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VOB News January 2016 “New in 2016”

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San Diego, Tijuana, The Nations….every tongue and tribe! 

As the new year gets into full swing, we’d like to ask you to pray with us about a few things:

First, for the last 4 years, we have been doing monthly worship & prayer gatherings here in San Diego.  Over the years, at P.o.W, we’ve done 24 hours of worship, 12 hours of worship, 100 days of worship & prayer (last year, from Feb. through May), and, most recently, a week of worship with the Word, with a different team each night, reading & singing the Bible.  In praying about our next steps for what we call P.lace o.f W.orship, we will be moving from monthly to quarterly gatherings. This will free us up to do more outside worship & prayer stuff.  Would you just pray for P.o.W., that  we would continue to have clear guidance & effective gatherings, whenever we do meet? We could use that little prayer push!

Second, we’ve been given the opportunity to go onto several reservations in Southern California, over the course of the next month. We will be doing worship & prayer, in partnership with our First Nations friends.  This has been on our hearts for a very long time, and the Lord seems to be opening the doors.  We would ask you to seriously pray for these opportunities!  It is not to be taken lightly, when the First Nations/Native American people, who we love dearly,  open up their doors for us to come on their land.  We are grateful & pray that the Lord would truly reach the indigenous people of North America!!  Please pray for protection, safety & covering for all who will be a part.

And third, we would just like to ask you for a little extra prayer push for our health.  Sometimes we just both get tired, and could use some extra strength for the work!

Thanks so much!  Love Wayne & Carol

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Our Christmas outreach and efforts were a great success. We collected sufficient amount of toys for nearly a thousand kids at the outreach (Carol leading worship below), other weekly colonia outreaches, and for our children in the local Tijuana church (above).

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We had thousands of pounds of canned foods and non perishables donated this year. So great to stock some cupboards.

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Gabriel (right) has been such an incredible addition to our staff these past few months. And IMG_2961he has enrolled young helpers from the Nations! Burma, Nepal, Thailand represent! IMG_2881

VOB News November 2015 “Worship/Praying the Word”

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10511486_10153182252789863_7972574780840211834_oFrom Nov. 8, through Nov. 15, VoB sponsored “Week of Worship with the Word” at P.lace o.f W.orship.  As you know, P.o.W., is our monthly worship & prayer meeting.  Last Spring, we sponsored 100 days of worship & prayer.  In the summer, I just felt a prompting from the Lord, to honor His Word, by incorporating it into a series of worship nights.  It seems to me that there is a severe lack of reading & understanding the Word of GOD, the Bible, in the Body of Christ these days. And truly, without understanding His Word, it’s harder to have faith, hope & love.  Knowing Scripture, makes a big difference in our daily life, our daily encouragement, prayers and our overall relationship with GOD.  By taking the time to incorporate Scripture into our times of worship, we felt that we were honoring His Word, and reminding people to reconnect with the Bible.

When the terrorist attacks occurred in Paris, on the 14th, many asked, ‘what can we do now?’.  Honestly, it’s not easy to answer that question.  It feels pretty overwhelming, with the refugee situation and all the chaos of the Middle East.  But for the believer, the one who has a direct ‘hotline’ to the Lord, the way we CAN make a difference, right here and now, is through prayer.  If we are applying HIS Word, (which we know is truth), to our prayers,  we will see a difference made, as the world seems to get increasingly dark.

To that end, we’d like to share a few tips with you, from our dear missionary friend Kathleen Dillard, on how to pray for our nation, and the nations in general, during these tumultuous times.  Countering Terrorism, is a resource from Prayer Central.  We urgently implore you to to take the Word of GOD, and add it to your prayers for France, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States of America, and the world in general, so that the Prince of Peace, JESUS, will become known in the hearts of men and women. You can apply these Top-10 prayers, to our work in Mexico as well. The citizens of Mexico, like many third world nations, are affected by government corruption and drug cartel influence, which continues to oppress (or terrorize) the people.

We hope these tips encourage you to ‘fight the good fight’, on your knees. GOD bless you and may your Thanksgiving weekend, be truly bountiful!!!

P.S. Don’t forget V.O.B-A-Gift selections. We need to hear from you by December 15th if you are interested.

P.S.S. Here is our own little list of ‘thanksgiving’ for VoB:

  • we thank the Lord for a fruitful Week of Worship with the Word.  Eight different worship leaders led throughout the week, as we read, sang, prayed His Word out.
  • we are super thankful for the continued help of our assistant, Gabriel.  The difference he makes in the loading & unloading of thousands of pounds of food per week, is incredible! And he loves serving with Wayne in Mexico and they love him!  Also an increase in volunteers lately. (see photo below)
  • we spent a week with our visiting missionary friend Kathleen Dillard, ministering around San Diego.  What a privilege to have her with us!
  • we continue to be thankful for the food, the vehicles, our Mexican ministry partners who are so faithful, and all those who are a part of VoB Compassion.
  • we are so grateful for ongoing favor with Mexican customs and safety in Tijuana.
  • we are SUPER thankful for YOU!!

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