Latest newsletter from Foundation For His Ministry in Mexico

A good Christian ministry making disciples in Mexico

Praise Reports:    .Stephanie Ricke, FFHM board member, was recognized this week by Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal as one of the top 50 women in business. We are so proud of Stephanie and so grateful to have talented people like this investing in His Ministry.  Stephanie .Today is Baja Mission Administrator Mario Cordoba's birthday. We are so grateful for this man who serves selflessly and models servant leadership.  Mario  .We are happy to report that we now have a full-time person to work with groups at the Oaxaca Mission. Marlo Andaluz has committed to staying at least a year to serve in this position. Now we just need more groups to go and work with Marlo and help with the school construction being done there. To visit Oaxaca, contact Nancy in the US office at visitors@ffhm.org.  Marlo in Oaxaca .For those in the Southern California area, Richard and Jan Larson will be speaking at the next prayer group dinner on June 5th at 6:00 at the Lutheran Church of the Cross in Laguna Woods. Richard and Jan were missionaries in Panama, Spain and have visited almost every Spanish speaking country. All are welcome to come hear their testimony. For reservations, call Linda at .    The Larsons .A big thank you to everyone who prayed for Charla and Janelle during their time in Oregon. They had a blessed time connecting with friends and supporters of FFHM. They drove 2,500 miles without any incident or breakdown. They know they were sustained by your prayers.  Charla and Janelle with the Wenzel family Prayer Requests: .We continue to pray for urgently needed staff positions in Baja and Oaxaca. We would like to ask you to pray specifically this week for teachers for the Oasis elementary schools at both Missions.   Oaxaca school on a fieldtrip  . Keith and Maya Durkin, Baja Mission staff, have been in Sinaloa helping out with the outreach in the migrant camps there. Please pray for them and for Hugo and Lizette, Sinaloa staff, as they minister to the women and children.  Keith  . Gabino arrived at the Baja Mission when he was 13 years old. At the time he had never been to school and couldn't read, write or speak Spanish. He has since studied and worked hard and was able to graduate from high school. Today he is taking an exam to try to enter the university. Please continue praying for God's grace in Gabino's life and for favor with this exam.  Gabino . We are running short on funds for two major construction projects in Baja - the renovation of the students home in Tijuana and the new staff housing construction at the Mission. Please join us in praying that God will supply all of our needs.  TJ House staff housing construction Note:To receive this Praise and Prayer Letter send your e-mail address to info@ffhm.org.  Contribute to Foundation For His Ministry Sign Up to Sponsor a Child  Canadian Donors: All contributions, including sponsorships and resources, made by Canadian donors must be made through our Canadian affiliate The Maranatha Evangelistic Association. You can donate on their website www.meaworld.org. This way you will receive a tax receipt and comply with Canadian regulations for giving to a non-profit.     __________________________________________________________________    www.ffhm.org US office: Fax: (949) 492-0900  PO Box 74000 San Clemente, CA 92673

Boomers and Beyond

Using Your SHAPE to Change the World!

This class is for everyone...not just Boomers & Beyond.
Invite your friends. 

July 12,19,26   Eastbrook Church 9:30 Fellowship Hall

The Lord created each of us individually with different Spiritual Gifts, Passions, Abilities, Strengths and a unique Personality with different Experiences. This class will help people put the pieces of the puzzle together, so we each can be most effective in our families, church, community and the world.  When we serve according to our SHAPE, we leave a legacy that gives glory to the LORD so when we stand before Him one day, we will hear, "Well done, my good and faithful servant." 

We will also be discussing "Strengths"  
A good "free" assessment is:

http://freestrengthstest.workuno.com/free-strengths-test.html

For Boomers and Beyond!

Some of us…are in Half Time or 3^rd or 4^th quarter of our lives!

Great!

Just like a football game…a lot can happen in the last quarter and even in the last minute of the game!

This can be the most exciting time of our lives!

God has the script written!

Join us on Sunday July 12^th with other Boomers for the first session…If this time of life is alittle puzzling to you, we can all be an encouragement as we work together to put all the pieces of the puzzle together.

If you would like to learn alittle more about "Strengths" before the class, you could go to my other blog on "Strengths" 
http://strengthsforyou.blogspot.com/2014/09/first-steps-to-finding-your-strengths.html 

Can also "follow" me on Twitter 

S.H.A.P.E and Calling

Our S.H.A.P.E and Strengths

A few thoughts on "Calling" from the book: 

THE GRAND WEAVER   

How God Shapes Us Through the Events of Our Lives

 By Ravi Zacharias

 

To allow God to be God we must follow him for who he is and what he intends, and not for what we want or what we prefer. Seeing the designing hand of God and His intervention in our lives in such a way that we know He has a specific purpose for each of us and that He will carry us through until we meet Him face-to-face and know ourselves completely. 

Once we begin to see God’s hand in our life, we will know that his workmanship within us and through us was tailor-made, just for me. His design for my life pulls together every thread of my existence into a magnificent work of art. Every thread matters and has a specific purpose. 

By his sovereign will, we have come into being with an expressed and designed purpose. 

When you finally meet the One who made you and examine the lifelines he has sent you along the way, you will at last understand how every detail made sense in the swirling reality of life’s blessings and threats. 
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●The Lord created each of us individually with different Spiritual Gifts, Passions, Abilities, Strengths and a unique Personality with different Experiences. Discovering our S.H.A.P.E  helps people put the pieces of the puzzle together, so we each can be most effective in our families, church, community and the world.  When we serve according to our SHAPE, we leave a legacy that gives glory to the LORD so when we stand before Him one day, we will hear, "Well done, my good and faithful servant." 

