We’ve been in this neighborhood a
little while now (3 ½ years) and it is a blessing that in that time our church
has become recognized as an established ministry – a safe place to go and a
place where Jesus is preached and proclaimed.
People move in and out all the time – sometime moving just down the
street and sometimes moving out of the neighborhood. But through all of this movement people know
that they can come back to connect with God and His church. In the last couple months we have been able
to rekindle some of these relationships as they come back to the church. Though the children have grown up a bit more
it is exciting to be able to pour into these families once again and see how
God has been faithful even when they have strayed away. Our ever faithful God is the inspiration that
keeps us looking for new ways to minister the love, hope and justice of Jesus
in the city.
To everyone that sent us items from our Christmas list – thank you! Many (most) of our needs/wants were met to help us start off this year making an even bigger impact in Los Angeles and beyond.
Like Us On Facebook
If you are a Facebook fan check
out (and “like”) our church’s page (search:
Fuente para las Naciones). We are just
getting it going, but it already has a few fun videos and photos posted of our
last year.Please be praying for our youth. One of the leader’s (Nancy) is getting married in a couple months and will be joining her husband’s church where he is the choir director. While we are super excited for Nancy, it is bittersweet to have her leave – especially for the youth. At this time we have not identified who might be able to help take some of that leadership with the youth. Please pray for wisdom and direction and for the youth to be encouraged even in this transition. We know God is faithful and will show us what we need to do.
Special Week to Seek the Lord
We created devotionals for
everyone to go through morning and night during the first week of January. As
we broke our time of fasting we were encouraged to hear about how God spoke to
different people. Many were challenged
with how they spend their time. Others
realized they weren’t obeying God in other areas, but that He tenderly wants to
draw them to Himself into a fully obedient life. "A
sinning man stops praying, a praying man stops sinning" (Leonard
Ravenhill) Talking with several people after our Sunday service there were 3
different people that shared that they want to get baptized – all after resisting
for quite some time. God is always
faithful and people were experiencing and responding to that faithfulness in
powerful ways. Fabiola and the baby are doing well. With each passing day we are all more and more excited to meet our little guy (due date is March 21).
Please continue to pray for the health of both the baby and Fabiola and for a wonderful delivery. Also lift up our transition from 2 children to 3 (and from 2 full-time church planters to probably 1.2 church planters).
Please
Pray with Us…
ü Pastoral
Visits February 2 & February 9
Phil & Judy Jaquith,
who have been such a huge blessing, guidance, support and inspiration to us and
provide oversight for our church planting efforts, will be visiting our church
to speak to the congregation. They are
the founding pastors of Fabiola’s home church in Puebla, Mexico.
ü Marriage Conference February 7-8
Pray that marriages would be blessed and saved from
potential pitfalls and destruction.
Pray for those that are living together, but not yet
married to make that decision this weekend.
We will have childcare and a luncheon.
Pray also for those that do not yet know Jesus
personally – that this would be the moment for them to come to salvation.
Chad, Fabiola,
Rebecca, Justice and baby boy
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