Koinonia Peru Update

Hello Everyone,

 

I hope that you’re all well and most importantly, that you’re seeking the Lord.  As for us, this past week was real blessing.  Here are some of the highlights.

 

1. Betty and I decided to take extra time to seek the Lord in prayer.  He really blessed us showing us, some things that He wants us to change and He did it in such an encouraging way.  God is so good.

2. We received word from Oninxha, one of our missionaries in Paraguay.  She says that she’s really being challenged to pray more for the world as a whole and is praying for some specific countries as well.  It’s great to see the Peruvians starting to catch the vision for world missions.

3. Saturday was a great day.  Some of us fasted and prayed for another church in Boston that will be going to Haiti on a short term mission’s trip.  Again, it’s great to see the people in the church catching the vision for a world that needs the Lord.

4. Saturday morning we had an earthquake.  It was 5.8 on the Richter scale.  We’re all okay and there was no damage to anyone’s house that attend our fellowships.

5. After the earthquake we went witnessing at the beach.  First we approached a man and his two daughters.  The daughters are in their 20’s and are already Christians but the father isn’t.  The girls were so encouraged that someone talked to their father about the Lord.  The man said that he certainly didn’t expect anyone to tell him about Jesus while at the beach. 

Here are a few prayer requests.

 

1. Pray for Angie, our missionary to India.  She’ll be returning to Peru on Thursday.  Upon her return she’ll be seeking the Lord regarding the next thing the Lord has for her.

2. Pray for Gaby and Oninxha as they continue to minister in Paraguay.

3. Pray for Fernando, a young man that fellowships with us.  He has gone back to the jungle for a little while to witness to his family.  His father is in the hospital and is doing pretty bad.  He’s not a Christian and has been involved in the occult all his life.  

4. Pray for a larger place to meet for the church in Ica.

5. Pray for a larger place for the Bible study to meet at in Villa Maria.  They meet each Friday night.

 

I guess that’s enough for now.

Thanks for praying.

 

Making disciples in Peru,

 

Brian Vander Kodde

Update from Kim Stilwell – Quepos, Costa Rica

“Asociación Esfuerzos Humanitarios de Quepos” Goal: Serve and glorify our God, serve the greater community of Quepos/Manuel Antonio and serve the indigent community here in this immediate area.

Purpose: is to restore, to the extent possible, persons among this homeless population to their fruitful places in society – to begin again to be productive and healthy members of their families and their communities.History of Project:  June 2006 – a group of churches started to help with a second feeding, adding to the once-a-week feeding already sponsored by the Catholic Church.

Update from the Rozeks – Cambridge, UK

Thank you everyone for praying for us as we had our first Sunday service rejoicing in the reality of our risen Savior.  Everything about today was absolutely blessed!!!!!!! We could all sense God’s favor!  We had a full house of adults and children and fellowship for hours in our home.

 

My voice was strong and has only been getting stronger! Thank you for praying for me.  

 

AND….

 

We also had our first WHITE EASTER!!!!!…It snowed all morning and then washed away in typical England fashion.

 

It is great to see what God is doing!

Rom. 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

 

Love you all!

 

Joey and family

Short Term Missions Opportunity – El Salvador

Partner up with Calvary Chapel Kendall as we go down to Potter’s Field Orphanage to bless the kids in El Salvador!  There are two separate trip scheduled this year.

May 31-June 7 2008
June 7- June 14 2008

Keep connected to this opportunity via Facebook

News from Potters Field Ranch – Mike and Pam Rozell

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. – Ps. 46.1

Truly a wonderful aspect to the Christian life is that our redeeming God is compassionate and caring. In our time of great need, we are forced to trust the Most Trustworthy, we are guided to the Shelter of Shelters and we place our very hope in Him. It is in maintaining fellowship with God that His strength is made manifest through our weakness. How would we glorify Him for His power and might and healing if we never suffered from weakness, sickness and frailty?

Update from Calvary Chapel Rio

Hi everyone!!

I would like to share with you someting that is happening here Calvary Chapel Rio de Janeiro. April 2 we are going to complete 2 years here in Rio, time goes fast, and for me I can see the hand of the Lord working in and through our lives.

If you remember one of our main prayer last year was for our worship team, praise God yhe Lord has answered our prayes and now we have a very blessed worship team, Cleber, Helder, Aline, Graci, Alessandra, i would like to ask you to keep praying for them, for the Lord to continue to use their lives as they lead our church in worship.

Also we have some people involved with “door” ministry, What is that? As you guys know we meet on the third floor of a building, so we need people to stay downstairs to open the door for the people to come in, and now the Lord is raising some faithful people who are helping with that.

The Power of the Rssurection – Rozeks – UK

Dear beloved in the Lord, as we all press on and fight the good fight of faith, it is essential that we all remember that we have the foundation of the Resurrection behind us and the power of the Resurrection to move us forward.

I went to a debate last night at Cambridge University where a Christian apologist debated a Philosophy professor on the bodily resurrection of Christ. The debate was a passing array of academic exchange and samantic discourse but never really hit the details and overwhelming evidence that surrounds the Resurrection of our Savior. At the end, they did an open question and answer time and the Lord opened the door for me to share how the Resurrection of Christ should have been the easiest event to disprove if it did not actually happen…when you consider the facts that it was the Jewish leaders who persuaded Rome to take action to guard the tomb, the Roman officials had the opportunity to meet Jesus and would not want the testimony of the empty tomb to spread through out the regions and beyond, and the sudden conversion of Saul of Tarsus along with willingness of the disciples to die for something they could have known was true or false all serve to prove that no one was able to disprove the fact that Jesus did indeed RISE AGAIN! May we not complicate things to the point where we forget the simplicity of Christ and the power of the Resurrection!

