tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132677132024-03-15T10:14:35.628-07:00The Silbermanssteven.efigenia.rebecka.emma.mackenzieThe Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.comBlogger1147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-28815511182861062022024-03-15T10:14:00.000-07:002024-03-15T10:14:03.128-07:00Kingdom Stories<div class="separator"><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="1124" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWrWIVpm4pNs_n7h-T5lnSn3bEWFxo-4wr-4zsZnqo3yEZa3WhwLvvH7ugFlKDByTM_ee2_eGtoARVWT_lmEfkGHLULaXtU46NZmNPDYGIrEJZzKzqr47ZTNfucuy35FeopO_GemNYyStLZ8loHo7vl6rM9OK-yq08C48mPaUbiY9vSkdcYKiMQ/w200-h196/IMG_1134.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;" width="200" /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>In October 2023, I decided to write a few stories of what God is doing in peoples' lives here. Some are short and small, but big for those who have experienced them. This is a result of your investing in God's Kingdom through prayer and giving. We thank you so much for your partnership!</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Here are links to those stories...<div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i><b><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/2023/10/investing-in-kingdom-of-god-forgiveness.html" target="_blank">Forgiveness is Freeing</a></b></i></li><li><b><i><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/2023/10/investment-in-kingdom-opening-up.html" target="_blank">Opening Up</a></i></b></li><li><b><i><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/2023/10/investment-in-kingdom-grateful-for-gods.html" target="_blank">Grateful for God's Provision</a></i></b></li><li><b><i><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/2023/10/investment-in-kingdom-useless-garbage.html" target="_blank">Useless Garbage to Perfect Blessing</a></i></b></li><li><b><i><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/2023/10/investment-in-kingdom-family-reunited.html" target="_blank">A Family Re-United</a></i></b></li><li><b><i><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/2023/10/investment-in-kingdom-guadalupe-gets.html" target="_blank">Guadalupe Gets Baptized</a></i></b></li><li><b><i><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/2023/10/investment-in-kingdom-flee-in-name-of.html" target="_blank">Flee in the Name of JESUS!</a></i></b></li><li><b><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/2024/02/christmas-gifts-for-god.html" style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Christmas Gifts for God</a></b></li><li><b><span style="color: red;">(NEW) </span></b><i><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/2024/03/healing-in-boca-de-camichin-nayarit.html" target="_blank"><b>Healing in Boca de Camichin, Nayarit</b></a></i></li></ul><div><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/p/donate-to-cofradia-ministries.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="127" data-original-width="1101" height="37" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQ8d69vVJna6m26kbM83yw2t1zShNk_1n211PSLoyLF-FfuIAlyc2_ppFUWJoLI8i2hla_-piVzGQXbA7ql5HMj3MEssuF3EShpbYwuG0NXLn86F8aNiGEWdnMbXSH8TcWNsmj3dopRAKRmIC6dR0RG9RBDi_qst5Xy_3vupkBVrnb5rFveadlg/s320/Donate%20to%20Ministries%20of%20Cofradia%20United.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-21098446164745373542024-03-14T17:58:00.001-07:002024-03-15T10:02:11.796-07:00Healing in Boca de Camichin, Nayarit<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qA7nrb9T5nZEdId5xNEV_SFnoVPmGwKPGHrae-u6wWmVJSb-MXP34xZNcsYqSSrHyG9KocgRnYvQsHOVlZALhq31srcp87W1jGYrVuQM0bWGbuRh0IpV9XFyI_RkhLuih3STR_KYjmAUj6weh1vTjEQzxmoOkyYNUKifGxvlMASLDS0yBmm3QA/s1024/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-02-29%20at%208.09.48%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qA7nrb9T5nZEdId5xNEV_SFnoVPmGwKPGHrae-u6wWmVJSb-MXP34xZNcsYqSSrHyG9KocgRnYvQsHOVlZALhq31srcp87W1jGYrVuQM0bWGbuRh0IpV9XFyI_RkhLuih3STR_KYjmAUj6weh1vTjEQzxmoOkyYNUKifGxvlMASLDS0yBmm3QA/w300-h400/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-02-29%20at%208.09.48%20PM.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prayer for healing</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGskc0FBL93wt1u2C7ohyae5gl3GX18e3QUui1W68rWW4sVtF9eh8j39y02T7DnQET9lMHqUxyMdKHuRHcPmn4HnBDgDLvLcuo_Y7vvNPpPPE8cCWO0l1TCeAZ95LtJehoB_9cCv-N6ZZaH3GwF5r8-5MExFsdw-v8qbv5Z8fqQdZGQB9AANd1VQ/s1024/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-02-29%20at%208.11.56%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGskc0FBL93wt1u2C7ohyae5gl3GX18e3QUui1W68rWW4sVtF9eh8j39y02T7DnQET9lMHqUxyMdKHuRHcPmn4HnBDgDLvLcuo_Y7vvNPpPPE8cCWO0l1TCeAZ95LtJehoB_9cCv-N6ZZaH3GwF5r8-5MExFsdw-v8qbv5Z8fqQdZGQB9AANd1VQ/w300-h400/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-02-29%20at%208.11.56%20PM.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Testimony of Healing</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">A few weeks ago when my mom and Rebecka were visiting, we accompanied Pastor Amado to the coastal town of Boca de Camichin that he visits and ministers at every two weeks. When we were there, Pastor Amado had prayed for a lady named Teresa. She had a tumor in her neck next to her jaw. The doctors told her it was malignant and cancerous. Just recently, we received word that the malignant tumor near her jaw had changed to benign. No cancer any more! Praise the Lord!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thank you for your partnership with this ministry as you pray for each of the pastors as they go about their ministries. Their ability to travel and preach in different places is provided by your financial help. Thank you for being a blessing to not only the pastors and this ministry, but the people who get ministered to as well. Teamwork!</div><p></p>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-51074783733291732922024-03-02T19:22:00.003-07:002024-03-02T19:22:29.092-07:00Cofradia Kitchen Kids 2024-02A special thank you to House of Hope who provides the large majority of support to feed the kids of Cofradia each morning. Mati and her helpers have been doing a great job and this is opening doors into the lives of the children in order to minister to them. Pastor Goyo shares with them a devotional each morning and they are learning how to pray for the meals. One parent said their little girl stopped them at home before eating and said, "We need to pray!". Great stuff!<div><br /></div><div>Help participate in not only feeding the children physically, but spiritually as well by contributing to the Cofradia Kitchen. Make sure your donation is marked for <b>"Cofradia Kitchen"</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/p/donate-to-cofradia-ministries.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="67" data-original-width="620" height="35" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhrRfRvX1TGpu9vgN-HKFiJRJeyzjVRmuWrVXByryxKq15YLRoXaynLGx82Ii79rQE1DM9V6KWQa83KDIZ4YYq6ZEjilTcNmfglmTITwqySHw7EJYRxOnBam8AcMe-uMw4iVHOhvCquPD8U4NCWa0Kk3olbFUoEm2leXtvLT4tuoChTAjPeuwuMg/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-21%20at%206.02.11%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOeznoIaSadWa6HxYbOx8OriyORRZ88qd1v2qP0QoLvI9qQPGjUAHKwXZwo47Jup-U-2pjWc7tyRx9szxV7V940iWVakqpYGM1mRjSRgGaJBHWRQ5inBp6X8m7QQbXnVCvPPTKh-bzC9yrLpTqx7gk6U7olVXgCtt33p0ib9M3Pc4fYN0bQGyWQ/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-02-04%20at%208.13.52%20AM-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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This was the first opportunity we had to attend and participate with them. It was a special night as it was at the beginning of the year and each one came with a <b>testimony of what God has done in their lives</b> since joining the group and a "New Year's Resolution" or a plan for what they feel like God is calling them to change in their lives.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This was one of the most special things I've been able to witness. As we listened to each one share what God is doing, what they've learned, and how they want to change, it was like they were opening up <i><b>Christmas Gifts for God</b></i> and they were the gift. It was one of the most God Glorifying meetings I've been a part of. It was awesome! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Most of the people are friends and neighbors who have never heard the gospel of Christ. Some of them are family members who have either never given their lives to Jesus or they have been distant from him for a while. In short, all 20 of the people who attend are pretty much <b>new believers</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Their testimonies included realizing God's love, recognizing a need for him, and making a decision to give their life to Him. Some are seeing attitudes and customs in their lives that aren't in line with scripture and some want to get married (it is typical here that couples are not officially married). It was really neat to see how <b>the Holy Spirit is speaking directly to them</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pastors Jimmy and Perla have just been sharing the Word of God without telling them "what they should do" as to not be the Holy Spirit in their life. They are letting the Holy Spirit speak to them individually and it's amazing the fruit they're seeing. This is something new for Jimmy and Perla. They are "resting" in God's promises and allowing the Holy Spirit to not only work in these people's lives, but their own lives as well. They are not fretting over people who have issues they need to work on. <b>They're just loving them</b> and God is working in their hearts.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Just recently, Perla had the opportunity to have a "girl's night out" with the younger ladies and one of them out of nowhere said she wanted to be baptized. Also, after speaking to them how liberating the Freedom in Christ course is, they all want to take it. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdb8VNPBg7nEESO05_oJhiPCMqDvwitAM1QsxioiOQzUHxiN1EJaN135OTua-Y4zuOVtWMjPu5nIoaB6HcCxZd_uPechYSWEOyBDaTJzGwjFybinINWajxwhIX6LfQLj8dyhEERBc4TFIBFaCSnAfsZ7Gmey_LI3C7MwXD0pIfQHaS6MjZpMUbmQ/s224/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-06%20at%202.46.19%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="217" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdb8VNPBg7nEESO05_oJhiPCMqDvwitAM1QsxioiOQzUHxiN1EJaN135OTua-Y4zuOVtWMjPu5nIoaB6HcCxZd_uPechYSWEOyBDaTJzGwjFybinINWajxwhIX6LfQLj8dyhEERBc4TFIBFaCSnAfsZ7Gmey_LI3C7MwXD0pIfQHaS6MjZpMUbmQ/w194-h200/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-06%20at%202.46.19%20PM.png" width="194" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pastors Jimmy and Perla are doing an EXCELLENT job in Riviera, Nayarit! Thank you for your prayers for them and their ministry. If you would like to help them with some of their expenses such as materials and traveling, please consider it and <a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/p/donate-to-cofradia-ministries.html" target="_blank">make a contribution to Pastor Jimmy with Cofradia United here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /></div>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-14654515831165012282024-02-01T13:01:00.002-07:002024-02-01T13:04:10.670-07:00Cofradia Kitchen Kids 2024-01<p>2024 is here! The Cofradia Kitchen is in service and kids are getting fed each morning. Mati is still doing a great job along with the helpers she has. Hopes are for the future of opening more "Kitchens" in other towns once this one is fully established with help. Thank you so much for <a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/p/donate-to-cofradia-ministries.html" target="_blank">taking part in helping</a> feed the children of Cofradia.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9O6oHyXkdr7cOik7q0DQu8dFsdH3hbGl18qbyaz-K9DEJCoYyUV6s8PmWCQTgm7LTxEhjm4LnmPgDSrfgJCEi-qxuGoUrdTztl683kh-luYZTT3xucP6LaAiV8e2LTdn7iUYkG1XhL7e-JZ7HHvbFu6Ij9335Zq1tC_k2GmmFcV8aGkqfWneDQQ/s1024/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-01-16%20at%209.47.13%20AM%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9O6oHyXkdr7cOik7q0DQu8dFsdH3hbGl18qbyaz-K9DEJCoYyUV6s8PmWCQTgm7LTxEhjm4LnmPgDSrfgJCEi-qxuGoUrdTztl683kh-luYZTT3xucP6LaAiV8e2LTdn7iUYkG1XhL7e-JZ7HHvbFu6Ij9335Zq1tC_k2GmmFcV8aGkqfWneDQQ/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-01-16%20at%209.47.13%20AM%20(1).jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Here they share what is going on in their ministries, needs they may have, and prayer requests. Thank you for your partnership with this ministry. Your contributions help them to succeed. If you would like to make a special donation to one or more, please follow the instructions <a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/p/donate-to-cofradia-ministries.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and if you would like to send them a note, please feel free to do so <a href="mailto:steve@cofradiaunited.com" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">__________________________________________</span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8zo5OnYyvy47JavPTReuTlPA8DZybmH7sUCIkC5bLaOLdpfaWwTzfS8RvO4XmRJmLWYF4JSTevsWpRXXzRyHIWbjrnIgqjzzlbK5q3m6-jiAxCJomsRDDuIRSdpajVSCdpfjOfs6JPV5LwkT30xZaVBZYbPI2gflaxY4q-mnEF3_Vqh6EXDvIZg/s4032/IMG_2957.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8zo5OnYyvy47JavPTReuTlPA8DZybmH7sUCIkC5bLaOLdpfaWwTzfS8RvO4XmRJmLWYF4JSTevsWpRXXzRyHIWbjrnIgqjzzlbK5q3m6-jiAxCJomsRDDuIRSdpajVSCdpfjOfs6JPV5LwkT30xZaVBZYbPI2gflaxY4q-mnEF3_Vqh6EXDvIZg/w200-h150/IMG_2957.JPG" width="200" /></a></div></b></div><b><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Pastors Gregorio (Goyo) Hernández and Matilde (Mati)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Lead Pastors of Centro Cristiano la Cofradía United</span></b></div></b><b><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Cofradia de Cuyutlán, Nayarit</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></b><span lang="EN"><div style="text-align: justify;">Hello to all of you who have been interested in the recent activities of the church of Centro Cristiano Cofradia United. It is our pleasure to extend our greetings and gratitude for all the blessings you share with us. It is a big support to the ministry. Through this ministry, a young man who was lost in alcoholism and whose life was a difficult one is now six months sober and regularly attends the Sunday church services, glory be to God. His mother, who saw her struggling son and wanted to help, is now joyful seeing the transformation of her son and is at peace after the many anxiety-inducing experiences. Apart from attending church, he is currently going to the Alcoholics Anonymous meetings where we get the chance to encourage him in his walk of healing. