YOU ARE NOT AN ACCIDENT
Devotion by Rick Warren
Purpose Driven Life
God never does anything accidentally, and he never makes mistakes. He has a reason for everything He creates. Every plant and every animal was planned by God, and every person was designed with a purpose in mind. God's motive for creating you was His love. The Bible says, "even before He made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in His eyes" (Ephesians 1:4).
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| Sarah Dyson teaching the Bible Study which focused on how special everyone is to God! |
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| "You are no accident...God has a PLAN for your life!" |
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| Reading Scripture from the Book of Romans "But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach):that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." ~Romans 10:8-9 |
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| Please pray for all these special ladies of Matara...many without husbands left to raise and support their children! |
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| Special friends...many sharing personal testimonies of their faith in God! |
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| Thank you Sarah Dyson, Kay Drew, and Glenda Huffman for teaching the ladies how to make beautiful ribbon bookmarks! Everyone who attended loved hand-sewing and designing their own bookmark with buttons! |
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| This lady walked over an hour to attend the Bible Study each day with her mother! |
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| Taking a break with Celso to eat lunch! |
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| GIRL TIME...sharing our journeys and the paths we all have taken to get here today! |
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| Prior to the VBS in the afternoon, we found out that the Mayor of Cajamarca was visiting in the Plaza with a very special surprise for all the kids in this area! The Mayor provided each child with their own book-bag filled with school paper and pencils! |
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| Hundreds of Children Lined Up! |
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| The Mayor greeted each child and handed them their NEW book-bag! |
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| So sweet seeing each child SMILE and very happy to have new school supplies! |
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| After the event in the Plaza, the children started arriving for VBS! |
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| Laughing and Singing...Ready for Day 2! |
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| Kay worked with the smaller children...AMAZING job teaching them about Baby JESUS! |
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| We wanted to HUG and HOLD them all...they were all so precious! |
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| Making RAINBOWS for craft time after we discussed God's Promises! |
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| Glenda & Emily leading the older class...rain poured down and we all tried to dodge the water drips coming from the adobe style ceiling above! |
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| Celso did an amazing job as the rain continued to come down teaching the kids about Noah and the Ark! |
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| Back on the farm, all the men worked hard on completing the new desk and chairs for the students at Monte Sion School! |
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| The men organized an assembly line...each person working hard to complete all 50 sets! |
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| Loading each one up to take them to the school! |
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| The NC Team members were greeted by EXCITED school students ready to help them carry each desk inside! |
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| A moment this team will never forget...as many children received new desk! |
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| Sarah and Rick with their long time friend, Chino. They have known him since he was a young child and now he is teaching Physical Education at Monte Sion! |
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| Stopping by classrooms to say HELLO! |
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| NC TEAM From Left: Bill Gregg, Sean Heath, Buddy Barker, Dale Morrison, Ben Huffman, Rick Dyson, Sarah Dyson, Glenda Huffman, Willis Drew, Ken Huffman, Kay Drew |
