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oo
Latin
America
Mission
P r o j e c t
The Advancement of h e Gospel
a m o ng t h e Hispanic people
on
he U
Mexican
border
We
re excited
t o
announce
that
the
Lord's
message o f
s a l v a t i o n
i s
making
advances i n t h i s
dry
and weary
l a n d
When we i r s t a r r i v e d i n Eagle Pass,
t e n
months ago, we u i c k l y became aware
o f
how he
p h y s i c a l c o n d i t i o n
o f t h i s
land r e f l e c t s the
s p i r i t u a l
c o n d i t i o n
of
h e
community. One of our
c o n s t a n t p r a y e r s
has been,
" L o r d , end
the
rai n"
( b o t h p h y s i c a l l y a nd
s p i r i t u a l l y ) . We ave
been
praying or the 'pouring
out'
of i s S p i r i t i n t o
the hearts
of hose who i v e i n
t h i s border c i t y ,
leading
them
t o cry o u t
f or
' r i v e r s of i f e ' to
s a t i s j } ^
t h e i r s p i r i t u a l t h i r s t
I n May f h i s y e a r we began t o
work c l o s e l y
w i t h
two
c o n g r e g a t i o n s
who agreed t o u n i t e
e f l b r t s
on
Wednesday
n i g h t s .
U n t i l
n o w
we
a ve
o f f e r e d two m e e t i n g s . One i s a s m a l l group
'home' meeting and
t h e
o t h e r
i s
a p r a y e r m e e t i n g .
We
r e
a l s o e x c i t e d t o r e p o rt t h a t i n
i ve
months
of home m e e t i n g s ,
we've
had around
20
n o n - C h r i s t i a n
v i s i t o r s
a t t e n d our i r s t
group.
We've
seen
t e n people
s t a n d a t
t h e
i n v i t a t i o n t o
p r o f e s s
t h e i r
d e s i r e t o
follow
J e s u s . And
f
h o s e
t e n , s i x have begun s t u d y i n g t h e e v a n g e l i s t i c
c o u r s e L as
5
eyes E s p i r i t u a l e s
(The 5 p i r i t u a l
L a w s), w r i t t e n by
C h r i s t i a n Missionary
Greg
Waddell.
This
s t u d y
h e l p s them u n d e r s t a n d
t h e i r
need t o e x p r e s s t h e i r f a i t h i n
J e s u s by
means of
In s i de
this
Issue
Family
News
rom
N a nc y
2
P i c t u r e s
Updates
3
For t h e
Brave eart 4
r e p e n t a n c e and b a p t i s m .
We
r e
d e l i g h t e d about what t h e Lord
has
been
d o i n g
i n t h i s
i r s t
group, and we have a
t h r i l l i n g
a n n o u n c e m e n t to
make
As
o f
October 1 s t , we
have m ade
t h e wonderful d e c i s i o n t o m u l t i p l y our
i r s t group
i n t o THREE S i n c e
our i r s t group
began
w i t h
m a n y
l e a d e r s
p a r t i c i p a t i n g ,
we have
the a b i l i t y t o
extend o u r s e l v e s now
o t w o new
homes ( a l r e a d y o f f e r e d f o r
m e e t i n g s )
and s t i l l
have a s t r o n g i
r s t
g r o u p .
We b e l i e v e
G o d
has
been b l e s s i n g our
f a i t h f u l n e s s . We've been a v e r a g i n g 30 p e o p l e i n
a t t e n d a n c e
i n o u r
i r s t
g r o u p . We e l i e v e
t h a t
i n
i
ve
months
t i m e , t h e
Lord
can
m u l t i p l y
h i s
b l e s s i n g s
a nd
we
a n
s e e 30 a t t e n d i n g i n each of
t h e t h r e e g r o u p s .
We
r e
v e i y t h a n k f u l f o r t h o s e of you who p r a y
f o r
our f a m i l y , our m i s s i o n , and our m i n i s t r y
T o g e t h e r , we r e b r i n g i n g a message of
hope
t o
tho se who eed
o
know
of
esus' love.
Upda te:
October
1
I l h
w a s
the
s t a r t
o f our
second
home group.
I n
s p i t e of t h e
f a c t
of our
m u l t i p l y i n g t h e i r s t group
( s e n d i n g
some of t h e
i r s t
group t o a new l o c a t i o n t o b e g i n a n o t h e r
meeting) we t i l l had a t o t a l of 36 p e o p l e p r e s e n t
i n home m e e t i n g s on Wednesday n i g h t . We
b e l i e v e t h i s
i s
an e f f e c t i v e
w a y
t o r e a c h o u t t o
f r i e n d s , f a m i l y a nd n e i g h b o r s w i t h
t h e
g o s p e l of
Jesus
Christ.
