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September 2017

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Sex and Success Doubt Night Outreach!

Joseph helped plant Epiphany  LA Church and has been  helping Pastor Tommy get ready for their first Doubt Night. The vision behind this event was to create a space where members of the community could come and voice their opinions on sex and success and how the church interacts with these topics. It was encouraging to see people from the area gather at the KAOS Theatre in South LA to hear from spoken word artists, singers, and rappers expressing themselves through their art. Panel discussions also took place addressing questions on sex and success from a biblical perspective.

Please continue to pray for Epiphany LA Church as they follow up on those who came to the outreach.   Please pray for Joseph as he continues to partner with them to do evangelism and leadership training to help them reach the community around them. If you would like to hear from one of the artists click this link to see some from the outreach! Doubt Night Video

 

 

Reaching the World through Partnerships

Being in leadership with  LA Reaching LA, Joseph not only helps train pastors here but also partners with pastors who reach out overseas. Pastor Krishna, who is also on leadership with Joseph, was    given a Cru Jesus Film backpack.  He travels to Nepal multiple times a year to share the gospel, deliver mosquito nets to prevent malaria, help women who have escaped sex trafficking begin microbusinesses of chicken farms to support themselves, show the Jesus Film to the villages, and bring relief from natural disasters.

Pastor Krishna returned from 3 weeks in West Nepal and shared with us that he saw 162 people come to know the Lord and 5 churches started utilizing the Jesus Film from Cru in the area! A week after he returned a terrible Monsoon flooded the area.  Homes and churches were destroyed. 134 people died.  Please pray for them as they recover. We are grateful to be part of LA Reaching LA, a movement of  churches, pastors and church planters sharing the gospel in LA and around the world.


This is a chart Pastor Krishna showed Joseph after returning from Nepal.  This Leadership Building chart is Amazing!  It shows the regions of Nepal, the number of churches per region, number of believers and baptisms per region and internships for raising up more pastors!  6 Regions, 25 Pastors, 12 Lay Pastors, 25 Churches, 12 House Churches, 860 Believers and 529 Baptisms! And 48 Internships!  God is doing some amazing work in Nepal!

 

Thank you for all your support and prayers to us as we continue to reach out here in Los Angeles! Please pray for us as we know have a Kindergartner and a Senior, with 7th and 10th grade in between!  Life is full and we are so thankful for all the Lord is doing in our lives and through the ministry.

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Prayer Tent at Pasadena City College

This past month our ministry at PCC hosted a Prayer Tent on campus.  We had a table set up in the Quad area from 10-2pm and offered prayer to students in need.  We also gave out free waters and Otter-Pop Popsicles to students in between classes in the heat.

Josh, one of our student  at PCC, had the idea to offer prayer to the students on campus. He came up with the plan and was excited to see it come to fruit.  Josh is also a youth leader at his church and has been a blessing to us at PCC because of his heart for Jesus and his passion to reach out to other students on campus with the love of Jesus!

Thank you for continuing to pray for the students on the college campuses!  Prayer is powerful and we are thankful for The Lord continuing to move in the hearts of students.

Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. A man is powerful on his knees. ~ Corrie Ten Boom

 

Recent Grad Joins Volunteer Staff!

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It is exciting to have one of our recent graduates from Cal State Los Angeles join us in the ministry as volunteer staff.  Alvin (pictured above left) recently graduated with a tv and film degree and desires to become a director or producer in the entertainment industry.   As he pursues avenues in the entertainment field he desires to continue to serve with us in ministry at Cal State Los Angeles.  Alvin was on our student leadership team all four years as a student and has a heart for evangelism and prayer on campus.  It is a joy to see a student we have invested in for 4 years desire to serve the Lord in his workplace and continue to invest in students at his alma matter with us!  Please pray for Alvin.  That the Lord would open up many doors for him to be a light in the entertainment industry and that he would continue to be used by God on the Cal State LA campus.