As we start off the Holiday season we have no better way to express our thankfulness then to share this photo of those that were baptized late this summer..... Isn't the Lord good? This scripture verse in Galatians has sustained us during a very difficult and challenging year. As we keep our eyes on Jesus and are faithful in helping others to do the same, the Lord has given us the privilege of seeing the fruit as we wait on Him. In the book of James he tells us that trials produce patience, and patience perseverance which allows the Lord to complete His perfect work in us! This year has been extremely difficult for many in the body financially, physically, and even for some spiritually. Those who have committed themselves to learning God's Word have seen the blessing of maintaining there eyes on Jesus even during the most difficult of times.
These have been a few of the many who have taken that step to completely surrender to the Lord's will in their lives.
We had a Ladies brunch closing our Spring study in the book by Ann Graham Lotz, "The Magnificent Obsession", a study in the book of Genesis about the life of Abraham. It was extremely wonderful and very challenging to these ladies to give up everything to follow the Lord. Many women here live in un-wed relationships. There are usually children involved which makes it difficult for them to change their living situation. Several have felt the conviction of the Holy Spirit and have gotten married and right with the Lord. Please pray the Lord would keep convicting hearts and draw the ladies into obedience. Many decisions were made to follow the Lord. Now the tough part comes in, leaving everything behind to follow Him! But many are doing it! We praise the Lord for His power to save us from even those impossible situations!
Life continues to bloom in the lives of these kids at CCMS. They grow with each passing day and we have the pleasure of being able to sow into their spiritual and academic lives! These children come and learn English, Math, Reading, and Writing 3 times a week. Thanks to our faithful supporters they are able to eat a balanced meal after class. They are learning to pray and honor the Lord in their behavior, speech, and testimony. The church vans go out to the Colonia's of Laguna del Valle and Salitrillo on Sunday's to bring the kids and their families to hear the Word of God shared by Pastor Bill and our Sunday School teaching team. What a blessing to be able to have open hearts committed to hearing the Lord's Word so readily.
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| Sarah and America our Kinder Teachers play Twister with the kids! |
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| The Youth at our Lock-in doing their Bible study in the book of Ephesians
The church continues to grow...new people and new decisions for Christ! Pastor Bill continues in the book of II Timothy on Sundays and Ezekiel on Wednesday. The body is thrilled with God's Word and we are so blessed as we know it is a challenge to stick in there week after week. The Youth continue to grow and serve the Lord and fall in love more and more with Jesus as they face so many challenges in the World...He sustains them. In about 3 weeks we will be having our Christmas Outreach for the Colonia in Laguna del Valle. Please keep us in prayer as we have less resources this year to make these outreaches happen...we are trusting the Lord for His provision as we see Him time after time show up. If anyone of you would like to help in this please follow the instructions to make your tax-deductible donations at the bottom of this letter.
For all of you who already support the ministry of Calvary Chapel Puerto Vallarta....Thank you, thank you! May the Lord bless you and keep you and make His face to shine upon you!
We are in the process of getting ready for our Thanksgiving meal this evening so I will continue our update tomorrow as I will have a chance to report what others are saying in the Body about the blessing the Lord has shared with them this year. I pray that the Lord grace abounds and is sufficient for everything you may be facing in your life at this time, and that He will continue to help you draw nearer to Him in these coming days even though you may be facing great trials....they will bear fruit if you keep your eyes on Him! God bless and see you tomorrow!
Love, Pastor Bill and Renee' Martin
For your tax-deductible contributions you can go to this link: http://www.globaladventures.org/ If you would like to donate to our Christmas Project choose Calvary Puerto Vallarta Building Fund. If you would like to support the Martin Family you can do that as well on the same page. |
