Wednesday, October 26, 2011

It's the End of October

I haven't blogged in quite awhile.  Sorry about that.  Sometimes we take the easy path in life and just update facebook status'.

Kim, Brayden, Brianna, and I will be on a plane heading for the States this coming Monday, October 31st.  We are excited to see family and friends, but are also a little sad at the same time.  We have grown very close with our local church here in San Pedro Las Huertas, and have many brothers and sisters in Christ that we will be missing.  Our small group in San Cristobal El Bajo and our youth group that meets in our home are already dreading this time of us being gone.  The long rainy season has only been gone for one week, and now we will be gone for one month.  However, we know that it is important to spend time with our family and to share about what God is doing here in the churches in the States.  Brayden and Brianna are super excited to see grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.  They are counting down the days until our departure.

This is a photo from the terrace of our home of volcanoes Fuego
and Acatenango.  This is the type of weather we now have daily.

After the month of November, we will return back here in Guatemala on November 30th.  As soon as we arrive we will be gearing up and heading out to our Summer Youth Camp for the dates of December 2 - 4.  The week following camp we have a week of Vacation Bible School at our church here in San Pedro Las Huertas.  December 27th - January 3rd we have a missions team coming from Fairview Church to construct a home for a single mother and her 5 children.  We will also be back to our normal weekly ministry schedule.  Needless to say, we are very busy people.  But... know that we wouldn't have it any other way!  God has blessed us this first year here in the country of Guatemala!  He has blessed us beyond anything you could imagine!  We have all grown spiritually and closer in our relationship with our heavenly Father!  Pray with us as we strive to do everything He has called us to do.  No more - no less!  We must continue to seek Him in everything!  We must continue to take our desires and what we would like to do out of the equation, and plug Him into the equation!

IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM!!!

When you read the scripture below, try reading it out loud!

Colossians 1:15-20
15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.