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span lang="EN"><div style="text-align: justify;">With respect to the ministry for the children’s breakfast, the Cofradia Kitchen, that takes place here in the church, as of last week there are many children who come to have a meal before going to school. Before serving breakfast, we are able to give them a bible story and devotional. This has been a blessing because it has led the children who did not regularly attend church to come to the Sunday services where they are able to grow their knowledge of Christ. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span lang="EN"><div style="text-align: justify;">Last year, the annual theme of the church was “Passionate for God.” With this focus, we have seen many changes with respect to said theme. Many individuals who have attended church for a long time have now stepped in to serve in the ministry. In order to support these brothers and sisters for the growth in their heart to serve, every Tuesday there are evangelical courses of “Freedom in Christ” that focus on the development of being disciples as well as being discipled. This is one of the many things God is doing in the life of His church. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span lang="EN"><div style="text-align: justify;">For this upcoming year of 2024, the theme that we will focus on is “Identity”. With this theme, we hope to grow the church in the knowledge of who they are and to stand firm in their walk towards spiritual maturity. One of the main reasons for this is because as followers of Christ, we need to learn not to be shaken by the lies of Satan, and by knowing the truth, the lies become also noticeable and can be dismissed (John 8:31-32). There will also be activities for couples, marriages, and ladies to attend for this aspect of their walk with Christ. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span lang="EN"><div style="text-align: justify;">God has so much in store for this next year, and we want to reiterate our gratitude for all the support you give and for what you do for this ministry both spiritually and financially. Thank you for all that you have done for us and for the ministry. May God bless you in the spirit. </div></span><span lang="EN"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Me and my wife Maty and our family also thank you for everything. Be blessed, and thank you for the love you give. 1 Corinthians 13:13, “<span style="color: #040c28;">So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” </span></div><span style="color: #040c28;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">__________________________________________</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcm5hcIQKTzWL7SlMB1y9f7fPBfodgf1WDRLGVkKEW4ZUll5kC3rz6VCyS0yjxg1jCGFfbKcGPiriP434sWjBd4b7WJIxYihyxn7kqzvjPZNVa3_-lDgJK5QdKx6e9D3c2jY62lF_GhMwTMwgWRrePBM34iVvge8oXbo5-4sZ1FxJm3YnnyXkFow/s488/Horacio%20y%20Maria.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="349" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcm5hcIQKTzWL7SlMB1y9f7fPBfodgf1WDRLGVkKEW4ZUll5kC3rz6VCyS0yjxg1jCGFfbKcGPiriP434sWjBd4b7WJIxYihyxn7kqzvjPZNVa3_-lDgJK5QdKx6e9D3c2jY62lF_GhMwTMwgWRrePBM34iVvge8oXbo5-4sZ1FxJm3YnnyXkFow/w143-h200/Horacio%20y%20Maria.jpg" width="143" /></a></div>Pastors Horacio Garzón and María</span></b><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Indigenous Ministries</span></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Centro Cristiano Arrayanes Facilitators</span></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Cofradia de Cuyutlán, Nayarit</span></b></div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: start;" /><span lang="EN" style="color: #040c28;">Hello esteemed brothers and sisters. It is with great pleasure that I send you greetings wishing you all the joy and good health. First and foremost, thank you for your financial generosity, prayers, and your hearts for the LORD. </span></div><div><span lang="EN" style="color: #040c28;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #040c28;">In the recent discipleship courses, I have learned and given thought to the goals and dreams that I have for my own walk with Christ. The current goal God has for me is to grow in Him and mold to the character of Jesus. For this next year, the goals at hand will help me grow in the love for others and through Christ share with others the salvation God has given us. My prayer is that God will provide for the finances in order for my daughter, Kenia, to finish her journey in the studying of the profession of nursing. Along with this, I want to thank God for the healing in my wife, Maria, who’s health was struggling for an extended period of time. Since she has been better, there has been more peace and joy in the household, and as a family. </span></div><div><span lang="EN" style="color: #040c28;"><br /></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #040c28;">With regards to the work in the mountains, there are two or three individuals who have embraced the Word of God. However, I believe that there is a necessity of reinforcing their learning through the indispensable tool of discipleship. For this reason, I pray that soon there will be more resources for bigger events of evangelism and discipleship in order to establish more strong leaders for the purpose of teaching in places like Mojocuautla and the surrounding areas. </span></div><div><span lang="EN" style="color: #040c28;"><br /></span></div><div><span lang="EN" style="color: #040c28;">As for here in Los Arrayanes, my prayers consist of the equipping of the church property we have to pursue the calling of Matthew 11:28, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest</span><span lang="EN" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #202124;">”. <i>(Steve's input here: Our desire is to make it a Retreat Center for our churches of Cofradia United and other churches as well to utilize as a place of "Refuge" for the purpose of growing as a family and individual brothers and sisters in the Lord.)</i></span></div><div><span lang="EN" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #202124;"><br /></span><span lang="EN" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #202124;">As of now, these are some of the many things that I am grateful for, and I hope to write to you all soon again. We send you blessings and gratitude. </span></div><div><span lang="EN" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #202124;"><br /></span></div><div><span lang="EN" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #202124;">Thank you from Kenia, Maria, and myself Horacio Garzón Orozco. </span></div></div><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">__________________________________________</span></span></div><div><br /></div></div><div><div class="normal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWqdDFCwx0eAwwTjhoAmYcEY3ngELHvNm5Dr5Nh8sfmUlfjDTJu6mtlMDQ-50pr4P3jKk4ODmmrZY939b3tpTgtja_ukeC9pQpFDDTI30Ud0W9UmgLfKv17VqXf3ZYkkz_qpwNfOUcaKREYYducifM6-cvKVdk1M6PN2I-UI1yeQ_-iWYirflhg/s1280/PHOTO-2023-01-01-11-09-15.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWqdDFCwx0eAwwTjhoAmYcEY3ngELHvNm5Dr5Nh8sfmUlfjDTJu6mtlMDQ-50pr4P3jKk4ODmmrZY939b3tpTgtja_ukeC9pQpFDDTI30Ud0W9UmgLfKv17VqXf3ZYkkz_qpwNfOUcaKREYYducifM6-cvKVdk1M6PN2I-UI1yeQ_-iWYirflhg/w150-h200/PHOTO-2023-01-01-11-09-15.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>Pastor Amado Verdin and Lourdes</span></b></div><div class="normal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: left;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="ES-MX" style="line-height: 17.12px;">Lead Pastors of Casa de </span>Oración, La Hermosa</span></b></span></div><div class="normal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: left;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Director of Restoration Center, El Faro de Esperanza</span></b></span></span></div><div class="normal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: left;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span lang="ES-MX" style="line-height: 17.12px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Rosamorada, Nayarit</span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">God bless my beloved brothers and sisters in Christ says the word of God in Mark 16:17-18. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One day on my way to fix a vehicle in a different town, my phone rang, and the owner of the vehicle asked if I could pray for his wife. I said yes. When I arrived at the man’s house, the mother asked if I could please pray for her daughter. I asked what the matter was, and the mother explained that the daughter had gone many months without being able to sleep through the entire night. The daughter then emerged from one of the rooms with an unkempt appearance, disheveled hair, and tired eyes. Once we greeted each other I assured her that everything would be alright. I asked where the best place to talk was, and I was led to a room where my presence was met with the main pastor and four ladies of the church. This caught me by surprise, knowing that their pastor was here and had already prayed for her without success meant that this would be a more challenging mission than I thought. I asked the woman to sit and told her to hold eye contact with me. The reason for this was that in Acts 3:4, Peter and John healed a lame individual, but for this they asked him to keep his eyes on theirs. Like them, after making eye contact, I helped her to renounce any conscious or unconscious pact with Satan she had made from viewing pornography. She explained that some nights there would be a spirit in the shape of a dark shadow that would cover her as she lie in bed unable to sleep.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When praying for her deliverance from the spirit, the demon manifested itself and began to choke me and repeatedly told me to be quiet. While I wrestled with the demon, the pastor sang songs on his guitar and the ladies of the church prayed for the deliverance of the demon and the freeing of the woman. Once the demon in the woman's body was off me, she ran off like a dog on all fours. The demon made its way to the pastor and balanced itself over him and demanded him to be silent. The demon proceeded to try to bite the pastor and I commanded the demon in the name of Jesus to stop, and it stopped. The demon tried to run and escape, but I stopped it and demanded it to leave her body in the name of Jesus. The woman fell to the ground in a faint manner, and she was freed from the demon. Today, her and her husband live normal lives, are attending church, and have become part of the church family.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We had an event at church where an evangelist visited, and I invited a woman who said that she was having demonic appearances. She tried to consult the priest about her situation only to be told that it was an issue she had to deal with on her own. She also looked for help with a pastor, and for some reason he was unable to help her. Her family arrived at the church event, and when they all exited the taxi, they entered the church. However, the woman mentioned that she was afraid of entering the building. I told her there was nothing to worry about. I prayed for her and rebuked any sort of impediment from the enemy, and she was able to enter the place with peace, and she sat down with a tranquil spirit. During the event, the evangelist prayed for her, and she was freed from the evil entity that controlled her and her family. To this day, this is great news to the town they are from.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Pastor Amado thanks all of you for your prayers over his ministry.</i></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: start;"><div><i>(Here is Pastor Amado's most recent update as he asks for help with Room and Board Scholarships for the Interns at the Restoration House.)</i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="357" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LGfBAs8zvLo" width="482" youtube-src-id="LGfBAs8zvLo"></iframe></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: start;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">__________________________________________</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnhrj4mTQbTUSowuG3_TMdb7YpHnckSoPVamudbb7iaAy6XwiPwOb-QjJ3dTGIddT1PriWAKkkWC3PScnp4aN4T-97LYfQTeUx0jQ3VNdvsW1XgdAzytiYp5b40p2eHyTsc3H5u83DWST-0d3wSDuIYVRtmvOrOxWvq3pjkZMoxmS6y0NghZn3A/s3279/IMG_5113.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3279" data-original-width="2339" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnhrj4mTQbTUSowuG3_TMdb7YpHnckSoPVamudbb7iaAy6XwiPwOb-QjJ3dTGIddT1PriWAKkkWC3PScnp4aN4T-97LYfQTeUx0jQ3VNdvsW1XgdAzytiYp5b40p2eHyTsc3H5u83DWST-0d3wSDuIYVRtmvOrOxWvq3pjkZMoxmS6y0NghZn3A/w143-h200/IMG_5113.jpg" width="143" /></a></div>Pastors Ruben Perez and Valeria </span></b></div><div><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span lang="ES-MX" style="line-height: 17.12px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: start;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lead Pastors of Restauración y Vida</span></b></p></span></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Church Plant Pastor in Mazatan, Nayarit</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Las Varas, Nayarit</span></b></div></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">No report available yet.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">__________________________________________</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrKYWtCLjkiYg4_no8xCUNJ5KAFQEGmHrQT2DB0NoFMAsY0QYJqCabubdAKEtZy7yHQ65A1ownWDWENY5xSIfxzWpoON6qCRPkRyoNOseues3Ve2MJWvZg9fKOcLc5qJMfkaKi13v4WG42DHdhgt40_jj6tEoz6ADU_lt32lgSao0fW5kXc9CJQ/s1024/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-01-01%20at%201.45.48%20PM.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrKYWtCLjkiYg4_no8xCUNJ5KAFQEGmHrQT2DB0NoFMAsY0QYJqCabubdAKEtZy7yHQ65A1ownWDWENY5xSIfxzWpoON6qCRPkRyoNOseues3Ve2MJWvZg9fKOcLc5qJMfkaKi13v4WG42DHdhgt40_jj6tEoz6ADU_lt32lgSao0fW5kXc9CJQ/w150-h200/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-01-01%20at%201.45.48%20PM.jpeg" width="150" /></a></div>Pastors Jimmy Orozco and Perla<br /></b><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit</b></div><div style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div><div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">We all have a very special relationship with our Father, and it will keep growing because it is the most important thing forever and always.</span>❤️🔥</div><div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">With my wife and I’s marriage, every day we are learning to love like our Lord. The kind of love that never ends, that forgives, and gives one confidence. </span>😌<span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> Our kids have grown to know the Lord, the one who has known us since the beginning, and they are learning through reading the Bible and spending time in prayer. We have become stronger, and we venture toward getting closer to the goal!</span>🙌✨<span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></div><div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">We give thanks to God for our pastors Steve and Geña Silberman for they have become an inspiration in our lives moving forward.