Monday, April 13 ~ Juarez Project Day 1

We left the Bearing Precious Seed property about 8:30 AM for our week long stay
in Juarez. Our first stop was at Pastor Sosa's church, he was one of the 5 pastors we
would work with this week.

Pastor Sosa's church

The plan was to go distribute John/Romans on the busy streets near his church,
but before we did that the men worked on putting huge advertising tarps on the side
of the bus....they certainly caught many an eye!

Distributing on the streets is quite an exciting thing! We were actually on a four-lane
"highway" doing this! When the light turned red you started down between the cars
holding out your John/Romans and they would put their window down a little so you
could stick it in (if they didn't have their window down already)! When the light turned
green you had to head back to the side or middle....not exactly the safest place, but as
long as you kept an eye on the light you could get out in time! Some just stayed on the
street corners and handed them out to the people who were walking.

While we were doing this, Terry went down to a small cafe area to hand his out.
There was also a hardware store there, so there were a lot of people coming and
going! He met a man from the newspaper (who knew very little English!). He
wanted to know why we were there doing what we were doing....we managed to
get Brother Hector (who had been driving the bus around because there wasn't a
place to park it). He told the man what we were doing and we ended up getting
our picture taken and put into his online newspaper! Here's the link if you would
like to see it :click here 
some of the names are spelled wrong but that's all right.... The city was finding out
why we were there! Praise the Lord! He even found out where we would be the next
day and he showed up and recorded Brother Hector praying before we went out and
put that online as well!
We were heading back to Pastor Sosa's church for lunch when we came upon a
high school that had just let out for lunch......there were kids everywhere! Since
we were just creeping along we asked Brother Hector if we could get out to hand
out J/R to these kids. He opened the door and some of us jumped out and got to
work! We handed out 3 boxes in 10-15 minutes! Sorry for the poor picture
quality, I took it through the back bus window.

After lunch at the church, we went quickly to check in at the hotel and then it was
off for our first meeting in a park! The weather was cool in the morning when we
were handing out J/R along the highway, but it had turned much cooler! I wasn't
sure if we would have a great turn out as a result, but I was surprised by how many
people came out!

We ended up back at the hotel and getting to bed by 11! It was a LONG ,but
GREAT day! Praise God!

Sunday before the Juarez Project

On Sunday morning, April 9th, we were again able to visit Faith Baptist Church.
This time though we packed the church out! Two of the groups that came down
for the Juarez Project and Brother Hector, his wife Ofelia, and their children Sarah
and David went along.

After church we went back to the BPS building for dinner and then we had a few
hours to rest before going into Juarez for the evening service. It was at dinner that
Brother Hector asked Terry if he wanted to preach the evening service....Terry told
him he would spend the afternoon studying and if God gave him a message he would.
God did give him a message, so he preached! AMEN!

This is the Pastor, I am sorry I don't remember his name

Terry with Brother Hector interpreting

We were at this church in 2009 and the pastor told us then that the violence was so bad
in this area he couldn't even go out on visitation! Praise God now the city is once again
at peace (for the most part), and God is doing a GREAT work in Juarez because no one
at Bearing Precious Seed was afraid to take the gospel in to the people in their time of
need! Praise God and shame on the devil!

Presenting the ministry at Faith Baptist Church

I am sorry for the delay in this post.... much has been happening!

      Wednesday, April 8th we were able to present our ministry at Faith Baptist
      Church in El Paso, TX. This is the church where Trevor & Olivia attend. We
      showed our DVD presentation and Terry gave the challenge.

They are a small but growing church and we praise the Lord for a place to
worship when we get out west to visit our family! If you are ever in El Paso
stop in and visit them!

The Blessing of a Pizza Oven.....

Because we were at Bearing Precious Seed in El Paso a week before
the Juarez Project Terry was able to be a part of a blessing...

Every morning the men of BPS meet to pray and discuss what will be
done that day. Terry was able to meet with them.  Tuesday, Brother 
Hector shared with them how he has had a burden to train the men
in the ministry in Juarez to be able to provide for their families. He was
thinking about a pizza oven and hamburger cart.He didn't have anything 
drawn up or written down, but he had the idea of what he wanted.
He was too busy scheduling meetings and organizing the Juarez Project 
to be able to work on anything. He kept making mention of it, so Terry finally 
questioned him about what his plan was.

Wednesday he & Terry went to get the supplies and get started. They 
worked pretty steady Thursday, Friday & Saturday..... And by 

1:30 AM Sunday, the pizza oven was built !  

We were able to take it into Juarez and Ofelia used it on Tuesday
to make pizzas for our group! The pastor who will use this oven is
in a wheelchair, so he is limited in where he can work. This will 
provide a good job for him to support his family! 

Thank God for Brother Hector and his burden for his people! He asked
if Terry could come down to help him all the time! Of course the answer
as always is..... if the Lord directs that way! 

Please pray for this ministry, for Bearing Precious Seed's ministry this
summer, and for Brother Hector to have wisdom in working with all
the Mexican pastors.

Below are the pictures.....sorry for the quality, Terry took them on his 
phone. (Except the last, that was taken in a church in Juarez where
Ofelia used it)

Brother Hector testing the flame...

A Little Bit of Recreation...

On April 1st we flew out to El Paso to spend some time with Trevor & Olivia
over Resurrection Sunday, before we went along on the Juarez Project missions
trip with Bearing Precious Seed.

We got there in the afternoon, so we were able to go along to church with them
that night. Then Thursday we picked up a few groceries while Trevor was at work
for a quick camping trip to New Mexico. We left in the late afternoon and arrived
in time to fix supper. We made a lot of memories in just 2 short days! It was good
to be able to get out in the mountains again and read your Bible by the campfire...
               Here are just a few pictures from that trip.....

Getting ready to go

                                                           

Poor Liv was sick from bouncing so she got out & walked!

Nothing like campfire cookin' !

Yes, that's snow! The second night it was 28 degrees!

                                

Hiking to the aspens

We thank God for the opportunity to see His wonderful creation! And to be able to do
it with family!

The Rest of March...

The rest of March was spent in various ways.......

 ....doing other small jobs for people at church

 ....making a QUICK trip to NC to visit our son-in-law and daughter
     (leaving on a Thursday at 4:30 AM and returning Saturday late PM)

 ....having a three day music conference at church with Pastor Mike Foster from
      Deltona, FL

 .... and getting ready for a trip to Texas and Mexico starting April 1!

 God is so good to us! Even though we fail Him in so many ways, He forgives and
 continues to use us....... What a GREAT God we serve!

Prophet's Chamber

March also saw the completion of our church's prophet's chamber.
Unfortunately I only took one before picture, and that was after
everything in the kitchen was taken out!

The half wall closest to the left in the picture was almost to the ceiling.....
creating a division between the kitchen and living area. He cut that away
and made a nice wide countertop that really opened up both areas!

This last picture is the bathroom that also received a complete overhaul too!

The bedroom can be seen through the door in the second to last picture. It
was freshly painted and had new carpet laid. Also, a stackable washer &
dryer was put into the closet since there was no washer or dryer up there.

Donnie was a big help with a lot of the work and Linda did a great job with
the decorating! Praise God for willing helpers!