tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21209334758917744132024-03-05T11:55:22.329-06:00postcards from pueblalivin' in a moment to die forWHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-24225730655978955972014-09-17T13:31:00.001-05:002014-09-17T13:31:39.015-05:00Ten Years Of DreamsEl Pozo began as a dream over 10 years ago. Since then, God has used El Pozo to change the lives of countless college students here in Puebla, Mexico. To celebrate our 10 years of serving God we want to continue dreaming big and bless others while doing it. This year we want to provide 10 houses for families in need over holy week (March 29-April 3).<br />
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For the past 7 years El Pozo has taken a group of students to north Mexico on a mission to build a house for a family in need alongside our friends at <a href="http://www.casasporcristo.org/">Casas Por Cristo</a>. Two years ago we went from building one house to two and this year we dream of being a blessing to not just one or two families but ten. One for each year we have been ministering to college students.<br />
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Many of our students here think we are crazy and maybe you do, too. When we tell them we are going to provide 10 houses and need 100 people plus $100,000 to do it, most don't believe it is possible. Most have never personally experienced God work in such big ways, and we want to give them that experience. Every year that we have taken this trip, our students come back changed. For some it is noticeable right away and for others the changes are more subtle, but they are changed. They learn what it is like to give instead of receive, live without the comforts of home for a few days and see the struggles first hand that many families not far from them have to deal with on a daily basis. But more important than all of that is the ways they see God live and active in the world today, using them to make a difference and bringing his kingdom here on earth.<br />
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We would like to invite you to be a part of this dream. As I mentioned earlier we need 100 people and $100,000. This is a unique opportunity to work alongside El Pozo students and staff (past and present) as well as other supporters and lovers of the ministry in bringing God's kingdom to earth. I believe that this dream is going to change lives physically and spiritually forever. Whether part of the giving or the receiving, God has his ways of showing up in a personal, life-changing, real way. We at El Pozo are excited to see God show off and use us ordinary people to make a big difference as we celebrate ten wonderful years of ministry.<br />
For more information you can contact me through email or facebook and sometimes by phone, 678-884-0528. This link also has information and ways to donate: <a href="https://give.cmfi.org/el-pozo-10-year-anniversary-b.cause" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;" target="_blank">https://give.cmfi.org/el-pozo-<wbr></wbr>10-year-anniversary-b.cause</a><br />
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Here are the previous houses we have been able to build and the people who participated. We are praying everyday at 10 for 10 houses if you want to join in.<br />
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Thank you for your love and support of El Pozo!<br />
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WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-68450284423296870122014-02-17T21:26:00.000-06:002014-02-17T21:26:42.191-06:00The kingdom of God is like...Jesus talked a lot about the kingdom of God. I mean a lot. So if it was so important that he talked about it all the time, what does that mean for us today? <div>
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Here at El Pozo we have been asking ourselves that same question and posing it to our students as well. We just finished a three part series based on the kingdom of God...three weeks that boiled down to deciding to live under the reign of God in his kingdom, dreaming huge about what God can use us for to expand and grow this kingdom and then doing something about it all, serving God with our talents and gifts and enjoyments of life. </div>
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So what does that look like at El Pozo? </div>
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Alice and Chuchu will continue to invite and bring their fellow volleyball teammates every Tuesday to En Vivo because they dream of the day when every girl on the team loves Jesus more than anything else in the world.</div>
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Frank will continue to study, learn and apply his passion for business and politics on a small scale in the university because he dreams of the day he will be able to change the lives of all mexican citizens, not just the rich, on a much greater scale. </div>
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Jessica will keep going to the hospital every week to get hands on experience while she studies her nursing degree so that when she finishes school, she will be equipped to open her own hospital for the "least of these" that she comes in contact with on a daily basis. </div>
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And Tote will continue to show up every week to read the bible and learn about Jesus for the first time because you believed in being a part of the kingdom of God and are living it out through your support of El Pozo. </div>
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Kitchens for the hungry, music for the weary hearted, churches for the indigenous people in their own language...these and so much more are the dreams of our students. Some seem many years away but everyday, the decisions they make are opportunities to prepare them for the day when their God sized dreams become a reality. </div>
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Pray with us for our students as they embark on their own dreams while continuing to be part of an ongoing one called Globalscope, college campus ministries all around the world. </div>
WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-82412355079307429342013-10-14T14:54:00.002-05:002013-10-14T14:54:27.000-05:00It's a Beautiful Day!!!<br />
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The sun is shinning, the volcanoes are showing off and the presence of God is undeniable.<br />
This past weekend we went on our annual fall retreat to the mountains. We laughed and cried, sang and danced, played games and had a blast, but most importantly we heard from God, decisions were made and lives have and are being forever changed. Heaven got a bit more crowed this weekend, but that is a place that always agrees with the saying...the more the merrier.<br />
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Our beloved friend Chuy came from Mexico City to be with us this past weekend and be our retreat speaker, accompanied by his wonderful wife, Gaby. Chuy is incredibly talented at preaching the gospel to young people in a relevant and understandable way. He loves God with every part of his being and it is evident in his words and deeds that he is a faithful disciple of Christ. It was great having the both of them around this weekend to share with our students their lives and all that Christ has done in and through them. Many students got real with God and made decisions to put him first in their lives from this day forward!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How many people can we fit in a tent for two??</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have a month and a half left to go in the semester. Time flies when you are having fun and impacting lives eternally. The next five weeks we will talking about...Grace, Obedience, Guilt, Humility and Joy. Pray our students will get a better understanding of these words and a clear direction as to how they apply to their lives daily. Then we will be putting our student leaders in charge of a week at El Pozo before we present the Christmas message and finish up the semester. God is stirring up hearts and changing lives through El Pozo. Thank you for your part in it all and please continue to pray for us daily. </span></div>
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The day finally arrived. The first Saturday of spring break. We had been praying for months and seen those prayers little by little get answered. Two houses for two families built by a group of college students during their spring break. We had pretty much all the money accounted for, now we just needed the people to build the houses. At some point we started praying for 30 people because that is the minimum that the organization we were going with, Casas Por Cristo, suggests for building the two houses. 30 was our goal and when the day finally arrived and we were all on the bus ready for the 18 hour road trip to Cd Acuña where two families waited in anticipation for us, we totaled 19. Not the 30 we had hoped for and we were met by 5 others arriving in Acuña, but really??? 24 inexperienced college students were going to build 2 house in less than a week? God had brought us so far already that we couldn't actually believe He would not help us complete the dream. So we pushed on. </div>
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Early Monday morning we separated into two groups, 10 for the smaller house and 14 for the larger house, and headed out to our work sites. Day one would consist of laying the foundation and putting together the walls. After a great day of work, both teams returned to the church to have a time of worship and sharing about the many ways they saw God working. It was great to watch and hear the students share both the positive and negative events of the day but in it all see the way God had his hand in it the entire time.<br />
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Tuesday and Wednesday were much harder work days. Tuesday we started by putting the walls up, then the blackboard to hold the chicken wire and later stucco. Later we put on the roof, finished some details on both the roof and the outside of the house while a few started on the details of the inside to get it ready for drywall.</div>
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Wednesday and Thursday morning were spent doing the stucco, drywall and finishing touches</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you all for your prayers and financial donations. This trip would never have happened if it were not for the coming together of the body of Christ and the participation of each of you. Here is a video of the trip to see a little more how it all went.</span><br />
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WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-59776432407119384582013-02-13T15:24:00.000-06:002013-02-13T15:24:36.858-06:00Dream Big!!!We always look forward to it at the start of every year. It brings excitement and adventure. A chance to get away from the everyday routine, relax and have some fun. Plans are started early to make sure every moment is taken advantage of and that this year's Spring Break is the best ever. College students all over the world have this in common. A whole week off of school to do whatever they want. One Week! What do you do with it???<br />
