Doors are opening everywhere for Cornerstone! There are so many people groups that are asking us to come and minister to them ... not in 1's and 2's ... but in hundreds and even thousands!
We have ministered and shared the gospel to over 2000 young people over four Saturdays in October, we have open doors into the hospital and the jail. Henry is still feeding thousands of kids every month and has a real burden to see children transformed by the Lord...
...but one of the surprising things to happen in the last month is that we are beginning to make an impact in the military. Amazing story really! The prophecy of Cindy Jacobs is beginning to be realised in a small way up here in Santiago!
When the church began, one of the first families to accept the Lord was the Singun family. The mum gave her life to Christ followed by the rest of the family. I baptised them all in 2004 including the father, Severo (left). He has been in the army for many years and is now responsible for training new soldiers in a barracks 10 minutes from here.
To be honest, Severo has been a bit in and out of church life because of his postings and moving around. But since he has been based in Echague (the town next to Santiago) the family have become much more regular in their attendance. The Lord has been really challenging and moving in his life and he has developed a real burden for these young soldiers.
A few weeks ago, one of the young soldiers was killed on a motorbike as he made his way back to the barracks. This had a sobering affect on all the young people there. Severo bagan to share the gospel with them and there was a real hunger from them to know more about the Lord. To cut a long story short, for the last 3 weeks we have gone there and picked up 15-20 soldiers every Sunday morning to attend the service at Cornerstone Santiago! Many have given their lives to Christ and Severo is more like a pastor now!
The great thing is that they wanted us to go to their barracks regularly to take a service. So we wrote to the Commanding Officer and so now every Friday at 6:30pm we have one and a half hours to minister to these 122 young soldiers in whatever way we want. Last Friday night was our first service and around 10 leaders went from our Cornerstone Churches. I preached about the prodigal son and even when I was speaking I could see that God was touching many of their lives. They are all 'far from home' and many realised that they needed to come back to the 'fathers house'.
I would like you to pray for on girl in particular. Her name is Lorna de la Cruz (right). I could see while I was preaching that God was really dealing with her. At the end of the service she came and said, "Pastor, I am the prodigal daughter! Every word you said tonight was just for me." She began to tell us some of the terrible things that had happened in her short 19 years. She had been abused in so many ways by her family, her friends and she was broken. On Sunday she came to the service and afterwards Pastor Danny and Pastor Marlou had to cast out demons that were manifesting themselves. She has given her life to the Lord and has started a new life but I feel there are many battles ahead. Please pray for her - and us - as we commit her life to the Lord. The prodigal has come home! She was dead ... but now alive. She was lost .. but now she has been found!
On Sunday over 35 young military came to Cornerstone United and many of them came forward for prayer at the altar call. Tough men and women with tender hearts. This group finishes their training in January and a new group will come in the first part of the year.
Pray for Severo as he seeks to pastor these young soldiers. Pray for the Pastors as we put together a programme to teach them the ways of God. Pray for this batch of soldiers ... that although we only have a few weeks left with them they will all find the lord and that the impact of God in their lives will transform their futures. Pray for us in the future as we seek God for His plans; this is only the beginning!
We have ministered and shared the gospel to over 2000 young people over four Saturdays in October, we have open doors into the hospital and the jail. Henry is still feeding thousands of kids every month and has a real burden to see children transformed by the Lord...
...but one of the surprising things to happen in the last month is that we are beginning to make an impact in the military. Amazing story really! The prophecy of Cindy Jacobs is beginning to be realised in a small way up here in Santiago!
When the church began, one of the first families to accept the Lord was the Singun family. The mum gave her life to Christ followed by the rest of the family. I baptised them all in 2004 including the father, Severo (left). He has been in the army for many years and is now responsible for training new soldiers in a barracks 10 minutes from here.To be honest, Severo has been a bit in and out of church life because of his postings and moving around. But since he has been based in Echague (the town next to Santiago) the family have become much more regular in their attendance. The Lord has been really challenging and moving in his life and he has developed a real burden for these young soldiers.
A few weeks ago, one of the young soldiers was killed on a motorbike as he made his way back to the barracks. This had a sobering affect on all the young people there. Severo bagan to share the gospel with them and there was a real hunger from them to know more about the Lord. To cut a long story short, for the last 3 weeks we have gone there and picked up 15-20 soldiers every Sunday morning to attend the service at Cornerstone Santiago! Many have given their lives to Christ and Severo is more like a pastor now!
The great thing is that they wanted us to go to their barracks regularly to take a service. So we wrote to the Commanding Officer and so now every Friday at 6:30pm we have one and a half hours to minister to these 122 young soldiers in whatever way we want. Last Friday night was our first service and around 10 leaders went from our Cornerstone Churches. I preached about the prodigal son and even when I was speaking I could see that God was touching many of their lives. They are all 'far from home' and many realised that they needed to come back to the 'fathers house'.
I would like you to pray for on girl in particular. Her name is Lorna de la Cruz (right). I could see while I was preaching that God was really dealing with her. At the end of the service she came and said, "Pastor, I am the prodigal daughter! Every word you said tonight was just for me." She began to tell us some of the terrible things that had happened in her short 19 years. She had been abused in so many ways by her family, her friends and she was broken. On Sunday she came to the service and afterwards Pastor Danny and Pastor Marlou had to cast out demons that were manifesting themselves. She has given her life to the Lord and has started a new life but I feel there are many battles ahead. Please pray for her - and us - as we commit her life to the Lord. The prodigal has come home! She was dead ... but now alive. She was lost .. but now she has been found!On Sunday over 35 young military came to Cornerstone United and many of them came forward for prayer at the altar call. Tough men and women with tender hearts. This group finishes their training in January and a new group will come in the first part of the year.
Pray for Severo as he seeks to pastor these young soldiers. Pray for the Pastors as we put together a programme to teach them the ways of God. Pray for this batch of soldiers ... that although we only have a few weeks left with them they will all find the lord and that the impact of God in their lives will transform their futures. Pray for us in the future as we seek God for His plans; this is only the beginning!
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