Friday, November 12, 2010

Letter 1

Hello to all the world!  I send my cordial greetings to each of you.  It’s a privilege to have you reading this and to know that you continue receiving God’s blessing every second of your lives.  My middle name is Antony and it makes me very happy to be Trevor’s partner in doing this great job of the Grand Commission that God has commanded us to do, to make disciples that are like Christ in all nations.     

One of the greatest priorities of our savior, Jesus, was that each one of us put our faith in Him.  That He is the solution in our lives and through Him we can live a transformed life.  It’s His Apostles that followed the example of their leader and one of theme was Paul.  It was him that planted in the minds and hearts of the people that Jesus is the way to eternal life.  Paul proclaimed this message during his many trips around the world. 

Jesus didn’t uphold his own life, rather he showed his love giving it all for us so in the end we could receive salvation (Phil 2:7-11).  The same way his disciples gave their lives so that we can put our faith in Christ! 

My greatest model in life is Jesus.  He is the one that rescued me from this world and it’s darkness and set me in His admirable light.  I want to follow His example without regarding the consequences that might come by sharing with the world that He is the only Savior and making sure every person knows this good news.

Right now I am here in Arequipa, also known as the “White City,” where I am about to finish our Missions Classes.  After we’re done here we are going to our assigned place of work.  This this case we are going to Puno, an amazing place, but the people are stuck in idolatry and a lot practice diabolical things.  I know that God is pouring His love over these people.      

- Joel