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For the past five years, El Pozo has taken a group of students to north Mexico during Spring Break to build houses for families living in shacks made of cardboard walls if they have any walls at all. Over the past five years, any where from 8-20 college students have chosen to do something positive, to change lives, to give instead of take during their one week off of school in the spring. Instead of going to the beach all expenses paid with their families, they chose to work hard, save some money, buy, build and give away a house during their Spring Break. Instead of touring the coastline to find the best places to surf or visiting ruins and waterfalls, they chose to spend hours and hours in a bus, sleep on a church floor, and do physical labor all day for several days in the hot sun building a house for people they have never met. This year, students are going to make that same choice. Students are going to "give up" their week of vacation to help those in need, to share what they have to give, and to shine the light they have found in a dark part of the world.<br />
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In years past we have built one house for one family and we have gotten pretty good at it. We know how to raise the money and how to get just enough students excited about it to accomplish the goal. So this year when we were planning and dreaming, we decided it was time to stop being comfortable, get out of the way and let God show off. This year our goal is to build two houses, one for a family of 2-5 people and the other for a larger family of 5 or more. Very Scary to say the least. We have only ever had just enough money and just enough people so to double the needed money and people doesn't make sense. But we believe and preach every week to these students that God is big and in control and wants to use us to change the world. Every week we stand up to tell these students that we believe in the power of prayer and invite them to let us pray for them and for them to join us in prayer. Now is when all those words turn into actions.<br />
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We are praying everyday at 2 for 2 houses. We are planning fundraisers and recruiting participants. But more importantly, we are trusting God. We are trusting him for every penny and peso that is needed to make this trip a success, for every person that will get on the bus and be a part of building the houses, and for the lives of not only those receiving the house to be changed but also for every person that has a part in the process.<br />
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<b>You are invited to be a part of this God-sized dream we have for this semester.</b> You can join us in prayer every day at 2 for 2 houses or whatever hour you would like. You can make your way to Cd Acuña the 24th-27th of March and help us physically build the houses while getting to know the students you pray for and support everyday. You can give financially towards the building materials we must have to build these houses. Each one of you is invited in whatever way you are able to be a part of what God is doing here in Mexico through a few college students that have chosen to dream big, put their trust in the God of this universe and live out a story worth telling.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and Pato with the beautiful kids we built a house for two years ago</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last year's house that was finished just as the sun was setting</td></tr>
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<br />WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-14925962283046159282013-02-06T16:33:00.000-06:002013-02-06T16:33:05.468-06:00Celebrate the little victories!!!We are four weeks into this spring semester and celebrating the little victories that lead to much bigger ones. In life we can sometimes get overwhelmed and discouraged trying to reach some big goal we have set in front of us. Many years ago I was taught that the joy is in the journey and celebrating the little victories along the way is a great way to keep that joy. So here we are 4 weeks in, celebrating the little victories...<br />
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Our exchange student, Katelyn, from Georgia Tech went on her first weekend trip with a student. Being invited to a student's house for the weekend is a great step in relationship building here. Katelyn is slowly learning the language and finding ways to communicate and build relationships despite being in a different culture, first time away from home, and having to speak a foreign language. <b>Celebrate with Katelyn!!!</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Katelyn at En Vivo</td></tr>
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This semester we have 12 student leaders who have made the commitment to serve God through El Pozo. Last semester we had 5 and only one male, this semester 7 of the 12 are guys!!! This is an answer to prayers from all last semester since we have a lack of male influence on our staff right now and did not want that to influence the students we were able to reach. Our 12 leaders are all stepping up and taking on roles that last semester they were not doing. Mariana is welcoming everyone as they come in the doors on Tuesday night. Frank is taking on the fundraising for our spring break mission trip to build houses with Casas por Cristo. Irma and Monica are praying before their basketball games with the team and setting an example on and off the court. Abdi, Hans, and Cesar are continually asking how they can help and serve the ministry as they learn more about how El Pozo works and what God wants for them in their lives while Marco and JP have become leaders of the band. Each student has found ways to serve God using their unique talents and passions. Not only do they have hearts for service they also desire to learn and grow as followers of Christ through our weekly small group bible studies. We would love to have 50 students involved in leadership, but for they time being, we are celebrating the 12. <b>Celebrate with Hans, Carlos, Marco, Frank, Abdi, Cesar, JP, Tania, Sayra, Mariana, Monica and Irma!!! </b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hans with Stephany, both are new to the community this semester</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cesar with a few international students he met during orientation week. He is a guide for all new students during orientation. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frank, Mariana and Gustavo serving dinner</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Irma, front center, and Monica, right, with other basketball girls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abdi, Marco and JP</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tania, right, at our weekly devotional lunch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carlos, at computer, is our computer/sound guy...after En Vivos he puts on Karaoke for everyone to sing along with</td></tr>
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Speaking of celebrating the little victories...I asked Frank last night to pray in front of everyone for our spring break trip during En Vivo. He got real nervous and said he didn't know how to pray out loud or in front of people, so Abdi prayed. Right now, Frank is sitting in the office across from me as I write this blog working on his school work. My alarm went off at 2pm reminding me to pray for the two houses that we want to build this spring break. We both looked at each other as Kami's alarm went off as well. Frank folds his hands and says, "ok we have to pray" and then with a little prompting from us, proceeds to pray out loud, in front of people for God to provide all our needs and keep us strong from now until the houses are built in late March...Little victories!!!<br />
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One more victory to share...For the past 4 years we have worked alongside a kid's home doing various activities with them throughout the year. In December we had a party for all the kids that consisted of singing, games, piñatas, and presents. 34 students went along with several other people from within the community like parents and local business owners. This semester it has been a desire of ours to be more consistent in our presence at the kid's home, so we started the first week of school going Friday afternoon. Now it has turned into a student led initiative that happens every other week. Gustavo has been key in inviting and leading these hang out times with the kids. He is one of the leaders on the university's football team and has been awesome at inviting his teammates to not only hang out at the kid's home but also to El Pozo's weekly events. <b>Celebrate with Gustavo and El Pozo!!!</b><br />
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If you knew each of these students personally, you would realize that these little victories are actually not that little at all. They are really more like big steps in their faith and relationship with God. Learning to trust him in areas that are not within their comfort zones, realizing that God can use them even though they are just starting out, believing that they can be forgiven for their past and have been given the opportunity to tell a better story tomorrow are all parts of each of these student's journey with God. As we are a month into this spring semester and new year, join with us as we find joy in the journey and celebrate what God is doing in and through us along the way.WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-27841801150318486542012-10-29T17:21:00.001-06:002012-10-29T17:21:30.260-06:00What's your perspective? Half of the semester is behind us and the rest will be a memory in no time. It is amazing to me how so many days seem to last forever yet I can't believe this past year has gone by so fast. Our perspective changes everything.<br />
It is easy in campus ministry to let things that happen, circumstances, get you down. Sometimes it gets you wishing the semester would hurry up and end so you can rest from it all. But if you take a step back, slow down and refocus...your perspective changes and excitement for what God is doing and will continue to do overcomes those negative feelings.<br />
In life there are always those people who never seem to get it, whatever "it" might be. In ministry, that "it" is Jesus and the abundant life his life, death and resurrection freely gives to all who accept it. When you watch students continually chose a lifestyle that leads them nowhere but destruction even though they hear and see something so much better week after week, your heart breaks and doubts creep in. You wonder if what you are doing is making a difference, if it is worth it, if you are good enough.<br />
Our mission here at El Pozo is to love students, know Jesus and change the world...is that really possible? Will our loving students and teaching them about Jesus week in and week out really change the world??<br />
