o
Go d o r
what you
were b l e
t o
a c c o m p l i s h . S h e ' s
r i g h t .
We
a n ' t d o
more
h a n t h a t .
I
do,
however,know of way o d o more. The
n l y
t h i n g i s ,
i t
t a k e s a o n g t i m e t o g e t t h e
p l a n
i n
m o t i o n .
I t ' s c a l l e d
d u p l i c a t i n g m y s e l f . There
has
been
a e a l l a c k
of
r a i n i n g f o r
Colombians to e a c h them how o
d o
h e b a s i c s o f
t h e work. Each C h r i s t i a n
s h o u l d
b e p r e p a r e d t o a t l e a s t s h a r e
t h e i r
a i t h . And we h a v e a
number
of i m p l e
s t u d i e s
t h a t
t h e y c o u l d
work
w i t h ,
v r i t h o u t
h a v i n g t o
have
a
"deep
knowledge"
of
God's
word.
I am e g i n n i n g t h e
p r o c e s s o f d u p l i c a t i o n " w i t h my r o t h e r - i n - l a w : G a m a l i e l . He u s t
came n
t h i s
week.
We
i l l b e g i n c l a s s e s on
a
a i l y b a s i s , a s
w e l l
a s p r a c t i c a l
t r a i n i n g
i n t h e m i n i s t r y . I w i l l i m m e d i a t e l y g e t
him
n v o l v e d i n
t e a c h i n g
some v a n g e l i s t i c m a t e r i a l s ( t h e s t u d i e s I m e n t i o n e d ) . He i l l a l s o be e a r n i n g some
E n g l i s h and
Computer. P r a i s e t h e Lord o r h i m . He
s
s t r u g g l i n g w i t h
what
o d o w i t h
h i s
i f e . H e ' s 19
e a r s o l d
and s n ' t
s t u d y i n g
i n any u n i v e r s i t y . He e c i d e d t o
come
o t h e " s e m i n a r y of e a l l i f e
(ha
ha)
nd
p u t h i s t i m e t o
good u s e p r e p a r i n g h i m s e l f o r t h e
m i n i s t r y .
I a s k
you
o
p r a y
f o r him, o he w i l l have u c h a o v e i n h i s h e a r t f o r
t h e
Lord and o r s e r v i n g
him
t h a t
he
w i l l not be b l e t o g e t d i s t r a c t e d by h e
" w o r l d ' s "
o f f e r i n g s of i g g e r
and
b e t t e r and
h i g h e r
p a y i n g . The Lord r e a l l y
n e e d s
more workers h e r e : and what would be b e t t e r
t h a n
a Colombian
m i n i s t e r i n g t o
h i s
own e o p l e ?
Pray about how a m a l i e l
w i l l s u p p o r t
h i m s e l f . We r e going to g i v e him
room
and board a t our own
e x p e n s e .
We
r a y t h e
m i s s i o n
h a s
s u f f i c i e n t
f u n d s t o p u r c h a s e s ome m a t e r i a l s he
w i l l
n e e d f o r
s t u d y i n g . We l s o
would i k e
f o r
him o
i
n d some o r t of a r t t i m e o b s o h e c a n h a v e
p e r s o n a l
income o
p u r c h a s e
n e e d e d
c l o t h i n g , h y g i e n e
i t e m s ,
and whatever
l s e
he c o n s i d e r s
needed.
Pray a l s o f o r
me.
I w i l l
need
t o s p e n d t i m e
d i s c i p l i n g
him so n
t h e
f u t u r e
we
i l l be two working
f o r
t h e
Lord,
nd n o t u s t m y s e l f . I am
l s o p r a y i n g
I can ind s ome
t h e r
young men wh o r e i n t e r e s t e d i n
p r e p a r i n g
f o r
t h e
m i n i s t r y .
T h i s
way n s ome
of
h e c l a s s e s o f f e r e d more
h a n
one
can p a r t i c i p a t e .
I t would
be
b e t t e r
t o s p e n d
an
h o u r
t e a c h i n g t h r e e t o g e t h e r , r a t h e r t h a n
spend
t h r e e h o u r s t e a c h i n g e a c h
o n e .
T h i s s a
e r y n e e d e d
m i n i s t r y
a t t h i s
t i m e .
C o l o m b i a
s o p e n i n g
up
o r t h e a c c e p t i n g of h e g o s p e l ,
a n d we
e e d
w o r k e r s
p r e p a r e d t o l e a d t h e
new
c h u r c h e s
t h a t w i l l be p e n i n g up n t h e n e a r f u t u r e .
