Just My Life

Living God’s called

2011-08-24T21:04:00.000-07:00

''Living God’s called''

It has been about eight months, since my last encounter with you (Sequoia). God is always more than we think, and this time is a proof of what our almighty God is willing to do with a sinner surrendered completely to Him. I feel so thankful for the blessing of serve you in the little ways I do, and I would like to thank your support, it was used for some of my needs, also for you great heart, always willing to serve our beautiful kids, I’m sure that God has great plans for all of them, I praise God that you’ve been part of their lives and for been praying for my church, which God has been answering in many ways, some of them immediately and others in long terms.

I guess some of you are wondering what is this guy has been doing all this time, but don’t worry I haven’t been in a resort for vacations, or standing around nor waiting for things to come, at list not at all. Here are the details.

San Pedros’s Church serving our kids and youths

2011-08-24T21:00:00.000-07:00

A partner of mine from the Leadership Development Program (LDP), who lives six hour fromour community and I planed bridge between our two church, the purpose was to serve our children and youth from our project, church and community, so approximately 25 of them came to our church, for two days of hard working. We developed topic concern to the integrity and the Gospel of salvation. At the end two of our youth from the project accepted Christ, everythings were meaningful at list for these guys have reicived the Salvation, and they are still attending church and growing. My main role in this mission trip of this brothers and sisters was just to serve them in all the ways possible, setting everythings up.

Luperon’s Mission Trip

2011-08-24T20:52:00.000-07:00

It is always a privilege to serve God, no matter the way, the people and the place, but when you have the great opportunity to serve with people as my partners of the LDP, it’s just something unforgettable, these guys are just amazing, crazy for serving in creative ways. We went to a city called Luperón nearly one hour from my house. We were serving the kids of another project, playing games and having fun with them, but also promoting the LDP to the youth who are about to finish the Sponsorship Program, beside enhancing the heart of that church by showing them the importance of advocate for the childrens at risk.

Sunday Bible School ‘’Growing in grace’’

2011-08-24T20:38:00.000-07:00

‘’Growing in grace’’

This is the name that we gave to the Sunday bible school, we are focused that our children are having the opportunity to learn, live and share the Gospel by inspiring bible’s history, songs, fun games, opportunity for using their talents and missions. It has been about three years serving in this great ministry with great people. In this year we have been very challenge to pursue excellence.

This is ours team

Berenice Santo

Perla Martínez

Maribel Gómez

Minerva Sotero (Neiby)

Carolina López

Benjamin Núñez

And three girls who have grown in faith in this Sunday bible school, now we praise God that they are helping us and also teaching with us. They are Vierka (Maribel’s daughter), Ironelis and Jennifer.

I’ve written their names, so you can pray for each one of them personally.

We used to work with three groups, the little ones, the middle ones and the older ones, as the church that we worked in is too small people lend us their cars rooms.

During the few passed months, with the power that comes from the Holy Spirit, with been working with what we call Bible Clubs (each one for a months and a half): True Treasures and The Deserts Explorers. The first one challenge our life to live according to the promises of God, having in our minds the great awards that God has for all His faithful sons and daughter. And the last one reminds us that as God took care the Israel’s People, so He will do with us, how God teached His people for fourty years in a deserts, so He will teaches us in everyone of our experiences and circumstances.

CDI-DR346 (Corazones Alegres)

2011-08-24T20:04:00.000-07:00

CDI-DR346

Corazones Alegres

Once I noticed that most of the kids in my Project’s group are sponsored by Sequoia, but as a matter or fact they need to grow, today my group is almost done, this past week I sent five of them to other group, including the twins Elvis and Edwin Gomez, they didn’t want to say goodbye, but as o told them so is the life, we need to grow and give steps on. Today I know this is one of my last months as a tutor in this amazing family, but I never forget these kid’s and the blessing that was to serve them, despite of all the headaches that I had because of them (hehehe). Within everything’s my greatest satisfaction is to know that this family will be growing a lot from the next days on, two amazing ladies will be soon working as tutors including Maribel the one we rebuild a house for , and others, but specially my pastors are really working on this. I am sure that as, my family and me were blessed for this project, your children will be in great ways.

