March 2013

Over the next two weeks our Colombian SAM team will be hosting 2 teams from churches in South Carolina.  The first team will be working in the northern part of Colombia constructing a dining room for a theological school (CENFO) that serves the Wayuu indian students that are studying to become pastors and leaders.  They will be living just like the Wayuu for 4 days as they sleep in hammocks and endure the tough living conditions as they work.

The second team will be working with a daughter church in a town called Cienega (Swamp in Spanish) sharing the gospel in schools and with people that live in close proximity to the church.  I will be working closely with this team as we use the Evangecube to share about how much Jesus loves us.  For the last couple of months I have been working to prepare the Colombians in the church how to share their faith using the cube.  This has been a blast getting to know fellow believers that have a passion for the gospel.  I'm so excited to work shoulder to shoulder with them.   

Please be praying for both of these teams as God will be working in them and through them.  It can be a tough adjustment entering into the Colombian climate, so please pray that God will give them the strength to do what God has called them to do.  Also, pray for our team and the Colombian nationals that we will be working with.  Short term teams can have a tremendous impact on the Colombian church and we are praying for great things to happen over the next two weeks.

Please pray for those that will hear the gospel for the very first time over the next two weeks.  We have a tremendous opportunity to see God change lives and to watch people pass from death to life.  Please stand with us.  

Prayer Requests:

1.  That we would proclaim the name of Jesus loud and clear.

2.  For all the details and logistics as we host both of these teams.

3.  Pray for the members of the teams that God would speak clearing to them in a very personal way.

4.  Pray that the Colombian church would be encouraged and would understand that we are here because of how much God loves them.

5.  Pray for safety as we travel and as the team eats things that maybe their stomachs have never tried.

Praises:

1.  We serve a God that goes before us - we never have to worry or doubt.

2.  That God has provided the resources not only for us to be here but for others as well to minister and encourage the Colombian church.

3.  Baby #4 is still growing and Amanda is feeling better than she was during the first several weeks. 

4.  Our ministries are seeing fruit and we have seen two women recently come to a saving faith in Christ... Praise God!

5.  God is allowing us to deepen some important relationships with the youth in the church.  

Finally, thank you for all of your prayers and your sacrificial support.  We are so thankful for each and every one of you that God has put in our lives.