Greetings Friends!!!

Good morning everybody! Well July is already upon us... and the Cubs are still in first place! Amazing. They always do well whenever I leave the country. Figures. This month is the month of Americans. We are currently hosting and working with a group from Huntington Beach California. They have been a great group so far. This past Friday we held an outreach event in one of the malls here in Cua. We took over the plaza of the mall from 2-5pm. The event included music, drama, choreography, a few testimonies and a small sermon by our youth pastor, Dairo Moreno. Sunday we showed some fruit from the even as a few people came to visit our church. This week we are doing a workshop on relationships Wednesday night to Friday night. This mornings event: Knocking on doors inviting people to the conference!
Blessings,
Matt J.

Its been a while!

Sorry I haven't updated the old blog in a while. There are some new things worth highlighting very quickly...
1. We had great services on Mothers Day and Fathers Day this year. These are always great holidays to get unbelievers to come to church and here God's word being preached!
2. We hope to be moving into our new house soon. It has been a process but hopefully in a week or two we will be ready to go!
3. We have got youth leaders established in youth group! This has been a huge step for the youth group and is still a leaning process for all of us but we are excited in the growth we are seeing not only from our leaders but from other youth as well.
4. We have two summer interns working with us and it is great to have fresh ideas on the field!

I am sure there are others victories to report but that is what comes to my mind at the moment. Thanks for your continued prayers and support! I hope to do a better job of updating my blog these coming months. Blessings,
Matt Johnson

Another Bible Study!

On April first I opened up another Bible Study that meets on Tuesday nights in a neighborhood where previously we didn't have any church involvement. We currently have about 4 regulars that attend and 2 of them are not Christians. I am excited to have another opportunity to work with more people to study God's word and try to apply what we are learning to our lives. We have seen some recent growth in the church and were excited to celebrate our third anniversary this past Sunday with 155 people in attendance. Please pray that we would be able to reach out to more people here in Cúa that desperately need to hear of the salvation that Jesus offers them!
In other news, not as uplifting, the motorcycle of one of my coworkers was stolen last Friday. Dairo is our youth minister at the church and part of the missionary team. He is Columbian and a very hard dedicated worker for the gospel. His motorcycle was his main method of transportation and the loss of it makes his everyday life quite a bit more complicated. Please pray that God would provide some way for him to replace the motorcycle with another. He currently commutes in from Caracas 1 hour away various times throughout the week.
God Bless,
Matt Johnson