"For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being ROOTED and grounded in LOVE, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the LOVE of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen."

~Ephesians 3:14-21

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Men Working on Construction & Day One Matara Area Ladies Bible Study and VBS







"I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive."

~Acts 20:35

All the men are continuing the construction...working hard each day!


Rick and Buddy in the Wood Shop!


PRAYER FOR MERCY

Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord;
Nor are there any works like Your works.
All nations whom You have made
Shall come and worship before You, O Lord,
And shall glorify Your name.
For You are great, and do wondrous things;
You alone are God.

~Psalm 86:8-10


Working with this church in an area called Mantara ~ this is the only Baptist Church in the area!

Leading a Bible Study for the Ladies...focusing on Prayer and Mediation from what we learn from David in Psalm 86. Thank you Emily for helping translate so all could understand!

Making Bracelets with the Ladies...they loved designing the beads with their own style!

Thank you Sarah, Kay, and Glenda (NC Team) for bringing the jewelry kits to Peru!

Helping each lady one by one to fit each bead!

Spending time with each special lady...encourage them all to follow Jesus Christ and to pray for strength and courage as they teach their children!

Please continue to pray for these ladies...we had 25 in attendance for the first day!

Some shared struggles and hardships...so many other gods being preached in this area. Pray that they will put their trust in the one and only true GOD!

We had an unexpected surprise...a group of Catholic School children showed up and wanted us to have a small VBS with them in the morning...PRAISE GOD for this unexpected blessing to be able to teach them the WORD!

Pray that each child will one day have a personal relationship with JESUS CHRIST!


Taking a break after lunch as we waited for children to arrive for VBS!

One by one they started to arrive!

First day 58 children showed up at the church to fellowship and learn about JESUS CHRIST!

Many loving children...so excited to give us hugs and kisses!


"Jesus said, Let the little children come to Me" ~ Matthew 19:14a

Celso leading our music!

Singing as loud as they could with smiles on their face!

Glenda and Emily worked with the older children!


Decorating their crosses with a Bible verse on the back..."Trust in the Lord with all thine heart" (Proverbs 3:5a).

Learning about Baby Moses!

All the girls and boys loved bringing their pictures up to us to show us their new picture!

The children were well behaved and really focused in on the story of Moses and how he trusted in GOD!

Thank you Lord for sending each child...
"So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it."
~Isaiah 55:11

Returning to Villa Milagro after the day in Mantara...Rick showed Autumn and Sailor their new beds!

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