Pacific Coast Missions

Our last day in Hungary - Budapest

2011-07-13T19:55:00.001-07:00

We had a great time in the city for the last night....

Old places...

And familiar faces....

Our last day in Serbia :(

2011-07-13T11:56:00.001-07:00

We had such a great time, we wished we could have stayed all week long with the campers....

Did some crafts....

Some dramas...

Of course some snack too!

The 2011 VBS Serbia Team..... We will miss you all!

VBS and Bible camp day 2

2011-07-13T11:51:00.001-07:00

Many friends were being made.... Through worship and praise...

Some of the village children for VBS in the afternoon.....

Then more village outreach, the team shared and prayed with this man and his family....

This village we shared, ministered in dramas and shared the hope of God's word with a hurting and needy community...

Went to a dairy farm too....

VBS and Bible camp day 1

2011-07-13T11:47:00.001-07:00

The kids arrived and we got started with our Serbian VBS

Doing dramas in a village was a great opportunity to see the needs of some of the people there....

Serbian Travel Day

2011-07-13T08:58:00.001-07:00

Much to show, but not much time to do it.... Many stories that will be better told with pictures and people...

Worship Sunday night at church, then some dramas with the team...

Budapest - Dramas at the Cidadella

2011-07-13T08:57:00.001-07:00

Doing dramas

Our home for the night....

Our puppet team leaders enjoying the City....

Pray for us as we move on to Serbia.....

Location:Budapest, Hungary

Budapest (free day)

2011-07-09T08:11:00.001-07:00

Group shot from Ezstergom

Visiting so many historic sites....

More to come...

VBS day 3

2011-07-09T03:45:00.001-07:00

Last day in Ezstergom great time with the kids....

Skit with the kids....

Always a fun time with the puppets... The kids always love them!

Dramas in the park, just before dark...

Team Dinner in Slovakia....

Next time we will be in Budapest.... Sneak preview...

VBS day 2

2011-07-07T12:58:00.001-07:00

It was a great day of VBS with the kids and church in Esztergom. We all had a great time. Thanks for all your prayers, keep them coming.

Playing with the kids... And worshiping with them too!

Kids love the skit and dramas

Sharing about the drama....

Day 2 VBS group....

Pastor Laci and his wife Lala

Then the afternoon in the park, with worship and study....

On the top of the basilica with some of them team....

A great ending to a long day......

Location:Esztergom, Hungary

VBS and Slovacia

2011-07-06T13:25:00.001-07:00

VBS day 1 the skit was fun...

Sierra share about Jonah and how he wanted to run from God....

Mara doing some face painting they all loved it.

The puppets are a great big hit with all the children....

Ballons are always fun to...

What a team!

Lunch....

On the way to Slovakia. Over the bridge...

In two different countries together.

The locals in Slovakia .... Not in trouble though....

Then to the park for ministry... Some sat down...

Some played....

Then worship and study with the youth....

Location:Árpád St,Esztergom,Hungary

We are in Ezstergom!

2011-07-05T20:09:00.001-07:00

Some of the team at an retirement home... It was really sweet, we did some worship and a bible study with them. Then we attempted to communicate with some of them, but mostly it was just being with them and letting them know that we cared...

Carol making sure Willy was ready for VBS....

VBS starts today... More later....

Location:Adonyi St,Székesfehérvár,Hungary

VBS day 3 (last day in Ezstergom)

2011-07-05T20:03:00.000-07:00

Our last day here and it is day 3 for the VBS

Cody playing "rock, paper, scissors" with Alex....

Jonah and the Fish....

The local rappers in Ezstergom "KC/DC" (watch for them on YouTube)

Team dinner in Slovakia.... It was yummy!!

Location:Esztergom,Hungary

The team at the castle

2011-07-05T04:49:00.001-07:00

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Location:Adonyi St,Székesfehérvár,Hungary

Palfa Ministry on The 4th of July

2011-07-04T13:36:00.000-07:00

The Chapel at CCBCE

Collin Getting an early start, practicing for devotions.

Devos with Sierra

The City (A little Gnome fact)

Better Gas Mileage than most...

Ministry at the Palfa Mental Hospital, Great people to show God's Love to...

We took a tour of the city, the castle, trained a lot and had a 4th BBQ....

Web access will be uncertain the next few days, but hopefully If not before, Saturday will be the next up load... Will try to skype in 8 hours....

WE MADE IT!

