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These last couple of weeks our English Institute students= have been able to attend some auxiliary classes put on by the C.H.I.E.F. C= enter. One of them was about symbols, and paraphernalia used in the c= eremonial worship of the Native Americans. It was very enlightening f= or all of us. One lady, Velma, was sharing how that = God had opened her eyes to see that some of the decorations she was using i= n her home were questionable. She stated how that little by little sh= e had started replacing these objects so that she wouldn’t be mixing = icons along with Christianity. I was very pleased to here this and se= e God’s faithfulness. If we, as leaders, will just stay out of = God’s way He will clean the catch. All we have to do is be fait= hful to go fishing!!!
God has blessed us with new converts this year who have b= egun to grow spiritually. One such convert was saved in August. = He is in the Spanish congregation and has been faithful in His walk with G= od. This past week when Ken needed to be in Mexico for the board meet= ing Trinidad (some of you heard about him in deputation, this is just the &= #8220;Rest of the Story”) lead our prayer meeting. He was pleas= ed to do it and it was a blessing to both Ken and the congregation. =
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I began writing this story in February of ’08 but I didnR= 17;t want to finish it until God completed His work and I had a better endi= ng! So, now you will hear “The Rest of the Story” accordi= ng to Brenda not that other guy! Imagine with me back a few months and we a= re having a Spanish Prayer Meeting with quite a few men in the service.&nbs= p; God was really dealing with hearts and we could feel the Holy Spirit mov= ing. Ken felt led to have an altar call so he opened it up and severa= l people prayed to receive Christ. We were so glad that there was suc= h a good response but felt like there was someone else who needed God that = night. The next day we went about our business and Ken, Mercedes and I we= nt out to Parker to be with them for a mid-week service. One of the m= en who hadn’t come to the altar the previous night, Trinidad, was als= o going about his business. He went to work at the restaurant and wor= ked his shift and then got into the car with a friend who was giving him a = lift and they headed home. All of a sudden another car pulled up clos= e beside them and pulled out a gun and
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shot Trinidad. Miraculously, it didn’t kill him. = Nor did it hit any vital organs. It went into his upper arm and exit= ed cleanly through the lower half of his arm making 4 holes as it went.&nbs= p; They rushed him to the hospital and called his wife. She showed up= and one of the first things she said was, “Do you remember what Past= or told us last night that none of us have the assurance of tomorrow?”= ; Ken had said this reminding everyone that we need to be ready, with= the Lord, to die at anytime. Well, for a period of time Trinidad was very angry as= you can image. The police told him that it was just a random shootin= g and that they probably wouldn’t catch the man who did it and they d= ropped the case. Well, the summer passed with Trinidad dealing with h= is anger until Ken finally told him that he was going to have to forgive th= e guy for shooting him and move on. I’m happy to say he got sav= ed the first week in August, and God enabled him to forgive, and he is grow= ing spiritually. Praise the Lord for His faithfulness to us. He= is still in the saving business and will do wonderful things if we’l= l just get out of the way and allow God to work in people’s lives. |
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