Last Saturday we had a special program with the church called: "Cuba and El Salvador united in love for Christ".  In this wonderful program, the whole Church was praying for the church and Christians in Cuba and the and brotherhood that unites us in Christ Jesus.

~ Attendance at this program was 210 brothers
~ 8 new believers were baptized, they are: John, Eli, Roxana, Ana, Josselyn, Marta Elva, Theodora and Brenda. You are praying a lot for them.
~ A lot of young people participated in this program.

Update from Jose:

1. Last Thursday we baptize 2 new brothers; they are Francisca and Josue

2. Yesterday we had our 5th anniversary in Santa Tecla.
   These are some important things that happened on our anniversary.
   a) We had 450-500 people at our anniversary; a brother said that he counted 475 people.
   b) 30 leaders involved with the work.
   c) 15 people accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and another group of brothers went to ask for prayer.
   d) All the brothers were very excited and happy.
   e) The Churches in the Volcano, Santa Tecla and Chalchuapa are growing and they are becoming much stronger.
   f) The whole Church was praying and we gave thanks to God for the unconditional support from Lifeline Christian Mission, the churches in the U.S. and friends have given us since the beginning of the Church here.
   
   Brothers thank you very much for believing in the work in El Salvador, my family and I are very happy to work with Lifeline Christian Mission; thanks to all directors, managers, friends, brothers and Churches in the United States for their support and prayers.  Your belief in me has strengthened us every day.
   
   Every visit you made to El Salvador has strengthened us and this encouraged us because we feel that we are not alone, God is with us but also we feel that you love us with your heart.
   My family and I love you with all our strength.
   Thank you from my heart.
   
   José

 

This is a special report:

1 - Last Sunday we baptized 2 brothers, they are brother Santos and sister Marta.
2 - Today, Rosa, Christopher and I received the approval of American visas.
My family and I are very happy to travel to the United States of America to celebrate with you the 30th anniversary of Lifeline Christian Mission.

I give thanks to God and to you.  God bless you

Jose and Family

 

February 2010

Jose writes:

 

I am very encouraged by all the work that is happening in Haiti.

 

We had 9 baptisms. They were: Veronica, Luis, Wendy, Edwin, Manuel, Jorge, Apolinaria, Arelin and Susana.  Each month the Christian Church in El Salvador is having baptisms, the glory is for our God!

 

We started a leadership seminar for 2 weeks. The seminar completed successfully.  You pray a lot for the leaders, please.
 

The new Bible Institute begins on February 26, you pray a lot for this new period of study. I will be reporting more on this topic later.

The violence in the El Salvador schools is growing; in two months criminals have killed 24 young students and more than half were not in any gang. You are praying so much for this, please.

Hello brothers and sisters,

Last Saturday we baptized two sisters of Santa Tecla Christian Church.  They are Arlin Geogina and Angela.  You pray a lot for them, please.
Yesterday the whole church was united in prayer for you and for Haiti.  God will protect, support and bless our work in the Lord and Lifeline Christian Mission.

God Bless,
Jose

January 2010

Jose sent us this update on the churches in El Salvador:

Hello brothers;

The church in El Salvador shares the grief of our brothers in Haiti.  This week we are fasting and prayer for the difficult situation in Haiti.  We continue praying for the brother Bob and Sister Gretchen and all the brothers team are working hard for our Haitian brothers.  The Bible says in Philippians 4:13 - I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that Christ gives me.  Our prayer will be with you always, I love you in Christ Jesus.

God Bless you
Jose

December 2009

Jose writes:

In December, we distributed in 20 home churches around 2,500 toys; we were in the streets making a great feast for the lord!

At the Christmas dinner we had 300 people, and we ate a super big turkey.

This past Saturday we baptized 10 new brothers.  They are Brayan, Mirna, Evelin, Alan, Gerardo, Abraham, Blanca, Rene, Marlon and Fatima

El Salvador Christian Church closes the year with 10 baptisms in December and also I give glory to God that every month of 2009 we had baptisms.

God is great and good to us.  Thanks brothers of Lifeline Christian Mission.

Happy new year!

In Jesus Christ,
Jose

November 15, 2009

Last Sunday we had the graduation of our second promotion in 2009 for the Bible Institute.  The graduates were 21 in total.  There were three intern graduates: Antonio, Marvin and Mauritius.  18 local leaders also graduated.  Attendance at church this Sunday's graduation was from 285 - 315 people.  Brother Antonio was the highest academic index of the Institute.  Two years ago, at the first graduation, our attendance was 115 people; if we compare with this year's, the attendance has tripled this years.