2011-07-03T21:45:00.000-07:00

After many, many, many hours we made it to Hungary.

God is Great! all the luggage made it and we are going to hit the ground running! We are going to Meet the AVFLers and practice and train. Also go to Palfa today. (and we will say hi to your friend Jenn too!)

This is CCBCE - what a beautiful place...
The City we are in Vijta
The Maranatha House (U-Shape) our place for a few days.

Team photo at LAX

2011-07-02T14:47:00.000-07:00

Location:Flight Ave,Los Angeles,United States

THE HUNGARY TEAM IS GETTING READY

2011-06-29T07:08:00.000-07:00

Just three more days before we go, and thing are getting very exciting.... Keep Praying for us!

Governor's Island Ministry

2010-06-27T20:31:00.000-07:00

More Soccer with the children... Jason sharing the Gospel and giving an invitation to give the kid's life to Jesus. Calvin sharing his testimony and encouraging the people on the Island.
The Boys playing and ministring to some children, as Aaron prays with Jenn before she share a scripture with the church. And how they all like the balloons!

More Balloons, puppet ministry at church in Santa Catalina and some play time before ministry.

Our boat trip over the Island and a time of worship at church.

What A blessing it is, sad though it is coming to an end - The team is sad to prepare for home, but I know that they all have been touched by the Lord.... Thanks for your continued prayer - two more days - we are not stopping now!

Beach Ministry

2010-06-26T07:44:00.000-07:00

House visits around town, and some fun at the beach

2010-06-25T21:43:00.000-07:00

A great time with the people...

Some House visits, praying for the people and the families.

Surf & School Ministry Cont.

2010-06-24T22:18:00.000-07:00

Great time in the school Telling the Story of Jonah,

and doing our dramas... The kids are great!

School & Surf Ministry Continue

2010-06-24T22:11:00.001-07:00

A little beach soccer, Panama Beat USA 3 to 2... To be continued!

More classroom ministry!

School and Surf Ministry Day

2010-06-24T22:02:00.001-07:00

The Team leaving Sonrise to go to Santa Catalina...

With a stop in Santiago.
Some of the Boys on Dawn Patrol...

More Pictures

2010-06-22T20:47:00.000-07:00

Everything is going well... We do not have much internet access, but we shall see when we get to Santa Catalina. We have had some great time and work in the Panama area, and everyone has been used by the Lord in lasting ways. Some bugs bites and sore throats, but all is well. Thanks for all you coments, we are passing them along. Keep praying for the team, the weather and the ministry. "Greater things that God has done, greater things are still to come!"

2 Full Days of Ministry

2010-06-22T20:02:00.001-07:00

First Day of Ministry

2010-06-20T20:40:00.001-07:00

At times very intense... byt lot of fun...

Lots of fun with the kids!

Having the Kids school our team...

Team 2...

Team 1 on the Soccer Day!

The team - going to play some Soccer...

Group going door to door...

At the market...

Early Morning in Panama

Bus Ride from the airport... Sardines

LAX - on our Way!

2010-06-19T12:18:00.000-07:00

The Team is ready and we're off.....

Team Panama 2010

2010-06-18T07:49:00.001-07:00

Panama Drama Practice

2010-06-16T18:16:00.001-07:00

Panama 2010 Dinner

2010-06-16T13:44:00.001-07:00

This is only a great looking cake!!!
Family Fellowship...

Families Eating...

Yes this is a cake... it tasted so good too!

Balloon Fun

2009-07-04T15:37:00.000-07:00

We also did alot of ballons too!

What a Day! What an Amazing God!

2009-07-04T15:20:00.001-07:00

We had a great day yesterday going to the cayes (keys) and having a very calm sea. Today's seas are very windy and rough. Today was our ministry day, but when we got back from the cayes found out that another group was using the park and we couldn't. But then God... He had the power go out just as we finished breakfast and we going to go to the market for one on one evangelism, as we were at the park, we saw that nothing was going on because of the power outage. Then came God's great opening - we have our battery system that we offered to use for our skits and then agreed, as long as we let then do an Indian dance thing - OK! It was Great! and God used it greatly - (Did we ever doubt Him?) An hour after we were done the power when on - God does his thing again!!!!!

Ministry in Blue Creek

2009-07-02T17:44:00.000-07:00

We had a great day ministering in an area called Blue Creek to the Machaca Indians (Mayan). I came to the internet place and forgot my pictures, I will try to update the blog tomorrow if possible - Satuday is a ministry day so pray for great weather (cool) and a great turn out. We will be back before you know it!

