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CHI-CHI-CHI! LE-LE-LE! CHILE!
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If you haven't heard, Chile won the "Copa America"! The 100
th
anniversary of this soccer tournament recently took place in the USA. Originally, the teams were only from South America, but since 1990 also includes North America and Asia. Uruguay is the country with the most wins. But Argentina is always a big rival. Four of the times Chile hosted the event, Argentina came out the victor. However, in 2015 Chile took the title for the first time on home soil. And for the second year in a row, won the finale against the talented Argentine team on June 26, 2016. The celebrations continue!!!
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Prayers & Praise
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* We praise God for the new people who have recently visited our church or come to special activities.
* Pray for the 5 adults studying catechism right now; that God's Word will instruct and guide them
* Please keep our son-in-law Tyler in your prayers as he recovers from skin and bone damage caused by blood clots. Pray for our daughter Sonrisa as she supports her husband in this difficult time.
* Join us in thanking God for the 7 super volunteer missionaries who recently joined us in Chile,sharing the love of Jesus with so many!
* Pray that God will continue to bless the work in Santiago through the "Mi Camino" project; that we will be able to reach more young adults with the Good News of Christ.
* Pray for our daughter, Gabriela, and her husband, Daniel, as their baby is due in August.
* Ask God to watch over all our stateside family; especially our fathers, Ed and Dennis, as they receive treatments for various health problems.
* Pray for our mission plant in Ciudad Satelite; that we will be able to reach more contacts through zumba classes and Bible study.
* Pray that God will protect and use mightily the next group of volunteers arriving on July 10 from Phoenix.
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Reflections on Liberty and Freedom abound on this day, the 4
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of July. As they should. Our freedoms have been hard-won and should not be taken for granted. But here in Chile, July 4 is just a day like any other (the similar Chilean celebration happens on September 18
th
)
For far too many people, every day is a day "just like any other". People go through the motions of life with no real hope for themselves or for their future. They long for true freedom: freedom from self, freedom from depression, from isolation, from hurt, from meaninglessness. That's the freedom we have in Christ, and that's the freedom we celebrate!
Maybe we'll brave the cold and cook a few burgers on the grill today, after all.
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Massive results = Massive Challenge!
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In our last newsletter, we reported on the initial results of our special mass-media outreach project conducted with the Lutheran Hour. The media campaign ran for one month, and during that time we had nearly 33,000 visits to our new website,
www.micamino.cl
! Over 1000 people registered on the page, plus we have over 600 "likes" on the corresponding Facebook page, and that number is growing every day. We are now beginning the follow-up phase, seeking to offer classes, events, or other programming that will draw some of those 1000 registrants into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. Our next effort begins this Wednesday, July 6. We are offering a "conversational English" class at the church! Please PRAY for those efforts - it is really difficult to transition from an email contact to a personal, face-to-face encounter.
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Ministry is in full swing!
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We are mid-year and mid-winter here, and the ministry is in full swing! A new "jovenes" group was started at church last month, and we had 7 jovenes at our meeting this past Sunday. ("Jovenes" are young singles from about 15 - 30 years old). Next week we will be conducting a 4-day Vacation Bible School during the mid-winter break. A group of volunteers from Christ Church Lutheran in Phoenix is coming to lead the VBS, and also to do some construction projects at the church. New outreach efforts include English classes, aerobics classes, a new Bible study, and other events that are in the works. Our heads are spinning! Pray that the Lord of the Harvest would bring souls into His kingdom, and that busy-ness results in blessedness!
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We had a few setbacks in our finances in June. While our support remains strong, we had some unexpected expenses. Due to our son-in-law Tyler's hospitalization and some other factors, a planned "quick" trip to the States (originally for a GLO board meeting) had to be extended. In the commotion, all Liisa's documents were lost (Chilean and USA), and we had to pay a pretty penny to get everything replaced. We praise God for YOU, for your faithfulness in prayer and your steady support!
OR
Mail a check to:
Global Lutheran Outreach
6709 Ficus Dr.
Miramar, FL 33023
(Put "Tino" on the memo line of the check.)
Projects in need of support (click to view)
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