Remember
o pr a y
with u s
'Lord,
se n d
the r a i n
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F m ew s f r o m N ancy
PSALM 13:1-4
Praise theLORD
Praise,O ervants of
he
LORD,
p r a i s e
t h e
n a m e
of
h e
LORD.
Let h e nam e of
h e
LORD e p r a i s e d ,
both
now
and f o r e v e rm o r e.
From t h e
r i s i n g
of h e sun t o t h e p l a c e where t
sets,
the
n a m e
of he
LORD
s t o
be p r a i s e d .
TheLORD
s exalted over l l the nations,
h i s
g l o r y
above
h e
h e a v e n s .
Our family i s very
thankful to
God
For
the
f i r s t time in twelve
y e a r s of marriage
w e ' v e
purchased a
house. It's located
outside
a
s m a l l
town
c a l l e d
Qu e m a do (kay-
MA-do), bout twenty m i n u t e s from E a g l e P a s s .
A f t e r
w a i t i n g f or
y e a r s ,
f i n a l l y the
c h i l d r e n can have dogs
and
cats.
We
ow
have
t h r e e dogs, Blackie,
Daisy
and Sweetheart;
and
t h r e e c a t s ,
F i g a r o ,
Flower and K i t t e n .
Ou r
dogs a r e good
watch
dogs, which i s i m p o r t a n t ,
l i v i n g
on t h e US Mexican b o r d e r .
JESSICA:
J e s s i c a
i s
nine y e a r s o l d
now. She's
a
i t t l e
b i t shy u n t i l you get
o know
h e r ,
t h e n
s h e ' s
v e r y
f r i e n d l y .
She's r e s p o n s i b l e and c a r e f u l , and
o f t e n h e l p s me with t h e
l i t t l e
ones. She
l i k e s t o
r e a d , i n g ,
t e a c h
h e r e e l f
e y b o a r d ,
and p l a y
o u t s i d e
w i t h
the anima ls.
She speaks b o t h
E n g l i s h
and
Spanish.
HANNAH:
Hannah i s
e i g h t
y e a r s o l d .
S he
makes
f r i e n d s v e r y e a s i l y and has
a g r e a t
s e n s e of
humor.
She's
l s o
very
h o n e s t .
She enjoys h e l p i n g
p r e p a r e m e a l s .
She a l s o l o v e s a n i m a l s , and i s n ' t
a f r a i d of holding non-poisonous snakes or
any
o t h e r animal she
m a y f i n d Hannah a l s o
s p e a k s
E n g l i s h and
Spanish.
SAMUEL:
S amu e l
i s
f i v e y e a r s o l d . He's a
v e r y c a r i n g boy, and g e n e r a l l y has
a g r e a t
a t t i t u d e .
He l i k e s t o
make
up J o k e s , and
p l a y
l e a r n i n g
programs
on
t h e
computer.
When
we asked him
what he l i k e s most about our home he said,"I
l i k e
i t because
t h e r e ' s
l o t s of room t o p l a y . " (We
ave
f o u r
a c r e s
of l a n d ) . He speaks E n g l i s h and
u n d e r s t a n d s S p a n i s h , though he d o e s n ' t speak
t
EMILY:
Emily
i s
two y e a r s o l d .
She's
a calm
and
l o v i n g
t o d d l e r .
She
e n j o y s p l a y i n g w i t h
t h e
c a t s
and
f e e d i n g
t h e
f i s h . Her v o c a b u l a r y i s
growing
a l o t . She speaks E n g l i s h ,
and
I'm
t e a c h i n g
h e r S p a n i s h .
STEVE: t e v e i s w e l l , and v e r y b u s y . He
o v e s
t o r e a d b u t h a s n ' t been a b l e t o
e n j o y
a
good
book
n
months
because
of l l of h i s
r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s
w i t h
t h e f a m i l y , t h e h o u s e ,
and
t h e
work of
h e
Lord.
He's n o t
c o m p l a i n i n g
though, b e c a u s e he f e e l s
fulfilled in what he's
doing.
We
a r e
confident the
Lord
ha s
us h e r e w i t h a s p e c i f i c
p u r p o s e
i n
mind,
and
we r e happy t o s e r v e
asHis ill dictates.
NANCY: 'm w e ll,
thank the Lord. I al so
want
to
thank a l l
of
you who
have
interceded for me in
p r a y e r . I'm doing
much
etter.
S i n c e
we've moved
I ' v e been
very
busy
with
the children,
with
g e t t i n g
the
house ready
for w i n t e r , and
with the
church
a c t i v i t i e s . Unfortu
n a t e l y t h a t means
I ' v e
been t o o busy
t o w r i t e a
p e r s o n a l
e t t e r
t o each of ou wh o r e d e a r
t o
me .
