Dear
Friends in Christ, |
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“Behold,
how good and how pleasant it is for brothers
to dwell together in unity!” Psalms
133:1 |
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The
Sweet family joins O.S.M. |
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O.S.M.
is pleased to announce that through much
prayer and seeking the Lord’s will,
friends of ours, the Sweet family,Dana, Liz,
Abe (14) and Joanna (11), are joining O.S.M.
as full-time missionaries to Mexico! The
Sweet’s will hopefully be moving to
Mexico within the next month and setting
up a new home there. As many of you remember
from the February newsletter, the Lord directed
O.S.M. to rent another home in Nava.This
will become the perfect new home for the
Sweets. |
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We
have known the Sweet family for close to7
years. Our family has always admired the
ministry mind set they have in everything
they do. In 1974, as a young married couple
and fresh out of San Antonio Bible College,
Dana and Liz moved as missionaries to Guatemala.
Once in Guatemala, they both went through
language school and became fluent in Spanish.
Having served there for 2 years,the Sweets
then moved back to the States. Even after
returning from this foreign mission work
the Sweets continued to serve with different
ministry opportunities, including church
planting, working at drug and alcoholic rehabilitation
centers, staffing for a church, overseeing
a Christian retreat center and speaking and
counseling at numerous home-school conferences.
Dana and Liz are very well known through
the Texas home-school community. |
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We
are looking forward to seeing how the Lord
is going to use this new development to grow
O.S.M. Liz and daughter Joanna are planning
to organize the ministry’s sewing (Dorcas)
house. The Dorcas house has been in dire
need of organization since it opened. This
will be a great blessing for us as well as
the people of Nava. |
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Dana
and son Abe are excited about getting the
Carpenter Shop up and running. This would
involve holding classes for young boys to
teach them practical carpentry skills. It
also opens up the opportunity to disciple
the boys in character and the gospel. It
is a huge ministry for the boys of Nava to
have someone consistently teaching and pointing
them to the truth. |
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Dana
and Abe will also be a tremendous blessing
to our ministry in preparing for teams. Dana
has had a lot of experience with all aspects
of building, so his help with foundations
will be a great asset. He also plans to help
with O.S.M.’s building teams. |
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This
month Debbi and I had the opportunity to
take the Sweet family to Nava to look at
the house, meet our friends there and scout
out ministry projects. It was beautiful for
us to watch their communication skills while
speaking with the people there. We feel so
honored to have the Sweet family join our
ministry in Mexico! |
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The
Sweet’s goal is to raise a little less
than $3,000 per month for their personal
expenses. They are also praying for an additional
$1,000 per month to support the many outreaches
of the ministry. Ifyou would like to be a
part of this outreach through financial support,
please send your checks to: Only a Servant
Ministries, Inc. and in the memo put: Sweet
family support. Please be in prayer with
them and us that the Lord would supply these
funds. |
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New
Tires for Pastor Santos |
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During
our visit to Mexico we were also able to
provide Pastor Santos new tires for his truck.
We praise the Lord that through His provision
we were able to do this. The tires on it
were in very poor conditions and the price
to replace them in Mexico would have been
three times the amount we paid to purchase
them here. |
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Testimony
from Terry Dorner
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The following
is a testimony ofteam leader Terry Dorner from
our last team. Terry has joined our ministry
as a team member several times in the past.
Last month for the first time he put together
and organized bringing his own team. |
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It was my
sincere hope that the folks we rounded up to
bring to Nava would have a similarly moving
experience that I have had in the past. And
I think it was a success.All of the team members
were blessed by the experience and all are
talking of returning again next year. |
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Please
be encouraged that your family showed God’s
love through your service and attitudes and
that this impacted everyone on our team… I
want you to know that your ministry and your
family’s vision and purpose still shine
through in a major way. It is my desire to
continue helping grow your ministry by organizing
more teams, should you decide that you will
continue in this direction. Based on feed back
from our group, I think we can expand into
two or three groups for next year. |
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Please stay
in touch and let us know what direction God
moves your ministry in the coming year. |
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God bless
your family, |
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Terry Dorner |
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Kennedy Family Update |
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With
our daughter Holly’s wedding coming
up next month we have been very busy with
bridal showers, sewing, setting up house,
and all the other details involved in preparing
for the wedding. Dear friends of ours, Liz
Sweet and Carole Clark, have been incredible
blessings tous in helping coordinate the
wedding. |
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Micah
and Holly plan on living nearby in the San
Antonio area. If you would like, you could
visit their wedding web-site at: www.micahandholly.com. |
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This
month Debbi, Shelby, Sara, Holly and Gita
Joy along with friends Richard and Kelly
Welch, went out to a lake house for a few
days to enjoy one last time of fun and fellowship
together before Holly leaves home. Much to
their disappointment it was rainy and cold
most of the time. The weather however, did
not keep them from having fun. They were
still able to enjoy some skiing and wakeboarding.
Though it was meant to be a relaxing time
for them they all came home sore from head
to toe, but were all grateful for the break,
away from wedding planning. |
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Thank
you Richard for all of the boat rides!! |
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We
would ask that you continue to lift Debbi’s
mom, Barbara McGovern, up in your prayers.
As we mentioned in February’s newsletter,
she was diagnosed with cancer in her right
lung. She has already been through the five
chemo treatments. |
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We
were excited to have “Mema” come
here to San Antonio for a few days. We all
enjoyed our visit with her and were encouraged
to see how well she is doing. |
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Barbara’s
next step is surgery to remove the cancerous
part of her lung. Her surgery date is scheduled
for May 3rd. Debbi is in Florida now with
her mom to help encourage her through this
difficult time.Please be in prayer with us
that the Lord would strengthen Debbi’s
mom and completely heal her of the cancer
through this surgery. |
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Once
again the Lord has blessed us with a busy
and fulfilling month. We are so grateful
to you, our friends, sponsors and prayer
supporters for your involvement in our lives! |
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Because
of Christ, |
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The
Kennedy Family |
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I
will give thanks to the Lord with all my
heart; I will tell of all thy wonders. Psalms
9:1 |
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