Wow, the time certainly is flying by for me here. It's hard to believe I've been down here in Florida for over a month already! I just have a few updates, some exciting and some not so exciting but rather hopeful.
First I want to give the update on the church I was attending for the two years I was down here with Teen Missions as a student. This past Sunday the Pastor who has been causing a lot of problems within the church verbally resigned, admitted to some of his wrongdoing and agreed to move on. The other elder involved with it has also resigned and so the church (as the body of believers) is going to be going through a really rough time. There was a small group attending who are/were very devoted to Glenn and were upset to see him go, although I can honestly a lot of that can be attributed to some ignorance of what was going on behind closed doors. Please keep praying for this church that healing would come and that the two "sides" would come together in unison and be loving as Christians ought to be. We're having a car show this Saturday there and I'm asking for prayer that it would be a time of unification and a time for focusing on God and not ourselves.
Now, on to more exciting things, as I mentioned last time I am going to be the head leader of the Ecuador preteen team. There's 21 kids in total with five leaders, one of which whom I led with last year. I'm really looking forward to the summer and what it will hold. God did some amazing things last summer, even in just allowing me to be able to go on the team, as well as throughout the summer. It was such a blessing to see the team grow together and grow as individuals in the Lord. These teams really have a tremendous impact on the kids and it's a constant reminder of how God began to change me through my team experiences.
-My specific requests in prayer for this summer would be that all the kids and leaders would be able to raise the funds necessary to come on the team.
-For health and safety of all involved in teams this summer
-For a missionary burden for all the team members with a desire to work and serve
-For unity, team growth, and spiritual growth
-For the new government system and leaders who are openly anti-christian. The staff at the base there are working hard to do a lot more paperwork to be able to be legal, the government is coming down hard on NGO status and other religious organizations there.
My personal prayer requests not really relating to this summer are:
- Please continue to pray for my wisdom teeth, that they would not bother me, especially during the summer, until I can figure out what I want to do about getting them out versus extreme costs because of not having insurance.
-I have the ability to get a free car (an oldy, I believe it's an '88 Bonneville but she still runs and would make a good Point A/ Point B car. I'm just praying about wisdom on that decision, the only thing I have to take into consideration is affording insurance. I've been doing some research on that. Please pray that God would give me the wisdom on that decision and that if I do get the car, that I would be able to have the support needed to afford it.
One last thing! TMI has a few new bases and BMW (Bible Missionary Work Training Centers) opening up. I believe one is in Papua, another one in Indonesia (Kalimantan) and just a BMW opening up in a country I cannot name for safety reasons. They have 21 students lined up for this BMW and they are going at the risk of going to jail. Please be praying for their safety and that God would continue to uplift them and do a mighty work in that country.
Blessings!
Danny
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