Angelo and my dad just got back from visiting and ministering in Ghana this past Tuesday and they both came back just brimming with excitement at all the possibilities and dreams of what God can do there in Ghana!
While there they were able to meet the small but mighty congregations of the three churches that have now come under our spiritual leadership since last year. Pastor Sebastian Kakari heads these churches up and is so very excited about what God is doing there.
They came accross a property for rent which we are looking into as a possible home for us to live in with our team. The property also has enough land to build a church and house visiting mission groups. Please pray that God will reveal the exact location to us and continue to work on the hearts of the property owners if this is to be His Will!
The registration of our ministry name with Ghana was also a purpose fulfilled during this particular trip. I am pleased to announce that our ministry name will now be called,
"New Life Global Outreach" or in short: "New Life GO" ! What a fantastic name, it says it all, and now we are officially registered in the country of Ghana! Praise God. God has opened doors as we have held his hand and he continues to show us the way and bring provision for his plans "just in time"!
Friday, March 30, 2007
Thursday, March 22, 2007
He Is Faithful!
I would like to share an e-mail I received from Angelo today. As you know he is in Ghana right now with my father and I finally received a 2nd e-mail from him. I was very delighted when I read this news:
"Today we were able to get a name approved for New Life Ghana. We are going to work onthe paper work. The name for New Life Outreach International in Ghana is now called...
NEW LIFE GLOBAL OUTREACH. Awesome! Your dad has been excellent! He has an awesome vision now for Ghana. He is behind us 100%. There is so much that we still have to do. Yesterday your dad preached at the church (Pastor Sam's) and he did great. We are going to have an awesome year in Ghana. We are looking for rental properties. Tell everyone the good news!"
When I read that my heart leaped for joy as I also shared the news in person with our office staff here. Smiles were miles wide as everyone rejoiced with me. My mother, Carmen, was in tears as I shared the news over the phone. God is good.
It wasn't long after I received the e-mail that I was set to forward it to my brother-in-law and sister-in-law in New York (Pastor Fernando and Elvia) when my cell phone range and at first impression thought it was my husband Angelo calling me from Ghana...then I realized no, it was his identical twin, Fernando, calling from NYC to find out if I had heard any word from Angelo yet! So I began sharing the e-mail and Fernando said something to the effect of:
"When God entangles you in a vision...that's it...you're in!"
We just want to be in God's will wherever that takes us! And so we continue to prepare with Angelo over there and me here little by little. Thank you Lord for answered prayer and always, always coming through. You are faithful...
"Today we were able to get a name approved for New Life Ghana. We are going to work onthe paper work. The name for New Life Outreach International in Ghana is now called...
NEW LIFE GLOBAL OUTREACH. Awesome! Your dad has been excellent! He has an awesome vision now for Ghana. He is behind us 100%. There is so much that we still have to do. Yesterday your dad preached at the church (Pastor Sam's) and he did great. We are going to have an awesome year in Ghana. We are looking for rental properties. Tell everyone the good news!"
When I read that my heart leaped for joy as I also shared the news in person with our office staff here. Smiles were miles wide as everyone rejoiced with me. My mother, Carmen, was in tears as I shared the news over the phone. God is good.
It wasn't long after I received the e-mail that I was set to forward it to my brother-in-law and sister-in-law in New York (Pastor Fernando and Elvia) when my cell phone range and at first impression thought it was my husband Angelo calling me from Ghana...then I realized no, it was his identical twin, Fernando, calling from NYC to find out if I had heard any word from Angelo yet! So I began sharing the e-mail and Fernando said something to the effect of:
"When God entangles you in a vision...that's it...you're in!"
We just want to be in God's will wherever that takes us! And so we continue to prepare with Angelo over there and me here little by little. Thank you Lord for answered prayer and always, always coming through. You are faithful...
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
March Madness
Talk about March Madness! This March 2007 has been very full and quite exciting...From February 28-March 9th Angelo and I were in Israel leading a group from a church! It was our first official New Life Outreach Intl. group tour there and we had a wonderful time visiting the Holy Land and learning more about our rich Judeo-Christian History. (I will post more on this later...)
