Bits from the Baja E-mail Update: February 18, 2012

Greetings from Southern Baja!

Much has happened since our last update and we hope to get our winter edition of our prayer letter out to you soon so that you can be filled in on more of the details. We want to share some quick highlights from the past few months and items to pray for in the coming weeks.

Highlights:

• We closed out the fall/winter cycle of the horse club ministry with a living nativity. Many of the participants were from the Marquez de Leon (MDL) neighborhood where we hope to start the new church. It was a blessing to share with this children, youth and their families about the real meaning of Christmas-Emanuel, God with us. So many still do not grasp this amazing truth that Love came down, lived among us and sacrificed Himself for us. Please continue to pray for open hearts to this message and opportunities to share it.
• We made a quick trip to the states in order to renew our visas. Lord willing, we will be able to get our more permanent visas renewed soon so we do not have to leave the country every 6 months with temporary visas. Please pray for the paperwork to proceed quickly and for favor with the officials. We praise God for another safe drive up and down the Baja peninsula. We were able to spend Christmas with family which is highly unusual but a HUGE blessing.
• A team from the states helped with some work projects at the ranch in the mornings and held a VBS program during the afternoons in MDL earlier this month. Some more great contact were made and Lord willing, Phil and our co-worker, Pete, will be starting a Bible study there soon.

Prayer Items:

• Our team has prayerfully put together a vision and strategy for the new church plant in MDL. Our prayer is that this will be a joint work with our Mexican brothers and sisters from the La Paz de Cristo church. Please pray for the Lord to bring together His people for the church plant team. We are excited to move forward.
• Next month, we will be starting the Spring cycle of the horse club minstry at the ranch. Please pray as we seek to make it even more effective in reaching the families of MDL and pouring into the lives of those who attend.
• As summer quickly approaches, there will be more teams coming and the summer internship program will be starting up. Please pray that in the midst of a very busy summer, that He will always receive the glory and many hearts will be touched for His kingdom. If you are or know a high schooler or young adult who would be interested in a life changing summer internship, please let us know and we will get you more information.

As always, our hearts are overflowing with grattitude for you, our team, who upholds us in your prayers, sends us encouraging notes and supports us so that we can be here to help extend His kingdom. We pray you had a wonderful finish to your year celebrating His birth and that in this year, you draw closer and closer to Him.

By His Grace,
The Eager Family