DOBLA EN U!!

For those of you who don't know Dobla En U means U-turn. This was a youth event we did at our church a couple of weekends ago. The event turned out really well we had games, dramas, dances, and a performance by a reggae tone group called The Elion Family, and really good worship during the event as well. We had about 10 new first time visitors and three of them gave there life to the Lord and have starting coming to our youth group on Saturdays and church on Sunday mornings! It was really cool with the dances because we did the dances that I had choreographed for our Christmas play we did in December. It was a little different this time we took one person out and added some one different so she had three weeks to learn it and she did a really good job. So over all it was a really good event and our youth group is growing even though our youth pastors, who are missionaries from Columbia, went back to Columbia to raise money for another two years and there gone for three months, but Juan Carlos and Licelot who have taken over while there gone are doing a really good job. So just please pray that our youth group would continue to grow and that God would really just be with John and Diana while they are in Columbia raising money and that He would provide way beyond what they need.

One God. One Love. One Mission.

Its Been a Long Time

Well first of all I just wanna say sorry for not blogging for a really long time. Now thats out of the way here is what has been going on lately. For about a month Rich and I go out with one of the youth guys from the youth group to a small church in a place called Las Palmas. We go out every other Wednesday to work with the people that lead worship there and are trying to raise up a group of people who have the right heart to be up leading. I say that because here when people are in church they wanna be up on the stage so they can feel that there important and look important to other people in the church who don't sing or play an instrument or preach in the church. Its really hard sometimes because we just run out people to use and things like that. The other crazy thing is this neighborhood is one the most known neighborhood's for drug dealing and having a lot of drug lord type of people, so the some of the people have had problems with that and certain things so that is another problem out there is some of the people are very talented musicians but they can't sing or play because of having problems with drugs and things like that, so were always finding out that certain people cant play which makes out job even harder at certain times. This last Wednesday when we went out there we were gonna hav one the guys we have been working with who plays the guitar play with us but he showed up an hour late to practice and so Rich told he wasn't gonna play with us this time, so he stayed in the service and at the end of the service the pastor asked us to sing a song we didn't know and the only person who knew it was Jonathan who showed up an hour late to practice to play with is. When he first got up there he was really nervous and then he started the song and did a really good job and after the song was over everyone in the church gave him a big round of applause and it was really cool for him to do that because he wasn't able to play with us because he had been struggling through some things and God's presence really just showed up that night so that has been really cool. But the coolest thing for me out of this whole deal is that every time we go i get reminded why were here and that up on that stage playing my cahon drum (the box drum I play on) for the Glory of God and to make a difference in these peoples lives and that is something that I have really had to learn since I have been here because when I first started playing the drums here everyone was in shock because they really had never heard anyone play like I do because there rhythm here is so different than in the states. So I was like ok cool lets show off a little bit and make myself look good, no joke during practice i tried and lost a stick, and as I thought about it, it was like God went and smacked me up side the head and said what are doing kid? So I am trying to start a habit of starting every practice and service with "I am here for the Glory of God nothing else" ever since then I just feel like I am free to worship and go for it during worship and hold nothing back except for hitting the drums really hard because I might make the people go deaf because were in a small building with cement walls so everything echoes a lot. And this weekend were having a big event for the youth called U-turn and were some dances again some dramas and worship and things like that so we are really excited for that it's going to be really good we have heard that a lot of people are coming to that, so please be praying for that and stay tuned for pictures and to see what God is doing in our youth.

Much Love

One God. One Love. One Mission

Noah

P.S. Hey dad and pj happy now? hahaha!!