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Prophecy, a Red Heifer, Peter and a Group of Teenagers
Our church was honored to have Dr. Glenn Mathews
for a prophecy conference at the beginning of
February; he touched the first three topics in the
headline directly in his messages, he also
unknowingly, indirectly spoke to a group of unsaved
teenagers. Our people enjoyed the applicable depth
of Dr. Mathews’ exposition of the Scriptures and
many continue to talk about the conference, though
it has been a few weeks.
On one of the nights, a small group of teenagers had
been to the service (they had been visiting for some
time) and had left the church to go home. When the
teenagers reached the opposite street corner, they
turned around and decided to go back to the church
to accept the Lord! Miguel and Noemi had the
privilege of leading them to the Lord and the group
continues to come to church and participate in the
youth ministry.
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Great Conversations Series Continued– The Preacher
In a new tradition started by house parents Miguel
and Noemi Mercedes, the boys home has had the
opportunity to have a “round-table” type discussion
with special, visiting guests. The home was recently
blessed as guest speaker Dr. Glenn Mathews took
some time, after one of the services in our Prophecy
Conference, to share some pizza and a
conversation. It was exciting seeing the boys
leaning forward to listen to Dr. Mathews talk about
being a preacher and seeing the boys ask him
questions. What an honor it was for the boys home
to be able to enjoy this intimate fellowship with a
wonderful, man of God.
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People You Should Know: Dr. Milly Rivera
On Friday, February 9, a few of us had the privilege
of attending Milly’s thesis presentation. It was a
three hour ordeal where she and her partners
discussed their findings after 1 ½ years of field study
on jaundice. She asked us to go for moral and
prayer support, and they needed it. Allison and
Noemi prayed with her before it started and then her
partners (who are not Christians) asked Milly to pray
with them. The ladies from our church provided the
customary snack spread for the judges.
A week later, we were invited to her graduation.
She graduated with a medical degree, Cum Laude!
She is officially Dr. Ruth Milagros Rivera Mercedes.
Milly sings in the choir and also is one of the Youth
Team workers.
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“A Significant Bathroom for a Significant Church”
While Miguel Mercedes jokingly coined the above
phrase at a recent staff meeting, perhaps he was
not too far off. In preparation for the church’s
auditorium expansion, we talked over some small
projects and slight improvements, so of course, the
bathroom was mentioned. This new bathroom
provides the church with one for women and one for
men. Monday, the workers broke ground. It should
be ready by the end of the week and we are not
sure what kind of dedication ceremony to even have
for a second bathroom, but praise the Lord for the
need!
This bathroom addition, follows an office renovation.
Next, we have a couple of small partitions to take
down in the back room. Part of the material will be
used to build a divider wall between the bathrooms
and the future auditorium space. Then, the church
must buy another air-conditioning unit and additional
seating. Please pray for all the "behind-scenes" steps
that the church is taking in preparation for the
auditorium expansion. The renovations will cost at
least a couple of thousand dollars, but we praise the
Lord that the church is able to pay for this out of its
own accounts without outside help. This is an
important, excellent sign in the life of such a young
church.
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