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March 5 2009 at 2:30 pm

Grace in Juárez

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A couple weeks ago I got a really encouraging report from Geney Harvey. She wrote to share about a recent trip the Spanish 4 class of Covenant Life School took to serve our sister church in Juárez, Mexico, Iglesia Gracia Soberana de Cd. Juárez.

In her update to parents of students who were part of the trip, Geney recounted several answers to prayer: no one got sick; everyone stayed safe; and the students did great communicating in Spanish. These teenagers served selflessly at the school there and encouraged the church as a whole simply by their willingness to come serve in Juarez when they could have stayed home in their “safe” country. Geney wrote about one particular highlight:

The Lord used them to witness to the students in the school, many of whom are not Christians. (As you may remember, the school in Juarez has an evangelistic focus and is open to non-Christians as well as Christians.) All the students were asked to share their testimony with various classes many times during the week, and on their last day they were also asked to lead a chapel for grades 7 through 9. During the chapel time they led worship and shared various exhortations from Scripture—all in Spanish. Only the Lord knows what seeds were planted in that chapel as our students shared from their heart about the value of knowing Christ, but we do know that He promises that His word will not return void without accomplishing His purpose (even despite limited language proficiency!).

To the teenagers who participated in this trip: Thank you for using your time in Juárez to represent the Savior in your words and deeds!

Pictured above with children from Juárez: Anna Somerville, Jeff Pons, and Corinne Glab

 





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