“OUR SENDING AND GOING GOD!!”
When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, 2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 3 He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt. 4 Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town. 5 If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.” 6 So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere. –Luke 9:1-6
And as recorded in Luke chapter 10, Jesus sent out 72 other disciples to also proclaim his Kingdom and heal the sick and with this forward-looking instruction: After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”
Their and our own mandate originated with Jesus himself being sent by God to be continued forward first through his disciples and now through us, his disciples today. Jesus knew that they needed to “go out” in order to carry out their work and he sent them out with the power of the Holy Spirit to accomplish amazing things in his name. They were following HIS EXAMPLE. WE ARE COMMISSIONED DO EXACTLY THAT WITH THE SAME “SPIRIT” POWER! Now it’s OUR TURN TO EXTEND JESUS!!
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Eph. 3:20-21
We celebrate as we pray forward all that God would accomplish through us all, and we again thank you for your on-going prayer partnership with CHILE MISSION!! God wants nothing less than for ALL people of the world to come to him and to know and follow his Son JESUS!
October has been a God-blessed month of our being in Chile:
—Upon arrival we had the blessing of being able to attend the baptism of Juli, one of the nine “children of the State” that lived in our Children’s Residence between the years 2010 & 2013. She comes and visits us every time we’re in Chile and in April we contacted a Christian Church where we know the Pastor near where she lives. They reached out to her and she started attending and PTL!! for her church home and baptism! We have continued to pray for all nine of the children that lived on CHILE MISSION’s ministry site those years as well as being able to see most of them personally. Our main concern at present is that none of them have any adults that can be in the role of parents to them, coaching them in life and providing a soundboard for the adult choices that they are making. Fabiola, our psychologist who worked with those children back then has agreed to help along this line in zoom counseling them as needed.
—Shlomit and one-year-old Liz moved to the camp property to join husband Cesar! That is an answer to prayer and their family is now totally united in the work with Abraham & Catalina. They are staying in a room constructed on the covered platform behind Abraham’s house and, as you can see, they are content and glad to be there! Abraham and Cesar are now beginning to construct the office/apartment inside of the new maintenance building where Cesar & Shlomit will live for several months.
—In order to begin a checking account in Chile our Foundation’s Board of Directors had to make a change of one of its members who in the past had a credit issue on his record. Carolina, who coordinates and manages CHILE MISSION’s ministry in the Dulce Refugio Refuge House on our Santiago Ministry site was approved to be that replacement and the necessary paperwork is being registered with the government. Obtaining a checking account in Chile is a huge task and involves a lot of paperwork to open one for the foundation.
Speaking of the Dulce Refugio Refuge House, Carolina continues to receive a steady stream of persons arriving from all parts of Chile for varied lengths of time, including Rodrigo who is STILL, after several cancellations by the hospital, waiting for his surgery to remove a cancerous tumor on his kidney. (A tumor was removed from his larynx last year when he spent several months living at our Refuge House.) His surgery is now scheduled for November 4th. Please continue to pray with us that this new appointment will come to pass, and secondly, that God will use his supernatural healing touch to make the surgery fully successful!
Also in Chile, Janine received a call from Karina, who with Willy her husband make all of the hand-made and hand-painted marble figures that we have been buying from them and bringing to the States to sell for over 25 years. She had been having issues with anemia for a time and went to have it checked out. The end result of all that has taken place in October is that she has colon cancer and is now waiting for an CAT scan to identify the size of the tumor and to fully show the extent of any other cancer in her body.
We give glory and big thanks to God that Karina and Janine have a close relationship, as Janine has been able to guide her through the many tests and interactions with doctors and also share results of Karina’s exams to our son Julian, who is a doctor in Texas. This has been important, as Chileans typically blindly follow the long hit-or-miss steps and procedures of Chile’s public health system without asking good questions or even knowing what is happening with their bodies.
Amazingly (and a GOD thing!), the director of Karina’s local health clinic and also another high-ranking woman in the health system in Concepción, the large city in which Karina & Willy live, are both members of the church that Karina attends. Together, these two women have cut through a long list of “red tape” to get Karina immediately referred to the gastroenterologist she needs in order to continue the analysis of the cancer. TYL!! Thank you much for praying with us for Karina (and Willy) and for the successful scheduling and outcome of her next procedures during this very difficult time for them!
