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  “For God alone my soul waits in silence;

from him comes my salvation. He only is my 

rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall 

not be greatly shaken.”  -Psalm 62:1-2

Have you ever noticed that God hasa sense of humor and enjoys making us

laugh and smile? Sometimes he makes

us smile over something little. Other

times it‟s over something big.

The other day I was sticking some

labels with a new address on the back of 

some brochures Jon Boyd had made for

the church. (If you’ve been following us

lately you will know we have changed loca-

tions quite a bit recently). I got to the end

of the pile and realized I had just the

right amount of labels to brochures and

bust out loud in laughter. I stopped and

thanked God right then because in all

reality I was blown away with his sover-

eignty in that moment.

Strange you might say, that some-

thing so simple made me laugh out loud?

No, not really considering where I wassitting when I was working. You see, I

found myself in our new office/service

location (a space with room for probably 

around 80 people) right across the hall

from where we had previously rented

office.

We turned over our office in No-

vember and prepared to move into a

REQUESTSREQUESTSREQUESTS 

PRAISESPRAISESPRAISES   We now have a permanent

church location and office

space.

Maria del Carmen (wife of 

Eduardo, first Christ fol-

lower in the church) re-

cently accepted the Lord!

Children’s sports have

given us many contacts

and opportunities for min-

istry.

 We have finally adjusted to

the heat (now we just have

to avoid winter in the USA

in the future!)

Salvation of Guido and

Magali (now doing study w/

Scott)

Salvation of Luis Carlos,

Freddy and Elbia (doing

study w/Scott)

That Scott, Jon and Alfredo

 will be able to arrange more

Bible studies with non-

believers

That new people will attend

 worship services and small

groups

Discipleship and counseling

of those who have been

attending services faithfully

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larger space that we could hold Sunday

services in. Well, we‟ve been nomads

ever since the man changed his mind and

decided he didn‟t want to rent „to a

church‟ and gave us our deposit back.

Well, a few weeks ago, Alfredo ran

into (God doesn‟t believe in „run in‟s‟

btw!) the owner whom we had previous-

ly rented our small office from. She

asked him how it was going at our new

location and Alfredo told her the situa-

tion. She promptly told him, “come back,

the renter of the largest office wants some-

thing a lot smaller and she’s taking your old 

office and you can have the biggest one for 

150,000 pesos (approx. $80USD) more

than what you were paying”.

So, while gluing labels on brochures, I

had to smile and realize that God literally

„moved us across the hall‟. We originally

wanted this space due to the size, but

couldn‟t afford it at the time and took the

smallest of four offices. Cont’d pg. 2 

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Finally, our own space for services !

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Seeing “burros” (donkey‟s)

hauling a load of supplies and other

items in Colombia, especially here

in Santa Marta, is nothing out of 

the ordinary. However it‟s not

everyday that you see a dog with a pet burro! It‟s amazing

that the longer you live in another country the „out of the

ordinary‟ becomes ordinary! 

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On top of that God saved us two months of office rent when we didn‟t have a location, just the time the fledgling

church needed to get it‟s footing financially over these past two months! His plan truly is amazing!

So, we are finally at a fixed location, no more wondering from week to week where we are going to hold services

and we have a place for office space throughout the week, as well as a location where we can start our Bible institute..

We have been averaging between 15-20 adults every Sunday since our initial launch service on Jan. 9, so please con-

tinue to pray with us that God grows his church according to his perfect timetable.

I‟m looking forward to seeing how God will make me smile and even laugh next as I get to see Him work in peo-

ple‟s lives here in Santa Marta! Stay posted!

 Jackson has really enjoyed the wildlife here in Santa Marta. He loved watching his pet scorpion attack and feed

on cucarachas (cockroaches). He also enjoyed being the hero for a little lizard stuck in a window. His biggest

excitement in the past couple months was earning his yellow belt in Tai-Kwon-Do.

Makayla has been maturing so much. She is now in 2nd grade and is becoming very disciplined in not only her

school work but also gymnastics. She is very busy preparing a special presentation with her team and God keeps

opening doors for her to share Jesus with her friends.

Avianna has officially completed 21 days of school and is doing really well. She is in love

with her new little pet hamster, Henry. She loves to squish him into her Barbie furniture

and let him sit in her Barbie chairs. I‟m not so sure how much Henry likes it, but he

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  e  n  e  a  s   i  e  r   !

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  e  n  e  a  s   i  e  r   !

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  e  n  e  a  s   i  e  r   !

   S   t  a  y   i  n   T  o  u  c   h ,

   G  e   t   I  n  v  o   l  v  e   d   !

   S   t  a  y   i  n   T  o  u  c   h ,

   G  e   t   I  n  v  o   l  v  e   d   !

   S   t  a  y   i  n   T  o  u  c   h ,

   G  e   t   I  n  v  o   l  v  e   d   !

   C   l   i  c   k  o  n  a  n   i  c  o  n   !

   C   l   i  c   k  o  n  a  n   i  c  o  n   !

   C   l   i  c   k  o  n  a  n   i  c  o  n   !

Christmas day at the beach!


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