WOW! Is the word I will choose to describe how God is working in our lives here on Guam. The summer got kicked off to a early start with our BIG APPLE VBS the first week of June. Teachers and volunteers from young to old helped out each day. It always amazes me the effort everyone puts into our vbs. The children sang songs each day filled with God's message to them. This year at snack (lunch time) the small group bible study from different villages each brought food for the kids. What a blessing! Our youth and junior high group all assisted the teachers and the snack team with getting everything set up and making sure the kids were safe. Worship time seems to always be a huge favorite of the kids attending vbs each year. All in all the children were feed spiritually and had a great time together.
Our church is about to celebrate our 50th anniversary on July 15-17th. There is much work going into preparing for this event. Videos are being made of several pastors who were the pastor here over the years and many other laymen who ministered to the hearts of the Palauan people who have attended through out the years. People from all over the many different Island countries of Micronesia have been ask to come and celebrate with us, God's faithfulness over the years here. Many of us are praying for revival in this place of worship. The first night we will showing video messages that have been prerecorded for this event and have lots of pictures of many memories through out the years. On the second and third day there will be three message preached. We are praying for God to challenge us in our relationship with Him and revive all of our hearts. Please pray for Andy as he is working with the men from church that are doing the yard work, preparations, and lining up people to speak.
We are excited about how God has been challenging the hearts of several young women in our church. Back in February Julie started leading a small group bible study. The book she used was "Lies Women Believe" by Nancy Leigh DeMoss. This book helped us to exam our relationship with the Lord. It also taught us how Satan attacks our families through lies we believe about ourselves and our families. After we finished this bible study the same three ladies and a few more women joined me for a study of our spiritual gifts that God has given to each of us. We have one more week of this study. In Late July we will began "Victory Over the Darkness" Seminar. Julie has prayed that God would bring forth the ladies who need to know their identity in Christ. This will be our first time to hold this class at our church. We will follow the DVD with a workbook and discussion questions. Pray that these 11 women will allow the Lord to work in their heart taking control of the areas in which Satan is trying to deceive them. This bible study will last 8 weeks and then we will continue with Part 2 "The Bondage Breaker". Thank you for partnering with us n prayer and for your support. We so much appreciate you. May God bless you and the ministries He has you involved in as a channel of His love and service to others around you. God bless you all!
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