January 30 Wrap Up

Buenos Dias!                                                                              Monday, January 30

   

 Well, we are all home safe and somewhat sound.  There are a few lingering bouts of minor digestive issues, but all in all we are in good shape.  We had a wonderful closing to our language school.  God blessed beyond our wildest hopes.  Numbers cannot begin to tell the story of all God has accomplished, but here they are:

We had a total of 513 attendees.  Of the 328 adults and teens that attended, 119 said "yes" to Jesus during the week, and 198 wanted more information about becoming a follower of Christ.  This is an awesome testimony of the faithfulness of our Savior.  If we will go and tell, He will draw to Himself the heart of those hearing.  To God be the Glory!

 

This has been an incredible month of ministry in Nicaragua.  God has done great things in the hearts of the Nicaraguan people we encountered, and He has done immeasurably more in us than we could have hoped or asked.  

       

God has affirmed our ministry and purpose in Nicaragua, and we are excited about the future of the work there.  This work is much larger than Celebration Church.  During the past month, five different churches were represented in the ministry projects.  Hibernia Baptist, who sent 9 members of our language school team, is already on board to teach next January.  This allows us to recruit a new team for a July school in Matagalpa.  In addition to the opportunities in Matagalpa, we received a request to bring our language school to Costa Rica. The expanding scope of ministry opportunities requires more teams of committed ministers of the gospel!  

      

As we move forward with these ministry opportunities, our vision is to create a non-profit missions agency that will become the sending and administrative entity.  Celebration church will be heavily involved in the work in Nicaragua, but we will go with other churches and organizations through the sending agency.  This is being done to make the ministry more accessible to others outside the body of Celebration.  Please pray for us as we seek to follow the Lord's leading in setting up these organizations and planning future ministry opportunities.  Pray that God will begin now to prepare the hearts of those who will go and those who will give to accomplish the work God has prepared for us to do.

 

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"

   And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"