Hi everyone. We hope you had a great summer. We were pretty busy over the summer break. We have one more week of teacher training and then school starts August 29th. I will be teaching 7th and 8th grade English this year as well as theater and dance. Please keep this in your prayers as I take on some new roles and responsibilities. I am really excited to see what God has in store this school year. Jeff will still oversee all the facilities of the church and school as well as Calvary House. We are also putting together an evangelism team to go to Progresso and outreach to the community there.
We started the summer out with a trip down to Guatemala. As most of you know Jeff took the Calvary House guys there on a mission trip and helped build a skate park. Over the past couple of months, some ministry changes had occurred and they needed some help. So, Lalo from the Calvary House is now in Guatemala as a missionary serving and helping at the skate park. We were able to go and see all that the Lord is doing there. We had the awesome opportunity to go to an orphanage as well. There are about 30 kids and they go to a Christian school and also have home visits with the people at the church. They loved Asher!! He was soooo excited around them! Lalo will be there for a couple of months, so please keep him in your prayers. We are so proud of him and the work he is doing for the Lord.
Jeff's cousin Adam from Las Vegas is here until December. He is in the Calvary House and is getting discipleship and "spiritual training" before he goes into the army next February. Please keep him in your prayers as well. Kristi has moved back to Florida and we so miss her. She is going to start college and pray about possibly coming back sometime. We will see where the Lord leads her as her heart is to follow Him and serve Him!! So please be praying for Kristi too :)
Jeff had a mission team from Calvary Chapel Houston come a couple of weeks ago. They visited the other church plants and did lots of outreach and evangelism. They were able to talk to some prostitutes and 2 of them gave their lives to Jesus. We are hoping and praying for them that they decide to truly follow Jesus and change their lives.
I was able to go to Florida this summer for a couple of weeks. It was very nice to spend time with Asher and my family. Thank you to everyone! You made our trip so blessed and we are so thankful to have such great family, friends,and church.
We have a lot of new adventures coming up, but we know God is leading and directing our every step. We also know His yoke is easy and His burden is light! We are just so thankful to be able to serve our King and humbled that He uses people like us to do His work. Thank you Jesus for saving us and never leaving our side :)
Love you all,
The Stones
