First creations with Lego.

THE McCREA NEWS March 2015

YOUR!!! Colombian Connection

Dear Friends,

It is amazing what can bringyou contentment, a feelingthat you have a place to callyour own.

For our family that was our2nd move in the last year. The first move was back toColombia, but in a house thatwe knew was temporary. Wespent a lot of time looking for a long term home, but it wasonly in January that God opened up some miraculous doors.

It was such a cool testimony that we wrote it up, posted it onFacebook and even submitted it to Missions & KidsMagazine, a publication that just featured our family in thewinter issue, that issue and the upcoming one can be foundat www.paoc.org/missions/programs/mak/issues.

The State Boy’s Home in Chiquinquira is another placewhere children from some rough backgrounds have found aplace to belong, but it is also a place with very few amenitiesand fewer staff to care for the 20+ boys who call it home.

As part of the work that we are doing in this town, we havetried to adopt the boy’s home in a small way.

Recently, while preaching in a local church, we had the greatjoy of dropping off a bag of Lego for the guys - part donatedby our boys and part by a little boy from Ontario.

Within minutes they were all over the table of Lego and trying their hands at putting together whatever theirimaginations could come up with!

In March we will returnto the home with ateam from Edmonton,some more goodies andwe will paint theinterior of the house.

And Play Of Course!

Travel & Training begins again in April with a week longseminar with YWAM in San Pedro, Dominican Republic.

Besides having the joy of spending the week with some 20Dominican Missionaries, and maybe hitting a beach or two,the base director was my (Darren) supervisor when I did myfirst short term trip to Colombia - 20 Years Ago!

It’s A Team Effort!

And we need YOUR help! Much of what we do inColombia is driven by Short Term Outreach Teams.

Teams, especially Evangelistic Teams, allow us toreach tens of thousands of people each year with theGospel. Imagine next winter taking a break from thecold and sharing God’s love in a tropical climate!

We have literally dozens of opportunities forchildren’s ministry, construction teams, training andabove all Evangelism, in places like schools andshopping centres. Come help us heat up a nation!

Clowns keep the crowd entertained.

Celebrate Christmas

Over Christmas we distributed some1720 gifts to needy children andshared Jesus’ love with them.

We want to thank all of the churchesand individuals that participated,from both North America andColombia! We are privileged to beyour hands.

Family News

Two Years for Brenda - In January 2013 Darren’s sisterwas diagnosed with terminal cancer; breast cancer withmetastasis in the bones and lungs. She was given aprognosis of 6 months to a year.

Since then our friends the world over have been praying forher and her wish, if not to be completely healed, to be ableto have our nephew Zachary (now 17) become an adult withhis mother at his side.

It has now been TWO years and while she continues to beaffected by the disease, she is still able to function well andcare for herself and Zachary. Your prayers have fuelledher journey. Keep them coming!

A teenager in the house! On May30 James turns 13! Suddenly thetime that we will have with himseems way too short, but we aretremendously proud of the youngman that he has become!

Patty A New Citizen - On January15th Patty became our newestCanadian Citizen! We are happythat the days of Visa applicationsand complicated border crossings arebehind us!

Community and Medical Outreach

March 7&8 we hosted our latest Community Outreach insouthern Bogota. Several hundred people attended the eventand we provided clothing, meals, counselling and the GoodNews for all. Some pictures from the event:

Much Love,

Æ Darren, Patty, James & Darien Æ

Factoid

Colombian ladies are often voted the most beautifulon the planet. In possibly unrelated news....

According to the World’s Happiest Index, Colombiais considered the happiest country in the world.

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