As ou can s e e , we
re
e x c i t e d about h i s
work
I t i s s e r i o u s b u s i n e s s , and urgent
b u s i n e s s .
We eed the
L o r d ' s
s t r e n g t h
and
wisdom
t o
move
h e a d
i n
Colombia
w i t h t h e
good news of
e s u s
C h r i s t .
Pray
o r
us
s we
co nt inu e
on n t he task.
May
God l e s s you l l .
S i n c e r e l y ,
STEVE
ANCY
H I L L I PS( a m i l y ) .
PS.
Nancy
and Barbara S t r i n g e r j u s t
s t a r t e d
l e a d i n g l a d i e s '
m e e t i n g s
a t t h e church on Thrusday a f t e r n o o n s .
P r a y
t h e y h a v e a o t
of
u c c e s s
h e l p i n g t h e
l a d i e s grow n
t h e i r
f a i t h a n d l e a r n
t o
s e r v e
o t h e r s
i n l o v e . A l s o
p r a y
i t w i l l be
a means o
r e a c h
o t h e r
l a d i e s who ight
n o t
o t h e r w i s e come to
k n o w
J e s u s as h e i r Lord and S a v i o r .
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PHILLIPS
PRAYER CALENDAR FOR THEMONTHOFSEPTEMBER 995
Each
day
you p r a y
mark[X]
f f h e i t e m you p r a y e d
f o r .
[ Pray
o r
G u l i a r m o , a
young
man
b a p t i z e d
8 / 1 3
[
ray
o r
S a n d r a , a young wom a n a p t i z e d August 1 3 .
[ Pray
o r
S t e v e ancy, e l e b r a t i n g t h e i r
7 t h
Wedding
A n n i v e r s a r y
[
ray o r M ag d a , young
woman
who
was
a p t i z e d 8/13
[
Pray
o r Mark
S t r i n g e r s h e a l t h and h e a l i n g .
He
a s p r o b l e m s
w i t h h i s h e a r t .
[
Remember Mark's w i f e , B a r b a r a .
Pray
o r
h e r
m i n i s t r y
w i t h
c h i l d r e n .
[
Thank God
o r
t h e o p e n i n g of h e p e o p l e s h e a r t s t o h e a r t h e good news
[
n t e r c e e d
f o r Marco, a
young m a n who
as a n c e r
and i s
s e e k i n g God.
ray o r G a m a l i e l , Nancy's r o t h e r ,
as
he p r e p a r e s f o r t h e
m i n i s t r y .
0 A s k God o l e s s the members of
he
Belen C h r i s t i a n Church.
[
1
P r a i s e God o r
g i v i n g
t o
US
h e
m i n i s t r y
of
e c o n c i l i a t i o n . I Cor.
5)
[ 2
ray
o r
Mark e r e s a s
Dempsey's
new-bom baby
boy bom
-12-95)
[
3
Diana
s
20, i n g l e and h a s a 2
onth
o l d b a b y .
She
wants o k now e s u s .
4
S n e i d e r ,
a 21
y r . o l d g i r l
l i v e s w/ Alexander
s e x p e c t i n g
(March
6 ) .
They've been
coming
to
young
a d u l t group and
have an
n t e r e s t i n t h e Lord. Pray o r t h e i r
a c c e p t a n c e of h e
message
o f
e s u s u n c o n d i t i o n a l
l o v e .
[
5
Pray
o r
God
o
b l e s s
S t e v e w i t h
t a l e n t
f o r
g u i t a r
p l a y i n g .
There
s
a
e a l
n e e d
i n
t h e c h u r c h
and he
s
p r a c t i c i n g d a i l y .
[ 6 Pray o r t h e Lord
t o
b l e s s Steve and N a n c y w i t h a
w e l l
o r g a n i z e d s c h e d u l e
so
h e y m a y c c o m p l i s h m uc h
in l i t t l e
time.
[
7 Pray
o r t h e o t h e r
p e o p l e
who
e c e i v e t h i s p r a y e r
c a l e n d a r ,
t h a t t h e y w i l l f a i t h f u l l y
p r a y
d a i l y f o r t h e n e e d s
l i s t e d .
[
8 A sk
G o d s
b l e s s i n g on
h e
P h i l l i p s f a m i l y a s t h e y
c a r r y
o u t h i s work n Colombia.
