A letter went out last week to folks that have either participated or supported trips through Partnership Ministries to ask for volunteers to return to Nicaragua... we have our first response from a former Cambodia team member, Greg Anderson, who now lives in Tulsa! Welcome aboard, Greg! We also have Jim Odell who helped Rigoberto's dream of the church in Bluefields transform from a sketch on paper to reality (Jim affectionately was known as "The Brain" who partnered with Dave Leahy, AKA "Pinky" - together they were going to take over the world!!). We also have Joel Shue, who works with our youth group and Cherith VonBerg, one of our February Bluefields team members, who will be volunteering at a horse camp in Oregon but will take a hiatus to meet us in Managua - we hope to have more updates later this week! Sounds like there is interest from Lodi, CA and maybe Haverhill, MA - we serve an awesome God!
Paul's greetings in 2 Thessalonians 2: 1-4 echoes our sentiments exactly... However, instead of the church in Thessonalica, it is the church in Bluefields that we extend this greeting to...
Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing. Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.
En español... 2 Tesalonicenses 2:1-4
Ahora bien, hermanos, en cuanto a la venida de nuestro Señor Jesucristo y a nuestra reunión con él, les pedimos que no pierdan la cabeza ni se alarmen por ciertas profecías, ni por mensajes orales o escritos supuestamente nuestros, que digan: "¡Ya llegó el día del Señor!" No se dejen engañar de ninguna manera, porque primero tiene que llegar la rebelión contra Dios y manifestarse el hombre de maldad, el destructor por naturaleza. Éste se opone y se levanta contra todo lo que lleva el nombre de Dios o es objeto de adoración, hasta el punto de adueñarse del templo de Dios y pretender ser Dios.
We shall return to Bluefields! April 26th is our tentative departure date and May 5th is our proposed return date - all pending arrangements for flights. So far, we have a small handful of positive responses and the letters just went out! We anticipate that God will provide a complete team of 15+ to make our ways from all parts of the country... we will make plans for traveling once again by air to Managua then by bus to El Rama (where the road ends!) and eventually down the Escondido River to Bluefields. We look forward to working side by side again with our brothers and sisters in Christ and to send our personal greetings to the newly formed church headed by Pastor William.
If you are reading this and want to know how to help by praying for us or financially supporting our efforts, leave a comment and I will help you make the right connections! Or, my email is
missionink@gmail.com.
No comments:
Post a Comment