JANUARY 2007

NAME: Isaias Gabriel


Ministry Highlights/Praises:
1 All the youth are very exiting about the up coming youth conference. Also I have been talking to a lot of no Christian youth about it and they are very positive about it.
2 In the month of February we have some cool activities coming up. One of then being a special service for Saint Valentines´ day.

Projects Working on:
• I just started to organized a new small group that I´m going to start with some friends who have step away from church and they have tell me that they need some kind of mentoring to stay strong in their faith; I believe a small group can be very effective.
• In two weeks we have the baseball clinic that we organized every year in our city.
• Writing new songs for my music ministry. I get to perform every time we have a youth activity that requires a couple songs; I’m just ready for it.
• We have been writing a drama to perform it at church, it´s going to be cool and full of excitement; we are very happy because it has been coming together very good, and hopefully we´ll have it ready to be perform by next month.

Ministry Challenges:
¨To start a fire within every leader of our youth group so we can conquer our community for Christ.¨

Familly News:
1 Last weekend I when and visit some cousins I have in Santo Domingo and I had a great time, they always visit me but I never get to visit them.
2 Some of my family members when to Cuba to visit a pastor there, I´m really hoping Fidel Castro does not die this week because the country would go crazy.

Prayer Requests:
• The worship team of our church.
• Kendy´s family (one of my teachers at college).
• The revival in February.
• My father´s health.

How’s God working in you?

In the last couple days God has been showing me ways to be more effective in my community. I have been learning more and more about how to be a man of testimony, I know it is hard but we have to be. The testimony is the most important weapon for the Christian because everybody has their eyes on us. People are just waiting to watch us fall so they can take us down.
I remember a pastor that said: ¨preach the word of God in every circumstance of your life and if you have to, open your mouth.¨ it was something like that, the thing is that at the moment the preacher said these words, I realized how effective that could be. I´ve been trying to do that with my life because if I can do that, I will be able to bring more people to Christ without even talking, can you imagine how powerful could that be? I believe that is my goal for this year, I want to be a light in my community 24/7, I want to impact lives with my testimony, not with my knowledge. The bible says:

¨Seek first the kingdom of God above all things, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.¨
Mathew 6:33
Love,
Isaias Gabriel