Dear brothers and sisters, we are at a
lack of words when it comes to expressing how grateful we are with the Lord and
with you for such an amazing partnership. We are so grateful to the Lord for
all his countless blessings to his ministry of Dios Me Ve and to our family.
During this month of October, we have had a lot of activities going on in the
ministry of Dios Me Ve and in the community of the Colonia 89, where we could clearly
see how God’s all mighty hand was in control. We ask you to please continue to
have all of us in your prayers as we daily serve the Lord with our lives in the
vision that He has given us for His ministry of Dios Me Ve.
On the 7th of October God
gave the members of the congregation of Dios Me Ve, the people of the community
of the Colonia 89, our family and our brothers and sisters in Christ from Hands
of Mercy the blessing of building three small houses for three different
families in need of a home in the community of the Colonia 89. The three houses
were built for three 5 member families that were in great need of a home as
they each only had a small room for their family that they had built with
whatever material they could find (tarps, pieces of lumber, rugs, cardboard,
etc.).
It was a long day of hard work as we
had three construction projects going on at the same time in different parts of
the Colonia 89. Everyone that helped showed nothing but joy and team work as
they all came together to bless these families. It was such an incredible day
of service; the families even expressed their gratitude by making some
tortillas and burritos for all of us. The Lord was truly showing us all His
love through the lives of these families and through all His children that were
working hard as a body of Christ. Although we know what a huge blessing the
homes were for these families in need, we pray that the testimony of love that
was given that day by the so many brothers and sisters that helped would be an
even greater blessing to their lives and an encouragement to seek Christ above
all things.
This 14th of October the ministry
of Dios Me Ve was once again blessed with the visit of the students of the
Calvary Chapel Bible College Campus San Miguel. The students came to bless the congregation
and the community of the Colonia 89 with their amazing service. They lent a
helping hand with one of the construction projects that we had and they
repainted the plaza and retaining walls around the buildings of Dios Me Ve.
Since early morning everyone was hard at work painting and mixing cement for
the cement slap in between the church building and the children’s building of
Dios Me Ve. But of course their service didn’t end here.
While some of the students were working hard
painting and doing construction others were with the kids of the community. Our
brothers and sisters planned a VBS program for the kids where they had many
songs, games and activities that the kids and some adults got to enjoy, they
even had a fun skit for everyone. After so much work and fun we were blessed
with some delicious hamburgers that some of our sisters of the Bible College
and of the congregation of Dios Me Ve helped cook and prepare. It was such a blessing
to see how the students from the Bible College and the members of the
congregation were having a great time of fellowship and sharing the love of
Christ with the kids and everyone that joined us on that day. We are always so
blessed to be able to have these times of fellowship and service amongst each
other.
On
October 20th, our brothers and sisters in Christ from Calvary Chapel
Victor Ville, Calvary Chapel Redemption Hills and Calvary Chapel Apple Valley,
blessed us with an amazing Parent’s Seminar. In the Colonia 89 there is such a
great need for biblically based teachings on how to be a parent and guide your
children according to God’s will, that this seminar truly came at a perfect
time. The teachings that were shared by our brothers and sister in Christ were
such a blessing for the parents that attended the seminar, as some of the
topics and situations that were dealt in the teachings are very real to them
for they are things that they are currently facing in their homes as parents.
During
the seminar there were many parents that had several question and doubts about
parenting. Thanks to God some received the answers and encouragement that they
needed to guide and teach their children like arrows in their quiver. We praise
God for all that was said and taught that day as we know that He was in control
of it all. Towards the end of the seminar there was an open invitation to pray
for all those that desired prayer; it was during this moment where we could see
how God was working in the lives of those that went. Some of the parents that
attended the seminar are part of the community of the Colonia 89 that don’t usually
go to the bible classes at Dios Me Ve so it was a great joy and blessing to see
them sit in through each one of the teachings and ask for prayer.
After
the seminar was over we had a great time of fellowship with an incredibly
delicious taco dinner with all the parents and their children. We are always so
motived and encouraged by the visits of our family in Christ that come to teach
and spend time with the members of the congregation of Dios Me Ve, with the
community of the Colonia 89 and with us. Please continue to keep all the
families of the Colonia 89 in your prayers as there are many that have the
desire to seek the Lord but are discouraged to do so by the many circumstances
of their lives.
All
through October we were blessed with so many opportunities to serve the Lord
and share His love with the people of the community of the Colonia 89. On
October 28th we had the blessing of receiving the visit of our
brothers and sisters in Christ from Living Truth Christian Fellowship for our
yearly toy outreach. We were blessed with privilege of sharing the Lord’s love
with over 300 kids and over 100 women. Each child was able to receive a toy and
prayer and each mother was able to receive a gift, a pantry and prayer. In
addition to the toys, gifts, pantries and prayers, the Lord provided to be able
to bless the people of the community with a delicious hamburger lunch that our
sisters prepared with a great amount of love.
Sincerely,
there is always so much to do during this day as it can be very difficult to
keep so many people in order and moving smoothly in and out of the buildings
without causing trouble. We are blessed to say that on this occasion we had so
many brothers and sisters in Christ working together, lending a helping hand
and joyfully serving that things turned out great. We know that God was surely
in control of all that was done that day as none of this would have been
possible with our own strength. We are so grateful that as a family in Christ
we were once again given the opportunity to be able to bring Christmas in
October for all the kids of the community of the Colonia 89.
There
is still so much more that the Lord has in store for this community and its
surrounding areas. We hope that you can all continue to keep us in your prayers
as we move forward in the vision that the Lord has placed in our hearts. Thank
you so much for another amazingly blessed month of partnership in the Lord’s
ministry of Dios Me Ve. We pray the Lord continues to bless you always; as for
us, we will remain in the battle ground were the Lord has placed us faithfully
serving Him in all things.
