"ALL IN"

From October 16-24, we had the privilege of hosting 12 individuals at our mission base as part of our Fall 2011 construction team. As the week went on, the motto "ALL IN" was quickly adopted by the group members. This phrase not only applied to the 12+ hour work days that they often put in, but also to their personal relationships with Christ. Through personal devotion time, group devotions, and village evangelism, all of the team members experienced God in big ways and were strengthened in their faith! What an amazing week it was!

On behalf of all of us at PBM, I want to say THANK YOU! It is safe to say that all of us were blessed - not only by the fruits of your labor but by the example of your daily walk with Christ!

Open Doors Orphanage Update!

This email was sent out by Dan Smith earlier this evening. What an amazing and awesome God we serve! Thank you so much for all of the prayers.

"Our Lord once again has answered the thousands of you who were praying today at noon for our PBM/Open Doors Orphanage certification! The meeting did NOT go as we expected with the C N A and there were times that I cried out to our Lord in my heart to raise up more of you to pray in that specific moment...HE heard all of our cries of this I am sure. Before our eyes we watched hearts melt away and we were soon 100% approved by the C N A!!! The actual C N A certificate, which we need to open our doors, is still a couple of weeks away due to processing, but we are approved!!!!

Thank you for your continued prayers in this raging battle for souls we are in!

HIS servants,

dan & heidi"

the piano man!

As our discipleship follow-up program continues to grow and expand in the village of La Reina, yet one more aspect has been added to the program...MUSIC LESSONS! For the past few months, we have been bringing our own equipment and musicians for the praise and worship portion of the services we hold on Thursday and Sunday afternoons. Although it works, it has become quite the task to coordinate the transportation of a keyboard, speaker, guitars, microphones, drums, up to 9 individuals, etc. In addition, many young people in La Reina have expressed the desire to learn how to play some type of muscial instrument. Therefore, the dream was formed within Dan Smith's heart to begin a musical group within the village so that they can participate more fully in their own services.


This past Thursday, September 29, marked the first day of these music lessons. Darwin, Hermano Jesus' son-in-law, leads worship at their church and also works as a music teacher. He brought his keyboard and willingly began to teach the first two eager students some basic music theory. Raul and Jorge, the two young men shown in the picture, seemed to pick up on the material quite quickly! Please continue to pray for these two brothers, as well as the other students, who will soon come to learn how to not only play a variety of musical instruments but how to glorify our Lord and Savior with their new-found talents!