More Ministry

2009-07-01T13:28:00.000-07:00

We are having a great time of mnistry, and hava a full day tomorrow and Saturday. Friday we are having a team day on a caye (key). Kee p us in prayer and for cool and dry weather.

Ministry to the Machaca's

2009-07-01T13:19:00.000-07:00

A beautiful sun rise... That's right sun rise...

We did some dramas and the puppet team also shared... it was a great night of ministry!

Keep up the prayers!

Punta Gorda Says Hi!

2009-07-01T13:10:00.001-07:00

We got here safe and we also had a great two days of working on a house getting them water and a cemet floor to cook on.

Tubing Fun

2009-06-27T14:11:00.001-07:00

More pics of the roof building and the kids around the town, also doing the puppet ministry.

We did have a fun day to go tubing and ride horses.... (sorry Samatha)

Church tomorrow and then a rest day to prepare for our trip to Punta Gorta

Tubing and Horses

2009-06-27T14:04:00.000-07:00

We helped put on a roof for a family and played with the kids...

Finally We make contact

2009-06-27T13:56:00.000-07:00

Well We made it here with a lot of great experiences, and without any prblems...

Sorry for the delay on taking, but we hope to get a more steady stream to you when we get to Punta Gorta.

Belize 2009 - Building Relationships

2009-06-19T07:39:00.001-07:00

We are all excited and looking forward to leaving in just three days. A lot of anticipation and adventure for what God wants to do... Keep on Praying!

England - A Royal Ending

2008-08-14T18:18:00.000-07:00

We had a great time in London, as we saw all the popular sights and it was a great way as a team to close out our time together. We have been helpful to our missionaries and met some others that love the Lord and the people of the country. We were used by the Lord to minister to over 30 children and many have been impacted for all eternity. Keep praying for seed to grow and produce more fruit.

Pray for the next opportunity - where will the Lord send us next?

A GREAT FUN DAY IN SHOTTS

2008-08-10T12:31:00.000-07:00

We had a great day we all the kids that came out, with a little on and off rain, it was still well received by the children and the parents that came too. The team did a great job serving all of the ones who came by painting faces and making all kinds of balloon animals. It was a great way to end our time in Scotland, but also a sad ending too knowing that we are leaving all the ones we met: Robert, Kristy, Leona, Stacy, Chelsea and Stewart. We had a great time with Scott & Dani and Jed, we had a wonderful time getting to know David & Vicki as well. But one who was an unsung hero to our team was Jean. She was the grandmother to all of the team (she reminded me a lot of my mom). We thank God for all of them! (Hope I didn’t miss anyone…)

Be home soon… keep praying for our off day and the weather and our safety. Thanks again!

Animal Day @ HBC

2008-08-08T11:26:00.000-07:00

We had a wild day today – all the animals we out and about. We had so much fun with the HBC kids and the last day, although it was also sad too. We encouraged them to come out for the fun day this Saturday with them and the bigger kids too. It seems that there is such a great need for all the kids here, but the pressure from their piers really is huge (they all want to be “in”). Our prayer is that many of them would hear the gospel and allow God’s voice to speak to them.

We know God’s got a great plan for tomorrow, and we love your prayers. Check out the pictures of all the great looking kids in their animal outfits.

HBC / FUN DAY!

2008-08-08T09:54:00.001-07:00

On Thursday we went to the transportation museum and saw a lot of old modes of transportation, it was a great day out in Glasgow. (This is a picture for you HD people.)

Now we are gearing up and getting ready for the final day of HBC and the kids have been great, many open doors and God’s hand in everything. The last few days we have been having rainy weather, and we are praying for better weather, especially for Saturday. This morning we woke to high clouds, and praise the Lord NO RAIN! We are looking forward to games outside and our crafts with smaller groups, which makes it a lot easier. (Let me just say that Taylor has been FANTASTIC working with the kids in the craft area, she had a lot of helpers too.) Keep on praying, Our big outreach is tomorrow afternoon/evening and we are expecting God to bring many and many to hear the hope of Heaven!

Talk with you all soon!

Another Great Day in Scotland

2008-08-07T04:20:00.001-07:00

Before I go on – to call the mobile phone after the 011 drop the 36 1 and then dial the rest from 44 on… Sorry about that typo – the daily prayer page was correct.