The truth is, there are students we invest in every week that just don't get it. Maybe one day they will, and we pray for that everyday, but right now they don't and it can be frustrating. It can get us down and make us wonder if we are doing things right. BUT then there are students who do get it. They have been loved, they have met Jesus and are changing the world, or at least heading in that direction. We see God working in them and living through them and excitement builds again. Our perspective shifts from lamenting the ones that "got away" to being excited for those who are getting it. Now of course that doesn't mean we just forget about all those who are choosing the world over Jesus. We continue to love and serve them in the name of Jesus, but our perspective is one that doesn't let those things that are out of our control slow us down or hold us back.<br />
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Here are a few students who are getting it...<br />
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Bego has been around for several years. She has grown in her faith and lives it out daily. Bego gets it...Today she sees my teammate Kami on campus and starts chatting with her while the friend she was with went inside to buy breakfast. After they have a little chat about Tuesday nights' En Vivo talk that Kami was putting some finishing touches on, Bego's friend returns. Bego then proceeds to ask Kami the exact same questions and repeat the exact same conversation they had just had so that her friend could hear it. That conversation brought up our monthly community service projects, our annual spring break mission trip, Thursday devotional lunches and several other activities we do at El Pozo. Bego was able to use that conversation as an opportunity to share with her friend about all that God is doing through El Pozo and invite him in a nonthreatening way to be a part of it. Bego is graduating in December and has the desire to go to Spain for a year as an intern with the Globascope campus ministry in Salamanca. Although most of her family is disappointed with her decision not to get a job that relates to her major, she would rather follow her God and disappoint her family than disappoint her God and follow her family. Bego gets it.<br />
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Rebeca has been a friend of mine and El Pozo's for many years now. Apart from our weekly lunches to talk about life, she hasn't always been around or part of the ministry on a consistent basis until just recently. A year ago, Rebeca wouldn't have stood up in front of everyone and used the words "we" and "us" to talk about El Pozo but those are exactly the words she used last Thursday to make an announcement inviting the community to support her flag football team. It brought a smile to all of our faces to know that the years we have spent loving her and showing her Jesus has made a difference. She also recently has started to attend church regularly for the first time since I have known her and is taking steps to grow in her faith and make it a priority in her life. Rebeca is getting it and inviting her friends to be apart of it with her.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rebeca with two friends she invited to En Vivo, Polo and Valles</td></tr>
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Hugo is about to graduate in December as well, but will then start his Master's in January and so will probably be around for another two years. Hugo started playing in the band earlier this year and recently has really stepped up as a leader in big ways. He constantly is looking for ways to improve the band and other areas of the ministry so that those who come can have the best experience possible...not so that they will pat him on the back and say "good job", but so that each fellow student has the chance to meet the Jesus that he knows and follows. Hugo has not had the easiest life. He has been hurt more than most students at the university here, but in the pain of it all he met a God who loves him more than he could ever imagine. Hugo has talents and passions that God is using to bring glory to His name even in the midst of his doubts and insecurities. He lights up when he talks about how much he wants so and so to know Jesus and the need in this or that place for people to serve God. Hugo gets it and even when he lets doubts creep in, just a few reminders of who God is and who we are in Him, gets Hugo back on track and getting it again.<br />
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<b>Thank you for all of your prayers and support.</b> For helping these guys get "it" and being a part of what God is doing to change the world. <b>Pray</b> for Bego as she raises financial support to go to Spain and for strength to continue to follow God in spite of her family's opposition. <b>Pray</b> for Rebeca as she continues to take her faith more seriously, that it will be a priority in her life always. <b>Pray</b> for Hugo to recognize the talents and passions God has given him and not let anything get in the way of him using those to bring glory to God. <b>Pray</b> also for all the other students who get it and desire to serve God daily, for those who are just starting down that road towards life and for those who seem so far away, that we will be able to show them God.WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-71903480886780511342012-09-10T13:36:00.001-05:002012-09-10T13:36:47.060-05:00What would you say you do here??? We have been asking that a lot recently, about the ministry, El Pozo, as a whole and each individual that works here. With many changes taking place since this time last year, it has been a good chance to evaluate what we do here and the why behind it all. So after much discussion and prayer we came up with a simple but effective and truth filled mission statement that we will use to check everything we do.<br />
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Love students, Know Jesus Christ, Change the world</div>
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Our first three talks during our weekly events have been based on these principles and starting next week, we will start a four week series based on Family. It seems like so many of our students are struggling in some aspect with their families. From divorce and infidelity to over controlling parents our students are connected more than they know and we want to let them know that they are not alone. There are no perfect families out there, we all struggle in some way at some time with different issues, but the beauty of community and the church is that we have each other to lean on. <b>Pray </b>with us as we open our lives and share our stories in regards to our families in an effort to show our students they are not alone, we are all in this together, connected through Christ and part of a family so much bigger and deeper than blood or a last name.<br />
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Keeping with the family theme, we have revamped disciple/leadership and small groups this year. 7 of the 11 students we asked, accepted the opportunity and challenge to be a leader at El Pozo this year. These are students who are faithful in their walk with Christ, available and willing to invest their time and efforts into the ministry, teachable, and other focused will be challenged and poured into by each member of our staff in different ways to prepare and guide them as they take on a leadership role in El Pozo. Some of these students have been part of the ministry for years now and are about to graduate while others are just getting their feet wet and still have another 3-4 years of college left. There are all so different, coming from all over mexico and central america with distinct talents and gifts, yet connected through the love for their savior and desire to share him with others.<br />
The leaders have been paired up and will start leading small groups next week. These small groups are called families because we see a need and desire for something more than just a weekly meeting to read the bible. Each student who walks though the doors of El Pozo has a desire to be loved and cared for during their time away from home in college. Some were so glad to leave because their homes were filled with more hate than love, while others have found an emptiness due to the lack daily love and encouragement that they used to get at home but now are separated from because of distance. Our leaders will be the parents of these families as they guide, teach and care for each member individually and as a whole. These families will study the bible together, pray together, serve together and just simply hangout and care for each other. The love of Christ will be the backbone of these families and the result will be changed lives and and a changed world, right now and forever.<br />
Join us in <b>praying</b> for each leader individually and for the families they will be leading this year. My teammate Kami wrote a wonderful blog last week highlighting each leader that would be a great way to connect with them as you pray... <a href="http://kamiburns.cmfmissionary.org/2012/08/">http://kamiburns.cmfmissionary.org/2012/08/</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">God is moving in the lives of our students, in Cholula and la UDLA and using El Pozo as a tool. Thank you for your continued support and please don't stop <b>praying</b> for us daily. </span><br />
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WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-74704888122251321782012-05-02T14:53:00.001-05:002012-05-02T14:53:59.499-05:00All good things...Do all good things have to end??? In campus ministry and in life many times, I think the best answer for that question is yes and no. Very profound I know. The reason I ask that question now is because we are in our last few weeks of events for the semester and students are getting ready for final exams. The great semester we were all just a part of is winding down, so yes good things will be ending soon. However, we have summer semester to look forward to and hope to keep building on the momentum we have right now with those that will be around during May and June. So much has happened over the last few months it is somewhat sad to see it end, but we know and trust that God has even greater things in store for all of us as we say good-bye to one chapter of our lives and begin a new one. From three baptisms in the early months to new students stepping up to take leadership roles and being part of three mission trips in these last few months, we have seen the hand of God using El Pozo to draw people from all over the world closer to him. That is why together we do what we do. Thank you for another great semester and check out the pictures below for a semester recap.