July 15, 2008
The students assigned to GWP are Walter Osorio, Olvin Flores and Ricardo Bordas. Ricardo was away at his PAM, that’s why you haven’t gotten any reports from him. He was working in Barquisimeto, Venezuela for the whole 6 months.
www.baxterinstitute.edu
Thanks,
Steve
Please pray for these students as they grow and learn how to teach the gospel and plant churches!
Monday, July 21, 2008
An update on the brand new church in Cartagena - a note from Gary Hall (7/9/08)
July 9, 2008
Hello brothers,
The church in Cartagena has already begun, since we have been meeting as a church from the first sunday of June (having our first new member on that same day). But the day of the special "inauguration" event is almost here, and I feel it a blessing to for that day to come soon, and to see some of my brothers from Bowling Green as well. Our situation over here has had a sudden and drastic change (for the better). I have been well, thanks to the Lord. My mom is also doing ok, as she says, in Panama. We comunicate very often through the yahoo messenger. I hope everything is well with all of you. May God always bless and keep your lives.
-- G. J. H. O. (June report attached)
Gary Hall's June Report
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” Eph.3:20-21.
To God be the glory! May the Almighty which is in u and within us bless you all in this day. We hope that you are enjoying the Lord’s blessings the same as we are here. We are encouraged for our work that we do in His name, since He is the one that gives us strength not regarding troubles and difficulties we may face.
Just as how we announced to you before, Sunday June 8 was the beginning of the new Church of Christ in Cartagena, with our first worship service and our first baptism. Our attendance in June has been as follows: the first Sunday we had 12 adults and 5 children; on the second Sunday we had 16 adults with 6 children; on our third Sunday they were 18 adults with 5 children; and our fourth Sunday, 18 adults and 6 children. We have not had less than 2 visitors per Sunday that we have met, of the same people that are studying the Bible with our evangelistic course. However, besides all these blessings, we had to go trough a lot of trouble for not been able to make changes to expand the place we rented in June to meet as a church (we learned we couldn’t take down some rooms to have an ample auditorium, because the roof would then fall on us). Other than that, we were seeing less money in our power to use for different working needs, because the dollar was constantly loosing its value. On top of that, the worry for a place to rent for our inaugural service had us all, since we didn’t know what we could do about that. But as the text that we quoted above makes us think, there is power in the Lord, and he has done “immeasurably more” than what we could think or imagine. First of all: the dollar has been raising its value at a never before seen rate since last week, which hasn’t been seen since we came to Cartagena; secondly: a building that was previously occupied in the exact location where we had dreamed of having the Church’s worship place, was left empty (by work of the Lord) giving us the opportunity of renting this building that is exactly what we needed. And in third place, the Lord added two more people to his church on the day of our last worship service of June through baptism. We hope that you may take part with us in our joy.
We are anxious to see you once more at the end of this month, and we are preparing for the day so it may be of blessing not only for us and you, but also for every person that will assist to this very special event (our inaugural serviced is programmed for Sunday August 3rd, 4:00 p.m.).
Hello brothers,
The church in Cartagena has already begun, since we have been meeting as a church from the first sunday of June (having our first new member on that same day). But the day of the special "inauguration" event is almost here, and I feel it a blessing to for that day to come soon, and to see some of my brothers from Bowling Green as well. Our situation over here has had a sudden and drastic change (for the better). I have been well, thanks to the Lord. My mom is also doing ok, as she says, in Panama. We comunicate very often through the yahoo messenger. I hope everything is well with all of you. May God always bless and keep your lives.
-- G. J. H. O. (June report attached)
Gary Hall's June Report
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” Eph.3:20-21.
To God be the glory! May the Almighty which is in u and within us bless you all in this day. We hope that you are enjoying the Lord’s blessings the same as we are here. We are encouraged for our work that we do in His name, since He is the one that gives us strength not regarding troubles and difficulties we may face.
