WILLING TO SHINE

“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:14-16.

Let’s challenge ourselves to live out what we truly believe! Most of us would probably be willing to die for Jesus, but are we willing to live for Him, to go the extra mile for others because of our great love for Him.

When we truly acknowledge that all we do is for Him, and that by doing it that way we will shine, and be light to others, we will see how much power our actions have! God loves to do great things with little, and it’s amazing that little details, our little daily tasks are the ones that can make the greater impact, our consistency in the small, will reveal the true essence of us. So let it be God that moves even in the little, so your life can truly shine for His glory.

PRAYER

PRAISE GOD FOR
- The work He is doing in my sister Taty and her family! Going to church, willing to study the bible on Saturdays, and mi nephew´s hunger to keep growing in Christ!
- The kids in the orphanage, their open hearts in receiving us in such a warm way, and for receiving Jesus and His hope in their hearts!
- The opportunity He has given me in returning again to do soccer ministry in Cleveland! And for the blessing in will be also to visit my family in Christ in Fort Lauderdale!

PLEASE PRAY FOR
- God to continue moving greatly as He has in my family, and that He gives me favor with them, that I can take advantage of every opportunity to shine, to act, to speak or be as He wills. To create opportunities also!
- God to continue opening more opportunities in ministry as He has, and strengthening the ones He has opened.
- His guidance in my life, as to where to really continue His work, that His will be done, not mine.
- A special prayer for my brother Willy, for God to open His eyes so He can truly see that only in Christ is the fullness of life, our whole purpose in living!

Heeeey my amazing family!!!! How are you?? I pray this letter finds you very well and striving each day to follow God’s guidance into His marvelous plans!!

I’m doing very well, very excited because the soccer camps in Cleveland are getting closer!! I’m flying out of Guatemala on June 18, so I can spend some time with my Fort Lauderdale family, and then flying into Cleveland to do the camps. I’ll keep you posted on all the amazing things God will do during that time!!


It has been such a great time here in Guatemala, I’ve seen God’s hand in my family in an amazing way!!! As I mentioned my sister Taty asked me to go on Saturday mornings to share about the bible with her and the kids Christian (13), Paula (5) and Fernando (1). That has been so amazing!! So far we have only met one Saturday, but it was very impacting on them, and God really stirred things up. Even before that, my nephew Christian and I have a great bond, and we are always playing soccer together, I’m part on this other ministry were we do breakfasts once a month for teenagers and young adults, sharing a message and a testimony, and Christian always comes with me, and that’s a great blessing.

So these are some of the great things God has allowed me to see! My sister calls me one Monday telling me how she went to church with her husband Fernando and the kids, I was soooo excited, I’ve been inviting her for a very long time, and turns out a friend that plays softball with Fernando told then how they just started going to this same church and the really like it, so they went, and my niece Paula couldn’t stop talking about how much she loved this church!


The next weekend my nephew Christian went to a retreat, a friend from school invited him and he was excited about going, and he really liked it, and says how he wants to keep learning more and become a leader in the church! God is truly blowing me away! And this is only what he graciously allows me to see, how much more I know He is doing behind the scenes!


We did another great activity with CREA, and even though it was a one day trip, we had a great team and a great time! We went to an orphanage for HIV positive children, we tried to meet some of the needs they had expressed, and we went there to love on the kids and to share with them the message of Salvation.


We had several activities, and we had a pretty big group, so we could pretty much be one on one with each kid. We had a group of Laughter Doctors and nurses, that´s how they call themselves, they study to be able to bring joy to these kids, they are not Christian, so this was another opportunity for them also to hear the message.


So after they did their thing, we had a puppet show in which we share the message, and then I had the privilege of praying with them, so whoever wanted could receive Jesus into their heart, it´s always my favorite part to see a child pray, it´s so honest and powerful!


Then we had made some bracelet with the 5 colors to share the gospel (black-sin, red-blood of Jesus, white-washes away our sins, green-growth in Christ, gold-heaven) and they really liked them, they even repeated back to me the gospel through the colors, it´s really amazing how much kids are like little sponges, and it´s such a joy to be able to fill them up with good seed!


There are more pictures of this activity in this link… Click here

I love you all so much!!!!! I’m really so thankful for your lives and for your amazing generous loving hearts!!!! Thank you for your showers of prayers!!