Celebrating thanksgiving at Makarios's House.

2010-11-30T21:39:00.000-08:00

''At the Festival of Jazz at Cabarete''

2010-11-30T21:35:00.001-08:00

Washing our hands to have a healthy life.

2010-11-26T19:08:00.000-08:00

YAY!! it is incredible to see the kids, how they love hear the classes and then go to have a practice of what we were talking about. They really liked to practice wasching their hands, They say i don't want to have COLERA.

Marriages of ITB

2010-11-22T21:12:00.000-08:00

Our church this last weekend celebrated a glorius activity for the church marriages, and also for those that are not christians. That was a huge blessing for every one who was there.

2010-11-22T20:53:00.000-08:00

YAY!!! what a day!!! me and Brenda, my co-worker at the project and all of our kids, when to visit the project of kid's alive in a village close to our church, Caraballo, Villa Asencion. We were reicived by the director Alberto Polanco. He spoked to the kids how to take care of the chickens. At the of our visit the boys started enjoying games.

Great day!!

Youth society

2010-11-22T20:43:00.000-08:00

What does the people say about Love? What does the people say about live? What does the people say about sex?. With these question we started our last metting just before whaching and amizing documentary about the true of these three things: Love,Live anf Sex. After all that we finish with a delisious tea. Great night.

Please pray for our youth society.

God keeps been good

2010-11-22T20:34:00.000-08:00

What a great opportunity we had, with our kids to go to other church, and share the gospel,

with all the children at that church. Many of them when to see pantomimes that the laydies made, to hear the history of Habraham and the sacrifice of his son, and also the games.

Computer CDI's lab

2010-09-10T09:53:00.000-07:00

Ricardo one of the members of our church is helping in our project to, making some rebuildings just to have more computers, in order to Adonai's student can used it.

Saying Welcome to Weston

2010-09-10T09:35:00.000-07:00

Weston was such a missionarie who used to live in our comunity, he was stablished here for almost two years. He left i now he return with news ideas, he wants to create a compture lab, for those guy that are not able to use computer at home, also to make a bridge between both culture, EE.UU, and the most important reazon is provide oppotunities for preaching the Gospel.

I'll be helping help in order to make his dream come true.

young guiding the church on saturday

2010-09-08T07:57:00.000-07:00

worship

We thanks God for allowing us to been the responsible of these services. This last Saturday we meet at Aldrin's house(one of the members of the church), we worship together,listen God's word and finally eat some Riquis( that is a bread with cabbage, meat and dressing). OMG GREAT TIME!!!

What to do, when the electricity has gone.

2010-09-05T21:49:00.000-07:00

We found a lamp in a house where there is an inverter to play dominoes at 11:30 pm, we did not want to go bed.

Sharing the Gospel through movies

2010-09-05T21:32:00.000-07:00

Our community is not totally in material’ needs but spiritual. There are so many ways to show then that God is the only who can satisfied what then hearts need, so I decided organized a movie night in my neighborhood where we watched ‘’Fire Proof’’. Most of you maybe have been able to see this movie, so now you understand what a bless was this movie to these people.

LDP MEETINGS

2010-09-05T21:20:00.001-07:00

It is a huge blessing to be part of this amazing family. We meet at list once in a month to study the bible, to she experiences and for having fun together. We came together the week before this to talk about ours errands in the program, and this next week to have a day pass.

Sunday Bible School

2010-09-05T21:03:00.001-07:00

God has been so good! We are still showing the wonders of God to these kids.

There is nothing better than the sufficient word of God in other to live according to the willing of the Creator and his redeemer plan.

2010-06-28T11:20:00.000-07:00

CDI-DR 346 Corazones Alegres

Summer 2010 Activities

After a fiscal year of hard work, the least they deserve is a change of routine.That's why we celebrate with our children our own, pool days, days of pizza and movie day.