[ 9 The h u r c h i n I b a g u e
w i l l
soon be moving t o a n o t h e r b i g g e r ) u i l d i n g . Pray
h e
Lord u s e s t h i s
f o r
growth
and not a l l o w t h i s
t o
d i s c o u r a g e some.
[
0 The y o u t h group
s
growing
s p i r i t u a l l y and i n p o t e n t i a l n u m b e r s ) . Pray
o r t h e
Lord t o u s e
t h i s
a s a means
to
b r i n g m a n y youth
to
a
s a v i n g
knowledge
o f i s Son,
e s u s
C h r i s t .
[
1 Today s
t h e V e r n a l
Equinox.
Try
s t a n d i n g
an
egg on
t s
s m a l l
end
and
t h e n p r a y f o r t h e
Lord
o p r o v i d e
food,
l o t h i n g
and s h e l t e r f o r
a l l
of h e b e l i e v e r s i n Colombia. S o m e r e v e r y ,
v e r y
p o o r ) .
[ 2
ray
o r
A d r i a n a(a 15 y e a r o l d ) . She wants
o be b a p t i z e d i n t o
C h r i s t .
3 Pray o r A d r i a n a s f a m i l y . There a r e
e i g h t
of hem who i v e
i n
one
r o o m and
s h a r e
two
b e d s .
[
4
r a y
f o r
J e s u s
A n t o n i o , a
young
man
b a p t i z e d p a s t March. He
e c e i v e s
a o t of r e s s u r e
from
h i s n o n -
C h r i s t i a n f a m i l y .
[ 5 Benjamin
s
a
Colombian n a t i o n a l
who
e l p s a o t
i n
t h e c h u r c h . He
i s
f a m i l y l e a d
a d i f f e r e n t
h o m e
B i b l e - s t u d y e v e r y n i g h t o f h e week. Pray o r him, i s w i f e and two h i l d r e n .
[
6
A sk t h e Lord to guide
us n t o
a
new o n v e r t s program,
o
s t r e n g t h e n
t h o s e who e c i d e t o f o l l o w J e s u s ,
s t r e n g t h e n i n g
t hem
i n
t h e i r f a i t h the i r s t
few mo n ths
o f
h e i r
"new" i f e .
[]
7 ray o r
L i d a ,
a
woman
who
omes o h e l p
c l e a n
t w i c e
a
week.
She s v e r y poor and i s s e e k i n g
t h e
Lord.
Pray He
i v e s
h e r u n d e r s t a n d i n g and f a i t h .
[ 8 A sk t h e Lord t o p r o v i d e funds o r a needed a u t o m o b i l e f o r t h e m i s s i o n work n Colombia.
[
9 ray o r
t h e
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h e
P h i l l i p s
f a m i l y p a r e n t s e l a t i v e s i n
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n Romania, Steve
f a m i l y
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A s k
t h e Lord
to
p r o v i d e
YOU
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an
o p p o r t u n i t y
to
s h a r e your a i t h
w i t h
a fnend t o d a y .
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LANDSLIDE NIBAGUE
Last week we a d a f o u r hour t o r r e n t i a l
r a i n pass
t h r o u g h t h e c i t y . On h e upper end of
town t h e r e a r e a
o u p l e
of a r r i o s b u i l t
a t
t h e b a s e of m o u n t a i n . The r a i n came down a n d
washed
a
huge amount
of
m u d and
d e b r i s
down
t h e h i l l .
I t
was
so
much t h a t
i n
t h e s t r e e t s
of
t h o s e b a r r i o s
t h e r e
w a s a t h r e e f o o t
r i v e r
o f mud
u s h i n g
b y .
The p e o p l e
l e a s t a f f e c t e d h a d ^ o u t h r e e f e e t of mud d e p o s i t e d
i n
t h e i r h o u s e s a f t e r t h e
f l o o d
w a t e r s
r e c e d e d .
The p e o p l e
most f f e c t e d
t h o s e
c l o s e s t
t o t h e
m o u n t a i n )
o s t t h e i r
h o u s e s
a n d e v e r y t h i n g . Some
h o u s e s
were d e s t r o y e d k n o c k e d down) h i l e
o t h e r s
were i l l e d
w i t h m u d o w i t h i n
two f e e t o f
h e c e i l i n g . Can you
imagine
y o u r whole
ir s t f l o o r ,
e v e r y room and
h a l l w a y ,
FULL f m u d o t h e
h e i g h t
o f
h e h a n g i n g p i c t u r e s ?