May God b l e s s
you my e a r b r o t h e r s and s i s t e r s
i n
t h e f a i t h . Remain s t r o n g
i n
t h e
Lord
because h e
Lord who as alled us s
faithful.
May od
r i c h l y
b l e s s
a l l who have h e l p e d
i n o u r
move , n our e t t l i n g i n ,
and
i n v a r i o u s p r o j e c t s t h a t
have r e q u i r e d time and money t o complete You
a r e our
p a r t n e r s
i n t h e s p r e a d of h e g o s p e l .
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J a n u a r y
-
May
2000
S t e v e s
i
r s t
o f f i c i l
B i b l e C o l l e g e s t u d e n t s
i n the class The ew estament Church
J a n u a r y
-
May
000
P r e p a r a t i o n ,
i s t r i b u t i o n
and
T e a c h i n g
t h e
e v a n g e l i s t i c
c o u r s e w r i t t e n by
C h r i s t i a n
m i s s i o n a r y
Greg
W a d d e l l ;
L as 5 L
eyes
E p i r i t a a l e s
May
October
2000
Wor ki n g o
t r a i n
l o c a l
C h r i s t i a n s
and
c h u r c h l e a d e r s t h e
Family
Groups model
o f vangelism,
and
e s t a b l i s h i n g
t h e
p i l o t group.
V a c a t i o n B i b l e S c h o o l .
E x p e c t i n g o n l y
1 2 - 1 5 c h i l d r e n , t h e ay program
was
b l e s s e d w i t h
more
t h a n
30
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Forthe Brave
Heart
From t ime
o time
we, s
m i s s i o n a r i e s ,
have needs t h a t
go
above and beyond what our monthly
u p p o r t
can
o v e r .
This
i s
good,
as i t
h e l p s
us
t o
remember
t o r e l y
on God
our
Provider,
a t h e r than
r u s t i n
a ank
account.
I f o u r e
r e a d i n g
t h i s p a g e , we r u s t
t
i s b e c a u s e t h e Lord has
g i v e n you h e
courage
o c o n s i d e r t h e q u e s t i o n , How an
I
help?
F i r s t , we sk you o prt^ about each
of h e
needs p r e s e n t e d
below.
I n
your
communication w i t h t h e Lord,
s e e k His
l e a d i n g as
o
how
HE
an u s e YOU s a a r t n e r
t o
our a m i l y
and m i n i s t r y .
COLOMBIA, ONTINUED
Even
though we, s
i s s i o n a r i e s ,
have moved our a m i l y
ou t
of olombia du e o c l e a r and r e s e n t danger o any o r e i g n e r
l i v i n g
t h e r e ,
we
t i l l c o n t i n u e t o
a c t i v e l y
m i n i s t e r t o t h e t wo
young men
who S t e v e had t h e p r i v i l e g e
of
r a i n i n g
i n t h e
m i n i s t r y .
This s done h r o u g h weekly I n t e r n e t c h a t s e s s i o n s
w i t h each
of
h e two
young men.
I t
i s
our
e s i r e
to make a e t u r n t r i p t o
Colombia
as
soon
as
funds r e a v a i l a b l e . There r e m u l t i p l e reasons for h i s .
1) We e f t l l
of our
b e l o n g i n g s
packed
away f o r our
e x p e c t e d
r e t u r n
t o Colombia o
m i n i s t e r .
We
eed
o
s e l l
/
g i v e away /
r
r i n g t o t h e
US
h e s e
t h i n g s .
I n c l u d e d
i s
t h e
need o s e l l t h e Toyota
r u c k .
2)
teve
has a e s i r e to teach Colombia l e a d e r s h i p and the
young
men who a r e p r e p a r i n g
t o be
f u t u r e church p l a n t e r s
John Maxwell's
T h e
21
I r r e f u t a b l e
Laws
f
eadership.
He
would o f f e r a L e a d e r s h i p T r a i n i n g Seminar' f o r t h o s e
interested.
3) t has
now been two y e a r s
s i n c e we have seen
any of
Nancy's a m i l y . We ant o v i s i t w i t h
them, s e e
t h e growing
n i e c e s
and nephews,
t h e n ew
ones
too) and
remind our
c h i l d r e n
of h e i r
Colombian e r i t a g e .
