Happy Birthday Jason and Stephanie

Well with all the teams and everything I completely forgot to put a blog entry up for Stephanie's birthday!!!
Stephanie's birthday was July 8th but I guess I decided to take the day off and be a horrible sister in law!! Sorry Steph, please forgive me!!

So today we are going to celebrate the actual birthday of Jason and the tardy birthday of his beautiful wife Stephanie.


We have loved watching them grow together as a couple and now parents. We have loved watching them raise our precious nephew. We couldn't ask for a better brother and sister in law. They support us 100% and they are always an encouragement to us. They are very active in the youth group at Second Baptist and their passion for the youth shines through in their lives.

Both Jason and Stephanie are blessings to be around. We love anytime we have with them. Stephanie we hope you had a great birthday and Jason we hope you have a great day. We love you both and miss you tons!!!

Happy Birthday Mom!!!

Well my mom is having a birthday today and I think she would kill me if I put her age on the internet for the whole world to see!! I love my mom and I am so thankful she was born. She is a beautiful person on the inside and outside. She is not only my mom but also a best friend. She is a perfect model of loving her family unconditionally. She would do anything for her husband and kids.

Mom I hope you have a great day. I really wish we were there but we will celebrate down here for you!! We love you tons!! Love P and C

Youth Update

Youth and youth workers from Second Baptist-
We wanted to give you a quick update of what has happened since your trip.
Unfortunately no youth from the Cafes have attended church/Bible study yet. We are not discouraged at all though. We were able to talk with Raul and he told us he is not interested in studying the Bible right now. We went to his work and visited with him and told him it was ok that he didn't want to study the Bible right now but we still wanted to be friends with him. Please be praying for him and for the Lord to soften his heart

Keep praying for the names and faces you met that week. We know the Lord brought them to us for a reason and in His perfect time they will come. I know some of you are talking with some youth via email. That is awesome and please keep that up. We will continue to pray for you guys as you build relationships with them. We will pray one day those relationships will turn into spiritual conversations.

I had mentioned that at the motorcycle show I was able to talk with the sister of Erica and invite her to church. She had come to the Cafe one time and she came to both Moto shows. Anyway she came the Sunday after you guys left and then she came again this Sunday!! So keep praying for her and pray for fruit in her life. Her name is Yuri.

Building relationships and gaining their trust takes time! Please just continue to pray and we will let you know if anyone else starts attending. Preston has also been sending out emails to try to get in touch with all the youth again. Keep emailing them and building those relationships. We are so proud of you guys and we can't wait to see what God has for the youth of PV!!!

Basketball Trip

Well we finished off our summer with another amazing trip. A group of 14 came down to put on a basketball camp for the youth of P.V. We ended up having 14 kids attend the camp!!
It was great for us to again get the name of the church out and also to reach out and show Christ's love to those 14 kids and their families.

The team was able to make some great contacts and we were able to invite the families to the church! Keep praying for the kids and their families. Pray the Lord will continue to work in their lives and bring them to the point where they need Christ.

Tonight at church we didn't have any new people but we were able to talk with the church about the kids who were still interested in playing basketball. We are going to try to go up to the courts as a church and keep building relationships and sharing love with those kids we met. We really feel this is a door the Lord has opened and we are going to walk through it.
Thank you for all your prayer for this week. The Lord really did some Big things and we give Him all the glory and praise.
A special thanks to each of you who came down. We know you sacrificed time, vacation, money and time away from your families. We love and respect each of you. We are so glad to have deepened existing friendships and made new lasting relationships!! We love you all and look forward to the next time we will work together.
Keep praying for P.V and for what the Lord is going to do!!!!

Youth Trip

Well we finished up another awesome week. There were 25 people in the house this last week and we made some memories we will never forget. I don't have many pictures from this trip but hopefully soon I will receive some.

Thank you for all your prayers for this week. As usual the Lord did Big things!!
* Brad B. and a man from his crew named Brent put on two awesome shows Monday and Friday night. There was around 100-200 people there each night. The people attending the events were able to hear the testimony of either Brad or Brent. We will continue to pray for the hearts of those people who were touched
We even picked up some break dancers in the show!
A picture of the crowd
Brad B.
Brent L.

* The youth held Cafes in our homes Tuesday-Thursday night. This was a huge success. There were 7-15 youth there every night! The youth were able to build great relationships and some were even able to share their faith. Here are a few pictures of our youth hanging out with the youth from PV.

Nice shirt Kevin!!!!

* We were able to spread the word that we are beginning to have a youth service on Tuesday nights at 7. Please pray for this Tuesday and for the Lord's will in this time.

We will keep you updated on how the Tuesday study is going.

Thanks to Brad and Brad, Brent, Amanda, Stephanie, Daniel and Denise for leading this trip. We appreciate all your love and support. And a special award to all the hard work from each Second Baptist Youth member. The work you did for the Lord was awesome and we pray as you return home that Big things will happen everywhere God leads you!!! We love you all!!!