Ensenada Outreach

Gloria Dios! Today was a great day here in Ensenada. We did our first outreach in the city as a school. We headed downtown with a guitar, a Cajon(box drum) that I made from scrap wood, a bike, a bunch of tracts and Bibles in Spanish, and the Holy Spirit. We saw God touch lives today, was awesome. We were able by God's grace to share the gospel with many souls.


We had the cajon, and the guitar and we were just worshipping God in the main town square here by a corner with foot traffic. People were stopping and listening and wanted to talk to us. We handed out alot of Gospel tracts, and had very fruitful conversations. My friend John was riding around doing some BMX tricks and sharing with alot of kids.

Today was just filled overflowing with joy for me. Sharing Christ with people is the most satisfying and exciting thing we can ever do. There were a lot of conversations that I had with people from all stages of life, an older man that had spent many years in prison, a group of younger skaters, some scene kids, and everything in-between. Everyone we shared with was open, and received our literature and many were interested in visiting our church here.

This outreach was so encouraging, the hearts of the people here are so incredibly open. Everyone we share with is like a sponge ready to learn more about God, and willing to discuss spiritual things. It's a much different environment then I'm used to, but I love it.


We will be probably, Lord willing, doing another outreach next week. There is a huge bike festival in town and there is going to be thousands of people there, sounds like an amazing opportunity for us to share the Gospel. My friends Tale and Adriel will be trying to make it next week, so we pray God will make this outreach even more of a success then today's was.

"Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light, and what you hear in the ear, preach on the house-tops."- Jesus Christ (Matthew 10:27)

Ensenada September 06, 2008

Thought I'd give you all a picture of a few of our local amigos. This rattlesnake was on our porch of our dorm (on the right) one morning. My room mate Carlos killed it with a 2by4. I've seen like 10 Tarantula's, I got this picture of one on the dining hall door.

School started Monday, we have about 15 students and 7 staff. The students are half Spanish speaking and half English. It's been a challenge to communicate to eachother, but we are all learning and growing in our knowledge of the others language and culture.

I've been focused mainly on creating the networking infrastructure here, getting a server up and running, a computer lab, and getting the dorms all connected online. It's been alot of work, with alot of late nights, but by God's grace somehow it's all up and running. It's not all ideal, but it's running as best as it can with the equipment we have at the moment.

We have really low bandwith, which is causing us some problems. We run our internet through a satelite provider, but we can't get the right line of sight because of a huge hill right behind our property, so we need to move the dish to the top of the moutain and build a tower for it. That is going to be a pretty exciting project. Our list of projects is infinately long, and our budget is zero so we are just praying that some how God is going to continue providing for this school as He has been since the beginning of this project. The ground has been flattened and is ready to start building the orphanage on the other side of the campus.

We have lots of things to accomplish here, we just as for your prayer and support in what God is doing at this new Bible College in Ensenada. We are going to be leading students on the streets on Friday's to do some outreach and Evangalism, as well as leading prayer groups and missions. We are planning a mission to Southern Baja to work with some Indigenous people groups. My bro John and I are surfing in San Miguel when ever we have free time and are going to be praying for oppertunities to share the love of Jesus with the surfing community here.

I ask for your prayer for guidence and wisdom in all these things, and for my own strength as I'm feeling very weak and strained, I miss Becca terribly in Morocco, we have little to no communication. I'm just leaning on the everlasting arms and trusting God for everything.

In the Love and Grace of our Lord Jesus,

~Paul

Ensenada Mexico

I recently arrived in Ensenada Mexico to the new Calvary Chapel Bible College here. I live on top of this structure here on the right (It has walls and a roof now). I'm helping them get a new network setup here, as well as leading worship and what ever else needs to be done. Classes are starting in a week and a half so there is lots of construction and work that still needs to be done and not alot of time to do it.

So far I've seen the biggest blackest nastiest tarantula I've ever seen on the side of my wall, cows randomly come on the property all the time and we have to blast them with sling shots to make them leave. Toads, mice, rats, snakes, scropions etc. Lots of exciting stuff that can kill you here.

I'm working on leading worship in Spanish, so may the Lord help me with that. We will be building an orphanage on campus, and I'll be leading a team from here to some other place in Mexico for a week long mission trip some time this semester. Please pray for this first semester of school, that the campus is up and running in time, and that the students hearts would be ready to recieve instruction from the Word of God.

http://www.ccbcmexico.com/ See here for more information about the school.

GERMANY 2007-2008

Germany 2008.
Becca and I met this last semester in Siegen Germany at the Calvary Chapel Bible College. It was a beautiful time of studying God's word, prayer and fellowship. We both received confirmation to our call to go to the mission field. We will spend this next season separated. I will be in Ensenada Mexico helping start a Bible School there, and Becca will be in Morocco with SEND.
http://www.sendministries.com/


We ministered on Friday nights on the streets of Siegen sharing Christ with the Punk/Goth/Emo kids at the local venue. It was awesome to see many kids really interested and learning more about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We built relationships with a few kids out there that really need the Lord in their lives. It was a privilege to share with them about Jesus. Our time together was wonderful and unique. I asked her to marry me after knowing her for about 3 months and dating for 1 day. God revealed to both of us in very powerful ways that it is His will for us to be married. We visited Stockholm Sweden, Prague in Czech Republic, Austria, Italy and Portugal. This was a wonderful time in my life that I will cherish forever.


Thank you Lord for this opportunity you have given me to go to Europe and minister. Thanks for allowing me to meet so many wonderful brothers and sisters in the Faith. Continue to work and do wonders in Europe Lord, for the Glory of Jesus Christ, Amen.

http://www3.calvarychapel.com/ccbcgermany/ Our School


We both Graduated!

PORTUGAL 2008

Portugal 2008

We recently traveled to Faro in Southern Portugal for a week long mission in the Algarve. We stayed with the Calvary Chapel there and ministered to the international congregation consisting of many British, German, and French believers.

We spent time in God's word on the beach daily. We shared Christ to people on the streets, and at a skate park. I met a18 year old guy named David at the skatepark who I had an oppertunity to share the Gospel with. He desired to pray to recieve Jesus Christ as His Lord, and He did so. I felt this was a very fruitful trip in many ways. We led worship in German for the German Bible Study that doesn't usually have anyone who leads worship. I felt we were able to be a blessing, as well as be blessed by their fellowship and hospitality.

We spent time at an orphange playing soccer with some kids, and shared our testimonies with them afterwards. It was an awesome time, all the kids loved Becca so much.

Thank you Lord for this wonderful trip, it was such a beautiful place and the people were so loving and shining with Your love, I pray you establish them in your Grace and strengthen them by Your Spirit, in Jesus name, Amen