FREDYPRIETO
Fredy has bee n e r v i n g
i n
t h e
m i n i s t r y f u l l
time i n c e coming
t o
I b a g u 6 , Colombia i n 1998
a t
t h e age of 9 . Leaving h i s
C h r i s t i a n family
behind
and d e s i r i n g with h i s whole h e a r t to
s e r v e t h e Lord J e s u s
C h r i s t , he took a
t e p of
a i t h
t h a t
w i l l
i n f l u e n c e
h i s
younger
b r o t h e r s
i n
t h e i r f u t u r e
d e c i s i o n s
as
o
what
th^
want
to b e . C u r r e n t l y one of i s
t h r e e
younger
b r o t h e r s i s
a c t i v e l y
being
p r e p a r e d
f o r
t h e
m i n i s t r y
b y
m i s s i o n a r i e s
i n B a r r a n q u i l l a ,
Colombia.
Fredy has x p e r i e n c e d the
wonderful
b l e s s i n g s of e r v i n g
i n
t h e
church
i n
many
a r e a s .
He
p r e a c h e s , t e a c h e s , l e a d s
s i n g i n g , o r g a n iz e s t h e
y o u t h
group, and
i s
b e g i n n i n g an
a c t i n g group
which p l a n s t o
do t r e e t e v a n g e l i s m . He
l s o
l e a d s a
home
e l l - g r o u p s t y l e meeting which
has
grown
and
m u l t i p l i e d
a
number of i m e s s i n c e he was i v e n l e a d e r s h i p
of
h e
group. a r t of h a t l e a d e r s h i p r e s p o n s i b i l i t y has been o
train
other
leaders.
S i n c e
coming n
f a i t h
t o p r e p a r e fo r t h e m i n i s t r y (as he wa s
o f f e r e d no
a l a r y )
h e Lord
has
r o v i d e d f o r
him
an
income
of 250.00
US
month. While a l e s s i n g ,
Fredy nee ds
more
l i v i n g - l i n k
s u p p o r t . He
as
p l a n s t o
marry
a
a i t h f u l l y a c t i v e
young a d y i n t h e c h u r c h
t h i s
December. We r e p r a y i n g t h e
Lord
w i l l encourage
i n d i v i d u a l s ,
Sunday
s c h o o l s ,
s m a l l
g r o u p s , and h u r c h e s
t o
t a k e
t h e c h a l l e ng e of u p p o r t i n g t h i s
e n e r g e t i c worker n t h e L o r d s
kingdom.
VIDEO
PROJECTOR
I n t o d a y s h i g h
m o t i o n ,
h i g h
r e s o l u t i o n
c u l t u r e , many of
h e
s am e m u l t i - m e d i a techniques used b y
t h e
w o r l d s
e n t e r t a i n m e n t i n d u s t r y
a r e
a l s o
b e i n g p u t t o u s e
i n
t h e
church
f o r Godly p u r p o s e s . One of
h e s e
media e v i c e s i s a Video
P r o j e c t o r . This
a l l o w s the
p r o j e c t i o n of
songs,
computer
g r a p h i c s ,
v i d e o s and o t h e r media t o
h e l p
a c c e n t u a t e t h e
worship
e x p e r i e n c e .
I t a l s o
i s
a
t o o l t h a t
i s
u s e f u l
f o r
evangelism
and
d i s c i p l e s h i p
c o u r s e s , t e a c h i n g l a r g e groups
of eople t t h e same ime.
Funds
r e now
e i n g r a i s e d t o p u r c h a s e
t h i s
u s e f u l
p i e c e
of
equipment
o r
s e r v i c e
on
h e m i s s i o n f i e l d .
GENERALFUND
While h e Lord has
been
a i t h f u l i n
p r o v i d i n g
s u f f i c i e n t
funds
t o s u p p o r t t h e
P h i l l i p s
f a m i l y s
f i n a n c i a l n e e d s ,
t
i s
no
e c r e t
t h a t what t h e y e a r n
f o r
a f a m i l y of s i x f al l s below t h e
P o v e r t y L e v e l of income
e s t a b l i s h e d
by t h e
government.
There r e a l s o
times
when work p r o j e c t s cannot
be
i n a n c e d
i n order o be
able o p ay
the
h i l l i p s
s a l a r y .
I f you have o l l o w e d t h e
l i f e
and work of h e P h i l l i p s f a m i l y ,
you
know t h e y
a r e workers worthy
of
your support An y
funds sent to the
General
Fund
of LAMP.,
n c . w i l l b e
c o n s i d e r e d f i r s t f o r s p e c i a l needs' of
t h i s
f a m i l y , and
s e c o n d l y c o n s i d e r e d f o r s p e c i a l p r o j e c t s .
YOU EEDTOKNOW
I f you e s i r e
t o
be a r t
of h e
Lord's work
n
s u p p o r t i n g
any
of h e
needs i s t e d , you
m a y o n t a c t S t e v e , or i s Forwarding
Agent, Ron
K e s s l e r .
Also,
i n a n c i a l d o n a t i o n s s h o u l d be
ma d e t o LAMP, n c . , d e s i g n a t e d a c c o r d i n g l y , and sent t o
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