tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11430992968949981542024-02-19T03:14:43.483-08:00Following The WayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12585967105848927098noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143099296894998154.post-43691588660520995122015-09-30T20:21:00.001-07:002015-09-30T20:46:59.520-07:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Danira is a girl that joined our youth group and Bible study
this year. She is a dedicated Christian and on fire for Christ. During prayer
and time of sharing what God is doing in our lives, Danira always has something
to say, whether it’s sharing what she is struggling with or simply praising God
for one more day of life. Danira just turned 17 on August 26, 2015. When Danira
was 14 years old she got a cell phone, and this opened her up to the world wide
web. While spending time on the internet, she met a guy from a different state
in Mexico. She then chose to run away with him, so they planned a night where
he could pick her up and they could ride off together. Her parents and
grandparents were horrified yet couldn’t find her. While with this guy, she entered
into a relationship with him but then things got ugly. The man beat her, hit
her in the head, and left her for dead. She was in the hospital for a long time
and the doctors said it would be a miracle if she ever made it through her
injuries. Her parents finally did get her back, and now she lives with her
grandma in Boca del Rio. She did heal from her injuries, except that her left
arm and hand doesn’t work, and her left leg is very stiff. She cannot walk
normal and uses a cane. She also has a large bump (the size of an egg) on the
right side of her head by her eye that she always tries to cover with her hair.
For about two months everyone from Bible study and our youth group has been
trying to raise money so that she can have an operation done on her head to put
a plate in to make her injury location more stable. Because of this tragedy,
she has missed years of school. Just last week us youth that live in the house
and some of the youth group have been raising money for her. The goal is $8,000
and we have about $1,300. Last week was the start of shrimp season, so mostly
all the men of Boca del Rio went out for shrimp. We decided to raise money by
asking the fishermen to donate any quantity of shrimp and we would later sell
the shrimp for money for Dania’s fund. We also sold muffins. If you would like
to help donate to this fund, let me know at kealaoverweg@hotmail.com.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">August 30 was a special day for us
at the Aposento Alto (Upper Room) because we had a wedding! Julio and Lepita
are got married! Julio is in his 40’s and Lepita is in her 50’s and they have
been together for about 3 years before this living in the same house. It is
extremely common for a couple to be ‘married’ simply by moving in together,
without a wedding. But upon meeting Doug and Rebecca and growing stronger on
their faith, they realized it was wrong to avoid getting married and have
decided to finally make it official. It was a beautiful wedding!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The girls ministry is going great! At a minimum we get 5 girls (usually 7) every Thursday! Some special things we have done is painting our hand prints on the wall, having a pool party and a sleep over to celebrate my last week in Mexico. We start every girls group with time of prayer. Everyone tells each other a prayer request and then everyone prays for someone else's prayer request. This usually works well since girl love talking about their lives. I'm going to miss all of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A lot of things have been going on
here in Las Glorias, I for sure forgot to mention everything but it has all
been a big learning experience for me and a big test of my faith. Now that it
is the end of August and my year in Mexico is coming to a close, I have decided
to move back to Michigan in the beginning of October. Please pray for me as I
will be trying to fit back into the west Michigan culture, looking for a job, and
reconnecting with friends and family. Pray that God gives me patience in
starting this new chapter in my life and that everything goes well in the
preparation of my sister Hailey’s wedding. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thank you again for all of your support! This
past year has been an invaluable experience, where I not only worked to change
people’s hearts to turn to God, but my own heart has been changed to better
reflect the love of God too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">God works in his own timing, and isn’t that the truth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Since I last updated, the house has gotten filled up. A girl
named Vero and her one year old daughter Genesis from a city about five hours
away came and is living with us as a time for restoration and to have time to
refocus her life. Another girl named Megan is also living with us for summer
break to learn and practice her English. Both girls are listening and grasping
at God’s word. Right now Evie and I share a room with Megan and we spend a lot
of time with Vero and her daughter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A couple weeks ago, I was sitting on the turf of
the soccer field, waiting for softball practice to start with two teenage girls
that are in my girls group and older ladies that enjoy softball. One girl, her
name is Maria, and her mother were there also. I had been teaching Maria
English because she was to go to the United States for a while and spend time
with her dad and if she liked it she would start going to school there. When we
were all sitting there that day, it happened to be three days before Maria
would leave. I asked her mom what she thought about her daughter leaving and
she started tearing up. I gave her a hug and told her I would pray for her. Seeing
my own mother worry about my trip here and leaving for a while, I knew she
needed some reassurance. I started asking more questions and trying to get to
know them better, then the mother and the other ladies started asking questions
about me. They finally asked me what is my purpose is for being in Mexico. For
being here in Mexico for about 8 months already, it’s surprising that this was
