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MORNING GLORYCHRISTIAN ACADEMY

San Raymundo, Guatemala1-01-2015

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You ain't seen nothin' yetby Dean Pinney

Director of Organizational Relations

In 2 Kings 4:1-7 A prophet died and left

debts that his widow and two sons could

not pay. The creditor decided to take the

two sons as slaves in payment of the debt.

When the widow begged for Elisha’s help,

the Lord miraculously provided them with

enough oil to sell and pay off the debt. But

the account wasn’t just about the debt; it

was about the faith of the widow and her

sons. You see, God told her to go collect

jars and bring them to her house. So she

collected all the jars she could. No neighbor

left unbothered, no relative left alone. They

borrowed every jar possible. They brought

them home and the Lord instructed them to

take the small jar of oil (what they had) and

begin to fill these jars (what they expected

God to do) from it. The oil did not stop

pouring until every jar in the house was

Maybe you want to challenge another Sunday

school class in your church to a friendly

competition to see who can raise the money

first and then take the rest and put towards a

nice party for the children. The jars are set

out, and we believe.

We have no building on campus that can

seat ALL of our students at one time. We

have no place to showcase our arts programs,

our academic programs, our religious

programs, or even our graduation programs.

We believe that there is a person or a group

who could provide $1,000,000 for an

auditorium/gymnasium that can seat up to a

thousand people at a time. In two years, we

will be at almost a thousand students enrolled

in school and nowhere for friends and family

to come to share in their

educational/artistic/spiritual benchmarks. This

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completely full, and then it stopped. The

debt was paid and the widow and her sons

could live in peace.

This year we set out our jars and now

God is filling them. In fact, we couldn’t wait

until school was out to begin construction

on the newest addition to the campus. The

government extended the school year on us

at the last minute, and the new construction

has to begin now to be completed by the

start of school next year. The new

construction, practically speaking, means

more classrooms, administration offices,

and more restrooms; but to us it means so

much more.

It means more students that we had to

turn away this past year. Students who

were left out of the Morning Glory Story can

now be penciled in. It means more lives to

shape and craft into the young men and

women that God has designed them to

become. It means more souls to lead to

Christ and more hearts to give to God. It

means fewer fireworks victims, fewer

abused children, fewer neglected children,

fewer lost children, and fewer children

forced to trade childhood in early. It means

that dreams can become realities for the

first time in generations for new families. It

means new little voices praising and

worshiping God in the new open

auditorium.

Last year has brought so many changes

and improvements to Morning Glory

Christian Academy. We had a larger than

means we need land enough for a building

with adequate parking for buses, cars, trucks

and the occasional argumentative donkey.

This building would have to have access

options sufficient for the traffic and parking

laws. The building would require large

bathrooms with showers and changing areas.

It would need a stage and universal floor for

both athletics and audiences. The building

would need to be fully enclosed and

reinforced to serve as an emergency shelter

and headquarters for emergency relief and

rescue for the region. Among our resources

here at Morning Glory, we believe God has

already provided this money to several

churches, groups, individuals who, when

combining God’s gifts, can partner with us in

this practical way and fill these jars we have

set out.

I know my God is BIG enough to do more

that we can dream or imagine. I know He can

give it to us any way He chooses. I believe

2015 is the year when Morning Glory

Christian Academy finally becomes the worst

kept secret in the world. The Spirit of the

Lord is active and busy on our Campus. The

Mercy of the Lord is active and busy in our

Teachers. The Grace of the Lord is active and

busy in our Administrators. The Love of the

Lord is rampant among our students and

faculty. The Delight of the Lord will be

demonstrated by the generous and sacrificial

giving by you to make this a reality for

Morning Glory Christian Academy. It started

with the jars.

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usual number of groups on campus during

the year working and sharing our passion to

make the campus safe and attractive for

our kids. We brought in jars and now we

now have two new amazing playgrounds,

numerous new classrooms, a newly

renovated pre-primary complex, security

cameras, extra parking designated for

students with bicycles and motorcycles, and

numerous staff improvements such as

Discipline Officer and the Academic Dean.

2014 was a fantastic year for our

students. We taught our kids to bring jars

of first-fruits of practice and discipline and

now ALL of our arts programs placed first in

almost every category in which they

competed. Lori set out jars of challenge for

our older students and this year they

learned to write a research paper (a skill

not even taught in the colleges there) and

we had to teach the teachers as well. This

year has been a fantastic year spiritually.

We set out jars of souls that needed Jesus

and numerous souls were traded for

eternity and hearts forever changed. The

worship on campus is still my favorite part

every time I visit. There is just something

about six hundred kids truly worshiping God

that will thrust you into the Throne Room of

God.

Last year we introduced a bunch of brand

new partners to the Morning Glory Story;

Partners who have already left their

fingerprints all over the ministry here. We

set out jars needing land that seemed

We would love to be at 100% with our

student sponsorship by the end of 2015. This

is a very real and doable goal. So we set out

jars for the kids. We just need individuals,

youth groups, Sunday school classes,

women’s groups, men’s groups, Christian

businesses, etc. to contact us and get your

child’s bio right away. As a sponsor I can

assure you, they love getting to know you.

