Dear Partners,

“Now FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see, and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact, what is not revealed to the senses].  Hebrews 11: 1 AMP

Faith is a big world and leads us through a vast multitude of attempts to define it and walk in it. This is a very important challenge because Hebrews 11:6 says, it is impossible to please God without it. So our desire should be toward the learning of faith and how to apply it to our daily lives.

One missionary to South American Indians once defined faith as being like the trust his tribe has in their hammock ropes. (Their custom is to tie the hammock 20’ off the ground.)

I was thinking how the seaman puts so much trust in his ship or how the pilot puts his trust in his aircraft. However, it seems to me that real faith is manifested when the hammock rope breaks and one survives the fall, or when an enemy blows a hole in the ship and the seaman somehow makes it safe to land, or when the pilot safely lands after his motor spits and dies. Like I first said, faith is a big world and as we pursue it we will find it is connected to many things, most of all, how much we trust the Lord, not things.  Selah.

Appreciating You,

Calvin & Barbara

It’s the word of faith that welcomes
God to go to work and set things right for us.
Romans 10:9 Message

Say this: God, you’re my refuge. I trust in you and I’m safe!
Psalms 91:2 Message

I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.
Psalms 91:2 NKJ

I say to you, whoever says to this mountain,
Be removed and be cast into the sea,
And does not doubt in his heart,
But believes that those things he says will be done,
He will have whatever he says.
Mark 11:23 NKJ

For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Luke 6:45 NKJ

Words Are Creative
In Genesis 1 God said 10 times and the world was created.

James 3 compares the tongue with the rudder of a ship.
Our words determine our destination.

A man’s stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth;
From the produce of his lips he shall be filled.
Death and life and in the power of the tongue …
Proverbs 18:20-21 NKJ

A man has joy by the answer of his mouth,
And a word spoken in due season, how good it is!
Proverbs 15:23 NKJ

You are snared by the words of your mouth;
You are taken by the words of your mouth.
Proverbs 6:2 NKJ

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.
Psalms 19:14 NKJ

Breaking News

Praise the Lord our area has been blessed with lots of rain. This is an awesome blessing, as for 10 years we have been in a severe drought.
Jecori, Sonora: After one intense deluge of rain, a retaining wall 12’ high and 40’ long next to the Jecori church collapsed crushing Alberto and Zulma’s car. Thankfully no one was hurt, but their car is in need of much repair before they can drive it again.

Tepache Parsonage

Tepache, Sonora: Pastors Rodrigo and Olga Suja in Tepache have been living in a 288 sq ft house. When the Hawaiians return in October we plan to build another room doubling the size. We just took the cement mixer and an offering to them so they can have the foundation ready for walls.

If the Lord lays it on your heart to help with one of these projects, just designate your offering for Alberto’s car or the Tepache house.