phillips steve nancy 2000 colombia

8/18/2019 Phillips Steve Nancy 2000 Colombia

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o

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 .


3/4

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


4/4

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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