Staff Retreat in Lago Colbun

Recently we pulled away with our full time and associate Campus Crusade for Christ Chile staff for a retreat before the summer’s end and the beginning of activities on the universities. This year among the smiling faces in the picture above we have 8 Chilean staff, 7 Americans, and 1 German. Not pictured are 4 more Chileans that are filling out applications to work with us full-time hopefully starting sometime this year!. We praise the Lord for those whom he has brought to work in the harvest field of Chilean young people.

During our time together we met to talk about character issues in leadership (truthfulness and trust) as well as “keeping in step” with the Holy Spirit (Gal. 5:25) day by day as we follow Christ and invite others to do the same. Rich times of prayer, worship through music, barbeques and cooling off in the lake rounded out are time. After spending the Chilean summer in the cold, wintry U.S. it was great to be reunited with our team and to experience a little hot weather!

Also at the retreat we talked about our newly developed vision statement. In Chile we want to see: Students transformed by Jesus who impact their world. Our desire is to see young people who experience life transformation that touches all parts of their lives as well as the society where they live. Would you pray with us that God would move in our lives and in the lives of students to make this a reality?

As we begin our ministry year, please also pray for:
The team of 8 Germans who are here with us till mid-March that are reaching out to people here in Santiago, Concepcion and in Mapuche villages in the Andes.
The students entering the university for their first year, that the Lord would bring them into a life-transforming relationship with Himself during this important year of entering college. Also, that our outreaches would be used by Him as part of the process for many.
The training of Christian women in utilizing a new tool from the Jesus Film, a DVD called: Mary Magdalena: Released from Shame, that uses the story of four women in the gospels who had a life transforming encounter with Jesus. Pray that women in churches all over the country would use the tool in sharing with coworkers, neighbors, and friends so that they too may come to know the Savior. If you’d like to see the trailer in English, click on the link http://magdalenatoday.com/trailer/.

Neighborhood Tragedy

As I write this email I’m saddened by a tragedy that hit very close to where we live. Our neighborhood is located in the flight path of an airport for small aircraft. Earlier today a small aircraft crashed into a soccer field just 5 blocks from our house. Fortunately, the pilot managed to crash into the field and not the densely populated residential area where we are located. However, all six people aboard the plane perished as well as 5 on the ground as the field was being used by a women’s exercise class. Nine more people have been hospitalized, some badly burned and in critical condition. Other missionary friends of ours live just a few blocks from the tragedy and saw it happen. Please pray for the families who lost loved ones and for opportunities to minister to people in our neighborhood. Tomorrow is a mass for the victims at the Catholic church a few blocks from our house.

Thanks for you prayers and for standing with us in Chile.

Bendiciones,

Doug and Carey

Jonny is baptized!

Dear Friend,

After 3 ½ days and 26 hours of drive time we made it back to Palmer Lake, Colorado. Thank you so much for praying for our travels and safety as we drove in the winter weather. It was also a good time together as family which is another item for which to be thankful.

Baptism
On Sunday we were able to share in the morning services at Tri-Lakes Chapel as Pastor Ed Rowell interviewed us about the past few years and some highlights in our lives and ministry. At the end of the second service, Doug baptized Jonny. Months ago Jonny had asked us to be baptized, and so Doug and he began a series of times together to talk about the meaning and significance of baptism. At one point the light went on in Jonny’s mind after reading Romans 6:1-3 and he exclaimed, “I get it! Baptism shows that we believe that we are buried with Jesus and then raised up with Him to new life.” We had some great talks and the baptism was a very special time shared with family and friends at Tri-Lakes Chapel. Please pray for Jonny as he seeks to follow Jesus in his 11 year old way.

Support Update
As of today we’ve seen God raise up $250 of the $500 in monthly support we need to go back to Chile next week. Please join in prayer with us that the remaining $250 of monthly support that is needed.

In His Grace,

Doug and Carey