God is on the move in Los Anonos! There isn’t a day that goes by when He doesn’t do something here!
Since our return, in June, from the States, we have had three teams here at the Harvest Hands house and we have worked with another team that was staying at a different mission house. Thank you to Vineyard North in Grand Rapids, Michigan, New Life Church in Gahanna, Ohio, Mountain View Community Church in Culpeper, Virginia and the Surge youth team that was made of several churches from the Northeastern United States, for all that you did here in our community!
The “physical work” that was accomplished was amazing. The spiritual work that was done was major. I will try to give you a picture of this.
*A concrete sidewalk was built going into one of our yellow houses, because of the overabundance of mud. We have a small group at this house every week.
*The Michigan team went to Jaco to minister to prostitutes and addicts, praying for those in the streets, both day and night. They took several of our youth from Los Anonos to disciple them in this area of prayer.
*A yellow house was built for a family who was living in a house made from scraps from a house that was torn down.
This is a photo of the house dedication when a Bible is given to Daniel, Brenda and their children. A prayer is said to bless them. Followed by a pizza party.
*A professional hairdresser held a hairdressing school for five of our Los Anonos ladies and gave enough donated equipment for each of these ladies to open their own salons!! These ladies have already started cutting hair! Two ladies also went to the women’s rehab to cut hair and to pray for the ladies there. Here you see
Eleanor instructing one of our ladies, Adrianna, how to trim and thin hair.
*And lots of “sack/bag gardens were planted by two of the teams. Please look at the following website to see sweet video of how these neat gardens are made!
http://www.sendacow.org.uk/baggardens
These gardens are able to produce quite a few vegetables in a small area. One lady has harvested peppers from her bag garden already! These gardens will continue produce, as long as they are cared for.
Our church here in Los Anonos is growing rapidly. We have three small groups that meet on Wednesday nights and another two women have asked for groups in their homes. We have a group that meets on Thursday nights and another that meets on Friday nights. We are planning on starting up our women’s group again in a couple of weeks. Our people here in Los Anonos are hungry for more of God and more of His love!
We were able to gather as a full church on July 4th! It was the first time that we have had a “church service” with our whole group of people! The New Life Church sponsored this wonderful day of worship, baptisms and a BBQ! Here is the church of Los Anonos, minus about 15 people.
We are seeing some of our guys who struggle from addictions coming back to meetings and desiring to be free of these addictions. In the photo above, you can see Juan Pablo, who has been clean from drugs for four months. He was baptized on the 4th of July, as Federico Villegas preached about Freedom! Please pray that more of the addicts will press into the heart of God and gain strength to walk out their healings and that Juan Pablo will walk in the freedom that God has given him.
*A concrete block trash bin was built in the Quebrada near the river. This is just the beginning of cleaning the trash from the streets in Los Anonos. We would like to build 6 more in various locations.
It is wonderful to be a part of God’s awesome work here in Los Anonos and we are thankful for all those who have partnered with us this season. We look forward to what God has for us here in the future.
The work here wouldn’t be where it is today without your prayers and financial support and we hope that you would continue.
Harvest Hands
c/o Vineyard Christian Church
P.O. Box 55
Mechanic Falls, Maine 04256
Blessings to All,
Rodney and Cindy