Now Angelo and my father, Pastor Victor Torres, have left for Ghana West Africa! They took off yesterday and arrived around 3:15 a.m. EST which in Accra, Ghana is 7:15 a.m. There's a 4 hour difference of time which isn't too bad actually, figuring California has a 3 hour difference. They will be there in Ghana for 7 days, enough to give my dad a quick little tour around the city and outskirts and meet the pastors we are now supporting.
I did pack up three 50 lb suitcases of our personal household belongings to begin moving our things over little by little. I sent things like light blankets, hand cranked lanterns and lamps,, Corelle dishes, sheets sets, towels, kitchen items, books, and American favorites like organic peanut butter and jelly, hot cocoa, mac-n-cheese ( I couldn't help it :) I will be preparing to have yard sale soon and put things aside for us to take, mainly books, we all read a lot and our books are important to us more than the other possessions we have. I have also created a wishlist of a few appliances I do want to get ahead of time and take. I went to www.samstores.com to make my selection of 220 appliances like a hand mixer for the kitchen and an iron etc. Yes, I know I can get this stuff there, but it beats bargaining for prices and getting used items I am not sure of even work. This way I can just take a few of these things and be done with it and focus on the more important things when we move there.
I look forward to hearing from Angelo sometime soon. So far the plan is to still move in September of this year Lord willing...I meet with the principal of our girls' school today to discuss their future education and homeschooling choices etc. I am familiar with homeschooling and have had many friends who do so. I homeschooled our first-born for K5 and will visit the annual homeschool convention for Virginia this June! (Help me Lord!!!) Annie is going into 8th and Marisol into 6th grade. The girls are excited and are worried they won't be able to carry along with all their books, Annie has about 4 boxes full of books alone! Marisol doesn't have as many because she shares with Annie and she has some small toys she wants to take.
I think March Madness will continue to blow through 'till September when we embark on this new journey God has for us! Until next time, pray for:
-Continued wisdom and words from God to my father Victor.
-wisdom and grace under pressure for Angelo and I (it's not easy)
-That our home will easily be rented out here in the U.S.
-That God will provide the right home and property for us and our family (which includes our dear extended family member and friend, Suleima, in Ghana.
Now Angelo and my father, Pastor Victor Torres, have left for Ghana West Africa! They took off yesterday and arrived around 3:15 a.m. EST which in Accra, Ghana is 7:15 a.m. There's a 4 hour difference of time which isn't too bad actually, figuring California has a 3 hour difference. They will be there in Ghana for 7 days, enough to give my dad a quick little tour around the city and outskirts and meet the pastors we are now supporting.
I did pack up three 50 lb suitcases of our personal household belongings to begin moving our things over little by little. I sent things like light blankets, hand cranked lanterns and lamps,, Corelle dishes, sheets sets, towels, kitchen items, books, and American favorites like organic peanut butter and jelly, hot cocoa, mac-n-cheese ( I couldn't help it :) I will be preparing to have yard sale soon and put things aside for us to take, mainly books, we all read a lot and our books are important to us more than the other possessions we have. I have also created a wishlist of a few appliances I do want to get ahead of time and take. I went to www.samstores.com to make my selection of 220 appliances like a hand mixer for the kitchen and an iron etc. Yes, I know I can get this stuff there, but it beats bargaining for prices and getting used items I am not sure of even work. This way I can just take a few of these things and be done with it and focus on the more important things when we move there.
I look forward to hearing from Angelo sometime soon. So far the plan is to still move in September of this year Lord willing...I meet with the principal of our girls' school today to discuss their future education and homeschooling choices etc. I am familiar with homeschooling and have had many friends who do so. I homeschooled our first-born for K5 and will visit the annual homeschool convention for Virginia this June! (Help me Lord!!!) Annie is going into 8th and Marisol into 6th grade. The girls are excited and are worried they won't be able to carry along with all their books, Annie has about 4 boxes full of books alone! Marisol doesn't have as many because she shares with Annie and she has some small toys she wants to take.
I think March Madness will continue to blow through 'till September when we embark on this new journey God has for us! Until next time, pray for:
-Continued wisdom and words from God to my father Victor.
-wisdom and grace under pressure for Angelo and I (it's not easy)
-That our home will easily be rented out here in the U.S.
-That God will provide the right home and property for us and our family (which includes our dear extended family member and friend, Suleima, in Ghana.
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