Did you know that our EBA Bible Institute has US extensions?  Read about them, and other ASELSI news here!

 
He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ-with all boldness and without hindrance!                                         Acts 28:31
Newsletter  May 2015

   

ASELSI continues to train pastors and leaders. Does your pastor have a solid Bible based education? There are pastors who don't know who Israel is, or what the Old Testament has to do with their lives. Some of them live here - in  the United States ! Some have no idea how to evangelize and some cannot read or write. When we say we are making disciples, we are talking about transforming dry religion to a powerful experience with Christ. Knowing the Word and knowing how to teach God's principles is how we see transformation! Investing in training Godly men and women is one of the best ways to bring God's Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. Please help us help them!
John Harvey
President Emeritus

 

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ASELSI's Biblical Studies (EBA) extensions in the USA!

ASELSI Vancouver, Washington is where spouses Fabian and Flora are studying together.  Fabian is an amazing leader and supervises 600 workers. They have two children, 2 and 4 years old. He works 50 hours a week and still has time to study! Fabian wants to use his drive and leadership for the Lord. ASELSI is helping do just that:  Training leaders is what we do!

 

Please pray for John Harvey and Pasqual Francisco as they train leaders.

ASELSI Stuart, Florida opened when Misheila Vargas, EBA secretary in Guatemala, married Juan DeLeon a Guatemalan pastor among Latinos in Florida, and moved to the Miami area.  Misheila took the EBA classes with her and opened the extension in the Prince of Peace Evangelical Church in 2012.  Since then, over a dozen church leaders have graduated from the Stuart extension and more are scheduled to graduate this year.  The Stuart extension is a wonderful example of how our courses are a blessing to the Latin church wherever it meets!

ASELSI San Marcos, Texas started when Jack McComb opened the first EBA extension in the United States  in 2009.    Jack said, "There is a big need for people to study the Bible here.  We have raised a generation of Bible illiterate people in the USA."  The Basic Bible program had to be translated from Spanish into English and today there is a growing extension that meets in Sinai Pentecostal Church.  Classes are given to a multi-ethnic student body that studies in Spanish and English.  Pastors Sam and Melba Montoya head up the program that Jack started and over 50 people have graduated since the beginning of the program.

 

Please pray for Jack, and Pastors Sam and Melba as they encourage believers in Texas to study the Bible.
Other ASELSI News!
In Isaiah 41:18 God promises to make rivers flow on barren heights. Resting at 7500 feet Chichicastenango certainly qualifies as "heights".

Last year while visiting ASELSI, Bob Bishop of Old Town Christian Outreach Center was told Chichi was lacking in safe drinking water. He took that need back to Saginaw, Michigan and informed his church. They knew they would have to "dig deep" to alleviate the problem. They did; 560 feet to be exact. As of May of this year a working well is on the grounds of ASELSI!
The well stands as a testament of God's faithfulness, but much of the water will be pumped "outside the walls" of this mission. People from surrounding communities need only bring an empty container. Please pray that as we fill their buckets with cool, life- sustaining water, we also fill their hearts with God's love and the true message of the well "as rivers flow on barren heights".
"So that people may see and know, may consider and understand that the hand of the Lord has done this," Isaiah 41:20a
RUN, WALK OR RIDE FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T
There is still plenty of time to  plan your local event  to raise money for our therapy program  celebrating our 10th Anniversary. You can even participate as an individual  using a race in which you are already participating.  
You can find all of the materials you need to raise support on our website:
SHORT TERM MISSION TEAM SEASON
ASELSI has hosted 11 teams so far this year, with more visiting every week throughout the summer.  These groups provide encouragement to the staff, churches, and individuals in Chichicastenango and surrounding communities by building relationships through ministry, construction, medical clinics, and more.  Please pray for energy and health for the ASELSI staff and those who come to join in our work for a short time.

I am sending him to you for this very purpose .. that he may encourage you.    
THE FATHER'S HEART CLINIC
ASELSI's Father's Heart Clinic, has cared for and ministered to over 4000 patients since mid January 2015. 
Next week we will be graduating 28 children from our Milk Program.  The Milk Program staff has been teaching the mothers how to make pureed food for their babies., and the weight gain results have been positive already.
With the presence of three eye surgeons, two from the 700 Club USA and one from Guatemala City, 58 eye surgeries were performed in April, and the eye team was able to examine and treat over 300 patients at that time. 

A lot of change is taking place within the clinic. We ask for prayers that God will provide us with a licensed and experienced, general, Guatemalan doctor by Septmeber 2015. This will be a part time or full time paid position. We also ask for prayers for provision of clinic expenses and staff salaries.

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