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very good friend, Male, and former El Pozo student marries a great guy...January</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tuesday night En Vivos start and I give my 5th talk ever...January</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thursday "Pozomida" lunches start back...January</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Valentine's Day En Vivo and visit from Phil (our boss) and wife Merran...February</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Party with Basketball Teams...February</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yo Amo Cholula, monthly service day...March</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rada gets baptized!!! March</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spring Retreat...March</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mission Trip to build a house over spring break with Casas por Cristo...April</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group from Georgia comes during spring break to love on kids from local orphanage...April</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last En Vivo of semester, I give another talk and Julio shares how he found God while being wrongly accused and put in prison for almost 6 months before a judge would take his case and his innocence be proven...April</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weekend trip to Oaxaca with students, (largest tree in Mexico)...April</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hierve el Agua en Oaxaca, God's country is B-E-A-utiful...April</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Still to come in the next week...End of the Year Banquet tomorrow, 5 professional exams (think thesis presentations), a wedding and nightly Pancake Dinners for the students. Love you all. Thanks </span>WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-3591058598280587932012-03-05T21:08:00.000-06:002012-03-05T21:08:34.596-06:00Spring is HereLivin' in a moment to die for...I know I have said this before, but it just always hits me in the gut every time I think about it...am I constantly living in a moment I would die for??? <br />
Tomorrow in En Vivo, we are starting a three week series called "Dangerous", dangerous book, people, and faith. I think Saul that later becomes Paul always lived in a moment he would die for after his encounter with God. He lived dangerously for God and it eventually got him killed, just like Jesus lived in moments he would die for, serving people he did die for, and calls us to do the same. <br />
This past weekend we went on our spring retreat to Ixmiquilpan, Hildalgo. The place we stayed was great for a retreat from Puebla and "normal, crazy, busy" life. We heard three great talks from our dear friend Juanita Del Angel on walking intimately with God and living out our faith, spent most of Saturday at a water park laughing, soaking up the sun, and swing off ropes, played flamingo soccer where the guys have to hop on one foot, baptized Rada, and hung out at night like a big family.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Juanita during first talk</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">water park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rope swing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I landed sideways...it hurt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">some people needed their rest</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flamingo soccer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tania, baptized a few weeks ago, Me, Kami, Rada and Juanita before the baptism</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Woohoo!!! I almost completely fell in as well</td></tr>
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</tbody></table> All in all it was a great weekend. Christian community lived out in a very real way. Moments you could die for...<br />
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I mentioned earlier in one of the captions about Tania being baptized a few weeks earlier. We actually baptized two people from the community that day. Tania and Carlos. After church one Sunday, over 30 of us piled in cars, drove 45 minutes to a nearby town where they sell trout at many restaurants that have a river flowing through them. We ate lunch together and then baptized Tania and Carlos right next to where we were eating. It was very cool and drew a crowd so much to where when students would go order quesadillas or something close but not at the restaurant, the people would say, "oh yeah, the tables where the baptisms are happening". It was a great way to celebrate the step of faith these two were taking.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carlos getting baptized by Heath</td></tr>
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</a></div>The really cool thing about this picture is that Beto got baptized last spring. Maybe some of you guys have heard me talk about him. I think I might have even done a blog post about him. When I first met him he told me to go invite his friends to the ministry because they needed God but he didn't want anything to do with that stuff...well not long later, he shows up with those friends he mentioned earlier and actually gets interested in God. Last spring he is baptized and this spring he is baptizing one of his friends he invited to the ministry. Tania and I started a bible study last semester, and then towards Christmas break she and this guy started going out. Some people in his family are Christians and some are even pastors, but it has not really meant much to him over the years. At Tania's baptism he asked if we could to a bible study too. Today the three of us had our first group bible study where we read some of Luke. It was the part of my day. You got to love how the river flows.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">These are moments I would die for. </span>WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-82392382812919421252012-01-23T14:52:00.000-06:002012-01-23T14:52:18.243-06:00It was Beautiful!!!Many times in life we are not around to see the results of our hard work. We work and work, pouring ourselves out into people and jobs only to sometimes never see the outcome. I think that's where faith comes in. Especially when pouring ourselves out following God, being a disciple of Christ. As we start a new semester here at El Pozo, I see new faces and meet new people, but can't help but wonder where so-and-so is or what so-and so is up to these days. Working with college students involves a lot of change and turn over. The students are here for 4 maybe 5 years if they found the ministry their first semester. That's not much time, and that is when the faith comes in... faith that what you do day in and day out is making a difference. <br />
Other times, you actually do get to see results. You get to see people change and grow and find something they are passionate about and go on to the next stage in life and not lose sight of what is most important to them and really the only thing that matters when all is said and done.<br />
Since the new year hit, it has been wedding central here in Puebla, with the first two weekends being filled with friends from El Pozo getting married. These two weddings were beautiful, but not because there was good food, or because the band made dancing fun, but because the four people who committed their lives to each other really love each other, and really love God. Both of these couples are going to serve God with their marriages and with their lives. I am confident that their families, friends, jobs, neighbors and whoever else they interact with daily will be better because of them.<br />
Male (maa lay it is pronounced) and Jerry got married on the 7th. I got the honor of being one of 11 bridesmaids...I tried to talk my way out of it when I found out there were 11, but Male wouldn't let me. I had never been a bridesmaid for a Mexican wedding so it was interesting trying to figure out the dress and what I was supposed to do as a bridesmaid before the wedding and then the day of the wedding. I got my hair done professionally for the first time that I can remember in my life...($15 dollars is all it cost...another reason I love Mexico). Got my toes done, the dress made and ironed correctly, some friends helped with my make-up...so I was feeling good.<br />
We get to the place of the wedding early for pictures then they have the civil part of the wedding where just the family, wedding party and a few friends attend. So we are all standing around watching the bride, groom, parents, and witnesses sign lots of papers, when I noticed everyone was starting at me. I had been quietly talking with the pastor next to me, so I was really not paying much attention to what was going on. As it turned out, my friend Male had put me down as one of the witnesses without letting me know and they had called my name to sign the papers. So I hurried over there, signed some papers and the wedding continued. That was a close one.<br />
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So anyways, back to why the wedding was so beautiful...I met Male playing flag football 5 years ago. She started coming to El Pozo, then we started reading the bible together and going to church. Several years ago I got the opportunity and honor of baptizing her, and since then she has not stopped growing and loving and serving Jesus.<br />
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Male met Jerry at the church we both go to. As she was getting more and more involved, had graduated from the university and making that church her new community instead of El Pozo, they met, started going out, fell in love and now are married. It was beautiful because I got to see fruits, results, an outcome to five years of friendship. Their stories together have just begun and they will go on to change the world around them, but for a few minutes during the wedding, when they were singing praise songs and exchanging vows, I just thanked God for El Pozo, for entrusting us with his work and for letting us see that our work is not done in vain. We only had a small part in it all, and there is still greater things that will happen in the lives of these two God-loving people, but I am thankful for that small part and for all those who send money so that El Pozo can exist, and for all of those who find us worthy of their prayers and time spent encouraging us. I am thankful for a God that believes in us all and loves us all and made a way for us to be with him.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The weddings were beautiful because God was there, alive and working. </span>WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-77605699897691474202011-11-28T14:11:00.000-06:002011-11-28T14:11:49.288-06:00Livin' in a moment you would die forI think that's what we really all want deep down and if we strive for that everyday, we would change the world. Livin in a moment you would die for...have you really ever thought about it? If what you do on a daily basis is worth dying for.<br />
Thursday was Thanksgiving not only for you guys back in the states, but for us here in Puebla too. I got a friend who says the secret to happiness is gratitude. I believe it and its why we share a traditionally american holiday with our students here in Mexico. We set up all our tables together family style, cook for several days in advance, hang pictures from the past semester for students to take home, and cover the tables with white paper and crayons so they can express all the many things they have to be thankful for. The plan was to start serving lunch around 2:15 and then around 3 when everyone has had a chance to eat, we would pass around the mic giving the students a chance to share what they were thankful for from this past semester.<br />
