49 in Lighthouse Worship

Lighthouse Praise Team
They are the best!

It was a great week as we saw new people attend small group, new attenders at Lighthouse Church and 11 children at our first ever Little Lights Bible Beach Club. Judi and her helpers, Mickey & Teri did an awesome job with our new monthly children's ministry. They played games, sang songs, and learned a Bible verse all pertaining to, "Water...Jesus is the living water". Thanks guys for sharing your vision to reach others and to grow others. It is a sign of growth when others take ministry and run with it.

Having 49 in worship was a high for us. The praise team did an awesome job leading us to a place of worship and the teaching, "What Do You Expect?" (story of David & Goliath) lead each of us to trust God for great expectations in our lives. One of Terry's key phrases was; "We tend to get what we expect out of life." So... "According to your faith... it will be done unto you." Matt. 9:29.

I'm expecting to hear from some of you this week about something BIG that God is doing in your life. love ya!

Simple Week

Last week was simply a work week for us. We got a lot of office work done. I'm working on re-doing Lighthouse - 201, Discovering Spiritual Maturity, which will be presented in November. I'm working on photos to send to my mother's Sunday School class of our mission efforts in Ek Balam. They have always come along side us to help us with short term mission projects like, school supplies and children's nursery/preschool needs. It takes a lot to get things up and going and any assistance or donations are really appreciated.

We had 35 in worship this past Sunday. One of our new converts has been awesome at inviting new people to church and this week he did not disappoint. He had 2 more guests attend with he and his wife. "Keep up the good work Eddy!"

Terry taught from Genesis 24 in part 3 of Achieving Through Believing. We looked at Abraham and his servant Eliezar, as they prepare to find Isaac a wife. Terry called it, "How to Reach Your Dreams". As we looked at 10 things God led them to do to find Rebecca, we learned that we too can apply those 10 things in achieving our dreams and goals for our personal life. This was the first time Terry spoke of his new God-given vision of for Lighthouse Church. It is called Vision 2015, a five year plan to grow LC with the 5 purposes in mind. We're going to build a building and plant two more churches in neighboring cities. We were asked to commit personally to pray every day for one year for Lighthouse Church, Yucatan Outreach Ministries and particularly for the development of Vision 2015 and our success. As many of you know Terry is a visionary and God loves and uses visionaries!

Add this to your prayer list as well. We will keep you posted as God works.

Ek Balam Mission Trip

Our trip to Ek Balam was again upbeat and productive. We delivered tooth brushes and tooth paste for the village clinic, and they will be given to villagers that have their teeth cleaned and checked by a visiting dentist. We met with one of the local families where Bill presented them with a water / filter system for their home. If this is used by them and we see that others will use them we will try and present one to each home in Ek Balam. The lady of the house told us of how her brother had become very ill as a result of contaminated water and that they themselves could not afford to purchase bottled water. She said the water filter system is an answer to her prayers. Praise the Lord!

We also presented a "how-to" Small Group seminar where we had 4 attend. They now have 2 homes doing small group. A young man attending has a real heart of his village and wants them to start learning more of God and what his word tells them through the Bible. He was given a Bible in Spanish and plans on sharing his teachings with others.

We had 42 in worship service yesterday with new attenders. We are planning another "Beach and Baptism Celebration" September 5th. We have 3 awaiting baptism. Our Little Lights Children's group made stick fans for our church yesterday. They presented a few ladies with the fans at the close of the service and they loved them. More will be made the next couple weeks.

Lighthouse 101 "Discovering Church Membership"

Lighthouse Church had it's 2nd Lighthouse Church 101 "Discovering Church Membership" this past Sunday, August 8th. We had 5 attending; 2 will be follow the Lord in Believer's Baptism and all 5 will be joining our membership. It was a great weekend at Lighthouse Church. On Saturday, August 7th we traveled to Playa Del Carmen to be with Daniel and Andrea in the emergency birth of their son, Sebastian. He is a healthy 5 lb boy and he and Mother are doing great and should get to go home today.

Returned home Saturday evening and met with Debi and Lalo on our further involvement with the Mayan village of Ek Balam. We will be traveling their this next week and will do a small group training with the leaders and prospective leaders of small groups. We collected tooth brushes and toothpaste to help assist a dentist that will be giving free exams next week. We will make plans for doing other mission projects in the next few months.

Sunday morning we had 46 in attendance and had a great time of worship and fellowship. We were blessed to have our new nursery worker serving this week and she did a great job working with our nursery age children. This is an answer to our prayers as this will free Renee and myself up to greet attenders and assist in other needed areas. We continue to have good numbers of children in Little Lights with 6 children attending. We ended the weekend with our LC 101 class in our home. Great week in Mexico! Continue to keep us in our prayers.

Spending time with our kids!

We had a wonderful time with our kids last week. We made 3 trips to the beach, a trip to the mall, attended worship at Lighthouse Church and swam until we thought we would drop. The grand kids especially loved the pool(as you can see from the pics). We were able to show them around our community and share our ministry with them on a first hand basis. We loved it.

Terry completed a teaching series, "What's Love Got To Do With It?" yesterday, and it was just over the top. We had 42 in worship and the spirit of love was felt the moment you entered the house. Our church family loves seeing each other and it is turning into a family get together every week. Since many of them work long hours during the week this is not only a time of worship but a time to fellowship. We are thrilled to see how God is developing the character of Lighthouse Church into one of family.

We are busy this week preparing for our second Lighthouse Church 101, new study in small group, mission projects, nursery manual and baby shower. Busy month, and thrilled to say so. We love what we are doing here and continue to cherish your prayers and support.

By the way, we have adopted a new Mayan village as part of our mission outreach and we will be posting needs in future months. The next couple of weeks we will be collecting tooth brushes and tooth paste. If you would like to assist us in anyway just email me at debbie@yucatanoutreachministrie.org --God bless, Debbie