STATESIDE
—We successfully arrived in Miami on October 29th! We then flew to North Carolina to be with the First Christian Church in King on November 1st. They sent a team to help at CHILE MISSION’s Camp property this past (Chilean summer) March, and as we need LOTS OF U.S.-BASED HELP EVERY JANUARY-APRIL, they are sending another team to help this coming March as well! Contact us any and all of you that are available to be gone from U.S. winter in 2027 and bring a friend! 😊
—We have also been planning to send a second 40’ hi-cube container from our house in Cedar Lake to Chile this year in November or December and in answer to our combined prayers with you, God has answered in a BIG WAY!!
- Chile Mission has paid for and scheduled the delivery of a container on Friday morning, Nov. 6th.
- On its way to our Cedar Lake house it will make a stop at Living Creek Christian Church (our home church) recently moved to Park Forest, IL to pick up 10 beautiful solid oak pews that were replaced with chairs in the main sanctuary space of the new building. What a blessing, as they will be used in the outdoor chapel on top of a hill in the Christian Camp in Chile!
- Also at some point in November we will be picking up 50 more mattresses slated for the camp, along with other furniture and kitchen items from the Christian Ministry in Decatur, IL that already donated the 50 mattresses and other items and furniture that were sent in last year’s container. TYL again!!
- Finally, you have been praying with us for finding and sending a medium-sized bulldozer to Chile inside of the container and GOD HAS AGAIN PROVIDED! Here below are a couple photos of the newest “member” of the CHILE MISSION team, and in case you are wondering, YES it will fit in the container.
Regarding the search for other needed furniture and items to include in this new shipment, we would love to include the following types of items. If you are located in the area of northwest IN and can add such a donation please contact us this month of November. Our email is chilemission1@gmail.com and our cell phone numbers are 949-394-8282 and 949-919-2028. Call us with any questions—we will know the answer, and on behalf of CHILE MISSION, thank you so very much!!
- Extra long single bed sheets and blankets and mattress covers.
- Single bed spreads
- Stackable chairs
- Outdoor patio furniture
- Water sport items—life jackets, small boats, whatever!!
- Bunk beds and trundle beds—we need about 10 of them.
- VBS type of children’s projects and supplies. This could be children’s projects for putting together—even 50 kits would be helpful. We have nothing!!
We also are still looking for used stainless steel counter tops and shelving and industrial cooking utensils, etc. to use in the camp’s kitchen.
Update on Jack’s prostate Jack was able to see a urologist in Chile and have an MRI of his prostate area. The findings show two small tumors which are likely cancerous. Having now arrived in the States he has appointments scheduled in Indiana to schedule a biopsy of those spots. Prostate cancer is typically slow growing and very treatable in its early stages and we are grateful to have the ability to proceed quickly. Thank you for your prayers and as ALWAYS, God is faithful and deserves all praise, no matter what. We will keep you posted.
Yes we are in November and Yes, it is ICOM time!! As mentioned last month (along with a photo of us at our Chile booth! 😊), this year’s ICOM will be held at the Convention Center in St. Louis from Thursday afternoon Nov.12 through Saturday night, the 14th. We are excited to participate with our booth and with our many marble figures and also to attend great praise, excellent speakers and workshops, and visit other mission booths.
PLEASE make it a point to go, even for an entire day if possible. You won’t regret going and will be greatly blessed!
WE ARE STILL PRAYING FOR: A “web-savvy” person to help us improve our marble people sales website (marblepeople.com) and give it exposure on various social media sites. We have been unable to make changes to the website and are stuck. REALLY, we really need the help!! 😊 Call us at 949-394-8282 or email us at chilemission1@gmail.com
Blessings to you all with a BIG THANK YOU for your CHILE MISSION prayer partnership!!
Rejoicing, praying, giving thanks and BEING FAITHFUL to our One True “SENDING AND GOING” GOD,