At 2:10 there was already a good number of students at the house so we started serving, and kept serving and kept serving and kept serving...about 50 min and 230 students later, we finally stopped serving food. 230 students showed up. That's more than we have ever had here at one time since El Pozo was started in 2005. The place was packed and everyone ate even though we planned for only 120 students. Talk about livin in a moment you would die for.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sitting on the floor, standing up and hanging out the doors. We found a way to make it work</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Then if that wasn't good enough to make you grateful, we started passing around the mic. Freshmen talked about how they were so grateful for the love and acceptance they found at El Pozo in just the short time they have been around. Nadia thanked two student leaders for inviting her earlier in the semester and the community for becoming a family to her. Older students thanked all those who had gone before them for making El Pozo what it is today. Students saw God on Thursday, but not just on Thursday...they have been seeing him all semester.<br />
Tania wrote me yesterday...I started studying the bible with her midway through the semester and she goes to a weekly bible/leadership group with another staff member. For the last month now we have been talking about baptism. She has come to believe in Christ, wants to follow him, is learning and growing and seeking God daily, but like many students here, her parents are not supportive. They have seen the positive change in her life, but still are against the idea of baptism. She is an only child, loves her parents sooo much, and struggles because she knows getting baptized, following the road God has laid out for her is going to cause problems. Yesterday she writes me and says, "I talked with my parents, they don't accept much the idea of my baptism but I am going to do it anyways." Tania is an example of how God changes hearts and makes us strong to follow him no matter what it costs us right now. Tania knows there is the chance she will lose her mother and father, but she also knows that she has another family here at El Pozo, 70-80 brothers and sisters ready to love and support her whatever may come.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tania (on right) with student leader Sara (on left)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>People inside the ministry are not the only ones seeing God work. Here is part of an email I got from Kathy, who is the mom of the head football coach and athletic director at the university here. She wrote us on Friday after hearing about the number of students who came to Thanksgiving lunch and also thanking us for helping to serve Thanksgiving dinner to the football coaches, a few players, and their families. <br />
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: medium;">I am in awe and impressed by the work you two do <i>(talking about myself and roommate/teammate Kami)</i>; UDLAP is very fortunate to have you two at the mission, as well as the sponsors of the mission. It is obvious that you are doing a great job, as shown in the number of people that you served yesterday. It is a testiment to your work, your personalities, and your friendship shown to those on campus. </span><br />
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God is working in this place and through us on a daily basis. I don't always understand how or in what ways, but there is no denying it. I am thankful for this job, how no two days are the same, for friends and family in the states and here, for my roommates who make going home every night enjoyable and something I look forward to, for <b>EACH ONE OF YOU</b> who make me being here possible, for the chance to be a part of what God is doing to redeem his children and this world he created...the list could go on and on and will because I have learned that the secret to happiness is gratitude.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>GRACIAS GRACIAS GRACIAS</b></span>WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-53736955449618541582011-10-24T13:21:00.000-05:002011-10-24T13:21:15.517-05:00Viaje a la Malinche!!!What a great weekend we just had!!! (ok it was like 2 weekends ago but who is counting) Every fall semester around this time we find ourselves in the mountains for a weekend get away with El Pozo. A good friend and fellow campus minister, Jeremy, came in town for the weekend to give the retreat talks. He shared with us about his life during college and how he got to the point where he decided to move to Spain to start a college campus ministry in Salamanca. He talk about living a life that is worth telling, a story that impacts the world and will be carried on in one way or another when we have moved on. It was a very impactful weekend for many of the students. Here are some facebook posts I found from students who went...<br />
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Alexa wrote: <span style="font-size: large;"><i>This was the most amazing weekend ever, i learned a lot of new things, and made me change a lot about the way i used to think, so i am glad that God gave me this chance.</i></span><br />
Alexa is a girl who 3 weeks ago we had never met. She came with her roommate to our monthly community service day the week before the retreat. They weren't signed up for the retreat, just showed up with two other roommates the day we were leaving. Since that weekend, every time I see here she asks what she can do to help or if I am going to be around to hang out because she has a lot of free time. Alexa is young and learning a lot and I can't wait to see how she grows to know Christ and his plan for her life over the next weeks, months, and years.<br />
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Israel wrote to Andrea: <span style="font-size: large;"><i>Never forget October 15th 2011. The most important decision of your life...to follow Jesus and be with God.</i></span><br />
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<span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="messagebody"><span>Andrea wrote in response to Israel's post:<span style="font-size: large;"><i> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The truth is I will never forget Saturday. I took a big step. Thank you Israel. It was a great weekend with lots of fun and adventures.</span></i></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="messagebody"><span>God is moving through El Pozo in incredible ways. Admist all the changes and hard times we (the staff) have experienced over the last few weeks and months, we can not deny God's continued blessings on his ministry here. I have had conversations with three people recently about their desires to be baptized, what it means for their lives and the changes they are making daily to follow Christ. God works in spite of our shortcomings and what a blessing and honor it is to be able to be a part of God redeeming the world. </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="messagebody"><span><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="messagebody"><span><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for continuing to believe in what God is doing here.</span></span></span></span></div><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="messagebody"><span><br />
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<h6><span class="messagebody"><span lang="ES-MX" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;"><br />
</span></span><span lang="ES-MX" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;"></span></h6><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="messagebody"><span></span></span></span>WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-24002985239217422852011-10-03T14:05:00.001-05:002011-10-03T22:28:38.180-05:00There is a time for EverythingWe live in a world that is constantly changing. No matter how much we want to stay in the exact moment we are living in and cherish it forever, we just simply can't do it. And I don't think we were ever intended to try. Jesus throughout his days here was always on the move. He changed where he was going, where he stayed and who he stayed with. He changed peoples' lives in a matter of minutes. He experienced the changes of people coming and going, of loving and losing. Change is a part of life. That's the way God intended it since the beginning.<br />
Ecclesiastes 3 says it well:<br />
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heaven:<br />
A time to be born and a time to die<br />
<i>this past year i have experienced both of these up close and personal, some of them simultaneously.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reese, Sawyer, Elsa and Addie...beautiful creations i have been blessed to see born and grow each day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kami, Addie and me</td></tr>
</tbody></table><i>we are not guaranteed 70, 80 or 90 years, we are not even guaranteed tomorrow. makes you stop and think about your life and the path you are on and where is it leading...in some cases, we wish the time of dying wouldn't have come so soon. we think it is unfair and not right, but there are some things that can only happen after death has occurred. Christ conquered death and offers us life that will never perish, but only after he died physically was he able to do so. it wasn't without pain and sorrow, but what waited on the other side was worth it all. </i><br />
A time to plant and a time to uproot<br />
A time to kill and a time to heal<br />
A time to tear down and a time to build<br />
A time to weep and a time to laugh<br />
A time to mourn and a time to dance<br />
<i>there has been a lot of laughing and dancing going on over the past 5 years. God has blessed me with many opportunities to see people change, to see people far from God take a few steps closer. to work alongside amazing God-loving people and have friends and family that have supported me every step along the way.</i><br />
<i>there has also been a lot of weeping and mourning over the past 5 years. people come and go from our lives. people we love move on and sometimes it feels like they have left us behind. friends chose fame or glory over a God who loves them and is the only thing we find in this life that is constant and unchanging. we sometimes chose to chase the fading things of this world only to be disappointed. </i><br />
<i>People come and people go, through it all, God stays the same, he is with us and that will never change. </i><br />
<i>Nate and Erin left today to start the next stage of their lives working at a church in Maryland, Justyn arrives today to start the next stage of his life working here at El Pozo</i>. <i> </i><br />
