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The Beatles sang "All ya need is LOVE, All ya need is LOVE, All ya need is LOVE, LOVE, LOVE is all ya need."  They were right, they hit on something, but I'm not sure they really understood.  It is that very specific Love of Jesus - whether people know it's from Him or not - that really works to fill our hearts.  The Love of Jesus satisfies the yearning and emptiness that people try to satisfy with everything else - sex, drugs, rocknroll, power, stuff, money.  We can't fully understand or appreciate the Love of Jesus in this fallen world.  I think I get close to feeling it when I'm  in fellowship with  Christian brothers and sisters.  I really feel Loved and at home in our Nascar small group, with my Tae Kwon Do family, with the group of brothers and sisters that went to Guatemala, and at Lighthouse Wesleyan Church.  Maybe the glimpse of feeling that Love of Jesus from others is the main reason we build churches.  Check out the pictures of the Church we helped build in Guatemala and the start of building at LWC in Springwater!
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Hebrews 10:25 NIV  Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another-and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

The Church is not a building, it is the people who follow Jesus - the body of Christ.  My pastor has said,"Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to McDonald's makes you a Big Mac!"  It is the surrender of your will to Jesus and your loving of Him that makes you a Christian and saves your soul from Hell.  If you do have the Holy Spirit inside you, you will want to be with other believers.  We can do more of God's work if we are together than if we are separate.  A Church building is a place where the Church Body (people) can worship, meet, evangelize.

Here are pictures of the finished church in Panabar, Guatemala that we worked on.  In November the church had its dedication service.  Over 500 people attended!  29 people gave their lives to Christ during that service!

Finishe Panabar church 2009


Finishe Panabar church 2009



Below are pictures of the site prep for Lighthouse Wesleyan.  I pray that the Lord will provide for the building and fill it with his people!



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     Lighthouse Wesleyan Church will have
    Sunday service at the American Legion in Springwater, NY at 10AM.
    I'd love to see you there!