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“For God alone my soul waits in silence;
from him comes my salvation. He only is my
rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall
not be greatly shaken.” -Psalm 62:1-2
Have you ever noticed that God hasa sense of humor and enjoys making us
laugh and smile? Sometimes he makes
us smile over something little. Other
times it‟s over something big.
The other day I was sticking some
labels with a new address on the back of
some brochures Jon Boyd had made for
the church. (If you’ve been following us
lately you will know we have changed loca-
tions quite a bit recently). I got to the end
of the pile and realized I had just the
right amount of labels to brochures and
bust out loud in laughter. I stopped and
thanked God right then because in all
reality I was blown away with his sover-
eignty in that moment.
Strange you might say, that some-
thing so simple made me laugh out loud?
No, not really considering where I wassitting when I was working. You see, I
found myself in our new office/service
location (a space with room for probably
around 80 people) right across the hall
from where we had previously rented
office.
We turned over our office in No-
vember and prepared to move into a
REQUESTSREQUESTSREQUESTS
PRAISESPRAISESPRAISES We now have a permanent
church location and office
space.
Maria del Carmen (wife of
Eduardo, first Christ fol-
lower in the church) re-
cently accepted the Lord!
Children’s sports have
given us many contacts
and opportunities for min-
istry.
We have finally adjusted to
the heat (now we just have
to avoid winter in the USA
in the future!)
Salvation of Guido and
Magali (now doing study w/
Scott)
Salvation of Luis Carlos,
Freddy and Elbia (doing
study w/Scott)
That Scott, Jon and Alfredo
will be able to arrange more
Bible studies with non-
believers
That new people will attend
worship services and small
groups
Discipleship and counseling
of those who have been
attending services faithfully
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larger space that we could hold Sunday
services in. Well, we‟ve been nomads
ever since the man changed his mind and
decided he didn‟t want to rent „to a
church‟ and gave us our deposit back.
Well, a few weeks ago, Alfredo ran
into (God doesn‟t believe in „run in‟s‟
btw!) the owner whom we had previous-
ly rented our small office from. She
asked him how it was going at our new
location and Alfredo told her the situa-
tion. She promptly told him, “come back,
the renter of the largest office wants some-
thing a lot smaller and she’s taking your old
office and you can have the biggest one for
150,000 pesos (approx. $80USD) more
than what you were paying”.
So, while gluing labels on brochures, I
had to smile and realize that God literally
„moved us across the hall‟. We originally
wanted this space due to the size, but
couldn‟t afford it at the time and took the
smallest of four offices. Cont’d pg. 2
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Finally, our own space for services !
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Seeing “burros” (donkey‟s)
hauling a load of supplies and other
items in Colombia, especially here
in Santa Marta, is nothing out of
the ordinary. However it‟s not
everyday that you see a dog with a pet burro! It‟s amazing
that the longer you live in another country the „out of the
ordinary‟ becomes ordinary!
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On top of that God saved us two months of office rent when we didn‟t have a location, just the time the fledgling
church needed to get it‟s footing financially over these past two months! His plan truly is amazing!
So, we are finally at a fixed location, no more wondering from week to week where we are going to hold services
and we have a place for office space throughout the week, as well as a location where we can start our Bible institute..
We have been averaging between 15-20 adults every Sunday since our initial launch service on Jan. 9, so please con-
tinue to pray with us that God grows his church according to his perfect timetable.
I‟m looking forward to seeing how God will make me smile and even laugh next as I get to see Him work in peo-
ple‟s lives here in Santa Marta! Stay posted!
Jackson has really enjoyed the wildlife here in Santa Marta. He loved watching his pet scorpion attack and feed
on cucarachas (cockroaches). He also enjoyed being the hero for a little lizard stuck in a window. His biggest
excitement in the past couple months was earning his yellow belt in Tai-Kwon-Do.
Makayla has been maturing so much. She is now in 2nd grade and is becoming very disciplined in not only her
school work but also gymnastics. She is very busy preparing a special presentation with her team and God keeps
opening doors for her to share Jesus with her friends.
Avianna has officially completed 21 days of school and is doing really well. She is in love
with her new little pet hamster, Henry. She loves to squish him into her Barbie furniture
and let him sit in her Barbie chairs. I‟m not so sure how much Henry likes it, but he
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C o m m u n i c a t i o n h a s n e v e r b e
e n e a s i e r !
C o m m u n i c a t i o n h a s n e v e r b e
e n e a s i e r !
C o m m u n i c a t i o n h a s n e v e r b e
e n e a s i e r !
S t a y i n T o u c h ,
G e t I n v o l v e d !
S t a y i n T o u c h ,
G e t I n v o l v e d !
S t a y i n T o u c h ,
G e t I n v o l v e d !
C l i c k o n a n i c o n !
C l i c k o n a n i c o n !
C l i c k o n a n i c o n !
Christmas day at the beach!