</span></div><div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZaOZFcOM0PN7bo958LNdDR4nYuV22bgH4o5GWzuVE7WWOF9XPD61YxDrElPPSQGjYJoucg2tUdfBpuF4AP3hF2VF7JE3wWP_XYZu55Umk4c6_nd6mUMpwWRs6WIsnBm9y8dwvcWAnm-HG_vpzwQ1-MG-ORadfpMq2crRPot6NKFMT4zZf0m4sZw/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-31%20at%2011.12.53%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZaOZFcOM0PN7bo958LNdDR4nYuV22bgH4o5GWzuVE7WWOF9XPD61YxDrElPPSQGjYJoucg2tUdfBpuF4AP3hF2VF7JE3wWP_XYZu55Umk4c6_nd6mUMpwWRs6WIsnBm9y8dwvcWAnm-HG_vpzwQ1-MG-ORadfpMq2crRPot6NKFMT4zZf0m4sZw/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-31%20at%2011.12.53%20AM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN">We are currently congregating in an incredible area in the Bay, San Juan de Abajo, Nayarit. The people are wonderful, and the pastor is a great teacher and mentor. He mentors us with our marriage. Ernesto and Katy are attentive to detail, and they have so much love towards us, which had been such a gift! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EnNNiTd8ileH1F2EJAlxVGt4m25pGkc6EQTLb6FeYkUoPmcrYTU5d0X1iK8f4WrrbZ6DgZA8fndcsn-qXWJslG-T0qVzNB-ShSTAQLVJ6l6za3IiB0ZEpdkD02FM0QCYEtv537fS_KMP40VH5YTMGSVBIfud37SzmkTH_im4s4mpVKGMm07GAA/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-31%20at%2011.13.19%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1600" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EnNNiTd8ileH1F2EJAlxVGt4m25pGkc6EQTLb6FeYkUoPmcrYTU5d0X1iK8f4WrrbZ6DgZA8fndcsn-qXWJslG-T0qVzNB-ShSTAQLVJ6l6za3IiB0ZEpdkD02FM0QCYEtv537fS_KMP40VH5YTMGSVBIfud37SzmkTH_im4s4mpVKGMm07GAA/w400-h185/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-31%20at%2011.13.19%20AM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN">We are also currently in contact with our church family in Tepic. Alan and Carito are taking their time in their walk in what needs to be taken charge of.</span>😊 </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9x0Rh4ULRqiUxXFfuRS-1vREHkVJzgwQULuJITiQ_YuabdW45H2psvDJuXbqHhAXhL6GMvulXHzGIV6pWr1jHO7WZdq53avTlhB8yxCFFcZen8CceiRCDNOORVt_KrnJ4SF6jl9dVKBdRqSodSlDxqcy7mu9Rp8M9nKa194jqj33VhwQEXN-Nw/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-31%20at%2011.13.22%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9x0Rh4ULRqiUxXFfuRS-1vREHkVJzgwQULuJITiQ_YuabdW45H2psvDJuXbqHhAXhL6GMvulXHzGIV6pWr1jHO7WZdq53avTlhB8yxCFFcZen8CceiRCDNOORVt_KrnJ4SF6jl9dVKBdRqSodSlDxqcy7mu9Rp8M9nKa194jqj33VhwQEXN-Nw/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-31%20at%2011.13.22%20AM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span lang="EN"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN">We are currently living in Bahia de Banderas, Nayarit, and God, being faithful to his promises, has opened the doors for us to open our carport this past May for gatherings. Currently, there have been seventeen people saved and today they walk in new life. They have accepted the life of a beautiful relationship with the Lord. This is one of the many things that has been occurring in our place. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3SQNYzGNL_jjV6mqFmMREeFOe4A7iZKBaphh1oBl8I042MwLs1u9Gku-dHAw79jq3egDN2wVC0vJQiMbtPk4DMSsU6JPYLHadA8VheLCUHPpu0-Mfn2WtQm-StDDVB-Vx-Z3sXJgaq2o3IYzrjJXFePG6g9YLPdepSg9y0QpChAvJid_ZZW6_Qw/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-31%20at%2011.13.22%20AM%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3SQNYzGNL_jjV6mqFmMREeFOe4A7iZKBaphh1oBl8I042MwLs1u9Gku-dHAw79jq3egDN2wVC0vJQiMbtPk4DMSsU6JPYLHadA8VheLCUHPpu0-Mfn2WtQm-StDDVB-Vx-Z3sXJgaq2o3IYzrjJXFePG6g9YLPdepSg9y0QpChAvJid_ZZW6_Qw/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-31%20at%2011.13.22%20AM%20(1).jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span lang="EN"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN">We also finished a project we call Scoop.</span>❤️🔥 This project entails that at the beginning of the day from 6AM to 7AM through Zoom; we pray and indulge ourselves in the word of God from Genesis to Revelation. We were able to finish this project on December 29th of this past year, and it has changed our hearts. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-Rmpj7wv3VIKAVlUWkgEGdIbEa3qAJ8ebS009yPy4HkU8U6DukTXPMDVXRhdhI6XjZBYbH6VfYa2Egx-c-WICBVSra0PBywXwK08Vvi6AihzoQvoCRUryFL_eBHdOJTPWH3QWZNtFJb6wd8A8-lzf2Y-WoJOd9qsFpX_WYXYf1szABwBSBrmUA/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-31%20at%2011.13.22%20AM%20(2).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="740" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-Rmpj7wv3VIKAVlUWkgEGdIbEa3qAJ8ebS009yPy4HkU8U6DukTXPMDVXRhdhI6XjZBYbH6VfYa2Egx-c-WICBVSra0PBywXwK08Vvi6AihzoQvoCRUryFL_eBHdOJTPWH3QWZNtFJb6wd8A8-lzf2Y-WoJOd9qsFpX_WYXYf1szABwBSBrmUA/w185-h400/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-31%20at%2011.13.22%20AM%20(2).jpeg" width="185" /></a></div><span lang="EN"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN">Be faithful to His word and glory be to God!</span>🙌✨ We are expecting great things from God this upcoming year of 2024 and we are excited to see how the year unfolds. We are prepared to know Him more and help others know Him through us.❤️🔥🙌 </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">Blessings to all! </p></div><div style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">__________________________________________</span></span></div></div><div style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1oQgvDN0GHexQU_qlmYSKO1_d_4LEVaqfgawwHNsgePrLsN1IQEgbOBfSHOeqNpVvQBoknHiu3rqPsOswgKB0QFlJK1mp5aG8QVxI7JQr1Gv3ypLO0gWMJRiA6JNm_wFdK-hpBpGz-_0a7tVvWCkKA76EAikkWt8rjiYoktDnjEXChw-SpUEyQ/s1699/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-07-01%20at%204.14.31%20PM.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1699" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1oQgvDN0GHexQU_qlmYSKO1_d_4LEVaqfgawwHNsgePrLsN1IQEgbOBfSHOeqNpVvQBoknHiu3rqPsOswgKB0QFlJK1mp5aG8QVxI7JQr1Gv3ypLO0gWMJRiA6JNm_wFdK-hpBpGz-_0a7tVvWCkKA76EAikkWt8rjiYoktDnjEXChw-SpUEyQ/w127-h200/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-07-01%20at%204.14.31%20PM.jpeg" width="127" /></a></div>Pastors Alan Contreras and Carolina</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Tepic, Nayarit</b></span></span></div><div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">No report available yet.</span></div></div></div><div style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"><br /></div></div></div></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><div style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">__________________________________________</span></span></div><div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRCfH7yZ0wZ2-WkbeCtfBM6Wi_VblL4I49GYE3NPo_GrkGdC_DRdgvtWGnfBgaX_u0AqpxFPZ4VVEIrNLsW1hXht-IXvN0O7-iosk1mt4JT7a5SA80b8EYeIQA2bSpPgV9eB1PL4DnBqnbnsfVrb-E99lBloubOodRoC0-MLffoZScubrcOJEcg/s728/4a8e6db1-0fcc-4b92-bbe2-384eabca7174.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRCfH7yZ0wZ2-WkbeCtfBM6Wi_VblL4I49GYE3NPo_GrkGdC_DRdgvtWGnfBgaX_u0AqpxFPZ4VVEIrNLsW1hXht-IXvN0O7-iosk1mt4JT7a5SA80b8EYeIQA2bSpPgV9eB1PL4DnBqnbnsfVrb-E99lBloubOodRoC0-MLffoZScubrcOJEcg/w198-h200/4a8e6db1-0fcc-4b92-bbe2-384eabca7174.jpg" width="198" /></a></div>Pastors Rodrigo Romero and Annel</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Cordero y Leon</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Culiacán, Sinaloa</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><i>(A need we see for this couple is a vehicle to help them get around. Culiacán is a big city and there is a lot of time spent trying to get from one place to the next by using the buses. Please prayerfully consider how you can help.)</i></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslIHrEg37NN-PaFiV-TaCrhZxD3c0ZJHsSYOCCRM3w1O6DjfWh7SJWW6p8DmGLjoTcT2N4Ed8WTvgaY1IsOJJ86EBnDvxpupJR49PMZZUtYIjOtISVntEZKU-L_G0O19Aa7Inc7ylEb4YYLAQ4SPfqD8foffhmFoMwN_5q44-QZqcYeiXHCztwA/s1024/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-01-08%20at%2010.10.16%20AM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslIHrEg37NN-PaFiV-TaCrhZxD3c0ZJHsSYOCCRM3w1O6DjfWh7SJWW6p8DmGLjoTcT2N4Ed8WTvgaY1IsOJJ86EBnDvxpupJR49PMZZUtYIjOtISVntEZKU-L_G0O19Aa7Inc7ylEb4YYLAQ4SPfqD8foffhmFoMwN_5q44-QZqcYeiXHCztwA/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-01-08%20at%2010.10.16%20AM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: left;">During the Christmas season, their congregation got together for a special dinner.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Here is a video of their most recent update from last summer:</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/swv35EeH8vg" width="480" youtube-src-id="swv35EeH8vg"></iframe></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div></div><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p></div>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-13183770495157543422023-12-27T12:00:00.002-07:002023-12-27T12:00:10.846-07:00MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VYA2AU0C62cQ_lRPOLYZE_lx45N0A6de1SXutEtHo9iK-kvVQPfU5DdcRx0_hFiIAWf2i_bpoRX55p6dUQ7baF-EVUcZMAf4OtgtZlc9LNxx8kVj7twx6DtIHIQxadlzELBW-PLYG_ggB9cEtqSMIH3yQkSa9VfS_kVv7us5qsw1bdUKFf1xvA/s4032/IMG_5386.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VYA2AU0C62cQ_lRPOLYZE_lx45N0A6de1SXutEtHo9iK-kvVQPfU5DdcRx0_hFiIAWf2i_bpoRX55p6dUQ7baF-EVUcZMAf4OtgtZlc9LNxx8kVj7twx6DtIHIQxadlzELBW-PLYG_ggB9cEtqSMIH3yQkSa9VfS_kVv7us5qsw1bdUKFf1xvA/w400-h300/IMG_5386.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This year we had some family and friends over for a small gathering over Geña's deliciously cooked Turkey, fireworks, and games after a quick thought from the Word out of Philippians 2:5-8:</div><div><blockquote style="text-align: justify;">"Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross."</blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">Christmas is so much more deeper than a baby in a manger, the celebration of our King's birth. It's God, coming in human flesh, so that he could die on the cross for the payment of our sins and give us salvation and ultimately being raised from the dead taking victory over death and the grave in order to destroy the works of the devil in our lives. This is a great reason to celebrate!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Blessings to you all and have a wonderful NEW YEAR!</b></div><p><br /></p></div>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-48443904112230431612023-12-22T16:13:00.007-07:002023-12-22T16:13:44.411-07:00Fruit from the Kitchen<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF753QIVzIcAR4ybVA_DEe9J-vZnZcb943rEgd5ZqFSEDBQIr0pZRDnqBQ0GO0EM8FFebktGqO8AI2QxzJlCRpmT2hyphenhypheng6MW4BQi3Mu26GZHNgiI0K7YTDnuiJXJy_8m5-T3hu99fMNCVDTCH0sLBfZkKSzbYSqmmdEQLzf-SJlxo6RlBUsF1qryg/s329/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-22%20at%203.48.35%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="329" data-original-width="278" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF753QIVzIcAR4ybVA_DEe9J-vZnZcb943rEgd5ZqFSEDBQIr0pZRDnqBQ0GO0EM8FFebktGqO8AI2QxzJlCRpmT2hyphenhypheng6MW4BQi3Mu26GZHNgiI0K7YTDnuiJXJy_8m5-T3hu99fMNCVDTCH0sLBfZkKSzbYSqmmdEQLzf-SJlxo6RlBUsF1qryg/w169-h200/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-22%20at%203.48.35%20PM.png" width="169" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Leonel is entered the youth group this year after a number of years coming to the breakfasts at the Cofradia Kitchen in the mornings before school. He dad is out of the picture and his mom is frequently out of town. Sometimes he stays with his grandpa who is not the best influence in his life.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Leonel is a sponge for the gospel. After sitting and listening to many devotionals by Pastor Goyo and at times Martin during the breakfasts, he began to come to church all by himself. Now, being part of the youth group, he has made some friends and seems to be a happy kid.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He was one of the students who was recognized for his good sportsmanship during EL RETO. At the beginning, the captains pulled names out of a hat and his name was selected by the Green team. When EL RETO started, he came with a white shirt because the White team had invited him to be part of their team. He was never informed by the Green team captain that he was part of their team. So, when he got there, to his surprise, they told him he was part of the Green team, not the White team with his friends.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I saw him walk home and thought to myself that he probably won't be back. To my surprise, and others' as well, he came back with a green shirt on! Talk about being a good sport and following the rules not complaining or anything. We were all impressed with is superb attitude! He ended up being a very important asset to his team as most of them were from out of town. He did a great job!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Leonel is <b>"Fruit from the Kitchen" </b>and continues to do well as he learns more and more about Jesus. <a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/2023/12/responding-to-jesus.html" target="_blank">During the first night of EL RETO</a>, he was one of the many who responded to make Jesus Lord of their life. Thank you for your partnership with this ministry as your <i>Investment in the Kingdom</i> is reaching out to the children of the <a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/2023/12/cofradia-kitchen-kids-2023-12.html" target="_blank">Cofradia Kitchen</a> and the youth in <a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/2023/12/el-reto-final.html" target="_blank">EL RETO</a> and Centro Cristiano Cofradia! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you have not had the opportunity to partner with us, please click on the button below to see how you can help.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/p/donate-to-cofradia-ministries.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="127" data-original-width="1101" height="37" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI54paymYCAo6HXYvX2rQMMw9fSmIxm3htuRWq6CSTPrL6aNKX6HKzu8bIVBvazeA9so0T-0zRUpwHY_DQiCjdts2MMfxKRaWAsIRcsckqkoolVEd2zQa520-7VU65TAkwZ77FzIr3ax-Zsu5f-PLe2Ipd8QCGuSbpcZsivmWc52v2lEAz0Z2k7Q/s320/Donate%20to%20Ministries%20of%20Cofradia%20United.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-28312350953122428642023-12-22T14:43:00.005-07:002023-12-22T16:14:52.155-07:00Responding to Jesus<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzk8TLUlC551ITyK6imm1CyUeUQWVv9QmKal0d3WbFL3MN0g_imNd32qVvWGTB3ocRZFWocEn7lT1mp011g6P_k9wMENUvOYsaOcAObv8rS98TW5S-q4kFOJUe8HfVvDHKO9W453YZz97mn_4tkT_5LurC3rOw94Mks57467ugQ0DgPN5imRtKSg/s1280/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%2010.15.37%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzk8TLUlC551ITyK6imm1CyUeUQWVv9QmKal0d3WbFL3MN0g_imNd32qVvWGTB3ocRZFWocEn7lT1mp011g6P_k9wMENUvOYsaOcAObv8rS98TW5S-q4kFOJUe8HfVvDHKO9W453YZz97mn_4tkT_5LurC3rOw94Mks57467ugQ0DgPN5imRtKSg/w400-h180/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%2010.15.37%20PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The first night of EL RETO ended with each team individually entering the "voting room" to vote for another team to do chores. Before they voted, we had the opportunity to share with them a very simple Gospel message. The majority of the students do not attend church and have no knowledge of the good news of the Gospel message. This night, almost all students raised their hands amongst their teammates to say "Yes" to make Jesus Lord of their lives and receive his forgiveness. He is the only way to heaven (John 14:6), and it was a powerful night when most of the students prayed.