Prayer Points – Far Reaching Ministries

The power of prayer has never been tried to its full capacity in any church. If we want to see mighty wonders of divine grace and power wrought in the place of weakness, failure and disappointment, let the whole church answer God’s standing challenged; “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” – James Hudson Taylor

• Pray for Jeff who is waiting for a kidney transplant. This brother is looking for a donor. If you feel led to donate a kidney, please fill in the form attached and fax it to UCLA.

SUDAN

• Pray for spiritual revival in Sudan.
• Pray God will strengthen Hellen and Gifti to lead the women’s ministry without Vicky.
• Pray our land title in Pageri will be finalized and no one will try to force us to move again.
• Please pray for Joseph and his desire to record Arabic praise music with the CC Nimule choir.

UGANDA

• Pray the Lord will add laborers in Kitgum. We especially need more Acholi speakers!
• Evelyn and her family to be saved.
• Pray for the Coggin’s family from Gulu. They are speaking at churches to raise funds for the Sanctuary of Grace Christian School. Pray each child in their care will grow in Jesus.
• Pray for Bartholomew from CC Entebbe as he begins to pastors a local church.
• Pray for Erica to be refreshed in Kampala over the next few weeks. Ask God to renew her heart, soul, mind and strength.
• Pray for Richard and Suzan in Masindi to get the tractor and its attachments safely and quickly.

RUSSIA

• Pray Pastor Pasha and Lena will be granted visas to come to the USA for the annual CC Pastor’s conference in June.
• Pray for the summer camps and the teams going over to serve.

ASIA

• Pray for the Espinoza’s as they are waiting in faith for the coffee house/skate park. Pray the owner’s heart will be changed.
• Pray for Paul and Rosavic as they disciple the children in Pampanga.
• Pray all would go well with TC adoption

CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS

• Ask God to deliver and protect ES who is trapped in a home filled with darkness.
• Pray for Beth who has been diagnosed with cancer and the treatments are not working. Pray that she would come to the Lord.
• Pray for Lance as he takes the State Board exam for nursing this week.
• Pray for the Love Covers Pageri outreach in July. We are praying Fashioned Forward will find a location for the fund raising event needed to get 1,000 backpacks. Pray God will open up a church or other venue this week.
• Please pray for Jennifer to be healed. Her esophagus is leaking and it has badly damaged her lung. She has been in intense pain for many months now and is very discouraged.
• Pray for Susen who is hosting a party on May 29. Pray also as she wants to start her photography business. Pray the Lord would give her favor and bring clients to her.
• Pray for Sage who is eight as she goes on her first mission trip. Pray that this will be a time where she is touched deeply by the moving of God in her life.
• Pray for homeschooling family’s rights to be protected.

The prayers of the righteous are powerful and effective! Praise Him for these answers to your prayers:

• We have over ten missions parties booked! Women all across the USA are being used to cover the ladies of Rabuna Fi with prayer and to help us raise support!
• MAF was able to get more fuel for their planes so now travel in and out of Sudan is getting easier.
• A crane came into Nimule, after 4 months we are finally able to deliver the tractor parts to the farm in Masindi.

Latest Newsletter from the Rozeks…United Kingdom

“Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.” — Acts 20:28

O what peace has filled our hearts since we returned from the States and have resolved to fully embrace our call to be wholehearted and single-minded toward seeing the purpose of God fulfilled here in Cambridge. The Lord has spoken to us to take the next step of faith to move to Sunday morning services beginning on Resurrection Morning, thus planting our flag in the ground…a fellowship called Calvary Chapel Cambridge.

As first-time missionaries living in another country, we came here eager to answer God’s call…but found ourselves asking questions in the back of our minds about the certainty and longevity of our call here in Cambridge. I find it interesting that when the prophet Isaiah answered God’s call saying, “Here am I, send me…” he went on to say, counting the cost, “Lord, how long?” So we are determined to give God our best and to leave the results and the details up to God. The word of the Lord to us is: “Let your eyes look straight ahead and your eyelids look right before you. Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.” (Prov.4:25-26) 

Prayer Requests – Phil and Megan Pechonis – United Kingdom

Please Pray:
-For our family…It looks like we as a family will be in Ft. Lauderdale reconnecting/raising support until May 3rd. We are planning to move to Exeter sometime this year to begin a Calvary and we need to make a decision whether to stay in Woolacombe until after Creation Fest or move to Exeter right away in May. Please also pray for the Volarde family as they are seeking God’s guidance in moving there as well.
-For a larger house to stay in while we are in Ft Lauderdale….It is close quarters in the current one!
-For my trip to the UK (March 6th-17th). I am head over for several Creation Fest meetings and also to pray over Exeter with Damian Volarde and a few others that are with him.
-For the wedding that I am speaking at on Saturday in Ilfracombe,England.
-For the planning of the Movement skate/music Roadshows and the Creation Fest 2008 music.
-For financial provision for our family.
-For protection against spiritual attack.

Thanks for praying!
Phil and Megan