Party Time

There are two events this month that we are really excited about.  The first is Easter – celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus with our church and reaching out to our community and the second is Fabiola’s 30^th birthday!

During Easter week we continue to reach out to the community with a power packed vacation Bible school (VBS) at the park in front of our house.  Last year we were able to reach out to over 125 children and their families during this time – many of whom we have had continued contact with throughout the last year.  We will teach about Jesus, have games, snacks, crafts, powerful dramas by the youth, music and a meal for the family at the end of the week so that we can connect with them even more. 

We will have a special service on Good Friday and then our church has put their heart into planning an Easter service to remember including a drama that a small group from our church has been working hard at organizing and perfecting.  We wish you could see their faces when they are talking about reaching others in the community – we all have a shared desire to pursue others for Christ and see real transformation in this place so well known for its brokenness and crime. 

One day while Fabiola was in a discipleship meeting with one of the young ladies at our church Fabiola and her disciple came up with an idea to throw a party.  Parties are a really big part of the culture around here.  The idea is to pamper the ladies in the church and reach out to the community – women from Fabiola’s aerobics class, mother’s from our children’s schools and friends of this young disciple that have yet to come out to a Bible study or church service. 

The concept includes facials, manicures and everything girly with the purpose of building relationships and sharing Christ – specifically our identity in Christ.  Fabiola hopes to launch a women’s book study as a result of this party.  We would appreciate your prayers for Fabiola as she and the other ladies involved do the planning and inviting.  Also pray that this party would be a huge blessing with an eternal influence impacting several generations.

Lastly, would you also pray for our newly launched Teen Ministry?  We are ramping-up the activity and influence we have with the youth in our neighborhood tapping into the high school just a block away from where we have been housing a good portion of the ministry.  Please pray for guidance, wisdom, growth and fruitfulness as we position ourselves to impact more lives here in the city.

Our investment – the one you and our family has made together – to pray for and minister Christ’s love in a real and tangible way is breaking up the stony ground here in the city.  Thank you – we could not do this alone, yet together we get to see God’s resurrection power at work. 

He Is Risen!

Chad & Fabiola