THIS IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT!

It seems like summer comes and goes so fast that we lose sight of what all the hustle is REALLY about.  A late and very wet start to our Oregon summer postponed many outdoor activities that were planned for our Hispanic churches.  Yesterday (July 1) we finally gave up on two outdoor celebrations planned around pot-lucks in a park, and programmed them for inside the Family Life Center at Court St. Christian Church.  We celebrated both Father's Day and Kid's Day by grilling outside and everything else happened inside.  

Pancho and Ronnie baptizing at Camp Winema "Hispanic Family Camp"

With our annual Hispanic Family Camp being the initial summer activity, our churches are doing VBS programs and other typical summer church activities, and we will end up the "summer season" with our annual late summer joint meeting/ pot-luck picnic at Silver Creek Falls State Park in August.  This is a well-attended event and families from all of our OLE Church Planters churches participate in that service in some way.  The afternoon is filled with hiking around the falls, volleyball and soccer games and of course, carne asada and a variety of complimentary side dishes.  How we suffer for the cause!

As we continue these events, we would appreciate your continued prayers for our churches and leaders, and for many who are ill at this time.  Within our churches, we have several who are dealing with very critical cancer and several others who are suffering from other serious illnesses.  The work situation seems to have picked up some as it usually does during the summer months, so if you would, please pray the continued "upswing" in the employment of our folks.  We also praise the Lord for new families who have been added to our churches recently, several of whom are now attending in our Salem Hispanic church.  

With the Oregon Christian Convention over yesterday (July 1), our next big event during which we will be representing OLE Church Planters is the Hispanic National Christian Convention, to be held in Clovis, CA, this year.  Later, in the first week of August, we will be at Camp Winema for the Week of Missions. Please pray for us as we travel the miles in between these events.

Thanks for your faithful prayers and support!