“For it is time for judgement to begin with the family of God.”
(1 Peter 4:17)

“For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.”
(Luke 8:17)

“Again Jesus said, ’Peace be with you! As the Father has sent Me, I am sending you.”
(John 20:21)

“Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.”
(Matthew 16:24)

“Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did.”

(1 John 2:6)

“Why do you call Me, “Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?”

(Luke 6:46)  

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.”
(Romans 8:28)

After hearing that, our brother, Armando volunteered to make the trip and drive their truck. It was Amber and the boys first trip across the pass and we were blessed with the scenery and the inevitable snowball fight.

Great fellowship with John and he showed them the ministry property and Anthony got to pet a wild deer. The bed was loaded, and we arrived back in Birdsview 14 hours after we left.

After getting the bed sanitized and ensuring the be was operable, Veronica traveled with George to drop off the hospital bed.  

“The Lord is my shepherd, I will not want.”
(Ps 23:1)

“I will build My Church and the gates of hell will not overcome it.”
(Mt 16:18)

“And my God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.”
(Ph 4:19)

So…..the Church fellowships together in the building wearing a mask and not having communion

……and then the Church leaves the building and fellowships together in the local restaurant and breaks bread together – with or without a mask.

Now….do you guys understand that God never loses control for those that believe and trusts in Jesus who built His Church. His Church is not a building, a program, a doctrine or an organization – it is a living organism of those that are in a relationship with the Father – Everyone, Everything and Every day…and for eternity.

(Acts 2:42-47)

Seventeenth-century philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, famously wrote that human life in its natural state is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” Hobbes argued that our instincts tend toward war in a bid to attain dominance over others; thus the establishment of government would be necessary to maintain law and order.

We need to always pursue making the most fair laws possible, recognizing that there is no law that will be perfect in a world where everyone has their own opinion of what is fair and just. But as much as it is possible, we must try to bring peace. The purpose of the law is to make us conscious of our sin. The law says you must stop at the stop sign, even if no one else is approaching from the other directions. That may not apply to someone whose child just quit breathing and they are trying quickly and safely to get to a hospital. But we must make every effort to try.

But God has not left us without a just and fair “law”. The love of the Father for all humankind.

“For God so loved the world that He sent His One and Only Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but will have everlasting life.”
(John 3:16)

“Do not merely listen to the Word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the Word but does not do what is says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the ‘perfect law’ that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard but doing it – he will be blessed in what he does.”
(James 1:22-25)  

“This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
(Psalms 118:24)

What a wonderful day that just finished with our fellowship at house church. 

We received testimonies from our coordinator in San Luis, Mexico today and they were able to use the worship trailer to help a church family do an outreach in the city. This is the first time the worship trailer has been able to be used since the pandemic began. We are thankful for those that came to salvation and for the believers that had the courage to step out in faith.

In these last few months, many people have found themselves in the same place as Job. Having done nothing wrong, God allowed Job’s blessings to be removed and Job found himself painfully alone and even his wife said he should abandon his faith. Even though Job and his friends were without the deep understanding that we have because of our knowledge of the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, their love and actions as true friends far exceeded what many of us have witnessed in these last few months.

“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.”
(1 Jn 3:16)

“When Job’s three friends heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him. When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him, they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads. Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and nights. No one said a word to him because they saw how great his suffering was.”
(Job 2:11-13)

 

“But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.”
(Act 8:3)

Satan used this technique because that is the way God restores His people, “Take the Blood of the Lamb and put it over the doors and windows of your home and He would protect you.”

“This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.”

Wow!  Every day we are filled with awe and see many miracles, signs and wonders.

 

 

Wayne is working to prepare Lazaro to take a more active role in the Fellowship Ministries where he will be able to use the boat and motor that was donated to him to take kids fishing.

 

We are getting low on the “birds on a branch” boxes we use for that ministry, so Dale helped cut enough wood for 30 more boxes, then he traveled to Birdsview to help Armando work on a coop for the chicken ministry that Amber and him are doing with their family.

 

Many thanks to Lynn from Child’s Evangelism Fellowship for sending us the prayer requests for the upcoming Christian Youth in Action training in Ferndale and the encouraging vision to reach every child in Skagit and Island Counties with the good news of the gospel, trampling on every effort that Satan is using to destroy our youth.

What a wonderful way to start our day. Many thanks to all of you that pray and support our co-laborers in central Africa. We should be getting testimonies from each of them in a few days regarding their ministry in the month of May. We just received this report From Pastor Evariste who coordinates outreaches in Burundi

Rapport May 2020

Baptized = 60

All of these will be discipled by the other believers that supported the outreaches and will become a part of a local church fellowship.

 

“In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people.”

After Pentecost and the stoning of Stephen:

“On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. Those who had been scattered preached the Word wherever they went.”
(Acts 8:1, 4)

We are blessed to be in contact with our co-laborers in Mexico, El Salvador and the different countries in central Africa, who continue to be thankful for the prayers and support they are receiving from our faithful prayer and financial supporters here in the USA. In spite of the difficulties presented by each country’s reaction to the corona virus, they continue to reach out with the gospel message and are witnessing new believers accepting Jesus Christ and are committed to become true disciples. We just wanted to share this one testimony from Pastor Titus who coordinates ministry in Namayingo in southeast Uganda.

Locally, we are witnessing people taking the opportunity to reach out to people in their sphere of influence who are struggling with their faith and others that are struggling without the knowledge of the love the Father has for them. Church families are beginning to meet together, and others are continuing their ministries to help people that are being overcome by addiction, depression, financial and marital problems, including domestic violence and thoughts of suicide. God is continuing to pour out His Spirit and we are beginning to see the unity of faith and the light beginning to shine more brightly than even before the reaction to the global virus tried to quench the role that God assigned to His Church to share the message of eternal salvation.

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