2010-06-28T11:07:00.000-07:00

Giving what we have received

Conference-Workshop on "Body Care"

For about a month and a half, three young graduate of the CDI-DR346 kickoff held the first workshop for young people who are coming out. two of us belong to the leadership development program, Scarlet Sory Gongalez medical student and I, Jose Benjamin Nunez student in Tourism Management, the other guy is Josè Carlos Marmolejos Gonzales, who also studied medicine, he is not part of LDP but is an excellent student, good playing guitar and bass. It is a pleasure to serve the Lord, and young people of the CDI with the things that God has provided.

We are filled with joy and satisfaction for giving the things we've received.

2010-06-28T11:00:00.000-07:00

Pastor Federico de Sena "Berico" Birthday

"So teach us to number our days that hearts unto wisdom" (Psalm 90:12) ... "Tell me, Lord, my end, and how much is the measure of my days; know how frail I am" (Psalm 39:4).

My soul is filled with joy, to see how God changes the course of human life and elevates it to a full life, where there are battles, challenges, and perhaps many times with tears. But here, in the daily life of man, in his constant attempts to glorify God discovers Him absolutely good. Federico de Sena Our Pastor is an example parpable of this, that after 40 plus years serving the Lord, can express to the congregation before all the joy unspeakable.

Glory to God! For allowing us to celebrate with him 94 years of life.

Benjamìn Nùñez

Searching for opportunities to grow

2010-06-28T10:35:00.001-07:00

Searching for opportunities to grow

John Piper in Santiago, Dominican Republic

A church that wants to grow Christ-centered, and stick more to the will of God, must strive every day to take advantage of spiritual opportunities to growth that God in various ways provided.

A group of men we moved from Puerto Plata to Santiago, an hour's drive from our church, listening to John Piper a man who loves the Lord, and loves reaching the lost for the glory of God.

Just God´porpuse!!

2010-05-08T12:03:00.000-07:00

My name is Jose Benjamin Nuñez Castillo

I was born in Santo Domingo, at 23 days of December 1989.

When I was 5 years old, my father, Ramon Nunez decided to go to Puerto Plata in search of work, he was a mason. A year later my mother decided to follow his step, and we also (my two brothers and I). We settled in Monte Llano, the famous town sugarcane. After two years of having reached that place, my parents heard of CDI-DR346 of Compassion International. My parents found out about it and some time later I was enrolled. That was the first time I began to hear that there was a God who had created everything and then I knew I had to give my life to him who had died for me. But still I feel that it was not heart.

At the age of 13 years my life was marked by the death of my father, was very difficult, just a kid and my mother was not working. But the hand of God was on our little family, we never stop eating. But my mother also received assistance from the CDI-DR346 to become a stylist, and start in our own home a little beautil parlor. I worked in a carwash for nearly four years, was a very good experience, because I learned to drive.

For my second year in high school, the CDI-DR346 offered me a half scholarship

For my last year I took seriously the decision to follow the footsteps of Jesus. At the same time I heard about the LDP program, It was my heart desire to be part of this, but it seemed almost impossible so i prayed to God, and when I graduated I filled out the applications for admission, but I was rejected. So I started university, with my own efforts, and my mother. we could pay at least two semesters.

But I didn´t give up, even wanted to be part of the LDP, I felt it in my heart. So for the second time, with excitement and nerves refill the order. But now God had different plans, thas´s why I received the news that was part of the program.

Currently I am Christian in faith and action, a member of Temple Bible Church Monte Llano. I tutor of a group of beautiful children of 6-8 years in the CDI-DR346. I'm a student of Business Administration, Tourism and Hotel. I am LDP, yeah! But mostly I love reaching children for Christ, that is the reason why I am fighting for two Bible schools continue forward.

This is the story that God in His grace has written for me. But more surprising is that the pen is still writing.

Sincerely,

Ben