Cornerstone United

Yesterday (Sunday) was a fantastic day for us. We started Cornerstone Santiago 20 months ago and we are so thankful to the Lord for what He has done. Now, we have 4 Cornerstone Churches - Santiago, Nagassican, San Isidro and Pangal!

We really felt that all Cornerstone Churches should meet every first Sunday of the month in the Fire Centre. Yesterday was our first one...what a great day! We had over 500 people attend including 120 children. We worshipped together and had a few dance items (including one by the kids with little Lydia surprising her mum & dad) and many testimonies.

It was so hot! I was preaching and the temperature was around 40 degrees! My message was, "God is looking for an Army .. Not an Audience." Many came out for prayer as they surrendered their lives to him.

After the service it was time for part 2 - Baptismal Service. Every month we will baptize our new believers and yesterday Pastor Adonis (one of our new team members) helped me baptise 22 excited people! Wow! To see these people obey the Lord and to declare that they belong to Jesus was worth more than gold.

Many of them came from a very poor area called Nagassican. Poverty and hopelessness is on every street. I will put a few pictures of their home tomorrow for you to understand. But God has called us there to make a difference. The Lord has promised us ... "This place has been known as a place of shame ... but I will make it a place of honour!"

We all ate lunch together and in the afternoon we had sports competitions and games! What a day! At night time we were completely exhausted. But we really felt the presence of the Lord throughout the day and we knew that He was with us.

In the afternoon, around 150 kids swam, played and laughed in our tiny wee pool. At the beginning the water was beautiful but after all these kids had been in swimming it was completely brown! The water was disgusting. Mary & I laughed as we realised that all these kids got a free bath as well!

They may come from poor homes and not have much in this world ... but they are precious to the Lord and to us. To see their lives transformed is wonderful. What they have inside of them is precious - a life with Jesus.

Roll on Sunday June 4 ...