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thank you so much for your partnership with this ministry. These students <b>"Responding to Jesus" </b>are your <i>Investment in the Kingdom. </i>You are helping change lives. If you have not had the opportunity to contribute, please click on the button below to see how you can help.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/p/donate-to-cofradia-ministries.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="127" data-original-width="1101" height="37" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijFX2Ln8jcWrVFvoQswumv9J-zZUHckaX41FmxTES-F7BStCXZM1UfLcbn3C5BOxi-BhFQyaux8KNaksU8MZFNfdspiSa7OYKp7rfJ1XZ1vtbMq1uJOjlGZMnpv6rC499_u2iOdXNoRMy6EdF311QwF827BUMie4yiM8ieHFf4xFJ9e0sobLsQyA/s320/Donate%20to%20Ministries%20of%20Cofradia%20United.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-49473500703859529922023-12-22T14:29:00.004-07:002023-12-22T16:15:08.665-07:00"As Light as a Feather"<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObofgp9ebfOZgxyXQtohH1oPfO_43gFMSZzh7UY1eY-ckBMm-a57u-4De1d9a2nryzTxuFf4cOQ3tUnXJjY3okV7NcowevwlCzBz2Kvl18RDEqPuoa8j6p1Jiu_uoTHznWOlSpp5auTk8Fnjv5-Xn-j9Ig1Ft0oaJgaOEZAT3wpDzfEhIMHWLRA/s641/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-22%20at%202.20.29%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="641" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObofgp9ebfOZgxyXQtohH1oPfO_43gFMSZzh7UY1eY-ckBMm-a57u-4De1d9a2nryzTxuFf4cOQ3tUnXJjY3okV7NcowevwlCzBz2Kvl18RDEqPuoa8j6p1Jiu_uoTHznWOlSpp5auTk8Fnjv5-Xn-j9Ig1Ft0oaJgaOEZAT3wpDzfEhIMHWLRA/w400-h200/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-22%20at%202.20.29%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>"As light as a feather"</b> was the response from a young girl (who will remain nameless for now) who was asked how she felt after renouncing past sins, forgiving the offenders in her life, and accepting forgiveness from Jesus.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Just a couple months prior, this young girl of 13 years was in a position in her life that prevented her from seeing any hope. She heard voices in her head to cut herself, so she did, and she proceeded to overdose on pills. Her parents asked for help and when Pastor Amado from Rosamorada came to pray for her, she had no side effects. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Her and her family began being discipled and she participated in our recent youth outreach, EL RETO. And, most recently, participated in our Freedom in Christ Conference. Now, when she hears voices in her head telling her to cut herself, she tells them "No! I'm not going to cut myself anymore!". Those voices have gone mute.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thank you so much for your consistent prayers and support of this ministry. This is your <i>Investment in the Kingdom</i>, when you pray and give. People's lives are being changed because of your partnership.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/p/donate-to-cofradia-ministries.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="127" data-original-width="1101" height="37" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5HkHqxQ9HdYdQi9Z9h2-NKNmhIY1zcTeesTFgSJEo36lWFTogleVmORw3AdCVk0_JKhZkqLtz0zXznhncgEIYJYQXlcyzJj-vuxIZfZmnltmr7DeFlE91DiFqybyxu3XJhueSOjK4nz4erahjWzKsnf49NV6EOiFYldcJYrV9nFfjmIRw7BwK5A/s320/Donate%20to%20Ministries%20of%20Cofradia%20United.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-15719988765939177652023-12-22T13:58:00.004-07:002024-01-01T15:49:14.515-07:00Freedom In Christ Conference - December 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqeMY2GdeWzMe2TI4OsZtAeB8kljURHxHKxQFH8VJ1JTUHBePELg28vBROmfCtfnAuGpp6FDYJjORPghC7_skQDQTyZvsYmCCG-FqiVUav9AkYaEgcfnXAF7oYm4y8qcVNULcz_yNNgP9U72EfIr6-UHw-p__o5Ji52rivLcUmN7gcda8boYfPQ/s1179/IMG_6362.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1179" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqeMY2GdeWzMe2TI4OsZtAeB8kljURHxHKxQFH8VJ1JTUHBePELg28vBROmfCtfnAuGpp6FDYJjORPghC7_skQDQTyZvsYmCCG-FqiVUav9AkYaEgcfnXAF7oYm4y8qcVNULcz_yNNgP9U72EfIr6-UHw-p__o5Ji52rivLcUmN7gcda8boYfPQ/w400-h300/IMG_6362.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It was almost surprising to see that over half of the people who signed up to come, were not able to make it at the very last minute...most of them got sick. If there is anything the enemy does not want is for us to know that he has already been defeated, and how we can be free in Christ through understanding our Identity in Christ. This material is very impactful and every time we do this, people are set free. The battle is in our mind, if the enemy can convince us that he is strong and we have no hope, he has gained ground in our lives. But, it's all deception. Satan is the master deceiver.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For those who came, it was definitely a victory for them. One man shared that for the first time he realized it was his responsibility to teach his kids about God, he always thought that was the Pastor's job. He took home with him some very valuable truths to put into practice.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A lady mentioned that she never took thought to forgiveness. She realized that "if I don't forgive, I'm stuck; I will never be able to move forward!" The Lord healed her of past hurts during the conference.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another girl who recently attempted suicide was set free from her bondages. While we were renouncing sins, she was so surprised that what she had done was sitting there in front of her on the paper, ready to be renounced. She excitedly got up and told her pastor, "This is what happened to me!!", and with a willing heart, renounced the deceptive lies that she had believed. Now, when a thought comes, she nips it in the bud and says, "No! I'm not going to cut myself anymore!". She is winning the battle! 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6w29xIU_69lfp8CZOHtz-y0BNcQYtVaY4fDBoaLRck5K-egBFIEDBNKSB5YTsUosTX3Y_SouwhSISTpNuztA_XruvwIpzLAQPop5OJIkufq4yMMBGp_CU1-nCiYoQtizV4qdtC2gSeWENJox9IVENv3KNC_ihGNe0O379NNcNzKCyIlMdLEdnw/s4032/IMG_5249.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6w29xIU_69lfp8CZOHtz-y0BNcQYtVaY4fDBoaLRck5K-egBFIEDBNKSB5YTsUosTX3Y_SouwhSISTpNuztA_XruvwIpzLAQPop5OJIkufq4yMMBGp_CU1-nCiYoQtizV4qdtC2gSeWENJox9IVENv3KNC_ihGNe0O379NNcNzKCyIlMdLEdnw/w400-h300/IMG_5249.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">UPDATE: Christ the King Church from Anacortes, Washington, came and built this family a home, changing their lives for the good in a big way! What an awesome time. Zeferina, the mother, just days before was pleading for her husband to just let her die because she was so sick with a high fever and was not feeling well at all. She had been in bed for days. The doctor gave her some unique medicine and we prayed for her. Within a couple of days, she was walking around, feeding her family, and by the end of the week, you would not have known she was sick. Praise the Lord! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here is the video of their House build...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="356" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4d3OLtpsuHI" width="481" youtube-src-id="4d3OLtpsuHI"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">(Information pre-house build below)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Congratulations to the Salcedo Valentin family who has been waiting for almost five years for a house. Eduardo is from Cofradia and Zeferina is from Agua Aceda, an Indigenous Village I used to do Bible Studies in 20+ years ago. She says she remembers when teams would go up to the town and do crafts, movies, and games. She said she was around her daughter's age...eight years old!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm excited for this family who will be getting a house. The were elected by the Christ the King Anacortes group who will be here in February to build them a house. They are definitely in need as they have been living in a stick and adobe house with a thatched roof. One of the walls isn't even finished and they use a tarp for cover.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Do <i>you </i>want to build a house for <a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/p/dwellings.html" target="_blank">a family in need</a>? <a href="mailto:info@cofradiaunited.com" target="_blank">Email us</a> for more information.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-59212117536535928742023-12-21T18:04:00.002-07:002023-12-22T14:45:07.296-07:00Cofradia Kitchen Kids 2023-12<div style="text-align: justify;">Lots of kids have been coming out lately for the breakfasts before school. It is awesome to see so many kids getting blessed by a meal by people who love them and guide them in biblical principals. Mati is doing an excellent job with her team. They are taking a break over the holidays, but will resume once school opens up again. Thank you so much for partnering with us.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfXjtx3455auIygk8U-gCD8z0YJySANbC78-WG-burt9ZfAiYY1mF6QMZFLvHYrTtaTX28D7cwDt3hnx_EXlGgFiom6usd1N6Y7jhXLdZ2YMCDVrVV3QO12eZpIjb_yBOQ1rXkMC3H1dYyTWAIrOGAXhm-UX8yiA-VcPkxV3K_VH7fZ4Q8ub2MkQ/s1024/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-07%20at%2011.49.26%20AM%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfXjtx3455auIygk8U-gCD8z0YJySANbC78-WG-burt9ZfAiYY1mF6QMZFLvHYrTtaTX28D7cwDt3hnx_EXlGgFiom6usd1N6Y7jhXLdZ2YMCDVrVV3QO12eZpIjb_yBOQ1rXkMC3H1dYyTWAIrOGAXhm-UX8yiA-VcPkxV3K_VH7fZ4Q8ub2MkQ/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-07%20at%2011.49.26%20AM%20(1).jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-3mOxblRwm9jZZeDizU5BaKQuydWpmlYWcEGNjCLpslHtdhBcUCtke7HRHPtDsDB6VrTYS1fr01N8N8ODqeIk2Nh8FDiiOPOHffNk1NkE0Oh8WM3PxUAGwzpBiU-UMnrXexe2mpptrTsM05Kgi0BSL62sthyG4GTmt3hMFi17NEI_TOBCE1mxhA/s1024/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-12-07%20at%2011.49.26%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/p/donate-to-cofradia-ministries.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="67" data-original-width="620" height="35" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcwGA6Luydqpzhwmu9Rs4xP2mbbAVvCxNMTFo0TKmQjvRav1KBXPAOyPQQJXu7zvIugKCCUrDWAxpIog-HpaMCdL3tAac5EoPzUwwhUvsq4SK7agDwS9QgYW-bbQ_iwhLiMxjfcfGldwm3GzrdIvt7waFCsEH4skpmN8uw60jbPsxyMv3QK1_Bbw" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-56663297680959147322023-12-08T16:29:00.009-07:002023-12-11T14:01:36.189-07:00Pastors' Dinner 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxs2ueKVaRjvPhNjQsasCXt_EktY8KCHpse-DWlJbAxoCNqkeKmeU6pqxgW0nvRvIH5C_XrENmFkno5x3JRdxlWCsy0onlPH_Sd16-DPIVfWunx_QKGdIirqFiE27jQ49NibKoOWpyfR3hDzmrF56yxG8raeD8UEMYRVLPakE5Oc1JVt_YB-gDA/s4032/IMG_5104.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxs2ueKVaRjvPhNjQsasCXt_EktY8KCHpse-DWlJbAxoCNqkeKmeU6pqxgW0nvRvIH5C_XrENmFkno5x3JRdxlWCsy0onlPH_Sd16-DPIVfWunx_QKGdIirqFiE27jQ49NibKoOWpyfR3hDzmrF56yxG8raeD8UEMYRVLPakE5Oc1JVt_YB-gDA/w400-h300/IMG_5104.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We had a really great time together again as most of the pastors in our fellowship were able to join us for our annual Turkey dinner at our house. We do this to show our appreciation to them and express our gratitude for their service. <div><br /></div><div>It is always a blessing as we reflect on a few things. I shared a little about Christmas and some history on why the United States celebrates Thanksgiving dating back to when 50 pilgrims celebrated the good crop season together with 90 Indians (including the Chief) over a period of three days and gave thanks to God. I also shared how we can be thankful for what he has already provided for us in His Spirit.</div><div><br /></div><div>Deuteronomy 6:10-11 expresses that when we are brought into new life, he figuratively gives us </div><div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote>"...great and good cities that you did not build, and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you didn't not plant..."</blockquote><p>God provides so much for us that is already available, all we have to do is believe it to receive it. Salvation is just that, you receive it because you've believed it.</p><div style="text-align: left;">May this Christmas season be a season of gratefulness and wonder as you ponder on what God has done and provided for you.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Verse 12 says to not forget the Lord.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAjDylj6EW3rmMCKs485Rn-ThODfykby45gZKWXN80u1KZrzbXEDcH0JGZmeN6ysJ5NLw8SITeUTVJcNEP3zYgPyuAjStb9_PCdGtvM_uD0_ZGcxTU8xwCvjfs3Y1M_xse30_QVGOUAXXgBvB6_xbCRXbBmRgdyox3t_C642ew1ebXUR-WF4Smg/s4032/IMG_5099.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAjDylj6EW3rmMCKs485Rn-ThODfykby45gZKWXN80u1KZrzbXEDcH0JGZmeN6ysJ5NLw8SITeUTVJcNEP3zYgPyuAjStb9_PCdGtvM_uD0_ZGcxTU8xwCvjfs3Y1M_xse30_QVGOUAXXgBvB6_xbCRXbBmRgdyox3t_C642ew1ebXUR-WF4Smg/w300-h400/IMG_5099.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FLzVsZ52tOh2xYY4NpOXjDRkvosE_fc1I5LhFaiTUqVofti0SJ63Htdkeco8kNU4oSofAGOGVskJ1giyA_jUlE6H6-m-wTQM0VLiF8b-TCzHdDfgQRQi7XOk2JnDlnMihOi0_aDe95vPyb43mRMlI5NmXlQEIgextAndPHX306Q9ayyEQd9gyw/s4032/IMG_5100.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FLzVsZ52tOh2xYY4NpOXjDRkvosE_fc1I5LhFaiTUqVofti0SJ63Htdkeco8kNU4oSofAGOGVskJ1giyA_jUlE6H6-m-wTQM0VLiF8b-TCzHdDfgQRQi7XOk2JnDlnMihOi0_aDe95vPyb43mRMlI5NmXlQEIgextAndPHX306Q9ayyEQd9gyw/w400-h300/IMG_5100.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLo5TtMEQp30Hs9c0kS82THZG3EmjP7y8cXzkY19i8Rlxv1gbZq5FzWyTE0zVuTp4Zah_2vcQ9HmQEil2dVEKja10OUnqJEHvfUW6xfse5hdX_1CwZLGBpTHRg0BWwFLrO-WKQ45tDDwXFxPhver3RfYjg1PR19V7oQoRsMEhSzZZ4aslZd-aySw/s4032/IMG_5101.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLo5TtMEQp30Hs9c0kS82THZG3EmjP7y8cXzkY19i8Rlxv1gbZq5FzWyTE0zVuTp4Zah_2vcQ9HmQEil2dVEKja10OUnqJEHvfUW6xfse5hdX_1CwZLGBpTHRg0BWwFLrO-WKQ45tDDwXFxPhver3RfYjg1PR19V7oQoRsMEhSzZZ4aslZd-aySw/w400-h300/IMG_5101.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxA5si0K9NaLCt-9ANPex5iUSpRpgXqdJ78Jb97-gdpRIsFv1W0SUn8GjSUhj0Kvt1FnEMlLXMIjWysA6uHR7L65g4_en9kU_P6ERfjWtdbM52gXHWb7jbDez1tVRTG5EjZ73Q7g7alKSVvJKBNv7ZTbyZsH0eqA_aGfGaFaiqqSdE6v0mz5i3Q/s4032/IMG_5151.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxA5si0K9NaLCt-9ANPex5iUSpRpgXqdJ78Jb97-gdpRIsFv1W0SUn8GjSUhj0Kvt1FnEMlLXMIjWysA6uHR7L65g4_en9kU_P6ERfjWtdbM52gXHWb7jbDez1tVRTG5EjZ73Q7g7alKSVvJKBNv7ZTbyZsH0eqA_aGfGaFaiqqSdE6v0mz5i3Q/w400-h300/IMG_5151.