December, 2012 No. 6

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December, 2012 No. 6

Dear Friend,We have just concluded our most fruitful and fulfill ing year ever.

God is good. We thank and praise Him for the great and mightythings that He has done.

In this newsletter, please, allow us to share highlights of 3 specialevents that took place in December.

1. The Relocation DEDICATION and Phenomenal Growth of theMej icanos Church

After praying 3 years for a larger location to expand the ministryin Mej icanos, we secured the ideal piece of property 5 months ago.One month later with only the roof installed, we held our first worshipservice.Now, 4 months later, nearly 800 people have come down the aisles

of this mammoth, former Levi Jeans Factory, to receive Christ.Imagine, 6 services per week, and in every service more and morepeople coming to Christ!

Then those new Christians are coming back to the next servicebringing their lost family and friends to receive Christ.

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Every service has a crusade feel to it. On a recent Monday night, ourfriend Richard Headrick preached, the Holy Spirit moved, the invitationlasted over an hour and 163 people were saved in that one service!

163 people were saved in one service!

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2. Our Work with Pastors and Churches

Over the last 25 years, literally hundreds of men have graduatedfrom our Bible/Pastoral Training Seminaries and are serving churchesthroughout El Salvador.

About half of these graduates serve in city churches where theylive somewhat comfortable lives. Others live in small, very ruralvillages where the people are poor and the offerings are low.

Throughout the year we have monthly pastors' conferences andseminars, preach in their churches and visit in their homes. We preachtheir funerals and perform their children's weddings. In short, we aretheir friends and I am their pastor.

Each December, we invite around 100 pastors and their families toChinameca to receive free clothes that people from the U.S.A. donatefor this purpose.

Imagine being a rural pastor earning $100 - $200 per month andtrying to feed and cloth 4-5 ever growing children!

On December 15, 2012, these select rural pastors were invited toChinameca to receive clothes that you had donated - what asight!Clothes boxes filled the sanctuary in Chinameca and the twolarge passage ways outside.

Every one received 2 large 55 gallon trash bags and within 2 hoursthe boxes were "picked clean". We had lunch together, hugged oneanother and by the end of the day, 223 folks left with smiles on theirfaces, gratitude in their hearts and plastic bags on their shoulders.

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Working with pastors and ministerial students is the heartof what we do in El Salvador.

We know these guys, and we love these guys.Thank you for donating clothes again this year. And know that

your giving enables us to bless and minister to pastors all year long.Thank you for blessing the people of El Salvador.

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3. The Christmas Boxes

This year 37 churches in the U.S.A. donated almost 6,000 boxesfilled with toys, candy and the love of Jesus.

These boxes were donated to the rural churches where thepastors who received the clothes serve.

Listen to how the Lord provides:Churches from the U.S.A. bring their boxes to the Salem Heights

Church in Laurel, Mississippi, where they are organized and laterplaced on containers. Meanwhile, we contact churches in El Salvadorand ask them to send us a list of how many boxes they will need.When the containers arrive in El Salvador, our radio staff organize andfill the request of each pastor.

We are never exactly sure how many boxes we have startingout or how many we will need.

But, when we gave out the last box and filled the last order, wehad one box, yes, one box left over! God is so good and alwaysprovides!

We want to thank you for giving boxes again this year. They aresuch a blessing!

We want to thank Salem Heights in Laurel for organizing, storingand shipping the boxes.

We want to thank those who gave the $12,000 needed forshipping the boxes to El Salvador.

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Other news

Richard and Gina Headrick, our friends and board members,visited us in December. They participated in the clothes drive andshoe box distribution and Richard preached in Mej icanos.

Thanks, Richard & Gina, for all you do!!

Our friend, Emily Smith, of Laurel, also visited us in December. Emily isour ministry book-keeper. She does a wonderful job and recently completed5 years in this position.

So, 2012 was a great year! We praise the Lord for every soul saved, everynew church started and for meeting our needs.

We can't wait to see what the Lord will do this year in 2013.Thanks for your prayers and support.Let us hear from you.Come and visit..

We love you,Bob & Angelique

Richard and Gina receive a recognition from the pastors

in Chinameca for their support to the ministry.

Richard and Gina praying with Radio Esperanza's staff,

where they were thanked for their financial contribution.