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Oh my…these are the Kuna Indians that we ministered to this last year on our mission trip. Please pray for their safety from the Columbian druglords! I so hope we get to go back there again someday. They truly were a unique and gentle people group!

We are still working hard on the Pesina Project and would greatly appreciate your prayers! Check out the website from time to time or go there and subscribe at HelpThePesinas.com Once you are there, click on the latest news part of the site.

Just a few pics from the first day of National Bible Quizzing.  I am here as an encourager to the 5 Midland Teams, photographer, and chaperone to 3 of our students who qualified…Andy Charles, Irene Moore, and Craig Graves.  The competition level is very high and everyone seems to be having a great time.  Last night we had the privilege of hearing John Piper preach at the opening rally.  He did a wonderful job (as usual).  He preached a powerful message full of interesting insights, lots of Scriptures, and that genuine Piper passion for treasuring Christ as your SUPREME value in life!!!  I love that about Him.  Piper inspires me to treasure Christ and be satisfied in Him.  Actually I believe Piper is just on to something that I think God has always wanted us to realize. 

He is definitly someone I look up to in the Lord!  I am currently reading my second John Piper book, Let the Nations Be Glad, and am enjoying every minute of it.  We got to visit with him a little after the rally.  What a blessing it was to hear him preach as enthusiastically as he writes books.  May we all seek to treasure Christ as #1 and be completely satisfied in HIM!

May we all live by this verse….

“For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.”        Philippians 1:21

Pray for Andy, Irene, and Craig and the 32 other Midland quizzers as well as the hundreds of other National quizzers here that the Holy Words that they have memorized would burn on their hearts and come back to benefit them greatly in their walks with the Lord!  I pray we will all commit time to Bible memorization as we follow Christ.  I have about 13 verses in Ephesians and plan to do more while I am here.  Who knows when we might need these verses and not have a Bible handy. 

The SPOKEN Word is powerful!

“I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.”      Psalm 119:11

As you probably know I am stepping out in TOTAL FAITH right now, as we are underway on this project to provide a home for the Pesinas. I believe God wants them to have a permanent home in the south end of St. Joseph, and I believe that God has a GREAT plan for their lives! I have the chills right now as I even think about what exactly that might be with the growing number of Hispanics in the “Southside”. My dear friends, I implore you and request your prayers. I believe God wants to do an amazing thing in this community regarding His Kingdom.

There is a mission field right HERE in our midst!!!!

Please join with us and pray, spread the word for this project to give the Pesinas there home back. A home for their beautiful children!!! A home that is a testimony to Jesus Christ and of those who claim His name as Christians! Lets show this community just how much we mean what we say when it comes to following Christ and the Word of God!!! A new home their in the southside for the Pesinas would not only meet their needs, it would SPEAK LOUDLY for years to come as a testimony of what God can do through people who want to do HIS WILL! I am soooooooo excited about this. I know without a shadow of a doubt this is what God wants!!!!!!!!!!

Will you help?

I say give sacrificially (till it hurts), pray till the knees are worn out on your pants, share the vision with others until you have talked so much that you lose your voice, and love other people so much that your heart is completely overwhelmed with JOY! That is what I plan on doing!

I don’t believe that God needs us to accomplish this but I believe He wants us to accomplish this task. I also believe that it is just going to be an incredible and unforgettable blessing to be a part of God’s plan for this project and how He will use it to reach people for His Kingdom! This is a BIG BIG DEAL!

Please check out the website for other updates!!!

About the Task : Help the Pesina Family

God Bless You All!

Tonight the Pesina family home collapsed after what was either high winds or a tornado swept through. The whole family was inside the home, except San Juanita and Marisela who were on the van with Shane. Most of you know their children who come to church with us on Wednesdays and Sundays. The family lived on the top floor of an old bldg in the southside of St. Joseph. There is nothing on the bottom floor. They have 9 children including the new baby that was born 4 months ago. While sitting in their home tonight the whole house collapsed and caved in sending them through the floor. The teenage boy was sent to the hospital by ambulance from an injury caused by an appliance hitting him during the collapse. The rest of the family is now being cared for by the Red Cross.

Tonight as I was holding 2 yr old, Miguel Pesina, in my arms just behind their recently demolished home. He was shivering and had no shoes on, so I wrapped him up in my jacket. I asked him if he was scared and he just shook his head yes. Then he looked at me and said “my house broke”. I said “I know buddy.” Then he said it again, “my house broke”. A few of the kids were sitting there confused in the van beside me and tears welled up in my eyes. I have grown to deeply love Ricky, San Juanita, Marisela and their siblings over this last year that they have been coming to church with us! Ricky and Aaron (my son) have gotten to be good friends and so Ricky asked me if Aaron was ok. I thought to myself how blessed I was that we still have our home. Then I thought how kind of him to be concerned about my son after his house had just been destroyed! Man I love that kid. Every Thursday I see him at Hosea (his school) and he runs into my arms for a great big hug. I can’t imagine what was going through their minds as the walls and floor of their home crashed to the ground. Please pray for them!

Tomorrow, Aaron and I’s ministry is to drive them around to by clothes, groceries, and to get their car out of impound. They have to start from scratch. Please pray for this family. God has spared their lives miraculously only 1 out of the 11 were injured and none were killed. I don’t know how long the Red Cross will be able to help them? But eventually they will need a place to live in the south end close to their job. The mom and dad both work at Triumph Foods. Please pray we can be the hands and feet of Christ during this difficult time. Maybe God can use this situation to get the parents to church as well! Until then, please pray for the new baby, Maria and Fermand (the parents), and San Juanita, Marisela, Fermand Jr.,Ricky, Juan Carlos, Jose, Sergio, and Miguel. What if it were your home and your children????

Tonight at SQ632, our outreach event for 7th through 12th graders, we watched parts of Passion of the Christ. Whenever I see this movie or the parts where Jesus is being mutilated, I am tempted to turn my eyes away at the gruesome parts. But fighting back the tears I force myself to watch it. I have to force myself to watch it so that I can remember just how incredibly awful it was for Jesus and what a huge price it was that He paid for me and for you because of our sin. That way maybe it will leave a lasting enough impression in my mind to truly be thankful and humble to the one true God, who UNDERSTANDS and has experienced the very worst pain and suffering.

After SQ632 is over there is always a chance for students to respond to God and pray with a counselor. Tonight 2 out of the 47 kids responded in prayer. I was so blessed to pray with a 7th grader named Destiny. She goes to church fairly regularly but for the first time was understanding the magnitude of the sacrifice that Jesus made and that her life was not where it should be and so she prayed for this Jesus to be her Lord. I am looking forward to building a friendship with Destiny and keeping in touch with her. I see her every Monday and Tuesday at her school when I volunteer there and then she comes to SQ632 on Monday nights. Please pray for her!

If you have forgotten how great the love of God is you might pick up a copy of the movie “Passion of the Christ” if you don’t already have it and watch it especially now with Easter coming. Then spend a little time in prayer afterwards. Watch it and REMEMBER Jesus!!! Remember the sacrifice, remember how God hates sin, remember the cost, and most importantly remember the LOVE of GOD!!!!