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Please consider partnering with us as we <i>Raise Up Leaders in Rural Mexico</i>. Each donation helps the different pastors be able to Reach the Lost, Bring Freedom to those with Addictions and Strongholds, Disciple Believers, and Develop New Leaders. Thank you so much!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/p/donate-to-cofradia-ministries.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="110" data-original-width="677" height="39" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhtTcraGH3PiBcwwhOXT8P9Q58dFuqbnD19V5_KnG95J8q4BjE8HXhL2GW5DunLeyMUeojNuXwM84Rl5F5BmEGYIbcV4BHyN0jrwn-AlJ0Jsm0j1GCRhGATVv6kmSXl5p-I0NVKYoWCm6_aqYiTo7AC8ymIoH7tzS5mKOGYoNA-Gt0hruyPv27QQ=w243-h39" width="243" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-5602235658307166522023-12-08T14:54:00.002-07:002023-12-08T15:02:48.296-07:00EL RETO FINAL<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPWLRDfD-6dqhq2sWoJ1GfZfNIptpkeuMpbtRB3GM06rebej8L_9DJAezkTyQ4WSCy6jorZet5oeMnB9S6mm7ihpm-Wz-JKFhTYpWhimWrG9olYU-VQn7jLtktAO_XaKMk1bDVgLbwkjicZR7VdUKbQcDYXw7L5b7tV4aV2pH9oSlo4jAJU06kA/s1676/LONA.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1676" data-original-width="1125" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPWLRDfD-6dqhq2sWoJ1GfZfNIptpkeuMpbtRB3GM06rebej8L_9DJAezkTyQ4WSCy6jorZet5oeMnB9S6mm7ihpm-Wz-JKFhTYpWhimWrG9olYU-VQn7jLtktAO_XaKMk1bDVgLbwkjicZR7VdUKbQcDYXw7L5b7tV4aV2pH9oSlo4jAJU06kA/w115-h172/LONA.jpg" width="115" /></a></div>We all met together along with friends and family to finish out EL RETO 2023 <i>"The Return"</i> at the church starting with Worship and the Word. Caleb did an excellent job leading us in very meaningful worship and Pastor Amado hit a home run with his message. We had all the students come forward for prayer and you could see that some were touched and it made an impact on their lives as tears rolled down their cheeks. It was a pleasure and great opportunity to be able to connect with these kids.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECf397s0pnzsezxHZ6FyhPqUDLZXRq9oY_LVGQVI1mPllaWfqVhzCkM1ME-PVF8rtRKE9jbYAZZ7KV0ixOGKD8QUGyohOR62sYjyKZ4cjDLplt7CKhXFiFSE7lJUjyd04IHRygCP-gRYJKE6i_Awycgsg4UD8crsmyZezOXRIv6lObIzBsZ0jbw/s4032/IMG_6280.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECf397s0pnzsezxHZ6FyhPqUDLZXRq9oY_LVGQVI1mPllaWfqVhzCkM1ME-PVF8rtRKE9jbYAZZ7KV0ixOGKD8QUGyohOR62sYjyKZ4cjDLplt7CKhXFiFSE7lJUjyd04IHRygCP-gRYJKE6i_Awycgsg4UD8crsmyZezOXRIv6lObIzBsZ0jbw/w400-h300/IMG_6280.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFfpiJNqSqhQaInEVUkPUxlKoCdyt3ErYE5bXTar5vCtt46pOyMpf6IpKUzo8mL-njKi6SonrLd2UGcAp-5Qhz2Do0Br6BXNW-H_vssZmrldZg2jfIi4flBpOYskZK7-R1jFb4nPOkUSQZCd_E3-70SF1d9t02jfrj8R5YRhU19AtOcYRBKIBkdg/s4032/IMG_6283.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Each team had to present a project that related to their team's name and the theme of EL RETO. All but one team presented a video. The first team up was the red team, "The Raptured Ones", and they shared a quick live sketch/drama for their team. Then, we proceeded with the other three and showed their videos.</div><div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After the presentation of projects, we proceeded to share with everyone the results of the "Coin War" and "Hidden Treasure". Goyito did a great job presenting these.</div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The "Coin War" gives a chance for teams to receive points according to the different coins they put in their prospective jars. Each coin has a different point value and a couple of them even take points away from other teams. The White Team won this one hands down with over 11,000 points ahead of second place Blue with a little over 6,000 points. For winning this "Coin War" the first place team added 5,000 points to their general score while second place got 2,500 points. This caused some confusion in the end as the White Team didn't realize they'd only be getting 5,000 points (more about this later).</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The "Hidden Treasure" is something we integrated in EL RETO since 2007. This Hidden Treasure allows the team who finds it an opportunity to Challenge the team with most points in a Final Challenge for the Championship. EL RETO FINAL is like the Super Bowl of the event. The White Team found the treasure and made it to the RETO FINAL to challenge the team with most points...unless they had the most points, then there would be no Final Challenge.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjguc8-JJaMz7aXg35hI92UETQyNUEUk-Z6JT8jqqfLa-AVs2MNmZGaScDSlmMMGdzEnrBF2R33lTt1wicpu1BDSZKqf98INJV0vpPRfs4CQ2ZzwIficjHA1ByZjjBJT0wh0CYkgs_L3Bq17IJJ5PsF17U_yvwEsWOWq4zow3T9Pma3eSeteHoOdg/s4032/IMG_6284.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjguc8-JJaMz7aXg35hI92UETQyNUEUk-Z6JT8jqqfLa-AVs2MNmZGaScDSlmMMGdzEnrBF2R33lTt1wicpu1BDSZKqf98INJV0vpPRfs4CQ2ZzwIficjHA1ByZjjBJT0wh0CYkgs_L3Bq17IJJ5PsF17U_yvwEsWOWq4zow3T9Pma3eSeteHoOdg/w400-h300/IMG_6284.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While we waited for the final results to come in, we played a clip of the very first RETO that we did in 2005 that has some of the leaders in it since the theme was "The Return"...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="357" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K9ZaRRu6WAs" width="476" youtube-src-id="K9ZaRRu6WAs"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the end, when the final scores were announced, it was the Red Team and Blue Team who led the others with the two highest scores. The Blue team came out ahead with 3,000 more points than the Red Team.</div><div><br /></div><div>So, there was a RETO FINAL between the White Team and the Blue Team!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After answering a series of questions that reflected what they had experienced the past three weeks, they received points for each question answered correctly. Each point represented one meter of distance for the opposite team (hang on and I'll explain). They were to open a locked box (something they'd been doing since before the event started) that contained a ball that they would roll down a pieced-together channel of ½ cut PVC into a bucket as they worked as a team. Because the White Team was challenging, we added a "Speed Bump" which was 3 meters of distance. The White Team never learned the instructions on how to open the lock, so we <i>GRACIOUSLY</i> allowed them to look at the instructions and have one team member learn how to do it as we added one more meter for penalty. In the end, the Blue Team had 16 points and the White Team had 8 points. That means, The White Team's channel was 16 meters long (because of Blue Team's 16 points) and the Blue Team's channel was 8 meters long (because of the White Team's 8 points).</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A twist...instead of having the three numbers to the locks available, they had to count different figures amongst a plethora of others on sheets of paper at the other end of the church to get the numbers. If the number was 16, there were 16 of the figures they had to find. Each figure was a letter of the greek alphabet plus a few fake ones, some look very close to others. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0lLQbvzJ-nl29O-Uys0MbUpQ0S7K5cThiqwEkd7cEa0D7N6LcbMRzCY-dQHFv693GFY-cvjxGBv6YZKahv_9AMbvwJylJZnVIqpcopsPkPL7OzqYI-40QBRRJqQadRBmxwQWEG1HSQScgwjz3chXYVeAKpHQ5oHKqt4I4RIHwqLHYsnkX2xosw/s359/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-08%20at%202.41.56%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="323" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0lLQbvzJ-nl29O-Uys0MbUpQ0S7K5cThiqwEkd7cEa0D7N6LcbMRzCY-dQHFv693GFY-cvjxGBv6YZKahv_9AMbvwJylJZnVIqpcopsPkPL7OzqYI-40QBRRJqQadRBmxwQWEG1HSQScgwjz3chXYVeAKpHQ5oHKqt4I4RIHwqLHYsnkX2xosw/w288-h320/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-08%20at%202.41.56%20PM.png" width="288" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An example of what they had to count...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">After all three team members one by one raced off to count the figures, both teams were wrong and had to recount them. The Blue Team was very close on the second try and the lock opened while the White Team was off enough that the lock did not open. So, I <i>GRACIOUSLY </i>told them which of the three numbers that was incorrect. So, that person raced back to the other side of the church to count again while the Blue Team was rolling their ball down the channel. The Blue Team struggled quite a bit as the ball kept falling which gave time for the White Team to catch up and try the lock again...nothing. As the White Team was trying to open the box, the Blue Team's ball fell into the bucket and they won...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="362" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tHo5gKXrrxk" width="492" youtube-src-id="tHo5gKXrrxk"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">The WINNERS of EL RETO 2023!!</span></b></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_f6ChsechzI6oKmgmdEjBN24bt2QTkg3B6AJkYc_R5QiMFRJt-p8onL1OLOcsF7g-KE90_X2okrZapMt_eD_dj9lxqUfVPmkxwsM5yTOwCVsIjG6drYXoDC1E9AZM-lNCmm6mpZNiss-7LfJQ4DVwOn3A6xXxZ77qyOLPVbMYE-d65WS_EQhxw/s1600/d91ad544-59dc-44cd-a7b9-51efc1870398.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_f6ChsechzI6oKmgmdEjBN24bt2QTkg3B6AJkYc_R5QiMFRJt-p8onL1OLOcsF7g-KE90_X2okrZapMt_eD_dj9lxqUfVPmkxwsM5yTOwCVsIjG6drYXoDC1E9AZM-lNCmm6mpZNiss-7LfJQ4DVwOn3A6xXxZ77qyOLPVbMYE-d65WS_EQhxw/w400-h300/d91ad544-59dc-44cd-a7b9-51efc1870398.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Elect"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>TEACHABLE MOMENT:</b> The White Team presented us with a perfect example of the importance of <b>Reading the Instructions</b>. Proverbs 14:12 says, "There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end leads to death." If we do not <b>read the instructions</b> we will not know how things actually work. If the White Team would have <b>read the instructions</b> on two occasions, they would not have left that night disappointed which unfortunately is what happened. Before EL RETO, each captain was given instructions on how to open the lock and the White Team's captain never tried it. There were numerous opportunities to learn how to do it and some did learn it, but no one on the white team bothered to learn. That is why we <i>GRACIOUSLY</i> gave them the instructions, but penalized them one meter which the Blue Team did not agree with.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the end, they were more upset because they thought their 11,000+ points were "reduced" to 5,000 in the "Coin War". But, the <b>Rules</b> from the beginning stated that the team with most points in the "Coin War" would receive 5,000 points and it is completely separate from the general score. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What can we learn from this? (1) You cannot <i>buy</i> your way into a Victorious Life. (2) You cannot enter into a Victorious Life without knowing and <i>following the instructions</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The true winners of EL RETO are those who are able to walk away from the event having learned something about God and Life. This was a huge lesson to learn and our prayer is that hearts would be open to see it and receive it.</div><div><br /></div></div><div>Here is a short video of the whole evening...</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="353" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AB1tM7SypWw" width="484" youtube-src-id="AB1tM7SypWw"></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>SEE THE REPORTS ON:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/2023/11/el-reto-2023-week-one.html" target="_blank">EL RETO WEEK ONE</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/2023/11/el-reto-2023-week-two.html" target="_blank">EL RETO WEEK TWO</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/2023/12/el-reto-2023-week-three.html" target="_blank">EL RETO WEEK THREE</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eoo6NMUI1o" target="_blank">EL RETO VIDEO</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-35435412120869663452023-12-06T15:45:00.004-07:002023-12-08T14:56:51.678-07:00EL RETO 2023 WEEK THREE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FBLqbXFtrzk9k6N5dsGKHdvFjumq84mWmCQvbtf9lLL3E-HuOGIafZ9uW8iNGsPudkZdprV4S8JYrCp818zmK0sYx4S2BOZxezJX8zCj5V5Dl8Os5tdivsF0A58mqUiYjU8dme-RPgsZJbDhgwuzZ1XaazjSzc4ofkPJlDpfz0k3hLVjAtHKBw/s1676/LONA.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1676" data-original-width="1125" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FBLqbXFtrzk9k6N5dsGKHdvFjumq84mWmCQvbtf9lLL3E-HuOGIafZ9uW8iNGsPudkZdprV4S8JYrCp818zmK0sYx4S2BOZxezJX8zCj5V5Dl8Os5tdivsF0A58mqUiYjU8dme-RPgsZJbDhgwuzZ1XaazjSzc4ofkPJlDpfz0k3hLVjAtHKBw/w115-h172/LONA.jpg" width="115" /></a></div>Week three started with a memory game as we showed a series a specific colors and the teams had to work together to remember them in order. In the end, the blue team won as they out-remembered the green team. This was to give time for the rest of the staff to get to their stations as we continued "The Race"...<div><br /></div><div>Instead of starting the teams off staggered according to their arrival time last week, we decided to add their time at the end in order to get out the door quickly. Their first job was to unlock a padlock in order to get their clue inside for their next activity. Two teams were unable to remember how to open them and had to buy the instructions.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OQAezDOYRzejNbyYEnr74uo9PRD0b6fzWxa1XxVYQqUObLPa8gtNFMB_5kcYABQzW9iXzHUUS8EK6Sbcp8SRCJM2EfAWPVhN61Wc-CjjOpU-QbLmDivd6s4L6WKNNCV6mCwR6p5LBcaM_FBv6vQjdanibzYGKfFB3xTIaagsihPOzfemiHo0Eg/s908/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-06%20at%203.01.21%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="908" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OQAezDOYRzejNbyYEnr74uo9PRD0b6fzWxa1XxVYQqUObLPa8gtNFMB_5kcYABQzW9iXzHUUS8EK6Sbcp8SRCJM2EfAWPVhN61Wc-CjjOpU-QbLmDivd6s4L6WKNNCV6mCwR6p5LBcaM_FBv6vQjdanibzYGKfFB3xTIaagsihPOzfemiHo0Eg/w400-h233/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-06%20at%203.01.21%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div>Their instructions led to throughout Cofradia to four different stations. Two teams one way and the other two teams another way. Once completing the four stations, they would return to the church for a team photo (to make sure everyone was there).</div><div><br /></div><div>At the San Marcos Centro Station, they had two activities: </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1oLe8Cp6hl1dhRdf0dqktYZN4IN9k_FC8JD2YQ10b4RlaBBMrgzYZhaXRjAdKHu_hVt2cWYBW0Sm5afuTUSWyItLTtxHY3Beyx-q2LC7mN2WjoNj2ovbiI4YX_Gl1sqYX-k0IJiIGSLB3IpMBPpX0zhq209ous5Up5aIZ-Na_9V4P6-TuPyIaQ/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-27%20at%201.10.47%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1oLe8Cp6hl1dhRdf0dqktYZN4IN9k_FC8JD2YQ10b4RlaBBMrgzYZhaXRjAdKHu_hVt2cWYBW0Sm5afuTUSWyItLTtxHY3Beyx-q2LC7mN2WjoNj2ovbiI4YX_Gl1sqYX-k0IJiIGSLB3IpMBPpX0zhq209ous5Up5aIZ-Na_9V4P6-TuPyIaQ/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-27%20at%201.10.47%20PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Place 6 boards together with matching colors.