Just as how we announced to you before, Sunday June 8 was the beginning of the new Church of Christ in Cartagena, with our first worship service and our first baptism. Our attendance in June has been as follows: the first Sunday we had 12 adults and 5 children; on the second Sunday we had 16 adults with 6 children; on our third Sunday they were 18 adults with 5 children; and our fourth Sunday, 18 adults and 6 children. We have not had less than 2 visitors per Sunday that we have met, of the same people that are studying the Bible with our evangelistic course. However, besides all these blessings, we had to go trough a lot of trouble for not been able to make changes to expand the place we rented in June to meet as a church (we learned we couldn’t take down some rooms to have an ample auditorium, because the roof would then fall on us). Other than that, we were seeing less money in our power to use for different working needs, because the dollar was constantly loosing its value. On top of that, the worry for a place to rent for our inaugural service had us all, since we didn’t know what we could do about that. But as the text that we quoted above makes us think, there is power in the Lord, and he has done “immeasurably more” than what we could think or imagine. First of all: the dollar has been raising its value at a never before seen rate since last week, which hasn’t been seen since we came to Cartagena; secondly: a building that was previously occupied in the exact location where we had dreamed of having the Church’s worship place, was left empty (by work of the Lord) giving us the opportunity of renting this building that is exactly what we needed. And in third place, the Lord added two more people to his church on the day of our last worship service of June through baptism. We hope that you may take part with us in our joy.
We are anxious to see you once more at the end of this month, and we are preparing for the day so it may be of blessing not only for us and you, but also for every person that will assist to this very special event (our inaugural serviced is programmed for Sunday August 3rd, 4:00 p.m.).
Jamileth's Reaction - a note from Jonas (7/17/08)
On July 17, 2008 we received this response from Jonas Chavez regarding Jamileth:
Brother Mike,
Yesterday night Javier, Brenda and myself talked with sister Jamileth and we gave her the good news and she cried very exited giving thanks to God and to the church in Bowling Green for this demonstration of your love. Today she quitted to her job and she finally spent her first day with her kids, she is very happy and full of hopes.
We were very clear with her about several requirements socials and moral that she has to fulfill so that she can receive the help from you and the next 15 months.
I will leave tomorrow to Ometepe island where I will be one week helping to a group of students of the Bible to establish the church in that place, for this reason we will not start immediately the construction of the house of Jamileth but we will start in the firsts days of August, Jamileth already knows about this, thank you very much for everything.
JONAS CHAVEZ
Brother Mike,
Yesterday night Javier, Brenda and myself talked with sister Jamileth and we gave her the good news and she cried very exited giving thanks to God and to the church in Bowling Green for this demonstration of your love. Today she quitted to her job and she finally spent her first day with her kids, she is very happy and full of hopes.
We were very clear with her about several requirements socials and moral that she has to fulfill so that she can receive the help from you and the next 15 months.
I will leave tomorrow to Ometepe island where I will be one week helping to a group of students of the Bible to establish the church in that place, for this reason we will not start immediately the construction of the house of Jamileth but we will start in the firsts days of August, Jamileth already knows about this, thank you very much for everything.
JONAS CHAVEZ
Helping a sister in need... (7/13/08)
July 13, 2008
The missions committee recently approached the Greenwood Park family to meet the need of a sister in Managua, Nicaragua, who was having to leave her two preschool children home alone during the day to work. Greenwood Park responded far beyond what what was asked and we are now able to have the Jose Dolores congregation help Sister Jamileth in the following way:
The missions committee recently approached the Greenwood Park family to meet the need of a sister in Managua, Nicaragua, who was having to leave her two preschool children home alone during the day to work. Greenwood Park responded far beyond what what was asked and we are now able to have the Jose Dolores congregation help Sister Jamileth in the following way:
- $2,000.00 US to construct a house and buy furniture
- $200.00 US per month for the next 15 months for her monthly expenses including medicines, education, food and living expenses. These funds now allow her to quit her job and stay home with her children.
Jonas and Brenda Chavez will keep us informed regarding how Jamileth is doing during this time. She knows she is expected to take good care of her children and lead a life Christ would be proud of, and we know the Jose Dolores congregation will help her do that. In addition, we are looking for ways she can earn money from her home. If she is able to sew, for example, we would consider buying her a sewing machine.
Thank you, Greenwood park family for your generosity and love for our brothers and sisters around the world!
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