the first time someone asked me what I am doing here. I told them that I was
here to make friends with the girls and show the love of God. Then I told them
that if they ever had a prayer request to tell me. Most all of the girls and
ladies on my softball team do not come to Bible study or youth group, so I try
to make them feel safe and cared for whenever I happen to be around them. Maria
had confided in me that she was nervous about her trip to the United States,
scared of all the new people she’d meet and being in a new country. During our
girls group I made sure to take the time to pray over her with the girls. Now
Maria is safely with her Dad in California. Once Maria’s mom comes back to Boca
del Rio I intend to talk with her and give her comfort and God’s hope from the
Bible. Sometimes it takes situations of need and distress to turn for God for
strength. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12585967105848927098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143099296894998154.post-69852146252347442762015-06-26T13:17:00.002-07:002015-06-26T13:17:53.181-07:00
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: cyan;">The Coult family came back on the
20<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>. When they came to pick me up from Boca del Rio I had the
biggest smile on my face and was so happy to be able to speak English with
someone standing next to me again. I don’t regret living in Boca for the last 3
weeks, it was just one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. I kind of felt
like I was just trying to survive, stay cool (both physically and mentally) and
keep up the ministry while I was there while interacting with the family. I’m
really glad this experience didn’t happen any sooner than it did because I
probably wouldn’t have been ready. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: cyan;">I was able to put on the girl’s
group night two weeks where we painted nails one night and did braids and hair
the other night. After the girls knew that I like doing hair, some have come to
me to do their hair for special events and such, which I happily accept because
that means I get more time to talk to them. While I was in Boca del Rio I also
taught a lot of English. The two kids of the family I stayed with already were
doing an English computer program, so the mom asked me to help them with that,
pronunciation and I gave them other phrases to learn too. I also took on a
student, her name is Maria. Maria is around 17 and will be going to California
for a year to visit her father and her family that lives there. She wanted me
to help her be able to speak English since she will need to later since the
teachers here in Mexico don’t really teach students how to speak English. Once
the girls heard I was teaching Maria, mostly everyone wants me to teach them,
but that’s not surprising because just about everyone in Mexico wants to learn
how to speak English. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: cyan;">Along with girl’s group, we still
have been playing a bit of softball on Wednesday nights. All the normal things
like youth group, and kid’s class still happen every week. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: cyan;">All in all, I can’t really tell that my Spanish
has gotten any better. Some people say it has but for me it’s hard to tell. I’m
pretty happy things are carrying on as normal now, as long as I keep doing what
God wants me to do.</span> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12585967105848927098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143099296894998154.post-1904036991694275162015-06-12T12:51:00.000-07:002015-06-12T12:51:08.163-07:00Its been almost 2 weeks since I moved to Boca del Rio, the small fishing village next to Las Glorias. This has been one of the hardest things I've done so far just because I don't know a ton of Spanish. The first day I was left with the Mexican family at 1pm in the afternoon I just wanted to cry and give up because I didn't know what people were saying half of the time. Days past and I got used to only hearing Spanish, and I am trying to pick up more Spanish. Obviously I'm forced to talk more Spanish and I am learning more but it is super hard when I don't know what a word is, I don't have my cell phone to translate it and they can't play charades or act out what the word means. A lot of the time I won't understand a word and I just have to tell the person I don't understand it, which is really hard to admit because then comes the part where I look stupid. At that point, it doesn't matter that I have 2 college degrees, graduated with honors or anything like that. If I don't understand a word, people look at me like I'm just plain stupid. I've also had people get mad at me for not understanding something. These are the hardest circumstances for me, when I get most depressed, and if it happens too much in one day, I call that a bad day. But, I'm trying to keep my spirits up, am hanging out with the girls, I am enjoying playing sports and youth group. Its getting pretty hot around here, but Its not worth complaining about that yet because I hear it will get worse. I only have one more week here in Boca then the Coults will come back from down south and I will live with them again.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12585967105848927098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143099296894998154.post-46024272725363460242015-05-04T16:45:00.001-07:002015-05-04T16:45:13.430-07:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Since the last time that I wrote
an entry many things have happened. Evie and I have been trying very hard to
establish a young women’s Bible study. Right before we left for the United
States on the 9<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> of April, we had a movie night with the girls.
Five girls came, which is great compared to one or zero. We decided to do this
since before, our intent was to have a Bible study, to open the Bible and study
it with them so they could grow their faith. Then once we tried to do that and
announced we were doing that, no one came even after they said they would. Some
of these girls have just accepted Jesus into their hearts and some are not even
Christians yet, they are just curious or just come because their friends do.
