Ana Maria - 8/31/12

This morning was very bitter/sweet.  We received information that our dear friend Ana Maria lost her battle to liver cancer early this morning.  She left behind her very loving husband and 6 young children.  At only 42 years old she went to be with the Lord.  We rejoice because she is no longer suffering from pain in this earthly body but at the same time we shed tears for our brother and his children for their loss and the loss of a great woman on this earth. Her funeral will be tomorrow morning at 8 am. Please keep the family in your prayers.  Since her husband has exhausted all of his money on taking care of Ana Maria and the children we are going to try and help pay for her funeral.  If you feel led to help with expenses for getting this single father of 6 back on his feet and providing food for his kids we would greatly appreciate it.  If you send money to our support fund at Downline Ministries, please specify that you are giving to Ana Maria's family. Thank you.

Sometimes God answers our prayers in ways that are different than what we thought.  As we prayed for Him to heal her and take away her pain He said "Yes" and took her home to a better place where she could be pain free and worship the God of hope and healing forever and ever.  One day we will see her again and that will be a great day!

We love you, our sister in Christ.

Ana Maria - Went Home 8/31/12

Conference in Haiti

We recently got back from teaching at a discipleship conference in Haiti. Crossing the border was a great adventure in itself! Everyone wanted to see our passports and when they saw the white men they all said that they were the "boss".  Good thing Roosvelt was able to straighten things out and by Gods grace we didn't run into too many problems. One of our students from last year, Pastor Joseph actually organized the whole conference and for the first time we had 2 Haitians teaching some of the curriculum (Roosvelt, and Joseph).  It was amazing to not only get to share God's truth with these new friends of ours but also to watch native men boldly and passionately teach their Haitian brothers and sisters about discipleship!  We have many more pictures of our trip on our Facebook page (Dominican Life Unleashed) if you would like to look at them.

As you can tell we were in a very "modest" church (to put it in their words), back in a very poor and remote village, but our God has no boundaries and was so powerful and gracious to work in all of our hearts! We look forward to the day we can go back and follow up with these men and women to see the amazing things God has done and the discipleship that has already begun to take place!  It is very encouraging to see the fire in their eyes and the passion and desire to obey what the Lord has commanded all of us to do.

Matthew 28:19-20....  "And I will be with you always even to the end of the age."

Worship Has Only 1 Language

 I was blessed to get to lead worship before our friend Henry's meeting last Monday night. Songs in English, Spanish, and of course Creole.

 It was incredible to watch these Haitians cry out in praise to our Father in Creole and us white people sing in English.  Just so comforting and powerful to know that God is the same God over ALL the Earth!

This man below is Henry.  He is a Downline student from last year who has truly caught the vision for discipleship and has a great passion to teach Gods word.  We are excited about the opportunity to work along side of him and help equip these saints for the work of service and making disciples of all nations!