Before After Assembly with 800 students in Chiquinquira. THE McCREA NEWS Sept 2015 Celebrating 20 Years in Missions 1995 - 2015! Dear Friends, Life for Diana Chavez has become about bare survival. Diana is a 27 year old widow and mother of 2 young boys who live on a mountaintop in southern Bogota. Three years ago her husband was accidentally killed by a local street gang. Left alone with her children, she can only take odd jobs close to home because of the extreme travel time across the city and not having anyone to provide child care. Working at odd jobs near home or sewing clothes, Diana makes around $100 Cdn/month, 25% of the normal minimum wage - not nearly enough to really provide for her family OR repair her home which is at the point of falling down. They live in a small prefabricated house purchased by her late husband, but the home was built with no foundations, the base on which it was built was cracked and the roof was in bad shape. Inside was not much better, no floors and both the kitchen and bathroom were falling apart. A few months ago we were contacted by a friend in Edmonton, who knew a family that wanted to honour their recently deceased parents. They asked us to find a family in great need so we contacted a pastor who sent us 5 potential projects. Diana was selected to have her house rebuilt. In a few weeks their lives changed dramatically. The house now has floors, a great kitchen, bathroom and a dry roof! God answered the prayers of this young Christian widow! The Next 20! For 20 years God has continued to open new doors for us, things like presenting the Gospel in schools around Colombia. In most of these places no Christian group has ever gone before. To God be the Glory. We are planning for the next 20 and that includes making phone calls and asking for people to pray about partnering with us; to fund His dreams. Yes, calls can be awkward, but they are also an opportunity to be part of reaching tens of thousands of people with the Gospel every year. Thank you for taking our call and praying about sharing in the dream. Factoid At 8,360ft, Bogotá is the world’s highest mega city. It has been named one of the smartest cities with modern advances like its public transportation and ciclovia, where 75 miles roads are shut down for bikers, runners, and roller-bladers every Sunday.
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Before After
Assembly with 800 students in Chiquinquira.
THE McCREA NEWS Sept 2015
Celebrating 20 Years in Missions 1995 - 2015!
Dear Friends,
Life for Diana Chavez has become about bare survival. Diana is a 27 year old widow and mother of 2 young boyswho live on a mountaintop in southern Bogota.
Three years ago her husband wasaccidentally killed by a local street gang. Left alone with her children, she can onlytake odd jobs close to home because of theextreme travel time across the city and nothaving anyone to provide child care.
Working at odd jobs near home or sewing clothes, Diana makes around $100 Cdn/month, 25% of the normal minimumwage - not nearly enough to really provide for her family ORrepair her home which is at the point of falling down.
They live in a small prefabricated house purchased by herlate husband, but the home was built with no foundations, thebase on which it was built was cracked and the roof was inbad shape. Inside was not much better, no floors and boththe kitchen and bathroom were falling apart.
A few months ago we were contacted by a friend inEdmonton, who knew a family that wanted to honour theirrecently deceased parents. They asked us to find a family ingreat need so we contacted a pastor who sent us 5 potentialprojects. Diana was selected to have her house rebuilt.
In a few weeks their lives changed dramatically. The housenow has floors, a great kitchen, bathroom and a dry roof! God answered the prayers of this young Christian widow!
The Next 20!
For 20 years God has continued to open new doors forus, things like presenting the Gospel in schools aroundColombia. In most of these places no Christian grouphas ever gone before. To God be the Glory.
We are planning for the next 20 and that includes making phone calls and asking for people to prayabout partnering with us; to fund His dreams.
Yes, calls can be awkward, but they are also anopportunity to be part of reaching tens of thousands ofpeople with the Gospel every year. Thank you fortaking our call and praying about sharing in the dream.
Factoid
At 8,360ft, Bogotá is the world’s highest mega city. Ithas been named one of the smartest cities with modern advances like its public transportation andciclovia, where 75 miles roads are shut down forbikers, runners, and roller-bladers every Sunday.
This Summer’s Teams
Over the summer we were privileged to host two teams andwe also had a very special couple come to visit from Canada!
First up was Metro City Church from Detroit. With 15 highenergy youth we spent 10 days ministering in churches andschools. We even got a chance to visit a new town, Maripi,part of Colombian’s emerald region. Colombia, accountsfor more than 60% of the world’s emerald productionand these are areas that were once hotly contested by variousfactions trying to control the mines.
It took two hours in a bus up and down gravel mountainroads, but we arrived to a warm welcome in the local highschool with over 300 students!
During the outreach we shared the Gospel with some 3000students, almost all were in schools where no Christian grouphad visited before!
No sooner had Metro left, than the team from The GatheringPlace in Pickering, Ontario arrived, but with a different goal.
A construction team, they came to build the 2nd floor of thecabin they started last year at the retreat centre in Villeta. Wewent from a bare slab to having the walls up in only 5 days!
Not satisfied with just building, they spent the evenings doingMen’s Ministry and Saturdays they led a very special trainingcamp - Evangelism Through Sports, training dozens of churchleaders in a new way to reach their communities.
Lastly, Stewart & Gudrun Huntercame for a 5 day tour. The Huntersare Missions Reps for thePentecostal Assemblies of Canada.They came to spoil us a little andget to know our work, but they alsocame to minister to our pastors inBogota and in churches in Villeta and Chiquinquira.
Prayer Points
- In January 2013 Darren’s sister was diagnosed with terminalcancer. She was given a prognosis of 6 months to a year.
Her wish, if not to be completely healed, was to have ournephew Zachary become an adult with his mother at his side. Last week Zachary turned 18 and Brenda, while having herchallenges was able to celebrate it at his side. Keep Praying!
Gratefully,
Æ Darren, Patty, James & Darien Æ
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