November 2010 Prayer Letter

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Thank you for your ministry partnership!

Praise Jesus with us this month for the amazing blessing of being able to travel to El Salvador last month. We were invited to be part of the Latin American Calvary Chapel Pastors and leaders conference. We planned our visa renewal trip around this conference. Mostly these trips are a real hassle for our family. They disrupt our school schedule, ministry and are costly. However, the Lord has seen fit to continue to bless our family during these times away from Costa Rica. This trip was wonderful in so many ways from seeing the beautiful countryside of Guanacaste and Nicaragua, to the congested, densely populated inner city areas of Managua, Nicaragua and San Salvador, El Salvador. In addition to the blessing of the hearing the teaching of many godly pastors from all over Central America and even South America, we were beyond blessed to see what God has done in San Martin, El Salvador with Potter’s Field Kids. We were able to spend much needed time as a group with our stateside PFK contact and glean from his knowledge and experience. Our kids made new friends with a missionary family serving in San Martin and that meant that both Matt and Brooke were able to be a part of the conference. We were able to reconnect with dear friends serving in El Salvador and also in Nicaragua. We are amazed at how intricately God can connect the body of Christ.

Potter’s Field Kids (Las Manos del Alfarero)
For several weeks now, the kids have been practicing the song ‘Trading My Sorrows’ (Cambiaré Mis Tristezas) in preparation for the first ever PFK Parent’s Night. A majority of the parents were in attendance and the kids did a great job with their song. Each teacher spoke about their students, Pastor Phil shared the Word, and arroz con pollo was enjoyed by all. We could really see the hand of God as so many children had family present. Please continue to pray for the planning, budgeting and details for the next school year. Pray for the Lord to lead us and for us not to follow our own desires. Pray as we work together this month to meet year-end details, pre-enroll children for next year, and seek God’s will. Pray for servants from the church to rise up and respond to God’s call in their life, as we need help. Pray for the parents to come to know the Lord, serve in the local church and become more active in the lives of their children. Pray for these children as many show leadership potential. Pray for their basic needs to be met of food and shelter. Pray against abuse and neglect in their lives. Pray for the almost 50 kids we see weekly in the Thursday Bible Club. Pray for the many who come to us from unstable home situations. Pray for us as a team as we seek to minister to them with grace and love, peace and patience, kindness and gentleness and that our words and actions would always be seasoned with salt. Pray for La Capilla del Calvario and Pastor Phil and his family.

If you’d like to pray for a specific child or become more involved in this ministry, please contact us. For more about PFK go to www.pottersfield.org. Thank you for praying!

We look forward to visits from good friends and ministry partners this month and next. Pray that our time with our friends would be filled with sweet fellowship and that they would see God’s glory at work here in Villarreal. Please pray also as we look forward to several exciting ministry opportunities with Calvary Chapel church including a women’s retreat, Samaritan’s Purse outreach, annual Women’s Christmas outreach, and the start of home fellowship groups. Praise God with us for the last year of focused discipleship with the leaders of First Baptist Church Villarreal. Pastor Nelson will now continue making disciples in his church and barrio.

“Instead, be filled with the Spirit.”
Ephesians 5:18