Happy Thanksgiving

Lighthouse Church 201 Class (7 of the 11 attenders)

"Thank the Lord! Praise His Name! Tell the world about His wondrous love and how mighty He is."

Isa 12:4 LB

The past couple of months are almost a blur.  We have completed many projects and started many new ones.  I can only imagine how different our lives would be if we had not followed the call to serve as missionaries here in Mexico!  Thank you Lord and praise your name for allowing us to share your wondrous love and mighty power here on the Yucatan.   

 Our new web page is up and running.  If you have not checked it out...do!  yucatanoutreachministries.org.  Special Thanks for Daniel, our worship leader for the many hours he put into creating our new look!  Our first Lighthouse Church 201 is history; we had 11 attenders and all committed to the the habits of godly mature Christians.  I was thrilled to see how God's word speaks and how if we practice these principles we are healthy, and healthy things grow! (7 of the 11 pictured below)

We are preparing for our first Thanksgiving Dinner.  We are expecting about 100 people! We have 4 turkeys and 4 hams being prepared and our people will bring all the trimmings.  It will be a sweet fellowship as we share what we are most thankful for this Thanksgiving.  Let me say here that I am thankful for the prayers, support and friendship of our YOM followers.  When times are down as well as when times are up I know I have you there praying for us.  We love you.

Pray for Lighthouse Church this week as we prepare our hearts for our kick off Time to Build Thanksgiving Offering.  Sunday we will celebrate our 1 year birthday, probably have the largest crowd we've ever had, receive the largest offering ever, baptize at least 5 new believers! Is God good or what?  We have so much to be thankful for!  We love you all and pray God blesses each of you during this Thanksgiving week.

Preparing for Lighthouse Church 201

In preparing to teach Lighthouse Church 201 "Discovering Spiritual Maturity" I'm reminded of some of the roads in Anchorage.  Due to the heavy snow fall many times you are forced to drive in the same lane day after day.  After several months the road develops ruts. Ruts develop ease in your driving, actually you are not steering the car the ruts are.  You are giving it gas to go and your hands are on the steering wheel but the car is being guided by the ruts.  Many times this is a good picture of our spiritual walk, we are in a rut; a rut that controls us.  One of the key verses for LC 201 is found in 1 Timothy 4:7b "Take the time and the trouble to keep yourself spiritually fit." Just like getting out of the ruts on the Alaska roads take time and effort, so does getting out of your ruts in your spiritual life take time and effort.   There are 4 habits that need to stay in balance to being spiritually fit; 1. Time with God's Word. 2. Prayer. 3. Tithing and 4. Fellowship. I personally have recommitted my life to those 4 habits.  It is a must to ministry.  I can't lead someone to a place I'm not going, and as a leader in Lighthouse Church it is my responsibility to stay spiritually fit.  Pray for me as I lead our first Lighthouse Church 201 this coming Sunday.  I have 10 registered to take the CLASS.  I'm excited!

Daniel (our Worship Leader) and I have been working on a new web site for Yucatan Outreach Ministries.  It is almost complete.  Daniel is a gifted web designer and I'm so excited for you to see our new web site.  I will keep you posted on it's posting.

Yucatan Outreach Ministries Annual Board Meeting

Monday, November 1, 2010 was our 3rd annual YOM Board Meeting. This year Charles Bridges was here with us in Tulum, Mexico.  Dane Havard and David Hoffman joined us via a skype video call from Anchorage, Alaska.  It was a good year for YOM through ministry here in Mexico.  Terry highlighted the events that took place during the past year; a new church start in Tulum and the growth it has experienced over the past year through salvations, baptisms, membership classes and mission efforts, mission teams from USA, Vision 2015 for Lighthouse Church and YOM's yearly budget. We adopted our new 2011 YOM Budget and discussed efforts to raise support over this next year.  God has been good to us through YOM, and your support to this minsitry appreciated.

We did obtain our FM3 visa's last week as well as drove to the Belize border to obtain new tags for our cars for one more year. It has been a busy week.  We have enjoyed Charels Bridges visiting with us and have made it to the beach a couple of times while he was here.  We are preparing for our 3rd Lighthouse Church 101 "Discovering Church Membership" Sunday, November 7th,  and have 3-5 signed up to attend.

Once again, thank you all for your prayers and support.  Our ministry here would not be so successful without your faithfulness.  God bless you.





 Charles, Debbie & Terry