Reaching the City…through training pastors to reach their city

Joseph has recently partnered with an organization, LA reaching LA—that  focuses on training and encouraging pastors to reach out to their cities.  He  recently was a part their monthly connection roundtable time where he met with 3 various pastors in this area for prayer, training and sharing with one  another about how their churches were doing.  This roundtable time is in the San Gabriel Valley and there is another one focused in the Los Angeles, East Hollywood area as well.  The picture on the left is of Pastor Jose (West Covina), Pastor Marco (Covina) and Pastor Emmanuel (Pasadena).  Pastor Jose and Pastor Marco have a huge heart to reach the Spanish speaking population in their areas and their churches have both an English and now a Spanish speaking service.  Pastor Emmanuel is from Nigeria that has come to America to begin a multi-ethnic church in the Pasadena area.  Please pray for these pastors that Joseph is helping to encourage and train as they reach out to their cities.  Please also pray for his partnership with “LA reaching LA” as he is now a part of building up a training center for pastors here in Glendora.

Reaching the City…   through helping women come out of sex trafficking

This October we were able to be a part of     partnering with EveryOne Free Ministry to host our second clinic in the Pomona area for women in the trafficking industry desiring to get help.  Survivors of trafficking went out every day in the week prior handing out hand sanitizers with the information to our clinic, engaging in conversations with women and inviting them to come seek help.  On the day of we had representatives from many organizations and ministries available to serve the women.  These included: Celebrate Recovery, mental health services, APU nursing footcare, Medical care practitioners to care for the women and offer STD testing, Christian Safe Houses; as well as clothing, hygiene products and food for the women.  We saw about 10 people come throughout the day looking for help.  We are continuing to pray and seek God for the best way to reach out to these women here in the Pomona area.  We plan to host another clinic in January in the evening time to see if we can reach more women at that time.  Thank you for continuing to pray that the Lord would bring freedom to these women and into a relationship with Him!

Family Update!

We are loving the start of Fall!  It is so fun to see Aleeya’s “Firsts” as she experiences everything with us!  We had a fun trip to a pumpkin patch and choosing Halloween costumes. Daniel had his first experience being on the worship team for the main church services and did a great job! Luke is preparing for his Homecoming Dance (aaahhh!!) and continuing to practice driving.  Jessica continues to amaze us with her care for her little sister and gentle spirit and    Aleeya is attaching to us in amazing ways and beginning to construct more 4-5 word sentences! We are so thankful for the support and prayers of so many for the ministry and for our family.    Thank you!