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</tbody></table><i>You find out a friend dies, but the same day another is being born...We have been praying for Pako for years now. to die to himself so that he may truly find a life worth living</i>. <i>Last night Pako died to himself by confessing Jesus as his Lord and Savior and now can truly start living. we baptized him shortly after. we weep and mourn but we laugh and dance as well. </i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is a time for everything. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Changes are a part of life. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">God has made everything beautiful in its time.<i> </i></span></div>WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-38293699116431480372011-09-19T13:24:00.000-05:002011-09-19T13:24:50.534-05:00Back to SchoolHow was your summer? What did you do? What classes are you taking? Do you like your schedule? Oh this is your first semester, How do you like Cholula? What is your major? Where are you from?<br />
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The questions are always the same, its just the answers that make the start of each new school year unique. <br />
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New school years always seem to bring with them other "new" people/events/beginnings/things in general, so here are the Top 3 "new" whatever at El Pozo...<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>New Team Leader</b></span>: Many of you already know that Nathan and Erin Mcdade (they have been here since El Pozo began in 2007, Nathan as team leader) will be moving to Maryland to work at an amazing church there, which means El Pozo needed a new team leader. Kami Burns accepted the role and has been doing a great job since July when she took over.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elsa and Addie, Erin and Nathan's two sweet girls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kami Burns, always with a smile</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">Pray for her as she continues to figure out all here roles, what it all looks like and guides El Pozo into the future, as well as for the McDade's as they make the transition to Maryland.</span><br />
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<b>New Students</b>: As with the start of any new school year, there are tons of new freshman that arrive on campus embarking on a new chapter in their lives. Recently we have had many of them come by the casa verde and make their home here. From drama kids to basketball players, they are all finding a place here within the ministry. Some of the ones I have gotten to know best are a group of 5-6 that are all studying Theater. I met one of them, Baruk, the day before our first cookout of the semester when I was eating lunch with a friend he had just met. Since that day, he has been inviting and inviting. One loves to come early and help setup for the events, another loves tennis and ping pong so after events you can find him hanging out with others at the ping pong table or setting up times to play tennis, another loves serving the community so is always ready when we do projects outside the house. It is so cool to see each one become part of the community here in their own unique way.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sammy, one of the drama kids, and her two friends she brought for the first time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pamela, Linda and Charisse, some of the basketball girls that have been coming recently</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">Pray for all our new and old students as they find their place within El Pozo. Pray for them to take steps in God's direction more and more.</span><br />
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<b>New Building</b>: After more than a year of working on our back building, we can finally say that it is a building. It has walls, windows, doors, closets, a stage, and even carpet and tile. All of this has been made possible by friends, family, supporters, golfers at our yearly summer golf tournaments, people who have come down to do manual labor...you each have had a special part in this building that we are now able to use as a resource to reach even more students. We now have our weekly Tuesday night events in the back building. When before there would have been people lined up in the hallway and down the stairs, we now can fit everyone and have room to grow. The blessing this building has been and will be is priceless.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We finally have room for all the band members. Its so big you can't even see the drummer in this picture</td></tr>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">Pray for all the lives that will be blessed by what goes on in this new building. For God to get glorified in everything we do, from the ping pong games to weekly events we put one. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you all for your support and love and prayers. Welcome Back! It's gonna be an awesome semester!!!</span></b>WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-68269317917844580982011-05-12T12:08:00.000-05:002011-05-13T15:35:04.591-05:00That Time Of YearEvery now and then it is worth asking yourself what is important in life, what are you living for each day and are our actions a reflection of all that...<br />
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We just finished up another semester of school, life and ministry at El Pozo. At the end of each school year, we have an end of the year banquet to honor graduates and reflect on the past year. This year we had the most graduates that had been involved in the ministry for the longest time. Many since their first days at the university. As I reflect on those questions above, my answers come from what each of those graduates said about their involvement in the ministry throughout their college years and the impact being involved in a community loving God has had on their lives. In many cases, their tears spoke louder than any words. <br />
I do what I do because I get to see heaven brought to earth on a daily basis and actually get to be a part of it at times. I do what I do because there is no greater joy, adventure or adrenaline rush than watching eternity being changed today and knowing that you got to play a little role in it. If you don't know what I am talking about, try building a house and giving it away to a family living in a cardboard "house" no bigger than your bathroom, or being friends with someone for 4 years, watching them suffer heart ache after heart ache chasing after popularity to finally give God a chance and find a life worth living again, or being family to someone whose family has rejected and abandoned them. There is nothing like it.<br />
If I ever start to think my life is boring, that christianity is boring, I have to look at my life, ask myself those questions and get things back on track. Cause if there is one thing I have gotten from reading about Jesus' life, it is the fact that there is no room for boredom when your purpose and mission is to bring heaven to earth every day.<br />
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</div>Here is the video we showed at our end of the year banquet to sum up this past year at El Pozo. For many of you, these faces are just faces, but let me assure you that each person you see in this video has a name and a story and a future...they are my friends and family, the reasons behind many tears (both good and bad) and they are the reasons I do what I do. God still has a lot of redeeming to do in this world and I do what I do in a effort to be a part of it.<br />
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May-July I will be taking a 3 month furlough/sabbatical/whatever you want to call it. Essentially what it means is that I will be in the states for the next three months, learning, exploring, resting, visiting friends, support raising and anything else that comes up. I would love to see you, catch up, talk about life or whatever. Shoot me an email courtneyrwilson@gmail.com so we can get together...PEACEWHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-84386062886799218032011-01-31T16:51:00.000-06:002011-01-31T16:51:49.822-06:00Not like ClemitineThursday I flew back to Georgia to spend a few last days with my Dad before he flew off to live with Jesus. I guess we were getting too boring for him here. I am glad he is not suffering anymore, but it is still hard and I will miss him so much. I always knew he was a great man but in the last few days I have seen even more the impact he had on so many lives. He was loved by so many and will be missed by even more. His legacy will live on in each of the lives he has impacted over the past 61 years. I would have loved him to be around longer to teach me more, walk me down the aisle, give me medical advice when my kids get sick, and other such stuff, but he taught me about Jesus and showed me how to live and love like Christ which is the most important. The rest I can learn along the way and you guys can fill in whenever needed. He will never really be gone from this earth as long as we live out what he taught each of us everyday.<br />
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P.S. my 10 year old niece wrote this poem to my dad last week...<br />
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Grandpa I love you<br />
Wish you weren't going away<br />
I'm sure going to miss you<br />
But I'll see you some day<br />
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It's going to be hard to say good-bye<br />
But you're not going to be lost forever like Clemitine<br />
Jesus wants you way high in the sky<br />
Boy Lucy and Ethel are sure going to whine<br />
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You're going to have lots an lots of fun<br />
with no tears, sickness, or pain<br />
Where Jesus is the Sun<br />
You've got lots to gain<br />
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The city is made of gold<br />
The gates of pearl<br />
But you won't care a world<br />
Cause those days will just go by with a whirl<br />
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When you get to heaven it's sure to be a wonder<br />
When you're there maybe ask for some ear plugs<br />
Cause God's voice will probably sound like thunder<br />
When you get there God will probably give you a great big HUG!<br />
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I thought is was really good, although I had to ask who Clemitine was. She replied by singing...."oh my darling oh my darling oh my darling Clemitine, you are gone and lost forever oh my darling Clemitine." hence the blog title...not like Clemitine.WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-2271861301130329052011-01-18T10:47:00.001-06:002011-01-18T10:59:00.017-06:00Reason 16: He's a funny guySo I know I know, I didn't quite finish 61 Reasons I Love My Dad...but here we are for round two or maybe this is round 5 or 6...either way here is another reason why I love my dad and you should too.<br />
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He is a pretty funny guy. I am sure that is where I must get my humor and funniness from as well...<br />
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So the past several times I have talked to my dad on the phone and the blog thing has come up in conversation, he has reminded me that his illness is terminal and I should get busy on it if I want to finish in his lifetime. Maybe to some of yall it doesnt seem so funny, but for us it is funny and always makes us both laugh. Then after we laugh I tell him how my next one is going to be how funny he is.<br />
