July 2007
"The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, the world, and those who dwell in it.
For He has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the rivers." Psalm 24: 1&2
Mexico
In June we had a great team come from Forest City Fellowship in Rockford, Il. They helped us build a new bathroom on the girls dormitory on the farm.
John Boomer and Steve Lennox
They also blessed the Children’s Home in many other ways. One day the team took all of the children to a pool for a day of swimming and a picnic. It was great fun for all of the children and they did not want to leave until 7 P. M. when the sun was beginning to go down.
Kids having a great time at the pool.
One of the blessings this team provided was the purchase of a solar water heater for the farm. This will be a great help as we will not longer have to buy gas to heat the water. In the future we would like to buy two more solar water heaters and even have electricity generating wind mill. (RM the greenest ministry in Chihuahua) It would be great to have the farm energy independent so they would have no utility bills for the future.
Pastor Jim Miller from Open Door Fellowship in Indiana joined us for a week of work and ministry. He not only shared the manual labor he also preached a mid-week service for us, as did John Boomer. Both used the translation skills of Ron so the people could understand them. It was a great week of ministry and loving the children, we did get a lot of work done.
The farm has adopted a new puppy and the children love her. They never tire of playing with the animals and this new addition is the current favorite. The children play with all the animals even the duck. The children love to pick up the animals and carry them around. Sometimes I feel sorry for the animals.
Philippines
TAGUM CITY CHURCH PLANT. After two weeks of visiting and evangelizing, on June 10th the church in Tagum City held its first service. There were 15 adults and several children in attendance. Pastor Janet Valera is asking for help with chairs for the church. They cost $5.00 per chair. She also needs a guitar for the worship leader. This would cost about $50.00. Pastor Janet is a widow with 3 children and is starting this work by faith. Please pray for her and for the needs of this new work to be met.
PANABO CITY CHURCH PLANT. On June 17th Pastor James Golleng held his first Sunday morning service in Panabo City. This city is just 30 minutes drive from Davao City and is in a very populated area. There is great promise of building a solid church in this area. This work is also by faith and we pray that God will meet the needs of the Pastor and the rent of the building.
We have not yet received a report from Pastor Jane Flauta on the General Santos City church plant or the new Campus Ministry we are beginning there. We hope to give an update on that in the next newsletter.
Please pray for all of these new works as these dedicated pastors step out by faith to extend God’s kingdom at a great personal sacrifice. We thank God for their dedication and zeal. We ask that He richly bless them and they will be successful in their ministries.
Thank you for your prayers and support. Ron & Bernadette Gartner
25th Anniversary Year
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