Praises-- which you can join us-- to the Lord for He is hearing us all!.
1) Our recently re-structured GCE Board of Directors (according to the By-laws) is seeing the fruit of their endeavors manifested in God’s Grace and Provision.
2) The STM construction team from Mission Community Church, Gilbert AZ were here working along the CHE planted church in Chirramos Guatemala Feb 25 – March 4 doing the tough job of assembling the re-bar structure to have the locals ready to pour the concrete slab. Even the concrete work itself was not completed during their time here, the required re-bar and relationships built have no comparison. God has been at work.
3) In Nicaragua, 16 children prayed to ask Jesus coming to their lives during the week of Dental Health School Screening with the CHE team in Boaco Nicaragua and the STM Dental team from Grace Fellowship Church, Synedy Mines N.S. Canada March 3-10.
4) For the STM team from AMSA Baylor University, Waco Texas who were here at the CHE village of La Tercera Calle for a week of Medical/Dental Clinics plus ministry to children along the local CHEs during March 10-18. Katie, the student who caught appendicitis while here was provided emergency surgical care and within a week was back in classes in Baylor, Praises to the Lord our Healer!
5) The STM team from Living Word Chapel, Oracle Arizona also had a blessed time here at the CHE village of Chicoz in the highlands March 17-24. The construction crew and locals put up the lumber structure for roofing on the new church facility. The relationships and Primary Health Care during clinic days were all of encouragement to the villagers. Plus the pastoral seminar/workshop taught by Pastor James Ruiz to 30 rural pastors and leaders
will bear fruit in the Kingdom of God.
6) The fencing project of the CHE Center facility is going on!. Pio and the rest of trainers are in charge, 127 out of the 800 poles had been placed until a week ago.
7) Christa, our daughter in Schreiner Univ Kerrville Texas was accepted to the BSN program along with the full scholarship needed to continue education in the States!. He is the Provider, Our Lord!.
Requests for more prayer:
1) For the coming visit of Jim Mott and Jeanne, GCE Board Member from Calvary Church Muscatine Iowa, to scout the project of new church facility at the CHE planted congregation in Los Alonzo (Mam people) this April 20-21st.
2) For the CHE Woman TOT planned for April 27-29 in Quetzaltepeque El Salvador for the female CHE leaders from scores of CHE projects in that municipality. Our Region’s Resource Facilitator Darling Lopez from Nicaragua and assistant Master Trainer Tania will be teaching.
3) For Linda Rinzell who has plans to return in July to follow up Guatemalan trainees of the CHE Woman Program.
4) For the STM Team led Tom & Diane Schiefer from Christian Veterinary Association sponsored by Mission Community Church Gilbert Arizona and other kind donors like a Rotary Club from Washington State, who will be here May 13-20 to do workshops on livestock disease prevention, health care, vaccinations,etc. all part of the CHE Training to several CHE villages simultaneously from the lowlands to the Cuchumatanes Mountains. Pray for the logistics too, all to bear fruit for the Kingdom.
5) Pray for guidance to the proper person to become the caretaker of the CHE Center Property. The time to begin development is approaching and such a person must be God chosen. There are already some partners getting ready to start the work.
6) Pray for CHE Trainer Ramon Nerio in El Salvador fighting Cancer and Marcos Gome’z father (Juan) also in Guatemala.
7) Pray for new potential partnerships about to be confirmed with Bay Pres Church, John Knox Pres Church(Ohio), CORD Int, ENDAC, we have been interviewed recently. Spirit Guidance is a must.
