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

Tropical Storm Richard didn't stop and see us!

We kept our eye on Tropical Storm Richard.  It was predicted to have an impact on us but once again God moved it to the east and it lost power. It moved inland near Belize.  I know many of you will not feel sorry for us but we did get to go to the beach on Friday and it was just beautiful. Bill and Renee joined us, they had not been in 6 weeks and it was good to have them join us for a good time of fellowship.

We go to Playa this Wednesday to pick up our FM3 visas and then to Belize on Friday to tag both of the cars for another year.   Our good friend, Charles Bridges, is coming in to spend a few days with us on Saturday. We are excited to have him see first hand the work that has been done here in Tulum since last year when he visited us.  Once again we invite any of you to come for a visit, we love showing off what God is doing here on the Yucatan.

Pray for us as we prepare for Lighthouse Church 101 and Lighthouse Church 201 the first of November.  We are praying also for God to bless our people here as we prepare for our first-time Thanksgiving Time To Build Offering on November 28th.  Love and appreciate all of you!

Fall arrives in Tulum!

Praise Team preparing for worship. 

It was a beautiful fall day Sunday in Tulum.  It was nice setting up for worship with the cooler weather.  Our new caretakers at the restaurant had things clean, tables and chairs set up. Thank you Mickey and Terri for your commitment to Lighthouse Church.

We had 51 attenders this week and Terry completed his series on "Figuring Out Your Finances" with "Breaking Out of the Debt Trap,"  biblical principles on financial stewardship and the pitfalls debt.  As you can see from the video, our praise team is awesome.  They continue to improve each week; thanks, Daniel and Andrea!

We are preparing for a busy month: Lighthouse 101, Lighthouse 201, Thanksgiving Dinner, Time To Build Thanksgiving Offering.  Keep us in your prayers, and thanks for keeping up with our ministry.

Hurricane Paula has no punch!

Once again we prepared for a hurricane to hit! Mind you, I'm not complaining, but we hardly got any rain from the storm! Thanks to Bill and Marina Parker we were ready for the storm with generators they purchased for YOM. We are prepared:-)

Services this past weekend at Lighthouse Church were fantastic! We had 55 in attendance with first time visitors. We are slowly moving out of the low season and preparing for the snowbirds to return in November. We are planning as staff for how we will accommodate more attenders at LC. We are looking at seating arrangements, food and volunteer staff, as we face these welcomed growing pains. Pray for us to always have others/seekers in mind in our efforts.

Prayer requests for our prayer warriors: Some needed government decisions on the land for the new building, Vision 2015, Thanksgiving Time to Build Offering (Nov. 28th), reaching English Speakers during the High Season on the Yucatan, and continued commitment of our new believers and pre-Christians through Lighthouse Church 101 and 201.

Lighthouse Church Vision 2015 Presented

Lighthouse Church – Vision 2015

(A five-year direction for fulfilling the Purposes of Lighthouse Church)

“If people can't see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves; But when they attend to what he reveals, they are most blessed.” (Pro. 29:18 MSG)

“Where there is no vision, the people perish…” (KJV)

1. Complete the legal requirements on the LAND ASAP

2. Begin Construction on a MULTI-PURPOSE building/campus ASAP

3. Acquire SPANISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM for Small Groups Early 2011

4. Launch SPANISH LANGUAGE worship upon building occupancy

5. Begin monthly MEN’S GATHERING Sat. 1/29/11

6. Establish a DEACON body of servants 2011

7. Healthy Large Group & SMALL GROUPS 2011 – 2015

8. Acquire RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATION status ASAP 2011/2012

9. C.L.A.S.S. SEMINARS 2011 – 2015

10. BAPTISM for new believers 4 times each year 2011 – 2015

11. Annual WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY events

12. Add a Volunteer CHILDREN’S COORDINATOR ASAP 2011

13. Construct 10’X16” stick & stucco HOUSE in Ek Balam 3/2011
14. Teaching in EK BALAM 3 times annually 2011 – 2015

15. Host DISCOVER Y.O.M. August annually 2011 – 2015

16. FLIER DISTRIBUTION twice annually 2011—2015

(4/2011)

17. Receive an annual THANKSGIVING OFFERING 2011 –2015

18. Annual Thanksgiving CELEBRATION MEAL 2011 – 2015

19. Annual Provision and WORK DAY at Men’s Rehab 2011 – 2015

20. HIGHWAY BILLBOARD December 2011 – 2015

21. Begin monthly WOMEN’S GATHERING December 2011

22. Establish free to low cost DAYCARE for single parents Feb. 2012

23. Launch a NEW CHURCH on the Riviera Maya Easter 4/8/2012

24. 8-Day Mission Trip for VBS in ANCHORAGE, June 2012

25. Establish a FOOD BANK May 2013

26. Short-term Mission Trip to SOMEWHERE annually 2012 – 2015

27. Launch a NEW CHURCH on the Riviera Maya Easter 4/5/2012

THE PURPOSE OF LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH IS TO LOVE GOD, LOVE PEOPLE, GUIDE PEOPLE INTO GOD’S FAMILY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TEACH, ENJOY AND SERVE ONE ANOTHER AND THE WORLD.