We had a few more join our Holiday Bible Club today, and those who returned were so excited to be back. We are still going out door to door passing out Bibles in the area and we are getting the replies we thought we would get: Some received them, some rejected them and others we happy for us, but didn’t want to talk. I guess that we have been the buzz in the whole village. Everyone is talking and I guess that is a good thing, or I think it is… As long as God is being exalted in Shotts, we will all rejoice. After our HBC and Bibles door to door, we had supper and then it was off to do some sport evangelism. Today we played football (we all call it soccer). It was good to reach out to the older youth and play along side of them. They are so amazed that we would come to Shotts. So many of them have asked us, “Why have you come here? Our answer is to share the love of Jesus with them and to help support Scott & Danielle. Then they would say again, “OK, but why have you come to Shotts?” Tonight Tom & I engaged in a conversation with a few boys and a couple of girls watching our football game. They were “NED’s” (which stands for Non Educated Delinquents) a term they care with pride. It was good though to cut to the chase and just ask them about hope, God in their lives, relationship and the need for Jesus in their lives. The all were very interactive and acknowledged that God was trying to talk with them… They had the peer pressure thing going and we left it with them asking God to make himself real to each of them tonight. Our prayers are that they will open their ears but more importantly their hearts to God’s voice and love for them. Keep on praying we hope to see them tomorrow and all of them on Saturday at the outreach. Keep us in prayer, we miss you all and know that God’s got a whole lot more for us and Shotts!

Holiday Bible Club (VBS) Begins

2008-08-04T13:11:00.001-07:00

What a great day we all had! The team was so excited and the kids that came were just as engaging and energetic. We started with over 25 kids, and we had two groups: the Iguanas and the Night Hawks. As you can see in some of the pictures, the team did so good working with the children that came and were so helpful. After that some of the team went door to door passing out Bibles, it was well received by most of the Scottish people. (Some of the people wanted to pay for the free Bibles.) It was great to see some of the team to get way out of their comfort zone to do door to door evangelism. We are even more excited as day two approaches and we see even more children coming... Keep on praying - and thanks for all of them!

Going Out into all the World (Scotland)

2008-08-02T10:21:00.000-07:00

Today was a day of preparation as we started by “boiler room” prayer time. (The term comes from when Spurgeon and even Moody had people in the church praying for the ministry and they were in the downstairs boiler room.) So we all picked a time to spend an hour in prayer and devotion for the outreach ahead. It was a great time, some got up at 2am to prayer for an hour others 3am etc. The all had some extra time to sleep in this morning, devotions weren’t until 9am. Afterwards we went out in the city all over – inviting the families and children to the HBC (Holiday Bible Club). And then we went back to the church to set up, organize and practice for the children as Carol and company made us lunch. We are asking God to do a HUGE work next week and we are confident that He will! The locals are very inviting and very friendly, everyone has a story to tell, and some have quite a few more. The team is anxious for Jennifer to join us tomorrow, and think Connie & I are too. (I guess that would be kind of obvious huh?
Great pictures to show you too, check out the photo gallery… Keep on praying!

The Team Bonding Time

2008-08-01T12:01:00.001-07:00

Wow we had such a great day in Endinburgh, and the team went with a few of the kids from shotts too! We climbed up to the top of King Authers Seat (elevation is only 821 feet). We also went down the Royal Mile too, some of the team went shopping and got a few souveniers. We are having dinner now, and will go through orintation tonight to get ready for our VBS (Hoilday Bible Club). More later...

We're off to Scotland

2008-07-28T21:19:00.000-07:00

The bags are packed... Wednesday (July 30th) we will depart with 17 kids who are eagerly awaiting the adventure of a lifetime. For some of our missionaries this will be their first trip and for others it will feel like coming home. We have the wonderful opportunity to work with two couples who live in Shotts, Scott & Danielle Key and David & Vicki Emmerson. Together we will be hosting Vacation Bible School also known as Holiday Bible Club in the mornings and offering a "sports" outreach in the afternoons.

In addition to our work with the people of Scotland we will have an opportunity to minister to our missionaries who reside there year round. (tell about them)

Keep us in your prayers. Feel free to leave your prayers for out team on the comments below.

Every Day is an Adventure in Sudan

2008-03-09T22:31:00.000-07:00

The trip we took in January of 2008 was a great opportunity that had many open doors to assist the people of Sudan and the region of Darfur. Our team was made up of 7 members. Along with the director of Safe Harbor International Relief International Gary Kusinoki , along with the National Direcor Bill Paquette.