But because they are so new to Christianity and the Bible, they may not see the
value of opening their Bibles and therefore may not see why they should commit
to a weekly Bible study. Since we were not getting a good response with the
weekly Bible study Evite and I decided we needed to do something different. Now
that we are back in Mexico we have to get together with the girls again and
hope that we can reach them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the river and it was very cool. One 80 year old cow boy and two teenagers
decided to allow God to sanctify their lives and be washed with the water. Two
days later four other teenage boys wanted to be baptized also so we baptized
them in the ocean. These baptisms were important since it showed their faith is
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ive had the blessing of my family coming to visit me March 1
through the 8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> of this month. I wanted to show them the place I
live, the work I do and the people I interact with. My family and I were able
to enjoy the sun and beach, but we also did some ministry work too! First at
the weekly Bible study on Tuesday night Hailey Overweg shared how important
teeth hygiene is and gave out tooth brushes, floss and tooth paste. Then on
Saturday my family happily gave four boys on the little kids league baseball
gloves previously donated by Ashley Haisma and her youth group. It was a good week
of encouragement!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In terms of the ministry here, things are progressing. We
have been getting a lot of kids at the Tuesday night Bible study, and I am
still in charge of the children’s class. Youth group numbers vary from week to
week but we do see a solid group come every time. My roommate Hailey Holden
left back for California and the oldest daughter Sarah got married on February
28 so the house feels a bit empty. Evie and I are still trying to continue a
teen-girl Bible study. We are having trouble getting a solid group to come
every week. It seems as if all the girls we are trying to reach know God exists
but have a hard time making it a priority in their lives or each have a unique
situation that blocks their faith to take root. Please pray that the devil does
not make a foot hold in their lives and for them to gain wisdom and
understanding of the gospel as we talk to the girls every week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My Spanish is getting better but is still a struggle that
I’d still like prayers! Last Friday was the last softball game of the season (I
played rover). I’m sad the games are done but we are continuing to practice for
next year. This softball ministry had been the perfect doorway into getting to
know the girls of Boca de Rio, the village next to us, and I feel like I can
call most all of them my friends. I am thankful God has given me the talent to
be able to play softball and for the opportunity to meet new people. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank you for your support in the past 5 months and in the
future!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12585967105848927098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143099296894998154.post-18021578845345097642015-01-30T09:21:00.000-08:002015-01-30T09:27:21.191-08:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: cyan;">This mission trip has been very interesting! We visited a
lot of cities, have done different ministry focuses to share the gospel, and
have met many different people. In total we have 10 people on this trip. Doug,
Rebecca, Sarah, Fabian (Sarah’s fiancé), me, Hailey, Evie, Jeremias, Valentino
(a pastor from Guasave), and Kevin (a mission pastor from Oregon). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: cyan;">The 14<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> of January we arrived in Quimichis and
held two youth services in the town plaza which included music and speeches
aimed to encourage the youth to seek God. On the 18<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> we arrived in
Celaya where Rebecca and Doug held parenting classes. During one of those
nights we hung out with the youth there and I was able to give a short message
of my favorite verses Acts 20:17-24. We also did a youth outreach where we
shared testimonies, worshipped and gave a drama. Next we went all the way over
to Patla, a city in the mountains that are very beautiful. There we did a youth
event where 5 youth decided to give their lives to Christ!!! Doug and Kevin
held 3 days of classes on the book of Jonah to teach how to carefully
understand and preach the Bible. Right now we are in Union San Antonio where we
have held another parenting class, 2 days of classes on the book of 2 Timothy
to better interpret Scripture and led youth group where I shared a message of
using their talents and passions to impact their community. Today we will have
a youth outreach which will be a good end to this mission trip.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: cyan;">Thankfully I was able to successfully eat the spicy food,
but mostly everyone on the trip including me developed a bad cold possibly from
all the temperature and altitude changes we have been in. I am thankful for
this time of outreach to southern Mexico but at the same time excited to get
back to Las Gloria to continue in the ministry there!</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have been blessed with the opportunity to go back to
Michigan for Christmas to visit family so that was nice! I hope that you had a
Merry Christmas and happy New Year too!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have seen God working here in Las Glorias; two girls we
have been spending time with and praying for have recently accepted Jesus in
their hearts along with two other teenage boys that go to youth group. God has
been faithful to us and we have been able to take them to youth events and have
ministered to them. Shortly after the girls accepted Jesus into their hearts
they expressed the interest of learning more about the Bible. My roommate
Hailey, Evie and I decided we would try to start a younger girls Bible study.
