Siempre Update 5.2.08

Central Community Christian Fellowship

learning a new culture at Siempre

This Week at Siempre

First time visitors to Siempre: Caleb, David and his sister Julia, all students at California Baptist University, all experienced on the mission field in South America and each one fluent in Spanish were wonderfully embraced by Siempre's kids. They've been an important part of our student ministries at Central Community and didn't hesitate to mix it up with the kids at their line of sight. Every positive role model our children can get is a huge blessing... but from a kid's perspective, when the role model is cool looking, younger, speaking their own language, going to college, loving The Lord... well it's one more reason to thank God for our Wednesday afternoons at Siempre and the wonderful people who take time out of their schedules to share the day. Thanks you guys! I know the children will ask about each of you every week until they see you again!

$24,000! Thanks So Much! Siempre's Second Annual Golf Tournament was an incredible success. That's little Abbey, Siempre's newest child, who thankfully survived last week's allergic reaction with no ill affects. Abbey's one in millions, sadly, one in hundreds of millions of children who'll sleep on the streets tonight, live in filth and squalor, hungry, cold, frightened and with no hope for the future other than to make it through the day. Because of you- those of you who give to Siempre on a regular basis -Abbey's safe, well fed and adjusting. Because of you- those of you who came along side us in the golf tournament -we're able to begin to open the doors of Siempre wider still. Who knows what life changing work will come out of our new building as small groups, businesses, families, churches, clubs, universities, missions agency's come and visit Siempre, work in our community, get to know Abbey and realize that not one child should be sleeping on the ground when even one of us, who've been given so much, sleeps well fed, safe and in comfort. We celebrate, not because there are agencies sitting on hundreds of thousands of dollars designated for missions that they refuse to let go of, but because people like you have opened your hearts, opened your wallets, evaluated your personal finances and have found a place for Abbey, a place for all of Siempre's kids and a place for their future. Thanks so much. We still have thousands of dollars to raise to pay for the entire building- but I'm confidant that we'll get the job done -we're trusting God, His Word, Siempre, it means always. He's with us when we tackle the big tasks of life together. Reaching out to all the Abbey's of Mexico, the world, it's a task that will require the rest of our lives. And so we celebrate... we have a great plan and a great purpose for our lives. Sometimes part of the process is a day of golf together... believe it or not, they're already planning next years tournament. With that kind of passion, Abbey and all the kids of Siempre are secure for a lifetime. Thanks so much. God is too good.

Our Great Room - this is what we built it for -hanging out together, homework time, the computer lab, our library... a place to play, study, read and live together... all the pictures this week were taken upstairs. If you were there when we built it, you know the herculean task we took on... and how great it felt to worship that Sunday morning, upstairs, first floor almost complete and looking up to the open sky and all we had left to do. God's allowed us to be used in amazing ways- I wish each of you could have been upstairs as everyone from Siempre shared the great room you gave them. My time was spent with some of Siempre's amazing women- that's Debi's back in the fore ground, our worker Brenda, preparing for two weeks vacation, me laughing, then Bianca, just back from vacation and Julia- on her first visit. Debi's well loved by the women at Siempre and I'm fortunate to be married to such an amazing woman. Debi carries on long conversations as if she was fluent in Spanish- lots of smiles and laughter. Brenda is a college graduate and can't wait to visit her family. Bianca just returned from time with her family and had the chance to share some of her stories of her missions training and trip to Peru face to face. These young women love The Lord, have been working hard on their English and day in and day out keep the children of Siempre close to their hearts. Please keep them and all our workers at Siempre in your prayers. Memorial Day, all the work and visitors, adds to their work load. Pray that God would increase their strength, wisdom, health and passion in serving.

Siempre Para Los Ninos

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