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December 2015
Dear
praying friends,
Over the
past month we have continued to see God’s hand of blessing in our lives, and in
the lives of many of our church members. It is humbling to think about how the
Lord has given us the strength to make it through another year. If God permits,
we are excited about what He will do in our lives in 2016.
In our last
letter, we asked you to pray for Mauricio Escobar’s father (José), who had just
rededicated his life to Christ. We are thankful to say he (along with his wife
Marlene) were baptized during the Sunday morning service last week. They both
seem excited about growing in the Lord. José, who studied the discipleship
course with Steve a few years ago, now wants to be enrolled in the Bible
Institute for the upcoming quarter. Marlene just started the discipleship
course with Christine. We are very excited to see people that we have prayed
about for years, finally taking steps of faith. Please continue to pray for
this family.
The last
week of December brings an end to another year of Bible Institute. The two
courses offered this quarter (October – December) are: Local Church Philosophy
and the Book of Genesis. By God’s grace, there were six men enrolled for the
past quarter. Earlier this year we asked you to pray for the three men
(Wilfredo, Gustavo, and Mauricio) who we’re planning on graduating in January. It
looks like these men are still on track. Please pray for them, that they would
continue to be faithful, and open to the possibility to be used eventually in
full-time Christian work.
Also, please pray that, as these men move on
in ministry, God would replenish the institute with more men who serve Him. The
only way that this is going to happen is that we continue to depend on God in
door-to-door evangelism and discipleship of those who make professions of
faith. This means we need God’s blessing on our lives as we continue to
practice Acts 5:42 which says, “and daily in the temple, and in every house,
they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.”
Last month,
Caleb ended “preparatoria”, which is between kindergarten and first grade. It
is when the children have a graduation ceremony, instead of kindergarten. Caleb graduated with A/B honor roll. Rosa did
well again, ending the year with A/B honor roll also. We ask you to pray for
Joshua, who will be starting school in January. He had an evaluation at the
school to determine if he is ready. Although he knows all the basics, he was
too shy to show them anything. Please
pray for our youngest, that he will thrive at school like his siblings have done.
We had a
wonderful visit from a supporting church, Parkview Baptist Church in Palm
Coast, FL. They came with lots of love
to share and servant´s hearts. We had numerous activities, including special
events for our faithful church people and special outreach efforts. We are
still seeing fruit from their visit, and thank God for the encouragement they
were to us. We thank God for all of you, and pray you have a wonderful
Christmas.
Yours in Christ,
The Cernas
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