Your Giving, Praying, and Going Made a Difference in the Lives of Many in 2019.
This week I began reviewing the past year of work we have done together. Soon it became obvious that God used you in a significant way! Here’s a short list of your accomplishments…
A team from FBC Benbrook, Texas, is ready for a day of hiking and ministry in the jungle of Guatemala.
You supported eight different mission teams travel to Guatemala and Honduras this year.
You helped start two new Christian Rancher groups in a new region for us in Honduras.
You financed three new pastor training events in the Guatemalan jungle.
You partnered in three new church starts in the jungle in Guatemala through soccer evangelism.
You started one new group in a seniors center in Guatemala.
You supported and staffed two equine therapy training events in Guatemala to spawn two new Play. Story. Eat. groups.
You purchased the first horse for an equine therapy ministry in Guatemala.
You funded three new tin roofs for three new churches.
You collaborated with three sister churches in Guatemala that are sending missionaries to other places in Guatemala.
You supported and received ministry partners Cesar and Elba Gonzalez in their Taste of Guatemala tour, visiting friends in Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas.
You enabled and promoted five Play. Story. Eat. training events in five states.
You created strategic partnerships with churches where we worked on mission training and partnership both at home and abroad. Honorable mention churches are Burwell Baptist, First Baptist of Benbrook, Northern Heights Baptist, Cross Creek Baptist Mission, LifeQuest, First Baptist of Avilla, and Valentine Baptist. These churches have made a huge difference both internationally and are taking their missionary responsibility seriously at home. Way to go!
A favorite staple of any Play. Story. Eat. training event is the wagon wheel drill. Designed to give participants training in initiating spiritual conversations, this exercise took place at Burwell Baptist in Burwell, Nebraska.
Along the way this year, we tried to keep you abreast of many of the stories of God's amazing grace in this past year. From passport snafus, to the story of a new church in the jungle getting started despite threats of violence, to a story of 15 bull riders coming to Christ, we saw God move in many ways this past year.
This is the moment right before 15 bull riders near La Ceiba, Honduras, prayed to receive Christ.
And that leads me to “look directly” at you and say "thank you." Thank you for your friendship, your generosity, your love and encouragement that you have shared with the world this year. Whether you have mailed in a check, put one of us up in your home, fed us, supported a friend to go on a trip, helped buy a horse, or started a group, your heartfelt actions mean so much to me.
So for all that, I want to say thank you! May your tribe increase! If you would like to talk to us about a strategic partnership with your church, please give us a call!
Love y'all!
Steve