Celebrating with Rafael and Fernanda 07/28/2007

What a privilege we have to see God bring together young men and women who desire to see God glorified and honored through their lives and families.

Saturday, July 28, we celebrated with Rafael and Fernanda, one of the young couples from our church, as they came before God, their families and friends to testify of their love, pledge their commitment, and ask God for His blessing.

It was such great fun and everyone looked so beautiful! Especially Emmi who was a flower girl!

Partnering for Impact 7-24-2007

What a fantastic time we had this past week as a wonderful group of 19 folks came down from Southside Church in Peachtree City, GA. It was a great time of stimulus, vision, and ministry as we worked together to see God reaching out through several key events.

The Southside team led a wonderful program for our children's ministry on Sunday. They helped us pull off an incredible Football Clinic on Wednesday where we had over thirty kids participate. And they put on a Wii event on Thursday for our singles ministry that they will be talking about for months.

Each of these events focused on helping us create environments to invite new contacts to. God blessed each one and opened doors with many new relationships and opportunities! Thank you guys so much for your hard work and fun partnership!

It was a great learning opportunity for us and I believe we will be able to make the most of future visits and partnerships as a result!

Thanks For Praying For My Family & Trip

Thank you so much for your prayers as Wendy, the kids, and I traveled back to the USA to pass a special milestone with my extended family. My father R.E. turned 75 on July 7th and the family all came together to celebrate and enjoy one another!



It was not only a blessing for me, but I believe it was a blessing for the entire family to come together and celebrate all that God has been doing in the lives of all. It was especially great for my children who have grown up so far away from their extended family to have a super special time of fun and interactions with all their aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents! Thanks to all of you who prayed God's blessing on us during this time. God was gracious and gave us many special conversations and opportunities to see Him at work!

Thanks mom and dad for the great trip and making this all possible! We loved the trip and are so thankful for God's blessings on our family! Thanks for those who also helped with the tickets and the other expenses of this trip!

Quick update on Dad's health. His lungs have been stable for the last several months and he seems to be doing fairly well. He says that his greatest difficulty is the pain in his back. Please continue to remember him and his health in your prayers! Thanks!

CO Brazil Team Update 07-02-2007

The Bible tells us that people without vision will perish. This week we had our annual Vision Day rally where we not only remembered our own vision and updated one another from each segment of the ministry, but also heard from other ministries on campus and beyond about how God has been blessing and working around the world! This was definitely one of the highlights during our Cross Cultural Projects.

Please take a moment to click on and read our latest team update at right.

Thank you for your prayers and for your love!

We continue to be blessed as we are enjoying time with my family in the US for a couple of weeks! RGL