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It is the little things he says when he maybe isn't even trying to be funny that I find hilarious as well that have stayed in my memory over the years...One example is from many many years ago, we were driving in the car talking about who knows what when he says "Courtney have you gone to the bathroom today?" and I was like, "ummm what do you mean" and he says "you know have gooone to the bathroom today" and so I said I had and then he says "well you need to go again cause you are full of sh**" I don't even remember what we were talking about but I do remember having a good laugh.<br />
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Here are a few pictures I found that bring out his lighter side.<br />
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</tbody></table>WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-24353558000707066252011-01-11T00:26:00.001-06:002011-01-11T00:32:47.313-06:00Early Church Puebla StyleI have some awesome teammates who also play the roles of family and friends here in Puebla. The next couple of weeks we will be doing a series on church based on Acts 2 at Tuesday night bible studies and I can tell you all that what we have here on this team is the church. We teach each other, love each other, take care of each other, serve together and each other, break bread together (tonight it was hamburgers and the Auburn game...Go War Eagles) and all the other stuff the early church was doing together. God knew what he was doing when he brought each of us individually here to Puebla and then brought us all together to form one team, one body in Christ.<br />
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So if you read the last post, you read about my house being robbed. I can't remember if i wrote details of what was taken, but among a few of the things were my wii, some gum that is only sold in the states and like $150 worth of coins I had been saving...Well let me just tell you what my teammates have done. Some brought me several packages of my favorite gum that got stolen. Then later after everyone got back I received this gaming system so I would have something to play on the huge tv my parents got me for Christmas, and then just today I was given a jar of coins that some teammates had been saving up to buy something special with a little later down the road. I just counted the coins and it was just the amount of money I estimated got stolen from my room. Words can't express how grateful and blessed I am to be a part of this team and family.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you to all of you who have blessed my life over the years and especially this past month, both here in Puebla and in Georgia. I hope you all know who you are cause I love and appreciate you more than you know. </span><br />
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It's a new year and a new semester. woohoo. I am excited.<br />
Christmas was great. It was good being back in Georgia, seeing friends and family, being encouraged, relaxing, and SNOW on Christmas day was the cherry on top. My brother now has 2 boys, Maddox Tate was born a few days after I arrived, and just a few days ago, my sister had her baby, Kylah Joy. Now I have 12 nieces and nephews. Makes family get togethers fun and a little crazy.<br />
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So after Christmas and a few weeks of vacation, it was time to get back to work. I was so blessed over the break in so many ways by so many different people. Thank you all for everything.<br />
A surprise was waiting for me when I got back to my house in Puebla. Not really a surprise I was hoping for but that is how life goes sometimes. While we were gone, someone broke in and stole some of my favorite things. It is really weird and doesn't make a lot of sense looking at the stuff they took and the stuff they left, but they are only things and most can be replaced. A lot of people say it is because I invite anyone into my house and am hospitable and stuff like that but just because people do wrong doesn't mean I can stop doing good. So if that is the reason, I am ok with it and will continue to show love and hospitality and anything else God desires of me. I really believe all I have been given are blessings from God and should be used and shared to bless others, so that is what we will continue to do.<br />
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Everyone is starting to come back into town, Cholula is being transformed from the ghost town it was last week into a vibrant active college town. We have our first bible study on Tuesday Night. Friday we will be finishing up planning for the semester. Keep us in your prayers whenever you eat Mexican food or something makes you think of us.WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-32938814767174702432010-12-07T22:04:00.000-06:002010-12-07T22:04:21.504-06:00Sweetest Words<span style="font-size: large;">Merry Christmas!! and Happy Birthday Sol!!!</span><br />
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Our students took Christmas to 50 orphan kids, and two days later Sol got 20 of her closest friends together to celebrate her first "spiritual" birthday if I can call it that. AKA her baptism.<br />
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Games, food, presents, and Jesus make for a great night no matter who you are with, but when its for poeple who would not have experienced any of that during the holidays, it makes it so much better.<br />
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This year was harder than last year. There were more kids which meant more of everything had to happen to pull it off. Last year our students were great about taking the kids letters, getting presents and bringing them on time. This year lets say we had a 85% success rate. All the letters got taken by students but not all the presents got brought. Sooo, what did we do? After being upset with peoples irresponsibility for about 30 seconds, I got some students together and we went shopping for the presents that were lacking. It was fun and tiring, and in the end the smiles on the kids faces showing off their new stuff made it all worth it.<br />
Another highlight from this year was being able to completely pass off the actual party we had with the kids to our students. It was great to see our students step up, take charge, play with the kids, and for all the staff to get to sit back and watch our students be leaders.<br />
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If you haven't checked out the last blog, check it out because I wrote about Sol and her decision to get baptized. So we had it planned for 7pm on Sunday night. I was at my house with Kami and Hector watching the Falcons game all afternoon, so we hadn't had time to get a cake for after the baptism. Well it was getting kinda late 6:30, 6:40...but the game was so close we didn't want to leave. Good thing for us we live in Mexico and being on time is not really a priority...we decided after the game Kami would go for the cake, me and Hector would go to the campus house and stall if need be till Kami made it back. Well, Kami made it back with the cake before half the other people arrived so no worries there...the baptism would go on as planned.<br />
So Nate gave some words on baptism and Sol, then I said some stuff about Sol (actually made her cry...u know in a good way) then some scripture, a prayer and her confession of faith before the actual baptism. Some of the sweetest words I have heard all semester was when Sol said "I believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God." <br />
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</tbody></table> So another thing I thought was really cool was the fact that there were both professing believers and professing atheist there at the baptism to support Sol. Knowing them all and their stories makes me smile and love what I do. Knowing that Sol was where they are spiritually speaking less than a year ago gives me hope and encourages me to keep on praying and keep on loving and keep on chasing after God every day.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jesus makes life worth living. I will be in the Atlanta area Dec. 12-28 if you want to get together just send me an email and we will make it happen. Love you all. Merry Christmas!!</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-64827621325682161952010-11-23T18:06:00.000-06:002010-11-23T18:06:07.282-06:00Last weeks<span style="font-size: large;">Christmas is in the air</span>... I know you must think I am crazy or jumping the gun a little bit, but when you live in a country that doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving and work in a ministry that gets done with classes and goes on vacation the first weeks in December, you are allowed to get started early with somethings. Actually, Kami and I have had our Christmas tree up since sometime in mid-September. I admit that might be pushing it, but we enjoy it.<br />
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Tonight is our last En Vivo of the semester. We are going to tell the Christmas story, sing Christmas songs and even give each of the students a little present from El Pozo. The campus house is decorated and with Christmas music playing through the speakers, we are getting in the spirit.<br />
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So I said I live in a country that doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving...well that is mostly true. It is not an official holiday or anything like that but for like 200ish poeple there will be a Thanksgiving celebration on Thursday afternoon. The plan is to turn our front lawn into a huge family dining room by eating all together picnic style on blankets.<br />
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We don't currently have enough tables and chairs to sit everyone and in our area out back we are getting windows put in so it is unusable for the next week. We will continue with last years tradition of having all the students make turkey hands, write what they are thankful for, and then place them on a tree painted on the wall in hopes of filling the now bare tree with leaves. How they get from being turkey hands to leaves is a whole other story.<br />
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Also this year we have invited all the kids from the kids home to celebrate with us. They are 55 people there. I am hoping that our students will integrate with them and get a passion to reach out to them more throughout the year.<br />
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Speaking of the kids home, last week we started passing out letters each of the kids wrote for Christmas. We still have 6 to get sponsored, but I am sure they will get taken tonight. Next Friday the 3rd we will go to the kid's home, have a party with them and give them their presents. Last year it was such a blessing for everyone involved, hoping it will be even bigger this year. <br />
