God has granted us various opportunities to serve and to achieve the great commission that He has sent us to do in Venezuela. We have continued to build relationships, strengthening an ongoing children's ministry and had opportunities to lead and participate in the worship ministry at Shalom Baptist Church in El Vigia.
We were also sent to Tabay, Merida, for four days (about three hours away from El Vigia), the main goal was to evangelize in the town. This was truly a learning experience because I had to think about the best way to share God in a short amount of time and to stay focused, I was a messenger to the person who opened the door and I knew it was crucial that I said what God wanted me to say. We knocked door after door everyday to share God with people, we were able to minister to youth, adults and elderly, some people were interested to know more and we were able to arrange second visits with a Tabay missionary that would visit again to share more. Tabay was wonderful, as well as Mucurutan which was about 15min away from Tabay, Mucurutan was the location of our four day host home, mountain scenes surrounded the home, seeing the view was overwhelming beautiful. Here at Mucurutan was the first time in 10 days that I finally got to shower in warm water, it felt great. Our hosts were also kind enough to take us in a Jeep excursion to Sierra Nevada where we were able to walk the mountains and taste the water of Rio Chama.
This week we have began to serve in Jesucristo El Salvador Church (Kilometro 9, Merida), we will be serving in this church for a week through children's and youth ministry, visiting a Mission that the church has, evangelizing and much more, our group has already had an opportunity to lead worship and deliver a message and helped lead the ministries, its amazing how God has worked in this church when they have only been established as a church for 7 months. The people have been very welcoming and are excited to have us serve there. I feel blessed that we have been surrounded with people that have been hospitable to us and want to provide us with the best that they have through out this journey.
There's more work to do! I pray that I continue to have the motivation and strength to continue to wake up early and work hard for His glory.
Shine in Venezuela,
Monday, June 27, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Grateful
Praise God that my team and I arrived safely to El Vigia, Merida, our summer serving location. Wow, its been a fast pace week, I tend to not have reason for time and date, we have been kept busy since we arrived, we have a well organized schedule which I am truly thankful for, we have our two months set with daily activities in which we will be serving in different cities in Merida. We arrived and everyone is so loving and have accepted us with open arms, they have been great hosts, they are very nice and have made us feel at home.
During these five days that we have been here I have had an opportunity to share my testimony and word of God through a Christian Radio Station name Luz y Vida 101.9FM here in El Vigia, served in the church with children´s, worship and youth ministry, done outreach in Caño Seco and here in El Vigia, given a bible study to youth and adults, helped at a new upcoming Christian Bookstore and visited Merida! Tomorrow we are getting ready to visit an elementry school to be able to share the word of God and talk about moral values with students. It´s already a busy start and more to go! I pray that God continues to give me motivation and strength to fulfill his purpose, I am grateful.
Our daily routine begins in the morning and ends at about 10pm, we eat a lot here, we are constantly being fed, I have eaten yuka, pollo a la braza, cambur (which is delicious!), paella, pechuga rellena a la merida, pavellon (traditional food) and bread (we eat bread with the majority of the meals) all the food has been great! I thank God that my body has been receptive to all the food.
As the days passed by I have created a word bank of Venezuelan words that I have learned and have begun to use! For example, chamo, chevere, poquitico, muy fino. I really want to be part of the culture! lol.
I thank you for your prayer and support, I encourage you to continue to pray for my team as we serve.
Shine in Venezuela,
During these five days that we have been here I have had an opportunity to share my testimony and word of God through a Christian Radio Station name Luz y Vida 101.9FM here in El Vigia, served in the church with children´s, worship and youth ministry, done outreach in Caño Seco and here in El Vigia, given a bible study to youth and adults, helped at a new upcoming Christian Bookstore and visited Merida! Tomorrow we are getting ready to visit an elementry school to be able to share the word of God and talk about moral values with students. It´s already a busy start and more to go! I pray that God continues to give me motivation and strength to fulfill his purpose, I am grateful.
Our daily routine begins in the morning and ends at about 10pm, we eat a lot here, we are constantly being fed, I have eaten yuka, pollo a la braza, cambur (which is delicious!), paella, pechuga rellena a la merida, pavellon (traditional food) and bread (we eat bread with the majority of the meals) all the food has been great! I thank God that my body has been receptive to all the food.
As the days passed by I have created a word bank of Venezuelan words that I have learned and have begun to use! For example, chamo, chevere, poquitico, muy fino. I really want to be part of the culture! lol.
I thank you for your prayer and support, I encourage you to continue to pray for my team as we serve.
Shine in Venezuela,
Under the same sun
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| El Vigía, Merida |
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| Merida, Venezuela |
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| Gabriela and Colby doing a children´s bible study, while I presented a bible study to adults and youth. |
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| Jon, Colby and I doing Children´s bible study (Gabriela not shown) |
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