“Now the Lord is Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into His likeness with ever increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”

(2 Corinthians 3:17-18)

  What a beautiful day the Lord blessed us with today. 12 older Harvest Kids (adults) came to pour themselves into the 16 younger Harvest Kids that were all together today. We were blessed to begin our morning crushing many of the cans that our partners in ministry have donated and will be recycled and that money used to help meet the needs of orphans scattered throughout Uganda. Afterwards we retreated into the warm fellowship center where we got to know each other and share the vision of the Harvest Doves primary school that the kids and their supporters are finishing now. We counted another $112 bringing us up to $1,300 toward our goal of the $2,250 to finish the sealer and paint for the last two classrooms. Then ,we joined together to sing praises to the Lord with interactive songs like “Father Abraham”, “The B-I-B-L-E” and “Our God is an Awesome God”.

    After lunch, we shared about the ways in which we can share the love of Jesus to those in our community that live on the streets or their vehicles. We made up Jesus cards that were put in the “love” bags the kids put together with some items that might meet some of their needs. These will be available for anyone that wants to carry them in their vehicle and give to anyone they are prompted to meet on their daily travels. Always with prayers and a word of encouragement.

     We also shared our vision of how we can respond to God’s Word in Revelation 5:9 talking about Jesus, “and with His Blood He purchased men (and women) for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.” A number of years ago we were led to create a “Harvest Kids Coloring Book” about the ministry in the USA, Mexico and Africa. The coloring book has pictures of common objects, such as boy, tree or dog with the spelling in English, Spanish and Swahili. We will also be teaching the kids (old and young) how to spell their own names and the name of the object in ASL (American Sign Language) along with the sign for the object itself. In the past, we learned a song and it was sang in all three languages and now we will add ASL.  

    After we become believers and true disciples of Jesus Christ, we must teach other new believers to obey what Jesus has commanded us so scripture can be fulfilled.

“The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom that have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” (Romans 10:8-15)

    We finished with visiting our friends; goats, alpacas, pigs and bunnies in the petting zoo and enjoying the sun at the playground. Out next regular Harvest Kids is the 2^nd Saturday, Feb 11^th at 11am with our friends from Child’s Evangelism Fellowship. You are also welcome to give us a call any time you would like to visit to ensure someone is here and available!

George (360-421-8811) or Linda (360-421-8812). 

God bless all of you who pray for and help financially support our co-laborers around the world. Pastor Obed and Zuri send their love and gratitude for supporting their ministry in Guerrero in south Mexico. They are still working with the church family in Guayameo and the 2 mission church families in the mountains in Tuba and Huizataro. Besides their weekly service and prayer meeting, they are still having the music school open to believers and non-believers. They have experienced a slow growing, but 9 more people have been added to the congregation of 10 persons. One of these men has been very serious about his spiritual growth and is very active in the Lord’s work as he is learning more about his Saviour. His name is Jose. Please keep him in prayer as well as the need for funds to have the vans that are used for personal use and for the ministry fixed.

    Obed has been working with a couple that is praying about whether they are called to commit themselves to help with the needs of the two mission church families. Obed and Zuri are also  working with the women of Guayameo who are getting together and distributing food for needy families, sick and elderly people while taking an encouraging evangelical word to them. Part of the congregation is also working visiting their circle of influence sharing the word of God with them as they are learning about spiritual gifts and how to recognize them and put them to work for the Body of Christ. Fourteen people have accepted Jesus Christ between September and December.  We are also thankful that they sent a photo of their home church family, their music school, the women’s ministry, Jose committing to the ministry and an updated photo of Pastor Obed & Zury and their children.

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The fear of the Lord includes:

A profound and abiding respect and reverence of God and all things He declares holy.

Assigning God Most High the infinite and highest place of honor in your life.

Deeply appreciating the privilege of His presence and the wonder of His Word.

Worshiping God alone with passionate praise and continual thanksgiving.

Honoring what He honors, loving what He loves, and hating what He hates. It is to make His main thing our main thing.

Having an internal yearning to please God and not offend Him. This tempering makes it impossible for the individual to sin casually or persistently.

Submitting of your will to embrace His fully.

The fear of the Lord is a cleansing or purifying agent that endures forever. It is a manifestation of the Holy Spirit and Jesus’ delight. There is absolutely nothing corrupt or deceitful about it.

(Excerpt from the ‘Fear of the Lord’ by John Bevere)

“There is a direct correlation between the accuracy of our memory and the effectiveness of our mission. If we are not teaching people how to be saved, it is perhaps because we have forgotten the tragedy of being lost. If we are not teaching the message of forgiveness, it may be because we don’t remember what it was like to be guilty. And if we are not teaching the cross, it could be that we’ve subconsciously decided that somehow, we don’t need it.”