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhs9wnd7VpkQ7UEQrWJ6riK6hK_UqcTasA4N7ojobeFoKjIpG_Qmv2g8PZKwyT_OL8Z68GKaGT2AhaRaGqnRS9VxbF9FYxcvyoP2phtB-JA3aDKYxNLfx6pGA4m1VIuntklH8RhvAm9v8UHtK618o-5znlljKy9DUiaWBaXU0TM6RwjWMlIsAHg/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-27%20at%201.10.48%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhs9wnd7VpkQ7UEQrWJ6riK6hK_UqcTasA4N7ojobeFoKjIpG_Qmv2g8PZKwyT_OL8Z68GKaGT2AhaRaGqnRS9VxbF9FYxcvyoP2phtB-JA3aDKYxNLfx6pGA4m1VIuntklH8RhvAm9v8UHtK618o-5znlljKy9DUiaWBaXU0TM6RwjWMlIsAHg/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-27%20at%201.10.48%20PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Piece together the words of EL RETO 2023's theme verse<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div>At the Cofradia Centro Station, the had to perform the traditional "Coke Race", a race we started to do in 2007. Two team members are carrying another team member who is fed coke from a coke bottle by another team member and carries the coke in their mouth to another team member with another coke bottle to fill it up. The team that is able to transport the most coke, wins...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZa1rkRb2l9FgOWlNFbBfmMz4Xk1YyLGbk9h4UP34WxlsK4VKZr9HUta0y8enCFEN0B8fiRA-Fkvw8yeWGpgphw7aItbPx8bj9R2iwR6YpAOHETsSggjHllTi28lFxpt5FVOa4Mmkbn_Do8ipa_orG2QdjRMIRTBQ_-azFZffmZfD5Zrw-HS6FKA/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-27%20at%201.11.05%20PM%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZa1rkRb2l9FgOWlNFbBfmMz4Xk1YyLGbk9h4UP34WxlsK4VKZr9HUta0y8enCFEN0B8fiRA-Fkvw8yeWGpgphw7aItbPx8bj9R2iwR6YpAOHETsSggjHllTi28lFxpt5FVOa4Mmkbn_Do8ipa_orG2QdjRMIRTBQ_-azFZffmZfD5Zrw-HS6FKA/w300-h400/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-27%20at%201.11.05%20PM%20(1).jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9udIPDvXMXFn4tP57gna-nwEtaBu2OfzOxapUkOcbIA8w6qoOC14yRr6DlHE4wHTS97l2OrrF1Ykh1RPQHm7gHMAJ6ijgc4Uir8Iu-Hz_nsyHY9ioAxr_HaCRXuZdc10stXX9fz9uefOqXtgsTBkJ3nAN6k4QM8NZcwCrbO0KAdplsdefT_QdqQ/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-27%20at%201.11.01%20PM%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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They arrived in this order:<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cNhJGxbQJvIOhPWpELUmBIZeOc8IOZ9s2GVQbsl4JDAsn1Ennh8RBAeZMVYSTG0F3ii8NzZUKaTtryfxpY5d-O6d8mou7AVnVFVizVXjRE6zkD2EF5rTG9YYZTiwfLH25W3jtS7H4SFwr5SeCerkc3tr-XB6AeLs6TdyMw7Y2ySsSLqZmLcj1A/s4032/IMG_6238.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cNhJGxbQJvIOhPWpELUmBIZeOc8IOZ9s2GVQbsl4JDAsn1Ennh8RBAeZMVYSTG0F3ii8NzZUKaTtryfxpY5d-O6d8mou7AVnVFVizVXjRE6zkD2EF5rTG9YYZTiwfLH25W3jtS7H4SFwr5SeCerkc3tr-XB6AeLs6TdyMw7Y2ySsSLqZmLcj1A/w400-h300/IMG_6238.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Raptured"</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DQKyu-D1J5uhrM-1OoJxKT2KtqQX6bM3gSjEYcaTqO3-SsnxJ9ciDrzyuo6MtRc07y8BdmJG1iQXXaoXduVsr0d4jz_0dpwbBPo4Zs50vq7Jek5_7cZI3UbW1wAND5IDO98hs0a9tEl1nIiDEwjw7htEZkgcuazDyF3HZxOIWbMku3tnDVVptw/s4032/IMG_6239.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DQKyu-D1J5uhrM-1OoJxKT2KtqQX6bM3gSjEYcaTqO3-SsnxJ9ciDrzyuo6MtRc07y8BdmJG1iQXXaoXduVsr0d4jz_0dpwbBPo4Zs50vq7Jek5_7cZI3UbW1wAND5IDO98hs0a9tEl1nIiDEwjw7htEZkgcuazDyF3HZxOIWbMku3tnDVVptw/w400-h300/IMG_6239.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Elect"</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMvn6qRiE9kXa9_ECnFn7jtQ4r8OAFEBa2tce3zPD2VkIJ0cT2HtG0_rXkZ0QJzzjXiFV6m5QrCOhP6KcmwPV095Cl-Tk2bRVnAzu7YBgbvthbnzLFeED4eOMBuTJlTqOKFQEuMHnsXUGT_X1wbYs4cKE1QcnYrRix-bht7coRajXK89ZESgWMA/s4032/IMG_6245.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMvn6qRiE9kXa9_ECnFn7jtQ4r8OAFEBa2tce3zPD2VkIJ0cT2HtG0_rXkZ0QJzzjXiFV6m5QrCOhP6KcmwPV095Cl-Tk2bRVnAzu7YBgbvthbnzLFeED4eOMBuTJlTqOKFQEuMHnsXUGT_X1wbYs4cKE1QcnYrRix-bht7coRajXK89ZESgWMA/w400-h300/IMG_6245.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Believers"</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjklue97vcbsgHEwboEnWS5B35EV7ERlrukKsKZTPHX_m5shAZookBfnduJ-BNOumkluEJu_DgXB1hwA4F0ntW4s3-Bdx3FRSgz7-e-MYguHoeYh21_L2b57wl5HV8HfWGO58ZNA0WDS5Ol9gMD9l9tq09eFnwvxkaa8X5MjkCyE2NL3q3eyTt8qQ/s1024/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-26%20at%208.20.34%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjklue97vcbsgHEwboEnWS5B35EV7ERlrukKsKZTPHX_m5shAZookBfnduJ-BNOumkluEJu_DgXB1hwA4F0ntW4s3-Bdx3FRSgz7-e-MYguHoeYh21_L2b57wl5HV8HfWGO58ZNA0WDS5Ol9gMD9l9tq09eFnwvxkaa8X5MjkCyE2NL3q3eyTt8qQ/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-26%20at%208.20.34%20AM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Set-Apart"</td></tr></tbody></table>At the church, we had our annual "RETO AUCTION"...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWZ1luGBGC7h1Yui1YhfTIaGKh1BDMjxvUaxhFHIl6-gMufDjn2ax65uYqoFvhPb2Fbyh-RxJAETEPyrr8YNyIRNTZTen06UJ-B5VBuIoxB3F0DLLpEjWYguRb69wkT64R72JCekcGvOIRlqnr048IcYQwCx8lmd0MhDK4W0LD5uAvG_iGEbwAA/s1024/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-26%20at%208.21.40%20AM%20(8).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWZ1luGBGC7h1Yui1YhfTIaGKh1BDMjxvUaxhFHIl6-gMufDjn2ax65uYqoFvhPb2Fbyh-RxJAETEPyrr8YNyIRNTZTen06UJ-B5VBuIoxB3F0DLLpEjWYguRb69wkT64R72JCekcGvOIRlqnr048IcYQwCx8lmd0MhDK4W0LD5uAvG_iGEbwAA/w300-h400/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-26%20at%208.21.40%20AM%20(8).jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>All the teams received a note with the amount of points they had accumulated until then. With those points, they were able to buy certain items in the auction. This year, items went real cheap. They never know what they were buying. The items were: Pizza, Retrieving points lost through "fines", Soda, Cake, Candy and Chips, Chores (no one likes to have this one), and finally, a clear clue to the Hidden Treasure. Between the blue and green team everything went to them, except the White team bought the clue to the Hidden Treasure, which they had already found, but not many knew about it. Again, this is what they got, no one knew what they were buying with their points. Some teams like the red one, don't like to spend anything if they think they have enough points to win at the end. The red team has been ahead during the whole event.<div><br /></div><div>Off to "The Refuge", then voting time, and dismissal...</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheg9IEQRjSfhHNNa7N2Rv89EPIziu8Wx5_fD2yF3lPmRGs_3pbDTPKQwpKqNWfLXbZjrfTi9NaOXD7Vg82cgseGbc21pc_MWnfezUBswBUbiCOth4l8cH6M7z-bhTnmULbNSrXmls_X1VldQ668i62T9SGe2EhlVZf_-GsMn9IkH0qZT8MoVBB9A/s1024/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-26%20at%208.23.49%20AM%20(3).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheg9IEQRjSfhHNNa7N2Rv89EPIziu8Wx5_fD2yF3lPmRGs_3pbDTPKQwpKqNWfLXbZjrfTi9NaOXD7Vg82cgseGbc21pc_MWnfezUBswBUbiCOth4l8cH6M7z-bhTnmULbNSrXmls_X1VldQ668i62T9SGe2EhlVZf_-GsMn9IkH0qZT8MoVBB9A/w300-h400/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-26%20at%208.23.49%20AM%20(3).jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luis Vazquez, Jr.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="text-align: center;">This is our former youth pastor's son, Luis Vazquez, Jr. He filled his dad's shoes well and preached a phenomenal message to the youth. EL RETO has always been an opportunity for people to grow and learn. (His dad is our pastor that passed away a couple years ago from COVID). Luis did an excellent job and I'm proud of him!</span><div><div><div><br /><div>Thank you to all who have donated towards this event. If you would like to give to help reach youth and make opportunities for students to learn about God, <a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/p/donate-to-cofradia-ministries.html" target="_blank">please click here and make a donation to EL RETO</a>. Thank you.</div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>SEE THE REPORTS ON:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/2023/11/el-reto-2023-week-one.html" target="_blank">EL RETO WEEK ONE</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/2023/11/el-reto-2023-week-two.html" target="_blank">EL RETO WEEK TWO</a></div>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-40420497238311483252023-12-01T13:03:00.000-07:002023-12-01T13:03:02.744-07:00Cofradia Kitchen Kids 2023-11The Cofradia Kitchen is back up and running!<div><br /></div><div>After a couple months of dealing with some health issues, Mati is back organizing and serving breakfast to the children each morning before they go to school...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVCOG1EFzyNEf-MMOk9O1vYlBnTnKpRmycZUd_AozMRKmf0r7j12CeCNqlpWMRmfjwpwVs_lOfOwFmGEackMYcMZf7qnGPaaCqUfCHbLnZFdMIVnT-AeVADRB4vE9nyQ_g0KQ6p6uyHRLigaIrquZpniGD3ChrBIvOBQB1-ZEOtghe6TCTlQPwQ/s1024/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-16%20at%209.02.02%20AM%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Once the teams answered three questions, they received instructions on how to open a box with a combination padlock attached. Inside the box were instructions to the beginning of <i>EL RETO RACE</i>.<div><br /></div><div>Each team had to make their way to Cofradia's man-made lake following the signs along the way. Mixed in the signs were different signs of the end times written on signs...confused yet?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkZsmiYiwBLmhxELld9lWBWS_kGhS-FSTPqiQvtQ0D6Ox4bRloECRT-H29LpVbPH1aYJLe40rlnws-uRUZVCnAMRPXsflZjRY07EfCGznwxBZO31QhySO-cS1OguI7VKBFIpQTbTu9DqsOGwpuVJ7wJtxJncctmcrxZi-czpbY-2nr4Tx_CMqQA/s1280/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-20%20at%208.48.13%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzkZsmiYiwBLmhxELld9lWBWS_kGhS-FSTPqiQvtQ0D6Ox4bRloECRT-H29LpVbPH1aYJLe40rlnws-uRUZVCnAMRPXsflZjRY07EfCGznwxBZO31QhySO-cS1OguI7VKBFIpQTbTu9DqsOGwpuVJ7wJtxJncctmcrxZi-czpbY-2nr4Tx_CMqQA/w300-h400/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-20%20at%208.48.13%20PM.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfHnRW0JMNq1v9_rq6YQ5xC4NsHvDH8mbpvK6JF8Z4hLC1uqNws3n1c5UiOS3oqSSqthXrbCt9uqwW_XKqvdzEGVKL8t8fIyAL6j7_0CsbwFrb8bl49BDCddOZp8jwuO3CadvVRBptrFA0fkQEuKuuibU-UonZQdhV528iYQpRjJ-9JV-i760Ig/s4032/IMG_4853.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfHnRW0JMNq1v9_rq6YQ5xC4NsHvDH8mbpvK6JF8Z4hLC1uqNws3n1c5UiOS3oqSSqthXrbCt9uqwW_XKqvdzEGVKL8t8fIyAL6j7_0CsbwFrb8bl49BDCddOZp8jwuO3CadvVRBptrFA0fkQEuKuuibU-UonZQdhV528iYQpRjJ-9JV-i760Ig/w400-h300/IMG_4853.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>On their way to the lake, the first stop was for two of their participants to swim out on boogie boards and retrieve two balloons with clues to their next stop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKXLmPgmeuClvJi17NJZ4LG9gF4H4woRa8yJowonyfLBcI9p1nAJK3ATTCvtk_Q5pfmz38kKG3rKjORt5lvw5ai3hpJJZbOobRDI6kC8QB_egpGiNp7RzoYiwUSRKTHCFEc3wvCbzRP55g1VeHMkFihIz_UQa5cjOj0iMvhwM1etZKgxtefzuEQ/s1280/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-20%20at%208.47.39%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKXLmPgmeuClvJi17NJZ4LG9gF4H4woRa8yJowonyfLBcI9p1nAJK3ATTCvtk_Q5pfmz38kKG3rKjORt5lvw5ai3hpJJZbOobRDI6kC8QB_egpGiNp7RzoYiwUSRKTHCFEc3wvCbzRP55g1VeHMkFihIz_UQa5cjOj0iMvhwM1etZKgxtefzuEQ/w400-h225/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-20%20at%208.47.39%20PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>As they arrived at the first race-pausing destination. The teams all gathered for a couple of relay races...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBVrJWOf7ul1UvDllq62dO1x9_HgQoZOU0P-RFWkyU0NMFytPBKwewqQnw3k6YcvFMqEbhgTG850cxmzag1UoXwrcJyKqB8x8R2TkZqDr5xPlYiuOKTCOHdkPYy5bedDdUZCbMCAzlOhmBhSgedVme15V3e13IN3AioakJcL_UU0vp-3ERVGrYYw/s1024/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-18%20at%209.57.25%20PM%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBVrJWOf7ul1UvDllq62dO1x9_HgQoZOU0P-RFWkyU0NMFytPBKwewqQnw3k6YcvFMqEbhgTG850cxmzag1UoXwrcJyKqB8x8R2TkZqDr5xPlYiuOKTCOHdkPYy5bedDdUZCbMCAzlOhmBhSgedVme15V3e13IN3AioakJcL_UU0vp-3ERVGrYYw/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-18%20at%209.57.25%20PM%20(1).jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1fBhTHGX0lxst1RTZ7aSgQcgEOlwjTBuvGRvYiGU7mR8jWCJMHR1DkXgxB8q5kovaRdhG4b9R9StPK6LfQ0h4_2d_7cy33AjjsCB8Du9o9mjeq_hXuM8JKmwOvQZ3Yf31hvuM3_5LnJ3pw0czEpX_xVewkmJ_Q5k20X0wHdQGWNXbaPoFWKICnA/s1024/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-18%20at%209.57.26%20PM%20(9).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Through our journey of life...not everything is easy, sometimes it feels like you're crawling through mud, we were exposed the "signs of the end times" along the journey, and we learned how to work as a team as each of us have an individual part to play within the body of Christ. </div><div><br /></div><div>Blessed time! If you would like to partner with us, please <a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/p/donate-to-cofradia-ministries.html" target="_blank">follow the instructions here</a> and indicate that it is for <b>EL RETO</b>. Thank you!</div><div><br /></div><div>See the report on <a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/2023/11/el-reto-2023-week-one.html" target="_blank">EL RETO WEEK ONE</a></div>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-6365744133083515472023-11-20T15:02:00.008-07:002023-11-24T13:27:01.425-07:00EL RETO 2023 WEEK ONE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtYg65XK2Y-1DsD4tYHr_JOa2wHUsSmTtk7Z9yTcZi-LnxZp-vbPlNwd5yEZ7egbeIpwqrCQoL-iL1SuOCv2fWsDMekhEnahyphenhyphentoB-aVHcInADGi-wkkZjdJ3HuEIgLOKXQSAOXtmT0GTnSf5EsNyR_bazm0fRivTX9-7bgh2YLqJa2cLAbDEyWfA/s1676/LONA.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1676" data-original-width="1125" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtYg65XK2Y-1DsD4tYHr_JOa2wHUsSmTtk7Z9yTcZi-LnxZp-vbPlNwd5yEZ7egbeIpwqrCQoL-iL1SuOCv2fWsDMekhEnahyphenhyphentoB-aVHcInADGi-wkkZjdJ3HuEIgLOKXQSAOXtmT0GTnSf5EsNyR_bazm0fRivTX9-7bgh2YLqJa2cLAbDEyWfA/w97-h144/LONA.jpg" width="97" /></a></div>After three years of not having been able to have our annual Student Ministries Outreach, EL RETO (The Challenge), The Return of EL RETO is here!<div><br /></div><div><i>The Return</i> is the theme this year. As we <i>Return</i> EL RETO, we also focus on <i>The Return</i> of Christ. So, our teaching this year will be focused around Christ's second coming.