The government t e p p e d
i n
i m m e d i a t e l y
w i t h heavy e q u i p m e n t t o remove t h e mud.
We
h a v e p i c t u r e s of24
h o u r s a f t e r
t h e
t r a g e d y
a n d i t i s i n c r e d i b l e u s t how much
more s l u d g e
t h e r e
was o r e m o v e .
The n e x t f c y
t h e r e
were o t h e r m u d l i d e s
i n
o t h e r p a r t s
of
h e c o u n t r y .
P r a i s e
t h e L o r d ,
h e r e
i n
I b a g u e
t h e i n c i d e n t o c c u r r e d b e t w e e n
two
a n d
i
v e pm n d NO ODY o s t h e i r
lives
What
a iracle
D Y OD Y
Many
o f o u
i k e
t o know w h a t a d a y w i t h t h e
P h i l l i p s
f a m i l y s l i k e . We o u l d
l i k e
t o
s h a r e a week w i t h y o u . Our
d a y
o f f ' s T u e s d a y , n w h i c h we p e n d t i m e a s a
f a m i l y
a n d do
s p e c i a l t h i n g s w i t h t h e k i d s . Wednesday s
e r r a n d s / o f f i c e
d a y .
I t i s
a d a y s p e n t p r e p a r i n g f o r t h e
w e e k ' s
l e s s o n s
and
commitments. Wednesday n i g h t we h a v e
B i b l e
s t u d y a t t h e c h u r c h .
T h u r s d a y s s p e n t
v i s i t i n g i n t h e
e a r l i e r
p a r t o f h e
d a y . Nancy
a t t e n d s
L a d i e s
M e e t i n g
on
T h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n ( 2 : 0 0
t o 5 : 0 0 ) .
T h u r s d a y
n i g h t s
a c l a s s a t o u r h o u s e on The 7
a b i t s
o f
H i g h l y E f f e c t i v e P e o p l e . P r e s e n t l y t h e re a r e s i x
y o u n g
a d u l t s ( a g e s 19 o 22) a k i n g t h e c o u r s e .
F r i d a y
n i g h t
s
o u r y o u n g a d u l t B i b l e
s t u d y .
We
h a n g e
l o c a t i o n s f o r
h i s
s t u d y i
- o m
m o n t h
t o
m o n t h , n d we r e e n j o y i n g
S p i r i t u a l g r o w t h ,
s
w e l l
a s g r o w t h a s a c o m m u n i t y . T h i s i s much
l i k e a e l l
g r o u p .
S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g Nancy g o e s t o m a r k e t .
When
h e g e t s
home
S t e v e g o e s t o t h e
c h u r c h
t o
p r a c t i c e
t h e
s o n g s
f o r
S u n d a y
w i t h t h o s e who p l a y i n s t r u m e n t s i n t h e w o r s h i p
s e r v i c e .
He s l e a r n i n g
t o p l a y
g u i t a r .
P r a c t i c e
s
f i'om
1 0 : 0 0 a m
l l n o o n . S a t u r d a y
a f t e m o o n s
b u s y t o o .
S t e v e a n d G a m a l i e l
h i s b r o t h e r - i n - l a w )
go
o t h e
c h u r c h a t 2 : 0 0 p m
o h e l p
a n y y o u t h who
ma y
w a n t t o come n f or c o u n s e l l i n g
o r
h e l p w i t h homework. 4 : 0 0
p m
e g i n s t h e y o u t h m e e t i n g a n d
t h e r e a r e
g a m e s , i b l e
s t u d y , n d
a c t i v i t i e s
a s s o c i a t e d
w i t h
t h e t h e m e o f h e s t u d y . M e e t i n g s
u s u a l l y
end som ewhere
around 6:30
p m.
S u n d a y f i n d s u s i n w o r s h i p s e r v i c e a t 1 0 : 0 0 am. S t e v e p l a y s g u i t a r t o h e l p l e a d t h e
w o r s h i p . S u n d a y a f t e m o o n we m e e t
t
5 : 0 0
p m
or e v e n i n g w o r s h i p . P r e s e n t l y S t e v e s
t e a c h i n g S u n d a y
a f t e r n o o n s
a o u r s e o n
The
1 3 Keys o S p i r i t u a l U n d e r s t a n d i n g . I t
i s
a c o u r s e
d e s i g n e d t o h e l p t h e
new e l i e v e r
u n d e r s t a n d t h e b a s i c s
o f
h e
C h r i s t i a n
f a i t h ( i e .
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