We just received the testimonies of 8 outreaches that were held in Burundi in eight different provinces over 19 days in November.

643 SALVATIONS AND 70 BAPTIZED

We are thankful for the opportunity to pray for and financially support our coordinators in all these countries in central Africa that sacrifice daily to reach the lost in these different areas.

Are you ready for some quiet time in the presence of the Lord?

The Harvest Kids

would like to invite you

to a wonderful time of

fun and enjoyment

at

the Garden of Eden fellowship center

in

west Mt. Vernon

on Saturday afternoon

from 2-4pm

They are hosting a bingo game and are inviting everyone to come.

Over the last year, they have opened up their hearts to serve our community

by doing this outreach.

These young people are learning

to be true disciples by learning

it is better to give than receive

and we are grateful that they

collect their change and crush aluminum cans

to help vulnerable children in central Africa.

We are praying some will honor them by attending and encouraging them.

The Garden of Eden is located at 14799 Avon Allen Rd.

For information call 360-421-8811, 360-421-8812 or 360-982-8159.         

I was blessed to be raised by a wonderful Christian mother and I loved the Lord. My childhood was filled with wanting to do those things that would honor and please God. But then my best friend was killed in an automobile accident right before we both would be turning 16 and I was left with an emptiness I had never experienced. I prayed and plodded along but something had changed. At that time, our country was involved in the Vietnam conflict and some of my upperclassman volunteered to serve, and we received word that some had given their lives. I loved my country, so I grabbed hold of that opportunity and joined the service three days after graduating high school. When I came home from my first tour, I called my mom before I went home to visit having already been assigned for a second tour. She communicated to me that some of the people’s attitude in the country had changed and the real heroes were the young people that fled to Canada to escape serving their country. That was totally not true, but the information that the media was putting out and I bought the lie. Even though I did go back, I went back having lost any purpose for my life. I quit believing and quit hoping. That lasted until I was 25 years old and found recovery from over 5 years of alcoholism during which I spent every day just not wanting to wake up the next day.

A few years ago, I wrote the following post.

We are so thankful for those that shared the birth, life, death and resurrection of our Savior, Lord and King, Jesus Christ at the Sedro Woolley Christmas parade on Saturday, Dec. 4^th. Truly the parade itself was a gift from God that was poured out to everyone in Sedro Woolley and the surrounding communities. Even though many had not met each other, these believers were prompted to forsake everything else they could have done and come together as the body of Christ for the parade. Our fellowship in preparing for the parade and our continuing fellowship with one another is our gift to God. We pray that the truth of the gospel and the love of the Father sparked a yearning in the hearts of every parade participant, spectator, judge and all those that helped organize this community event. This was a gift from God to each of them. Their acceptance of God’s forgiveness purchased through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ’s sinless body is their gift to God.