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This is the last week of classes for the students, followed by finals. Even though we finish with regular weekly events does not mean we are checking out for the semester. We still have our last Lunada (once a month praise and worship time) and pancakes at 8pm all next week during finals. Then the kid's party on Friday followed by SOL GETTING BAPTIZED on Sunday.<br />
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Many of you met Sol this past summer when she came to visit with Rebeca and others have heard me talk about her frequently. Sol is a very very talented girl. She loves sports and is super smart. I met her playing flag football many years ago when she just entering college. I actually have a picture on my desk of the first time she came to an El Pozo event back in Fall 2007. She would frequent the house occasionally, I think mostly for the food, but last Fall she began to show up more frequently and not just for the the food. In October of last year I was going to start a bible study with another friend of hers, Laura, so I asked Sol if she wanted to be a part of it. Lets just say she wasn't quite ready, so we just kept praying. Then in January, I asked her again and she was ready. All last semester we (Laura, Sol and I) studied John together, then this semester while Laura was in Europe, Sol and I continued our weekly bible studies reading Acts. A few weeks ago we finished Acts and moved on to Galatians to finish out the semester. In January, Sol shared that her two memories or big experiences with the bible before coming to El Pozo consisted of going to mass every Sunday as a child on an empty stomach so she was thinking of food more than God and then later having to write out the entire bible in syllables for one of her grammar classes. Needless to say, she didn't read the bible much after that. Soooo, she started reading and learning and last week decided she wants to be baptized on Sunday December 5th. I can't think of a better way to end the semester and start the Christmas holidays. Pray for Sol as she continues to study, grow and live out all the stuff she is believing. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More to come after these next two weeks play out. Love you all. Thanks for giving. </span>WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-33029043635245676662010-11-01T23:52:00.000-06:002010-11-01T23:52:18.052-06:00This is a long but good oneThere is nothing like a weekend full of making memories and great friends to do it with. <br />
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On Saturday we had a great time with 16 kids from the orphanage we work with at the American football game at the university. We got there early to get good seats, ate some food, watched our team win another game, then got pictures with some of my friends that are players and coaches. Several of the kids were scared of the big football players but slowly made their way towards them to get their picture. Some of the kids (actually most of them) had enough of the sun and returned to the campus house to play during the second half. <br />
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After a great Saturday, we had no choice but to follow it up with a great Sunday. (if you haven't noticed, this actually happened 2 weekends ago...started the blog but got a little distracted) Sunday at 8 am I headed to the campus house to pay for the two 15 passenger vans we rented to go to the beach for the 3 baptisms. At 9am the students started arriving and by the time we left at 10am there were 43 of us packed into cars and vans.<br />
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Once we finally got to the beach. We unloaded, read some scripture, talked about each girl a bit and then baptized them. Sara went first, then Nala, and then Lulis. We also took some time to just hang out on the beach.<br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNnSsSzhiiQgS7qoNRDMJe9rBk190UmOXyiSyA-Rfff-uWdbzhpm54EYae_rhWp8kJbGXuEDAyVgH9yNP6FrAwCbPonlDladBQeNZMOCHeI-nXstRVZ3qGG2vGqJBhCH6V47hdQerSkM/s1600/IMG_5566.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>Nala is another girl that always has a smile for you. She started coming around three and a half years ago with a heart of stone in many ways. She had been hurt by everyone in her life, had pretty much given up the thought that there are good poeple in the world, and was mad at God. 3 1/2 years later, after being showed love time after time here at El Pozo, she finally gave in to God. I can't tell you the joy it brings to all of us to see her today compared to when we first met her. We are talking about stories tomorrow in En Vivo and she is going to share part of her story with the community. She sent me her talk and at the end she says today she knows she is a beautiful daughter of God, created not to live life stuck to the wall, like a wallflower, but to DANCE. wow.<br />
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Lulis has been around off and on since she got to UDLA, but now as she is getting into her final semesters she has really found her place here in the ministry. Some days she gets here not long after I do and is still here when I head home. Deciding to get baptized has upset her mom who is catholic. She has had to deal with many of the family issues that has come from her going against her parents as well as reoccurring health issues. Lulis has Epilepsy which has made life challenging at times. For the past few months, her medicines have been able to control it, but the week before the baptisms she had several really bad episodes. Also last night we were having a birthday dinner for her when she had another seizure, which normally shouldn't occur. Pray for Lulis to be able to push through the rough days and not to let Satan use these health issues to get her down. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This is what life is all about. Bringing light into the darkness. Thank you for being a part of it.</span>WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-88727103017402725162010-10-20T23:52:00.000-05:002010-10-20T23:52:09.831-05:00This Week In Ministry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Hellooooo again!</span><br />
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Time for another ministry update. We have some exciting things going on this week.<br />
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Today we get started with a Girl's Beauty Night. There will be massages, pedicures, manicures, a talk about inner beauty, and several other things planned for the night. We have a ton of girls in the ministry so it is sure to be a great night.<br />
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Tomorrow is the normal devotional lunch. We are going to take a break from our weekly trivia and bring back one of our games from last semester just to keep things mixed up a bit. We had a student leader give the talk for the first time this semester last week and a few more on the schedule to finish out the semester.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Josh, Pibe, Raul, Beto, Pablo, Rosa at devotional lunch (aka Pozomida)</td></tr>
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On Saturday there is another home football game here at the university. The team is doing extremely well. I have several friends that are players and others who are coaches so I really enjoy going to the games to support them all. This Saturday we are going to take some of the kids from the orphanage we work with to the game. Last semester we taught them to play flag football and since many of them really enjoyed it, we decided to invite them to one of the football games. We are hoping this will be a good time for our students to go deeper with these kids and really start some relationships that will be beneficial to both the kids and our students.<br />
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Sunday we are going to baptize at least 3 students, maybe more, and we are going to to do it at the BEACH. We are really excited about the students who have made this decision (check next week for pics and stories). They each have a very unique story on how they got to this point. God has been working on them for some time now and it is such an honor for us to get to be a part of it all. We are renting a van, using our cars, gonna pile everyone in who wants to go, drive a few hours, get out, baptize the girls, hang out and have a picnic on the beach, go to Dairy Queen, then head back to Puebla. Pray for these 3 amazing girls that will be getting baptized and for those who are on the edge, for all the students who will be going, safe travels and for the excitement and decision of these girls to be contagious in the ministry.<br />
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In other news of upcoming events, we will be having our monthly worship time Monday night and in a few weeks I will be giving the talk at En Vivo, our Tuesday night main event. On Tuesdays remember we are going through the bible in its sections. We have almost made it through the whole bible. We just have another talk on the Letters and Revelations. Since our two main speakers will be out of town the week of Revelations, I get the honor of giving that talk. Pray for me as I prepare and get pumped up to give another talk. And while you are praying, don't forget to mention all the people mentioned in the blog.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for all your love and support. Peace out. Love you all. </span>WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120933475891774413.post-794591191297672842010-10-17T15:24:00.000-05:002010-10-17T15:24:51.751-05:00Realistic<span style="font-size: large;">Reason 15: Realistic</span><br />
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I love my dad because he is realistic and a dreamer like me needs someone like that to keep themselves in check. My dad has always been the one that has given me the reality checks when I needed them. From times when I was younger and not making the smartest choices to the times when I dream and maybe don't think everything through before wanting to get started.<br />
I can't honestly say I always agreed with what he told me or liked it even if I agreed, but I appreciate it. The fact that he loves me enough to care about my choices and help me the way he knows how is priceless. <br />
My dad might not seem like a dreamer just because his attention to details and realism comes out more, but he is. Just look at what he has done over the last 5 years.<br />
His dad used to tell him that he would see it when he believed it. I know he thought about that a lot over the years, but he also thought about all the details that needed to happen to make things become realities. Sometimes I just like to think that if I believe it will happen it will (and in a sense I think that is true), but he is good to remind me of the realities that have to happen to make dreams come true. He doesn't ever do it to discourage me or anything like that. <span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It's just that he is wise, lived through lots, learned from it all and now wants to pass it all on to me and I love him for it. </span>WHAT IS IT YOU SAY YOU DO...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09646753610993898194noreply@blogger.com0