Overflow With Thankfulness

Our hearts are filled with gratitude and frankly we do not express it enough. We are serving a God beyond comprehension or description in an organization that supports and guides us and is an amazing community of believers and on top of that we have friends and family praying and supporting us financially which is literally impacting hundreds of people. We often ask, “why us?” Why do we have the privilege to be in front row seats for such an amazing work God is doing in the hearts and lives of so many people in South Central Los Angeles and soon spreading throughout the world? He has called us for such a time and place as this and all we can do is thank God for using us and connecting us to World Impact and give you a big “thank you” for partnering and helping make this all possible. Colossians 2:6-7 reminds us that we shouldn’t just receive Christ Jesus into our lives as Lord, but be rooted in Him and continue to be built up – getting stronger in Him…and as we do that we should overflow with thankfulness. We are overflowing with thankfulness as we look upon our Lord and as we reflect on what He is accomplishing here in this hardened city through our people in this very new church, Fuente para las Naciones. We are seeing Bere and Blanca and Abraham and others step-up and serve in various capacities according to their abilities and interests to serve the church as a whole.
Recently we taught on how to share our faith, helping us all get deeper roots of understanding and grow stronger in our faith. What excitement to hear about how Maricela took this commission and went to see her mother that same week to share the Gospel. Her mother, because of the change she has seen in her daughter, is very open to hearing more and coming out to church. José shared with a co-worker about what he has been learning about himself and his Maker by studying the Bible and not just following some religion. Juanita shared with her neighbors about our church and has invited them to come and meet us to continue some deeper conversation. Dora invited Erika and now Erika wants to get more involved. Maricela, José, Juanita and Dora are all people who have come to know the Lord just recently (within the last couple of months) and we overflow with thankfulness that they are growing, getting rooted deeper in the community of believers, serving one another in very loving and practical ways and now seeking to expand this great fellowship by sharing this amazing news of a God that loves us so much that He sent His only son to live and die for us – that we might have ever lasting life!
We are also so thankful for Alicia, Evelia and Ruby all women that we have gotten to know through three different outreaches over the last year that have recently begun to come to the women’s Bible study every week. There are so many needs represented in all of these people in whom we have spoken. Deep, dark pasts that are still being unraveled and healed by God’s grace and love – they need our prayers, but we must include not only prayers of petition and intersession, but prayers of gratitude for what God has already accomplished.

Thank you for being by our side and for being by their side,
Chad & Fabiola Wolyn