This morning was the Dream Center Christmas celebration. As I looked back on this blog, I realized that the last time we posted was after last Saturday's Dream Center service. This week has been filled with activity from preparing for this mornings service, reuniting with many people from Guaymas that we have gotten to know over the years, services at the Cento Cristiano church in Guaymas, evening services at the village of Los Cerritos last Sunday, trips to the market, and food, food, food! They have an old school bus that everyone loads into to go to the village for the evening service. The village is about 40 minutes away. Jeff was designated the driver while we are here. He did a pretty good job, if I may say so. I hope that the pictures that we posted tell the story.

Dream Center Christmas Celebration 12/18/2010

Dream Center Ministry

This morning we went to the Dream Center for worship and serve a meal to the homeless and poor of the area. This ministry has been going on every Saturday for the past eight years. To me, it very humbling to see how little some have. I know that I am blessed with so much more than enough. The willing servants that fix the food, worship, and serve the food are so amazing, loving, and giving.

Thursday December 9th

We have been in Tucson for a couple of days. We have shopped for supplies and items for the people who come to the Dream Center ministry. Mostly, we have had wonderful times reuniting with Tito and Judy Villanueva. They have been serving as missionarys in Guaymas for about 12 years and in other areas prior to coming to Guaymas. They are wonderful mentors and very committed to serving our Lord! Jeff and I are so excited about this opportunity to serve along side of them.
We will be leaving Tucson and crossing the border in a couple of hours. We will be in Guaymas this evening and reuniting with the people of the city.
One of the immediate needs is a pickup for Arturo ( Arthur) the pastor who serves at the church in the village of Los Cerritos. The village is about 40 minutes from the city and the roads are not always well maintained. The sound equipment is hauled from the city to the village as well. Thus the need for a pickup. If anyone knows of a good 6 or 8 cylinder pick up, please let us know. This would be a great tax write off and more so a huge blessing for Arturo. Luke 6:38. Again, we thank you for your support and prayers. 

Tues. am  Went for an early walk and was singing "Blessed be the name of the Lord" while admiring something bright in the southeastern sky when the drum part of that song went thru my head. Thank you HoJ praise band. No troubles in our travels, altho Bee was a little white knuckled as we drove up to the top of our mtn in N. Mex. Another blessing has been the mileage my truck is getting. It started at 17.1 then 18.5 then 21.5 and this next one looks tobe even better... thank you Lord! Today will be taken up with gathering supplies for this coming month (Dec) and all its activities.  oh yeah, the weather has been great, our little faces are already blushing. Be blessed and a blessing and keep the Lord Jesus first in your life. We'll talk later... time for some am coffee.  JK

It's the eve of the leave. We are excited about this opportunity to serve in His kingdom. We are so thankful for all of the support and prayers. Because of these, you are all a part of this. We are anxious to be reunited with our brothers and sisters in Guaymas and Los Cerritos. We received an email asking us to be prepared to hit the ground running when we arrive, as December is going to be a busy month. We will preparing for the Christmas celebration for the Dream Center, a ministry for the homeless and poor. There will Christmas services at the Centro Cristiano church in Guaymas, as well.

Again, we thank you for your prayers and support. We will keep this blog updated as often as possible.