So last week we met Thursday afternoon and one girl came so we read 1 Cor
15:1-8 to start teaching the basics of Christianity. In the future we will
invite more and see if it turns out to be bigger but even if just that one girl
comes it is worth it. It is important to teach what information I know to new
believers and that they see and realize how God wants them to act as a woman of
God. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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leave to go to southern Mexico, visiting churches and holding youth events for
teens all over. Please pray this goes smoothly, that we walk with confidence
and efficiency to communicate the Word, and for me to be able to stomach
extremely spicy food ;) more pictures to follow from the trip south sometime
after February 2!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Two weeks ago a 17 year old passed
away from a neighboring city from surgery complications and a tumor. The
classmates asked us to host a pizza party in his honor. We did and about 60
youth came to sing, pray, join in fellowship and eat yummy pizza! Pizza is a
rare thing in Mexico so they thought it was special to get to eat it! Rebecca
made the pizza in their wood-oven pictured here. </span></div>
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is Bible study. There we lead worship, have time of testimonies or giving
thanks to God, and study the word. While the adults are doing Bible study, we
take the kids out and perform a skit of an Old Testament Bible story. Last week
was of Abraham sacrificing Isaac. The kids love the skits and get so excited to
watch us act out a story, and this way we can tell the bible stories in order.</span></div>
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Big thanks to Spring Valley and Ashley Haisma for collecting baseball gloves for the kids here in Las Glorias. Many of the kids here love baseball and they need gloves. I was able to tape the reaction of these sisters, Eimy and Alondra (9 and 7 years old) with their very first softball gloves. Eimy (pronounced like the name Amy) says "Now I have a glove and a ball!!!" I practiced softball with them the very next dayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12585967105848927098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143099296894998154.post-90858736364326427262014-11-02T14:13:00.000-08:002014-11-02T14:13:09.986-08:00<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Las Glorias is primarily a fishing village, so the Coults
usually get to eat fresh shrimp, fish, and calamari. The first picture is fresh
shrimp and the second picture is of Hailey and Jeremias “cleaning” calamari. I
also wanted to show some pictures of what the storm Odile did to the beach just
a little while ago. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In terms of ministry, things are progressing. On October 25
we took the youth group to a youth conference in Guasave. There we sang, our
group performed a rap that showed why we should follow God, and listened to
speakers. Then they prayed over everyone. It was an effective way to get the
youth excited for God and to encourage worship.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our group has a healthy group of boys that usually come but
a lot less girls. So we have been praying for the girls in Boca del Rio (a town
nearby) and have been trying to get to know them a bit from playing softball. Friday
we told girls to come to youth group and thankfully three did on Saturday
morning! During this meeting we played foosball, played another game, had
brunch, then I gave my testimony! Continued prayer to reach more girls and to
see more commitment to God would be much appreciated! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I arrived in Mexico Thursday afternoon with the Coult family
(Doug, Rebecca, Andrew and Evie) and Hailey, an 18 year old girl from
California that is doing the same thing as me. The Coult’s oldest daughter,
Sarah, lives here in Mexico in the same house but in February she will marry a
Mexican! Jessee, their 18 year old, lives here but his twin brother Seth lives
in the States. Jeremiah also lives here, he is a 20 year old from southern
Mexico, receiving discipleship from Doug. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Friday night Hailey and I attended our first youth group
meeting and it was cool to see. First we played volleyball, then went into the
building in the back which is the youth room and sang songs. The youth group
leader, a man from the surrounding village, led the Bible reading and
discussion centered around John 16. There were about 5 male youth and one other
female attending other than the Colt family. They had been praying for more
females to attend, so they told Hailey and I that we were an answer to their prayers
so they are glad we can set an example to the other girls of the village. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is very hot here at about noon, but when dusk comes, it’s
a sure bet the mosquitoes will come too! So we try to stay indoors when the sun
goes down. In Michigan the mosquitoes can be fierce, but here they are worse,
but that’s only because we are just coming out of the rainy season in Mexico.
They aren’t always this bad. Thankfully they don’t bite me as much but my
roommate Hailey has many red bumps on her legs </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I really like it here. I’ve been trying to use Spanish with
the locals that come to hang out, and the Coults answer any questions I have. I
really see the Coults doing the work of God here and it’s awesome to be a part
of that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">I will be living in the state of Sinaloa, in a village southwest of Guasave</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12585967105848927098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143099296894998154.post-41848515750858734162014-09-25T19:54:00.001-07:002014-09-25T19:54:35.966-07:00WIN 20140924 192617<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_Q4Kkv0NsRE" width="480"></iframe><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12585967105848927098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143099296894998154.post-26312953970943941802014-09-16T22:01:00.001-07:002014-09-18T21:29:39.069-07:00Welcome to my blog!<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Thank you for checking out my blog, I hope it is the first of many visits! I wanted to set this up as a way to communicate with my supporters (you :D) whom I appreciate very much! Join me on my missionary journey to Sinaloa, Mexico. I hope that we can pray and encourage one another as we diligently follow the Way. Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" -John 14:6</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12585967105848927098noreply@blogger.com0