</div><div><br /></div><div>Nearly 60 students came out as we started with four teams:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC12WdevC8i_zVfFdsEHp5JEhgGELH-dIQMdCUpcN7w1cfLUG52unnTdCGgqGfYgQJsfLugFJs4Klii08orZGzGAVj_ByrAiA0TsDB21W66bRkY7XiYO4APeU9R_GGfChLBBr7zdfVH8aYpW0RhKhbnx1EyJ_6RArjtyI4Dh0I7ETCUAB33H6uMQ/s1280/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%2010.16.31%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC12WdevC8i_zVfFdsEHp5JEhgGELH-dIQMdCUpcN7w1cfLUG52unnTdCGgqGfYgQJsfLugFJs4Klii08orZGzGAVj_ByrAiA0TsDB21W66bRkY7XiYO4APeU9R_GGfChLBBr7zdfVH8aYpW0RhKhbnx1EyJ_6RArjtyI4Dh0I7ETCUAB33H6uMQ/w400-h180/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%2010.16.31%20PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8j1bg6MEHIyvZ4F4MMh-2jXODoWK1CjCkGlJ67ZMUDfqwQ1eSSJTL4Djo3dNBUG9r0skjb07CrZo3cuM0SYEFEUw4yZAg1b_nLJg2xcBPvft2ZDuylDKBG8stZc8XBfNvDPDFnNjWl2k45CQscr3UybZLObCQqcrWuJ5kXsGg0dEzbJVZnkuGg/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.44.48%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8j1bg6MEHIyvZ4F4MMh-2jXODoWK1CjCkGlJ67ZMUDfqwQ1eSSJTL4Djo3dNBUG9r0skjb07CrZo3cuM0SYEFEUw4yZAg1b_nLJg2xcBPvft2ZDuylDKBG8stZc8XBfNvDPDFnNjWl2k45CQscr3UybZLObCQqcrWuJ5kXsGg0dEzbJVZnkuGg/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.44.48%20PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Raptured</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Captain: Angel</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8Y1hH9iz8HKIXpN8LyCIpI9nQwCkgL5iv0eEnKxAneCYFcr9pFQ63IuUnv2t06m6Dq0U90DHro1fvqZyjZ_OqhJacoQE3JfnusQHngXrbfooWA-wKs6qea4LS1KxQOgab0vl_q-FAU2GpurKqBeC4Lv_Qf5uOIsf2VL3DdZsLE5OF1szjIkNgQ/s4032/IMG_4626.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8Y1hH9iz8HKIXpN8LyCIpI9nQwCkgL5iv0eEnKxAneCYFcr9pFQ63IuUnv2t06m6Dq0U90DHro1fvqZyjZ_OqhJacoQE3JfnusQHngXrbfooWA-wKs6qea4LS1KxQOgab0vl_q-FAU2GpurKqBeC4Lv_Qf5uOIsf2VL3DdZsLE5OF1szjIkNgQ/w400-h300/IMG_4626.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Believers</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Captain Luis</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLR0rtvXwZ1zecXcJUduHeswZx-aCTpyNi5TjJ9WcKinP_vcFlS7UYUHitnjesMOxXtShqKuhY6O3mNQLfzRi65_hJPXjetFqgoDAnQJDH2tZFOorbyaMU2JvOUCFbzxSMqKcnVap4XbsuR0XyYJOu5Fo2HuK9MRLMpYVPswO6SWAq_cyJWAj9SA/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.44.49%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLR0rtvXwZ1zecXcJUduHeswZx-aCTpyNi5TjJ9WcKinP_vcFlS7UYUHitnjesMOxXtShqKuhY6O3mNQLfzRi65_hJPXjetFqgoDAnQJDH2tZFOorbyaMU2JvOUCFbzxSMqKcnVap4XbsuR0XyYJOu5Fo2HuK9MRLMpYVPswO6SWAq_cyJWAj9SA/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.44.49%20PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Chosen </i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Captain Emma</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6x35__e-3KjIrVmbcbAVaBa38F5fcUdhFn18uMcDpdNskXEe3EskQ9o7HJe8P20tF1OtQkcCuGz7018sB3rLqEvpL4EIONE8t6Mcim_fAqE_xmUhBaiFCQSUAX0UtqNsgtcFzji_uufoDdmcmaDqEzXqMZcVT1CEATRD8dxR01mqy9Pksc5ZlIQ/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.44.55%20PM%20(1).jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Set Apart</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Captain Aidé</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div>After each captain presented what their team's name was and the design they made on their flag, they immediately left the church and ran to the Mission Base where some staff had hidden 50 really small jars with a numbered piece of paper inside that indicated how many points they received. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZWO0D1E31_CMIlPbyIgTotN3rye9XkPjlPzHJOXO_Y44XI6e4HhQjTnsQkc2t0kOZ623ge0T4Tuy7d22v9puRrlntqk1fVz-CHXWD9_NwuNBiwcxiBvzVIfwBaIeBpdsYEtRjJnzLR_BaD4URuCW8ykV62wLpJARfRdyHqidGOfOzMD6gVMvXw/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.44.58%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZWO0D1E31_CMIlPbyIgTotN3rye9XkPjlPzHJOXO_Y44XI6e4HhQjTnsQkc2t0kOZ623ge0T4Tuy7d22v9puRrlntqk1fVz-CHXWD9_NwuNBiwcxiBvzVIfwBaIeBpdsYEtRjJnzLR_BaD4URuCW8ykV62wLpJARfRdyHqidGOfOzMD6gVMvXw/w400-h225/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.44.58%20PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leaving the church...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4U_gQOqwgzupZ8erh3eDnSkEHxOpw_VuiTVsFS3NkzhkB29DGFL-DuUW6ghAapPqRoBvi6eR73REhcoqqZMiqSp2gbBtgWVj762XYlefO-b6CsFBlNPhO0ylRpjPbaCMRnQcUJvjBHv5RcxkvdC62RIRsIghMy4Le3pjlVIWNjgpy8Aa8VXYXg/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.46.37%20PM%20(3).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4U_gQOqwgzupZ8erh3eDnSkEHxOpw_VuiTVsFS3NkzhkB29DGFL-DuUW6ghAapPqRoBvi6eR73REhcoqqZMiqSp2gbBtgWVj762XYlefO-b6CsFBlNPhO0ylRpjPbaCMRnQcUJvjBHv5RcxkvdC62RIRsIghMy4Le3pjlVIWNjgpy8Aa8VXYXg/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.46.37%20PM%20(3).jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Searching at the base...</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>There was a variety of different numbers and the results were:</div><div><br /></div><div><i>The Raptured </i>3,250</div><div><i>The Believers </i>1,700</div><div><i>The Chosen </i>1,600</div><div><i>The Set Apart </i>300</div><div><br /></div><div>From there, they had to <i>RETURN</i> to the church where the rest of the staff were waiting to serve them a meal. Not a normal meal, but the traditional <i>RETO BANQUET!</i> This was the first time we had the Banquet the first week, no one was expecting it.</div><div><br /></div><div>On the menu was:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8BtcX-l6O2xb5fr1SRGTMuc5T9IMfsR3Qr3rEEaLmgmqeZBz76uV8kq6awR7QBLjQbhnSPFWLVORz0LxWdIndWxj27aFMsrADXNAqECSxhu_c-O21UkILudEAQwqyug97vnWDUFjgT7vAWuw-bDRRh87K3RQzVzyOW9lZguqYDw7sWPKBCr0TA/s4032/IMG_4690.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8BtcX-l6O2xb5fr1SRGTMuc5T9IMfsR3Qr3rEEaLmgmqeZBz76uV8kq6awR7QBLjQbhnSPFWLVORz0LxWdIndWxj27aFMsrADXNAqECSxhu_c-O21UkILudEAQwqyug97vnWDUFjgT7vAWuw-bDRRh87K3RQzVzyOW9lZguqYDw7sWPKBCr0TA/w400-h300/IMG_4690.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Beginning" (Gerber baby food)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUR2pR11GFCrhHrwipMW4eYrWeQ8eZ00pmMvQbXhaF19cffzPwkQsBXHzArgQTqP0RYTafLSx_5tR9JycgW_phW9toeSSorsAPZefzSdv0E4eCjmvFzoxM7hQMOoq6T5tvS1F3UBhfcTFoTgLDd1UE3blpuy6Zw3zLf0mLrwPMiwvkFfmsjP3zvQ/s3024/IMG_4696.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2282" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUR2pR11GFCrhHrwipMW4eYrWeQ8eZ00pmMvQbXhaF19cffzPwkQsBXHzArgQTqP0RYTafLSx_5tR9JycgW_phW9toeSSorsAPZefzSdv0E4eCjmvFzoxM7hQMOoq6T5tvS1F3UBhfcTFoTgLDd1UE3blpuy6Zw3zLf0mLrwPMiwvkFfmsjP3zvQ/w301-h400/IMG_4696.JPG" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Following Dish" (Cauliflower bathed in Mayonnaise)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgILZ7PYQlRFiohHyS_0Y41v19q551v4ojVA1lzqqxf10kLEyPyi4taZlLBSrMepAU0QOYQd_WWI9Cvxf-BXbTpkWy2sQJkjTmde9lt9vcdyWNsF6TL0EDldOLQoLpBECvCUIbud3oM45E9PJXb1HcUfKkBOWhq29WgaQphbkvfyRo1Bb_54kY4rw/s3023/IMG_4705.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="2182" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgILZ7PYQlRFiohHyS_0Y41v19q551v4ojVA1lzqqxf10kLEyPyi4taZlLBSrMepAU0QOYQd_WWI9Cvxf-BXbTpkWy2sQJkjTmde9lt9vcdyWNsF6TL0EDldOLQoLpBECvCUIbud3oM45E9PJXb1HcUfKkBOWhq29WgaQphbkvfyRo1Bb_54kY4rw/w289-h400/IMG_4705.JPG" width="289" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Flag" (Jalapeño Pepper filled with cream cheese and hot Takis chips covered in hot sauce--The Mexican flag's colors are Green, White, Red)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvT26C6vNlCgfV3Ltkf9UcPtaJ9tNWOa63PvMTxxuntu7dOZDCO-W5EX5_kn0ksZfFfYwd1di98VRqflAAEGM0syh9gwMhN54u11_jTOy7ctp6_t1q02pvTfIa2mJGRvN0ZySGHfI1xzFhBkU3Btm5bKqfhHngyq9UNMhcLz5jTZXWBmLfEgn-g/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.48.35%20PM%20(1).jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Together" (Two cucumbers with two team members)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZsOYbYytqV3BrX-k-erlqMlHIqSXdhnhOeinKhyphenhyphenhvo2Kq3LbK-rWb2UJK2PgYNr0zyK3ORPkytOTHV7D2acGgfZgfE4Q4bSAI11Q70PJ2GNcsEprqm9hbn9jPpcU9aAuVSXDAaPycL023N7PkNpyMiQ5DY55X1zDqNw11ILFfiMUvTZYREM11aQ/s1699/IMG_4723.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1699" data-original-width="1666" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZsOYbYytqV3BrX-k-erlqMlHIqSXdhnhOeinKhyphenhyphenhvo2Kq3LbK-rWb2UJK2PgYNr0zyK3ORPkytOTHV7D2acGgfZgfE4Q4bSAI11Q70PJ2GNcsEprqm9hbn9jPpcU9aAuVSXDAaPycL023N7PkNpyMiQ5DY55X1zDqNw11ILFfiMUvTZYREM11aQ/w393-h400/IMG_4723.JPG" width="393" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Tangled Up" (Pesto cooked in olive oil and basil)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0uUrgt8RCHrX1Gx6S0kW6O_GeniqJkiorhBpgNjow2UUmM-g0NI0HnNHgeC3mhStHmrh5ruqRm9NlsvRyx8D7oMZyw_oPyoMbNOKoOWhPYq7V5PayplXEEE4pDShQsC_kTw1WlCN3CovZKwKvzZplM5EeWEjo0EPd9oyrVdV_IX0_YmAgIiSfg/s2194/IMG_4729.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2194" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0uUrgt8RCHrX1Gx6S0kW6O_GeniqJkiorhBpgNjow2UUmM-g0NI0HnNHgeC3mhStHmrh5ruqRm9NlsvRyx8D7oMZyw_oPyoMbNOKoOWhPYq7V5PayplXEEE4pDShQsC_kTw1WlCN3CovZKwKvzZplM5EeWEjo0EPd9oyrVdV_IX0_YmAgIiSfg/w400-h319/IMG_4729.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Dessert" (A real Cupcake with sour cream frosting)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqMAJ0CXkaKA0V9ZVSo1SMCuYodYRfPtWrK2DDCAFkzcPFeRSt6WiHd2c0vn5Mb2ZUBq2ymeLs_NwKD5PyIBmpHkeXcSo0aYZUPNP8AimOysWxg9ZDucGV6t7_M7qqf7Df0ldh5rSchJBd7BbdfoUsmhSJYbmo0z_ZCPxgvJDFCjLWtsgA_NPQ8Q/s2653/IMG_4738.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2653" data-original-width="2436" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqMAJ0CXkaKA0V9ZVSo1SMCuYodYRfPtWrK2DDCAFkzcPFeRSt6WiHd2c0vn5Mb2ZUBq2ymeLs_NwKD5PyIBmpHkeXcSo0aYZUPNP8AimOysWxg9ZDucGV6t7_M7qqf7Df0ldh5rSchJBd7BbdfoUsmhSJYbmo0z_ZCPxgvJDFCjLWtsgA_NPQ8Q/w368-h400/IMG_4738.JPG" width="368" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Dawning of the Day" (Black Coffee disguised in a small bottle of coke)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Upon finishing the Banquet, we all went up to <i>THE REFUGE</i>. The Refuge is upstairs in the youth room where we all come together as one team. This past year, your donations have allowed us to purchase a Foosball table, Ping Pong table, and a Basketball game.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyuy2IB-NsiHW7tEua3dxdibhZ6ahqmvFcsOwkYsnrWJGlQZCXsnqfqODA1iTmOZ8CJG2ki_MOSUZRyuKrKHbKCiBpFuxRJDk0QXgYmXj8HG7x33TqqJ06hxx4-KwprS7T7PTXr2EbxkLXS9dJJNKXP4VzNdMHnVc9pCiA-7K5AJ-IaBDokn6kg/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.48.45%20PM%20(2).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyuy2IB-NsiHW7tEua3dxdibhZ6ahqmvFcsOwkYsnrWJGlQZCXsnqfqODA1iTmOZ8CJG2ki_MOSUZRyuKrKHbKCiBpFuxRJDk0QXgYmXj8HG7x33TqqJ06hxx4-KwprS7T7PTXr2EbxkLXS9dJJNKXP4VzNdMHnVc9pCiA-7K5AJ-IaBDokn6kg/w300-h400/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.48.45%20PM%20(2).jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ping Pong!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0kXhAleZF4aztSNvSGuHXLlKQcsjTdveypx6j-u78INewUIVaiGB3P_eJ_DXo1MqYWoFirtqtB4hFgrZlo3yLi8BZ4oRHit7uzbVwiYZ6ZDrnMaMXb72kw5hB5IYou25PXiwZv3OzzYiHvRYhrixZLZfHQrqtkgGnyIChsL22a9j-EzrOyQsUA/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.48.46%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0kXhAleZF4aztSNvSGuHXLlKQcsjTdveypx6j-u78INewUIVaiGB3P_eJ_DXo1MqYWoFirtqtB4hFgrZlo3yLi8BZ4oRHit7uzbVwiYZ6ZDrnMaMXb72kw5hB5IYou25PXiwZv3OzzYiHvRYhrixZLZfHQrqtkgGnyIChsL22a9j-EzrOyQsUA/w300-h400/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.48.46%20PM.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Foosball</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv4hK35ASdQTabg8tW2ZjsJsmwZ-B3J_w5BlPH56s2gs2KV_J54xPqVKzJ4j42yAqwM4xoACm0pFodo1x3VRhUvHpCODMKnzckZFulYBPci7wpNx8P5FSZ4WjFhi3_1eLg5ilTKI97gtZZRKM6RKw2OY349EGAd1Gcfw0zQn-nW5FUf35UQw7vJA/s1280/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%2010.15.41%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv4hK35ASdQTabg8tW2ZjsJsmwZ-B3J_w5BlPH56s2gs2KV_J54xPqVKzJ4j42yAqwM4xoACm0pFodo1x3VRhUvHpCODMKnzckZFulYBPci7wpNx8P5FSZ4WjFhi3_1eLg5ilTKI97gtZZRKM6RKw2OY349EGAd1Gcfw0zQn-nW5FUf35UQw7vJA/w400-h180/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%2010.15.41%20PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Basketball!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4wjJ06ZrnWfCifX-7vP13lsGMv9seWJGdAeV-0YnrRR0YfrPgL5Fi4MvKAdYpaBKHaWAgFm1EAZd8pOjlhshCqJb-SN5-ZsFMlNvr8gm33anF3Be_D44ngmJby-AI4p_h79WZoClMXEEsZHwksRLNoEQgYUN1UpaihK5L_vhV1_ZZs0gKUMgKg/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.48.48%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4wjJ06ZrnWfCifX-7vP13lsGMv9seWJGdAeV-0YnrRR0YfrPgL5Fi4MvKAdYpaBKHaWAgFm1EAZd8pOjlhshCqJb-SN5-ZsFMlNvr8gm33anF3Be_D44ngmJby-AI4p_h79WZoClMXEEsZHwksRLNoEQgYUN1UpaihK5L_vhV1_ZZs0gKUMgKg/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.48.48%20PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting ready for Worship!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9P32CjDnBkakM7RyZyo8ej4J1-zSPpypPGwimypjOhLzV4S-VQFpNL8WYDJLqmCBrCWt_B43vFBoiAVLZQIi0l2VdVl2L3R8-q4n8Eh-_3UVI7QQxAy5yfVjyKrBsgLazStFcpzbMNXn7r1ig5zDWn0DmNmyC94lU1qwRfk93Cw7IydUbfaDYA/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.49.54%20PM%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9P32CjDnBkakM7RyZyo8ej4J1-zSPpypPGwimypjOhLzV4S-VQFpNL8WYDJLqmCBrCWt_B43vFBoiAVLZQIi0l2VdVl2L3R8-q4n8Eh-_3UVI7QQxAy5yfVjyKrBsgLazStFcpzbMNXn7r1ig5zDWn0DmNmyC94lU1qwRfk93Cw7IydUbfaDYA/w300-h400/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.49.54%20PM%20(1).jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caleb and band leading</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAA6upmhSqDLVfDABNUz-VKqq3UOXopcm3kOOrliSHTSywLHnlka7NWxCXogWjegHqhJpy_MzPPXGLezG9TUCT1rL2Z-q2KRY1LfsxprI0AvrRVMXP_oCWA5-YE5pl4jAo17mYQLG7qUNNArOgwavWlK8IHKwjOQD97jCBwdhmj0H2W3GjcVRPjA/s1024/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-12%20at%207.47.06%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAA6upmhSqDLVfDABNUz-VKqq3UOXopcm3kOOrliSHTSywLHnlka7NWxCXogWjegHqhJpy_MzPPXGLezG9TUCT1rL2Z-q2KRY1LfsxprI0AvrRVMXP_oCWA5-YE5pl4jAo17mYQLG7qUNNArOgwavWlK8IHKwjOQD97jCBwdhmj0H2W3GjcVRPjA/w300-h400/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-12%20at%207.47.06%20AM.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pastor Chuy speaking</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Caleb led worship, Pastor Chuy preached, and then each team made their way one by one to the voting room where they voted for another team to do chores (setting up chairs for Sunday's service and cleaning up the Youth room after the service).</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyIv3kylwlEG6-bs8tnV_OQ36gjdCXf6zLAg1sxDcHkYyp1y0zgKw9zMvJGQ-Ffh64vkMHOHl1Lym2h1SEWxipjIXRJoPD2hjlVktoCbKyrLGPFytBVqojbe8YRyqEqg2JADO0fxv0yuj5Ob3eF2W00_dazMC1nY9I3YX9rWA7gu7NAeJy9bSSg/s4032/07-VOTACION%204.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyIv3kylwlEG6-bs8tnV_OQ36gjdCXf6zLAg1sxDcHkYyp1y0zgKw9zMvJGQ-Ffh64vkMHOHl1Lym2h1SEWxipjIXRJoPD2hjlVktoCbKyrLGPFytBVqojbe8YRyqEqg2JADO0fxv0yuj5Ob3eF2W00_dazMC1nY9I3YX9rWA7gu7NAeJy9bSSg/w400-h300/07-VOTACION%204.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>EL RETO is filled with unreached youth in our town and region. Over ten cities and towns are represented in this event. At minimum, 90% of these kids won't go to church. This is our privileged opportunity to share the gospel with them. During the voting time, I took the opportunity to share with each team, on a more intimate level, a simple message of the gospel. Most of the kids shared a desire to make Jesus their Lord! Praise Jesus!