S=Spiritual Gifts

H= Heart or Passion

A=Abilities

P=Personality

E=Experiences

Foundation For His Ministry: Latest prayer and praise report 5/1/2015

Praise Reports:    .Charla writes:  Praise God! On Sunday, April 26, First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood Pastor Dan Baumgartner interviewed and honored me and FFHM at the Sunday morning service. Can you believe this? I, not Chuck, sang a solo acapella as part of the interview. Since the inception of this historic church they have focused on global missions.  First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood .In Gatesville, Texas, ten inmates (known as the "Women in White") who completed the "Discipleship Unlimited" faith based program were released. These women prayed for us and sent sacrificial gifts. Pray for them as they return to society and establish their new lives.  Charla ministering in Gatesville  .Thank you for praying for the medical team that went to Sinaloa. They attended to many patients, saw the great need in that area and are already planning a return trip for the fall.  medical outreach in Sinaloa

Prayer Requests: .Eleanor Cowpersmith has faithfully and selflessly served in Mexico for 50 years. A couple of years ago, she was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. Over the weekend, Eleanor was rushed to the hospital because she was having seizures. She has returned to the Baja Mission and is resting there. Please pray for healing.  Eleanor . We are hoping to begin using the medical clinic at the Baja Mission as a birthing center but still need a few items to make that a reality. Please join us in praying that these things are donated in the near future.  Angelina and Alma, staff at the clinic . We desperately need houseparents in both Baja and Oaxaca. Please join us in praying that God will call the right people to fill this vital role.  Pedro, a housefather in Oaxaca, with some of his boys    . Please pray for safety for our driver Sean Stephens. Every week he is driving back and forth from the Baja Mission to the US office on a dangerous road. We are grateful for the protection he has had in the years of doing this job and are praying this continues.  Sean  . Two of the Baja staff, Graciela and Rosa, went to Sinaloa for outreach activities with the children in the camps to celebrate Children's Day. Please pray for their trip and for there to be much fruit.  children in Sinaloa Note:To receive this Praise and Prayer Letter send your e-mail address to info@ffhm.org.  Contribute to Foundation For His Ministry Sign Up to Sponsor a Child    Canadian Donors: All contributions, including sponsorships and resources, made by Canadian donors must be made through our Canadian affiliate The Maranatha Evangelistic Association. You can donate on their website www.meaworld.org. This way you will receive a tax receipt and comply with Canadian regulations for giving to a non-profit.     __________________________________________________________________    www.ffhm.org US office: (949) 492-2200 Fax: (949) 492-0900  PO Box 74000 San Clemente, CA 92673

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●The Lord created each of us individually with different Spiritual Gifts, Passions, Abilities, Strengths and a unique Personality with different Experiences. Discovering our S.H.A.P.E  helps people put the pieces of the puzzle together, so we each can be most effective in our families, church, community and the world.  When we serve according to our SHAPE, we leave a legacy that gives glory to the LORD so when we stand before Him one day, we will hear, "Well done, my good and faithful servant." 

S=Spiritual Gifts

H= Heart or Passion

A=Abilities

P=Personality

E=Experiences

More on S.H.A.P.E at my other Blog:   Strengths

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Planning and it's importance

Pray, Plan and Prioritize...then delegate.

But don't get hung up on planning...the LORD can intervene at any moment and you can change direction! Keep your ears open!

"You already know the ultimate destination of your journey: your entrance into heaven. So keep your focus on the path just before you, leaving outcomes up to Me" Nov 19th Devotion from Jesus Calling by Sarah Young.

Is Jesus the only way to Heaven?

A few notes on "Planning" from the book of Proverbs:

"For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all his paths." Proverbs 5:21

"Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed." Proverbs 16:3

"In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps." Proverbs 16:9

"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD'S purpose that prevails." Proverbs 19:21

"The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty." Proverbs 21:5

"Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth." Proverbs 27:1

We have to remember that these are observations...reality, not promises from the Bible. Our actions have consequences.


So, be sure to pray before making plans...and continue to pray!
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Finished a good book recently: WHO  by Geoff Smart and Randy Street.

"The most important decisions that business people make are not what decisions but who decisions." -Jim Collins, Author of Good To Great.

That also goes for non profit organizations!
 Good book: Good to Great in the Social Sector. by Jim Collins

WHO
WHAT
HOW

It's relatively easy to figure out What to do and also How to do something.

Maybe a more important decision is WHY we do what we do.
What are our motives? Have we sought the LORD on what we plan to do?

Then the rest becomes easy.

A good book for figuring that out is " Start With Why by Simon Sinek.

If you don't know WHY, You can't know HOW.

"All great leaders have clarity of WHY; an undying belief in a purpose or cause bigger than themselves. It's not Bill Gates's passion for computers that inspires us, it's his undying optimism that even the most complicated problems can be solved. He believes we can find ways to remove obstacles to ensure that everyone can live and worked to their greatest potential. It is his optimism to which we are drawn." P. 134

“If the leader of the organization can’t clearly articulate WHY the organization exists in terms beyond its products or services, then how does he expect the employees to know WHY to come to work?”
― Simon Sinek, Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action

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