And finally, I want to see Queno and Lori get

a financial raise. These two are the bedrock of

this ministry and they have been there for 35

years and are making the same income as

they did 35 years ago. They are way past due

for a raise. The problem is they will not

accept a raise until our budget is consistently

able to support the kids, teachers, and staff

first. So we have set out jars for Queno and

Lori. We need new revenues of income for

2015. We need churches who don’t yet

support us to come on board. We need

professionals to “pay it forward” to these

college graduates who could be making ten

times their salary working in America, but

have chosen Kingdoms over Mansions. So we

set out jars for new partners. The truth is, if

each of our readers would designate $5.00 a

month to Queno and Lori’s salaries, we could

finally pay a fair and reasonable wage. The

next time you stop for a cup of coffee, let it

remind you of how very little it takes to make

a difference in Queno and Lori’s lives. Our

jars come in all sizes. Where God guides, He

provides. We just obediently set out our jars.

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impossible, but those jars were filled

because when it made no sense we obeyed

God. And then we set out jars praying for a

new building that seemed like an impossible

dream a few months ago. Before we knew

it, the money was being transferred for a

building

I believe the best is yet to come. So I

want to share another portion of the

Morning Glory dream that God has given

us. After completing the new building and

classrooms, we will have the other half of

that land left. We believe that God is

leading us to build a similar building on that

tract of land for our Building of the Arts.

One of our greatest achievements that

showcases giving God our very best are our

arts programs. So we set out jars.

We believe that God will fill our jars from

a church or churches who have a passion

for teaching students to use their artistic

talents to glorify God and provide the

$65,000 for an Art Complex featuring a

band hall, choir room, dance hall, and a flag

corps center where our students can have a

designated place to learn and rehearse.

Land in Guatemala is a very valuable

and limited commodity. We are limited in

growth by the amount of land we have in

which to grow. Right now, a prime piece of

real estate directly connected to our land

has become available. This land will not last

long on the market, so we have a very

Finally, 2015 will be the year of Spiritual

Victories. I get so excited just thinking about

what is right around the corner. We talk a lot

about the school, but I haven’t even

mentioned the phenomenal growth in the

churches that Queno has started. I haven’t

mentioned that we are praying for ten

Spanish speaking ministers who would be

willing to take on a church because we have

ten new areas that desperately need a

church, but the workers are few. So we are

asking the Lord of the Harvest to send us

workers, pastors, mentors, teachers, youth

leaders, and prayer warriors. And He will. But

please, work with me here, help us give Him

something to send them to. We have jars set

out for these churches, please designate a gift

for the church work. I dare your church to

challenge your members to start another

church in Guatemala—a sister church that you

make possible. I dare you to challenge your

church to honor those who built their church

and fill these jars.

Maybe you think we have set out too

many jars? But as I read the account of the

widow, I noticed that God left it up to her to

decide how much blessing she wanted. He

never told her how many jars to gather. She

could have only gathered a few, not wanting

to appear foolish and needy to her family,

friends, and neighbors. Perhaps she felt guilty

as the house filled up with jars? Maybe you

would consider her greedy and selfish? But

God left her blessing up to her. He knew that

she could never gather too many jars for Him

to fill. He knew what He wanted to do for her.

He knew his daughter desperately needed

him to provide. So he left her blessing up to

her. The oil stopped as the final jar filled.

My God is still the God who provides for

His children! How embarrassed would we be if

we responded to His instructions with only a

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limited window of opportunity. The first

$25,000 owns this land. This land is

extremely desirable for several reasons,

one of which is that it will give us the much

needed alternate access to the road. This

means our buses would not have to figure

out how to turn around on campus, we

could route them out of that access safely

and quickly to get them on their way with a

lot less danger to the students. So we set

out jars knowing that there is a professional

that understands the value of land who

could provide this gift. We need someone to

step forward and provide the beautiful gift

for this land.

Lori has been struggling with a walker

for the past few years. The fact is that she

still has trouble with her legs buckling under

her when she walks. This year, we would

love to present Lori with an electric scooter

that would take her all around campus

(right now she is limited to a small area

where she can go). This would enable her to

visit classrooms, monitor the campus’

activities first hand, and to be able to get

around without requiring other adults to

help her. We can get her a durable scooter

and have it equipped to her specifications

for under $5000. So we set out jars. We

believe that God is already encouraging

someone to step forward and fill this jar.

Perhaps you have a firsthand understanding

of how restrictive physical limitations are?

Maybe you would like to give this gift in the

honor of a family member who struggled

with being able to walk. Maybe you are part

of a senior’s group at your church and you

would like to make this your gift to Lori this

year?

few jars? Oh, no. We gathered jars from

every corner of every place until we could find

no more jars. We know that He will fill EVERY

jar we set out. You can decide for yourself

what your blessing is to be, but for us—we

have these jars. How big is YOUR God? How

much can He do through YOU? How big is

your CHURCH’S God? Do you have any

projects that are impossible for you to do

without God? If you don’t, then perhaps it’s a

good thing you are reading this…God is going

to bless BOTH of us with these jars! If you

never have a “God Project” (a project ONLY

God can do) for you church, then you are

preventing them from seeing God’s power and

providence. If you don’t have a “God Project”

for your family, then you are robbing them of

the opportunity to see God work. The jars

have been gathered. They have been set out.

You know they are there now. So, the only

question left is, “What are YOU going to do?”

If you think that God did something amazing

for the widow and her sons, then you ain’t

seen nothin’ yet.

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Praises! We thank God for the chance to rest. We thank God for each and every student thatwill walk through our gates in 2015. Praises fora new year, a new building, and newopportunities to minister to His loved children!

Prayers! Pray that God will give us all the love,patience, wisdom and Spiritual guidance to leadour students into a fuller relationships with Him. Please continue to pray for our maintenanceman Chano, Marta, and all the employees andfamilies of Morning Glory.

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