Great Blessings

Hello,
We are very pleased to be able to communicate back and bring news.
This time there are many new things to share and beforehand I thank your attention to read.

I want to start sharing the joy and the blessing of the partnership of Water and Life  with Hungercorp. A new non-profit organization that was founded in Puerto Rico with the purpose of bringing tools and resources and help in different parts of the world.
Exactly one year ago this process began though God was preparing the road since more than four years ago when we met Eli Rosa in a missions conference in Ecuador and who has been a friend of the ministry and who made the connection with Hungercorp. We greatly appreciate all the support that they have and we give honor to the creator because we know that He has made all of this possible.

At this time while you read this report, there will be a group of Hungercorp in the Amazon visiting different villages and drilling two wells for those who need it so much. These 8 people will be in the Amazon region for 10 days and need our support in prayer to fulfill the objectives and to be a great blessing for each village and so they can carry the message of truth and encouragement to the leaders.

This year we also had the help of TLC (Touching Lives for Christ) Florida. ministry that has been a blessing for many years and are still committed to support us in our work in the Amazon region. 9 people in vast majority women accompanied us for two weeks, visiting villages and drilling a well, unfortunately we could not find water, this is the second time that this happens in almost 10 years of work, we could not drill deeper so we had to end the work there. We are doing more studies to be able to filter water in these places where we can find water by drilling, we really hope soon in the future we have the solution.

Was also with us a group of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church North in Bogota-Colombia. This is the third time that the Church endorses with their presence. 12 people traveled from the capital to join us for nearly a week visiting different churches. We are so excited to see the missions ministry enthusiasm and commitment. We would like to continue having your support.

The group was led by Jeferson Nieto and Natalia Alarcon and now we take advantage of this opportunity to congratulate them on their marriage which took place last week, we wish them well and we hope that in their work as a couple be a blessing for either the ministry, the church and all who have to come to the kingdom through God's work in their marriage.

We still continue with the plans to establish Water and Life as a nonprofit organization and we expect this to become a reality very soon, both in Colombia and in other countries. We will also have a web site, we only need to complete some documents. There is much more going on in the Amazon project and would love to count on with your support in prayer. We will share them Gradually as they develop.

We also would like to ask for help in prayer for Gonzalo Jimenez and Jhonny Nieto who have been at the forefront of all this work in the jungle and will remain so for the rest of the year. We greatly appreciate their work and trust in God's support in their lives in ministry and personal plans.

January and February

This picture is property of Liberty University
Opening of Missions Week Feb. 2013
More than 60 countries represented

video February 11, 2013  http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=9002

A fresh call to a new generation:

It is amazing to think that we have already finished the first two months of this year. Everything has passed so fast, days seam to be shorter. I remember my first week of classes, I was not used to spend many hours in a class and we all would fall sleep in the classroom after lunch. The first month was a hard month but today I see the benefits of the effort.

Now weeks pass by flying the same with every month. Homework everyday, quizzes every two days and final exams almost every week.
This last two months have probably been the months of greatest studying of all the course.
In December we finished the first stage of the course which was the basic studies called General. It was more time in the classroom than the time of practice, approximately 70-80% of classes and the rest working in the hangar with the aircraft.

In this same month of December we started the second stage which is Airframe. Something that we were all waiting since the beginning of classes. This is more hands on and practice, here we had 50% of classroom and 50% in the hangar. It has been an exciting time but still of lot of study.

In January we were reinforcing electrical, most of the students had a lot of difficulties with this class. At this time we had to study from 6:30am and add a couple of more hours of study time to everyday to finish homework and study for exams. I thank God we finished that class two weeks ago, now I feel much better in this subject and I am able to sleep a few more hours everyday.

Learning how to paint with my partner, Lee McBroom.

In these two months we finished more than 10 classes getting now to the middle of the whole course completing approximately 950 hours of study. In about a month we will have the first of two exams for the first license of mechanics. I feel a little nervous since I have to demonstrate all that we have learned  in six months of study in almost  30 classes. This exam requires three steps, a written test with a combination of questions of all classes, then an oral exam evaluating each one of the topics seen and a practical test, developing tasks in every class we have learned till now. This is an exam of almost 8 hours without counting the written exam.

For this reason I ask for your support in prayer. It is not required to take this test in a month but it would be a good option before we continue with the third and last stage of the course.

I also need your prayers for the finances for this semester. Thank God and the support of many people, last semester is all paid! I haven´t been able to make any payment for this semester.

I would like to share the engagement of my younger brother Jeferson and Natalia, let´s support them in prayer for their wedding plans and goals for their ministry.

As always,  I say bye, thanking you for all your help and support during my studies. It is and will be very important to count on your prayers and encouragement to accomplish  results that may glorify God and make an impact in those who are in need.