Anna and I wish we would have done something like this...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Young Life in Humboldt Park Update!
Summer Camp is over for 2009. Praise God for the lives that are now His!
Now we're planning for Young Life this next school year (09-10) and it will be an amazing time where our team gets centered on Christ and begin to love one another as brother and sisters. We are looking forward to our prayer and planning nights as well as our first Club for Jr High on October 5th and our first HS Club Oct 6th!
Please pray for us as we seek his Face in planning themes, skits, games, and events. Also please continue to pray for us as we being to do Campaigner (Discipleship and Bible Study) meetings with the kids that are now in the Kingdom because of camp! And, please continue to pray as well as we seek financial partners in our ministry. If you feel led to partner with me in any way, please call me as I would love to share the great things that are happening in Humboldt Park / Hermosa! Please private message me for my phone number.
Blessings to you all and a special thanks to people that are partnering with YL already!
Pablo
pablo@nwchicagoyl.org
Monday, August 17, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Gun Shots - NW Chicago - Humboldt Park
Anna and I experienced gunshots in the block for the first time just a few hours ago. The police is still hanging out in case of some sort of follow-up. We were watching TV and we heard 4 pops followed by 3 more pops. I looked out the window and there were some young people running around asking, "Where'd they go?" while another said, "I don't have my gun!"
It was all fast and just as fast was the police with about 7 cars and an ambulance. We are not sure that anyone got injured as the ambulance came and went rather quickly, but it could have been that quick because they were rushing someone to the hospital.
We were surprised to not be alarmed. More curious than anything. I know that being on the third floor makes us feel more secure, but above all of this I know that the peace that a person has when they are in the LORD's will is incomparable with anything else.
There is no safer place than where the LORD has placed you.
It was all fast and just as fast was the police with about 7 cars and an ambulance. We are not sure that anyone got injured as the ambulance came and went rather quickly, but it could have been that quick because they were rushing someone to the hospital.
We were surprised to not be alarmed. More curious than anything. I know that being on the third floor makes us feel more secure, but above all of this I know that the peace that a person has when they are in the LORD's will is incomparable with anything else.
There is no safer place than where the LORD has placed you.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Chicago YL Update
Hi guys,
Wow, I feel like I can finally slow down a bit. The last month has been extremely busy as I was preparing for camp at Timberwolf Lake in Michigan.
It was a great start to the month as I started with 10 kids signed up for camp. The week before camp, however, every one of those kids canceled and I felt a bit (more than a bit) down. It was definitely a time where I needed to get on my knees. And God answered!!
I was super blessed to have 10 kids from GAP Community Church come with me as well as Irais - a GAP Jr. High Volunteer Leader. Of the 9 kids that were not saved that went to camp, 6 came to the LORD! Praise God!
Now I am starting to contact the kids again to have a continual relationship with them. Today we'll play basketball and hang out a bit. As the Summer winds down, we'll do some paintball, basketball, video game nights, lots of food, and some on-on-ones for me to get to know them well.
I will be sending out a newsletter by mail in the next 2-3 weeks as well as a quarterly newsletter. Both the online newsletter and the snail mail newsletter are different. If you want to be included in either of those, please send me an email to pablo@nwchicagoyl.org with your email address and mailing address.
I can't wait to tell you guys all about it!
Please continue to pray for these kids as I disciple them and the kids that will be joining the Kingdom soon!
Blessings to you all!!!
Wow, I feel like I can finally slow down a bit. The last month has been extremely busy as I was preparing for camp at Timberwolf Lake in Michigan.
It was a great start to the month as I started with 10 kids signed up for camp. The week before camp, however, every one of those kids canceled and I felt a bit (more than a bit) down. It was definitely a time where I needed to get on my knees. And God answered!!
I was super blessed to have 10 kids from GAP Community Church come with me as well as Irais - a GAP Jr. High Volunteer Leader. Of the 9 kids that were not saved that went to camp, 6 came to the LORD! Praise God!
Now I am starting to contact the kids again to have a continual relationship with them. Today we'll play basketball and hang out a bit. As the Summer winds down, we'll do some paintball, basketball, video game nights, lots of food, and some on-on-ones for me to get to know them well.
I will be sending out a newsletter by mail in the next 2-3 weeks as well as a quarterly newsletter. Both the online newsletter and the snail mail newsletter are different. If you want to be included in either of those, please send me an email to pablo@nwchicagoyl.org with your email address and mailing address.
I can't wait to tell you guys all about it!
Please continue to pray for these kids as I disciple them and the kids that will be joining the Kingdom soon!
Blessings to you all!!!
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