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGo5m1esesr89oEEZHaEjXc3V-9_Ehv_DuU4M-q6usYrkZNJbbxQ5joVREfSGeuNItBhp5WH2LysLOjRci5JJ-Ii6X2i8GM2IxB1uEiHsHJezu41e-T73WWM2b7xPPzE5kq5aB4gTCoDQTQ0wkSh8CYKNflpyakhuQSfnIjQhzsj_fkwPmTCGEBw/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.50.12%20PM.jpeg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGo5m1esesr89oEEZHaEjXc3V-9_Ehv_DuU4M-q6usYrkZNJbbxQ5joVREfSGeuNItBhp5WH2LysLOjRci5JJ-Ii6X2i8GM2IxB1uEiHsHJezu41e-T73WWM2b7xPPzE5kq5aB4gTCoDQTQ0wkSh8CYKNflpyakhuQSfnIjQhzsj_fkwPmTCGEBw/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-11-11%20at%208.50.12%20PM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div>These are seeds we're planting. Please pray the seeds will fall on good soil. Please pray that seeds will grow. Please pray we will have wisdom on how to love and follow-up on these students.</div><div><br /></div><div>We do not charge any of the students to come to this event. It is an event that costs us $2,000 US Dollars which goes towards all materials and props, gas and transportation, shirts for staff and captains, drinks and snacks for the students. Please pray about being a partner with EL RETO and help us get the gospel out to these unchurched students! Thank you so much!!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/p/donate-to-cofradia-ministries.html" target="_blank">Make a contribution indicating that it is for EL RETO here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="328" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qy4i425HMOY" width="481" youtube-src-id="Qy4i425HMOY"></iframe></div><br /><br /></div>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-36984058106518726522023-11-10T12:37:00.002-07:002023-11-10T12:37:13.062-07:00Joven a Joven"Youth to Youth" is the name of the camp our students went to this month where over 800 bodies gathered from all over Mexico. Fortunately for us, the camp is only a few hours away near Puerto Vallarta in a small beach town called Chapala.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>For three days/two nights, our students played games and listened to different speakers throughout the event. One of the girls from our church in Rosamorada made a decision to be baptized. Praise the Lord.</div><div><br /></div><div>On our way to Riviera, Nayarit, on Friday, we stopped by the camp to say hello to the students and see how they were doing. They were all having a great time and look forward to next year's "Joven a Joven".</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="576" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBjn68HxNJvQg-jml7CfWUA2mH16TDbz_DTCUNvyNy7PI6kJu0_GdlpNoljRlCdvBXiSvN09c0T5Esu-cTwhSzF83IgDHjFsamwoluETlycY3goOfl_SEvkmI9rxJ5Z0JpnGh_TmEBMVuJkKjqeHNr787SH_BN1N9ncBHWQXza5YoxT7lwoqWgQ/w180-h400/4b.jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" width="180" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pastor Amado and his family with the girl who was Baptized (middle)<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HP2SIT1FoHb0myRBWd77jA8HWDNnfUfc2yEnXdu_2AHIuZgwH1xNfwy-shXDswwRQd3upcHA7IpW1uWSBA7VCBvhLFdRwk79Ocf2oOhEiyewwZZl-K10NxAFP2MJxzd5rNYwk0H1VUAf3qTOx1O8YZZNn2Mmk7Go301pr9AISrIo_KDT4yRrzA/s1600/6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HP2SIT1FoHb0myRBWd77jA8HWDNnfUfc2yEnXdu_2AHIuZgwH1xNfwy-shXDswwRQd3upcHA7IpW1uWSBA7VCBvhLFdRwk79Ocf2oOhEiyewwZZl-K10NxAFP2MJxzd5rNYwk0H1VUAf3qTOx1O8YZZNn2Mmk7Go301pr9AISrIo_KDT4yRrzA/w400-h225/6.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everyone stayed in tents...hot tents.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQVPniTguCDkGbN9q-YiQnBhARbdAQ_JNf_BUKmDuVcQ1gxURJ5YhGCoEN-SJkMraO5PQ0ke7UBjIzHeT2W5VX_GfxwVn6HWVulhpMv2o7_66h_EyNDPmHtiO88TrRpx17M_MmbTfCmSFKwOaSyP70iuNW9qWwxvyA_lmZFezH8g72uQmZLo1CQ/s1600/1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQVPniTguCDkGbN9q-YiQnBhARbdAQ_JNf_BUKmDuVcQ1gxURJ5YhGCoEN-SJkMraO5PQ0ke7UBjIzHeT2W5VX_GfxwVn6HWVulhpMv2o7_66h_EyNDPmHtiO88TrRpx17M_MmbTfCmSFKwOaSyP70iuNW9qWwxvyA_lmZFezH8g72uQmZLo1CQ/w400-h300/1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A group of students hiked up the mountain both mornings<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfTOynjhkPXiyFg3JUCiQ0aO-TQyOnj2Goj7fIJy3Oi5d9sfNpvvWvgADH8TvdZV5dKXsQYDWBqQmr_1Gc1mooxT41H9KkH4O5-SESzR54Hmf0JtljyHr6ZkJu07Kf6MHExipdk_nKcaUeMd38C9k34hcIMXTi8ka6dmbstQ3GabNPclJovO-qgQ/s1280/3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfTOynjhkPXiyFg3JUCiQ0aO-TQyOnj2Goj7fIJy3Oi5d9sfNpvvWvgADH8TvdZV5dKXsQYDWBqQmr_1Gc1mooxT41H9KkH4O5-SESzR54Hmf0JtljyHr6ZkJu07Kf6MHExipdk_nKcaUeMd38C9k34hcIMXTi8ka6dmbstQ3GabNPclJovO-qgQ/w400-h180/3.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ladies standing in the "shade" (look closely)<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCfBjOdfimYOFdshceRN1oQVTHgjJhg376bLEXbXgaUxW5lzX7jPPPc5zL7U-vtb1UalQumL_VfgUQhVJ49Hxc4O5ytBuh42KE7B5ftH3mdSjJ8ufy20OUX0lVUVjDPgAOVUhiideC-b5F_oBisKcUmgshYE2KUftWwBaGD9OMqx9UOq1t0fFyjQ/s1280/5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCfBjOdfimYOFdshceRN1oQVTHgjJhg376bLEXbXgaUxW5lzX7jPPPc5zL7U-vtb1UalQumL_VfgUQhVJ49Hxc4O5ytBuh42KE7B5ftH3mdSjJ8ufy20OUX0lVUVjDPgAOVUhiideC-b5F_oBisKcUmgshYE2KUftWwBaGD9OMqx9UOq1t0fFyjQ/w400-h180/5.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset in Chacala</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-9969735331787219412023-11-01T12:44:00.005-07:002023-11-01T12:44:44.608-07:00COMING SOON! EL RETO 2023!<div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="370" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mHV0ZEweRx4" width="480" youtube-src-id="mHV0ZEweRx4"></iframe></div><br />EL RETO (The Challenge) is our annual Student Ministry Outreach. It has been a couple years since we've done this due to COVID and the </span><a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/2021/09/pastor-luis-vazquez-cofradia-united.html" target="_blank">passing of Pastor Luis</a><span style="font-size: large;"> who took over this ministry for me in 2011. It will take place every Saturday of November. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">As EL RETO returns, the theme for this year will be appropriately named, "The Return", with an emphasis on Christ's return for His people. Our annual budget for this outreach is $2,000 which will pay for a snack for the students each week, staff and captain t-shirts, travel expenses, and all the materials needed. The students can attend for free because of your contributions. This is a wide open door for students to hear about God's love for them and give them purpose in life.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This is part of your <i>Investment in the Kingdom. </i>If you would like to contribute to reaching out to students this way, please indicate "RETO" and <a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/p/donate-to-cofradia-ministries.html" target="_blank">follow the instructions here</a>.</span></div>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-858509271725894012023-10-31T16:13:00.011-07:002024-01-29T15:35:52.568-07:00Restoration House in Rosamorada<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="349" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LGfBAs8zvLo" width="481" youtube-src-id="LGfBAs8zvLo"></iframe></div><br />This is a report from late-summer of 2023 about Pastor Amado and the work he and his team are doing in Rosamorada, Nayarit. <p></p><p>His church's name is La Iglesia Hermosa Casa de Oración (Beautiful Church House of Prayer) and they have activities Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and main service on Sunday. </p><p>His Restoration House is called Lighthouse of Hope. This is a drug rehabilitation center that focuses on restoring the individual along with their family for a whole year. He expresses a need here for room and board scholarships for the young people who want to get off drugs. Most of the time, the family is unable to help and pay for this. It only costs about $200 us dollars a month for them to stay. It is a one year program, but because of the nature of a voluntary stay, most do not make it past 6 months. Join with us to help save someone's life out of the darkness of drugs. If you feel led, please indicate your contribution for "Cofradia United: Restoration House" and <a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/p/donate-to-cofradia-ministries.html" target="_blank">follow the instructions here</a>.</p>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-3318015893348848622023-10-30T13:48:00.002-07:002023-10-30T13:48:36.656-07:00Prayer for Maty<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1K3wAZvxxUNoBJt9g21ejQ9afOOlBgBBdZ363jfYxNX2gOpFsHP1LPGGKbFTWuzB8ABVLulp0F-x-TIY_7b_X2teH-icwmOnEFsf5p3dGXM4wfXbTHrMazxnRbvMtfewllu0UFfzCypmZrhG5swxfQrnVo7pRbGJQcbxHHNI0O4tJ3hJoGbr-Kg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;" width="320" /></div><div>Mati is Pastor Goyo's wife. He is the Lead Pastor of Centro Cristiano Cofradia and works along side me as the head of La Cofradia United. Mati has been leading the <b>Cofradia Kitchen</b> for a few years now and has taken some time off because of her health. She has had pain in her abdomen for a while and the doctors removed her appendix which later they realized that was the wrong diagnosis. After searching deeper with better machines, they found a tumor hidden behind her intestines. The tumor was removed a week ago and they will be renting an apartment in Tepic for a couple weeks. <b>She is doing much better</b> and never likes to be the center of attention. She has not wanted any of us to say anything. But, please <b>pray for a complete healing in her body</b>, quick recovery, and if you feel led to help out financially with their doctor bills, please indicate that in making a <a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/p/donate-to-cofradia-ministries.html" target="_blank">donation specifically for "Pastor Goyo" here</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-4878883054135311922023-10-30T13:33:00.000-07:002023-10-30T13:33:08.751-07:00Investment in the Kingdom: Flee in the Name of Jesus!<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2w1bEbG1WExJW7Li239VyTJiTRcE2WMEROkl4RajQdfAPSDhyphenhyphenz9_Vp44ObaRaOULc9Bxzr2nqtdyy8hCNTJe6ZW0gPCXFOP_SdQHfwyUaRsapMe3he8FRDl8qormhNT9wbEHqM_WNbyyQPS8VQVVYg6NZEziJzi0lDRqK7ew5PGeq0asfTjAPA/s1029/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-30%20at%201.28.47%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="1029" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2w1bEbG1WExJW7Li239VyTJiTRcE2WMEROkl4RajQdfAPSDhyphenhyphenz9_Vp44ObaRaOULc9Bxzr2nqtdyy8hCNTJe6ZW0gPCXFOP_SdQHfwyUaRsapMe3he8FRDl8qormhNT9wbEHqM_WNbyyQPS8VQVVYg6NZEziJzi0lDRqK7ew5PGeq0asfTjAPA/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-30%20at%201.28.47%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Growing up, my mom taught me that when temptation comes or if I'm feeling attacked, I can tell Satan to flee in Jesus Name, and he will flee. It works. It works because Satan is defeated. Jesus defeated him. He is just a powerless being with a big mouth. His specialty is lying, mainly through deception. We see this all over! Here in Mexico AND in the states.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A few days ago, a young man came by the house and told me that he was having trouble sleeping at night. He said he could feel a presence enter his room. Sometimes, he says it grabs hold of his arms and he can't move them. Other times it covers his mouth so he can't speak. He said this happened the other night, and he was able to get out the words, "<b>Flee in the Name of Jesus!</b>". As soon as he said that, the presence left the room and he was free.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This reminds me of an encounter I had in the late 1990s when I first arrived in Cofradia. I had been here for a little over a year when a brother in the Lord (Joel) asked me to go with him to pray for a girl who was having some problems sleeping at night. Joel was from San Diego (a nearby village) and had recently given his life to the Lord. His testimony was amazing! I used to go out to his house each week for a home group bible study as well as another Indian village called Agua Aceda, about 7 miles up into the mountains. Joel has since passed away.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Joel and I hiked out to where the 12 year old girl lived with her mother between the two villages. When we arrived at the house, her and her mother were there to greet us. I think I remember a couple little kids, too. This girl told me that she couldn't sleep because she was afraid. She said something scary that looked like a purple pig with really long fingernails appeared at the end of her bed trying to grab her at night.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I looked at her and said, "I cannot help you, only Jesus can." After explaining to her who Jesus is, she decided to make Jesus Lord of her life and accepted him into her heart. I told her that because she had Jesus inside her, all she needs to do is tell whatever that scary looking thing is to "<b>flee in the name of Jesus!</b>"</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A few years went by without seeing them or hearing from them. One day, while visiting San Diego where Joel lived, I saw the mother of the girl, her name is Julia. She remembered me and I asked her how things continued with her daughter. She said after we prayed for her and left, she never saw that creature again! Praise the Lord!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thank you so much for your <i>Investment in the Kingdom.</i> Your prayers for our ministry, the people we come in contact with, and our own lives are so appreciated! It is because of <a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/p/donate.html" target="_blank">your partnership</a> that we can reach these people.</div>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13267713.post-27650091575372024212023-10-23T14:35:00.000-07:002023-10-23T14:35:14.150-07:00Investment in the Kingdom: Guadalupe Gets BaptizedGuadalupe (Lupe) lives in a town nearby Cofradia called Paso Real. She is originally from Cofradía. Recently she gave her life to Jesus and decided to publicly confess her faith and get baptized. Praise the Lord for what He is doing and how people are opening their hearts to Him.<div><br /></div><div>Thank you for your <i>Investment in the Kingdom</i>. Some of you have contributed to Pastor Goyo and the church in Cofradia, Centro Cristiano. This is <a href="http://www.thesilbermans.net/p/donate-to-cofradia-ministries.html" target="_blank">your investment</a>.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="347" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-gjWSBibFsE" width="479" youtube-src-id="-gjWSBibFsE"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div></div>The Silbermanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05169582956139121288noreply@blogger.com0