We are currently looking for new students to come to our Bible Institute, please you are praying a lot for them.  And you are praying a lot for the new leaders but especially by the three student interns: Antonio, Marvin and Mauricio

God bless you, Jose

November 9, 2009 - Prayer request from Jose:

Please pray for El Salvador.  At the moment there is too much rain; this has led to many deaths. The church here has given support to all brothers who have been harmed.

God bless you,

Jose

November 2009

• Last Saturday we had a special program with the Santa Tecla Christian church; we had a day special for the Christian Family, so they can pass a lot of moments together. We had 150 people in this program.

• Last Saturday we had 7 baptisms: Yohana, Deysi, Rosa, Sipriano, Romeo, Yolanda and Margarita. Please pray for them. This was in the special program.

• On October 30, we changed to our new home.   This house is a bit smaller and a little more expensive, but my family likes, and if they are happy, I am too.
  Thanks for you for praying for us.
  
  God bless you
  
  Jose

June 2009

1 - Our national conference of youth was on Saturday June 14, attended by 140 people.
2 - At the National Youth Conference, we had 9 baptisms!
3 - On Sunday June 14, 10 people received  Jesus Christ as Savior in a night. This was Santa Tecla Christian Church.
4 - The Church of Santa Tecla continues every Sunday attendance from 180 to 200 people per service.

Thanks to the churches of the United States and Lifeline Christian Mission for their support and prayers for us. We are in victory, but to the Glory of God.

God bless you,
Jose

May 2009

The above photo is of Dany and his family after he was baptized.  Jose writes:

This is the baptism of Dany, he is 10 years old. Lizandro and Mary are his parents; they are two very important leaders of the Santa Tecla Christian Church.  They were very pleased by the baptism of Dany.  The Church has strong families professing faith in Christ Jesus.

April 2009

The four-year anniversary of Lifeline Christian Mission's ministry in El Salvador was celebrated in Chalchuapa and they had 400-415 people in attendance!  They had 5 people accept the Lord and were baptized!  The whole church was filled with happiness and joy!

Photo: a Bible study group celebrates Lifeline's 4th anniversary with cake

March 2009

March rolls in like a lion with numerous baptisms.  Jose writes:

• Yesterday we baptized 5 new brothers, they are from Santa Tecla Christian Church.  They are: Carlos, Gerber, Dignora, Liliana, Sandra

• We continue to expand the territory of the Lord Jesus Christ, he is our General and he is our guide to absolute victory. God continues to add more souls to His Church in El Salvador.

  Please you continue to pray for us.   God bless you,
  Jose

February 2009

Update from Jose:

• Four new baptisms took place last week

• Two new Brothers were baptized, they are in the Football Soccer ministry: Jose and Julio.

• Special seminars are planned for the Leadership of the churches. The name of the seminar is: We are leaders and we can plant more churches.

• Yesterday began with 20 of our leaders from Chalchuapa, the Volcano, Ciudad Real and Santa Tecla. Attendance was 20 leaders.

   

  God is very good with us, every week at February, we are baptizing more brothers, God has allowed us to baptize adults, youth, women, men, the elderly and children.

   

  The Glory is our God!  Thank you for your prayers and for helping the Lord's work.

December 2008

• Pastor Jose’ and the leadership staff in El Salvador are extremely effective in their evangelism.  Jose’ is prompt in reporting and sends great photos of church and youth activities and of the many baptisms taking place there. 

• The Bible Institute is flourishing

 Prayers

• Pray for Jose’ and those who work with him to spread the Gospel.

• Pray for those who have accepted Christ as their Lord and Savior; that they will grow in their faith and reach out to others.

Jose writes:

Last Sunday we had a super year-end activity with all the different churches and ministries.

• The attendance was 280 to 315 people. 

• My plan was for a baptism for that day, but God gave us more blessings!  After preaching, three people came to receive Christ as their personal Savior and the same day they decided to be baptized.   We made 4 baptisms last Sunday, this was of great blessing and happiness for the whole Churches in El Salvador.  The baptized were: Kevin, Rosita, Jose and Irene, please pray a lot by our new brothers.

• In this year-end activity, we did different things like worship God, Holy dinner, preaching, food, to gave toys to children from churches, and football games.

• Glory be to God!  And thanks to Lifeline Christian Mission to support each of our ministries.

• Please continue to pray for the Santa Tecla Christian Institute; it is a great help and blessing for the churches.  We have very good students.

• This week the bus was taken to another revision to the law of El Salvador order; the lawyer said that the papers will come out soon and that we maintained patience. Please also pray for this.

November 2008

Update from Jose regarding the newly constructed chapel at Santa Tecla:

I had not sent the report of the construction of the church because for 5 days I could not sleep well because a child of the church who is the son of one of the founding families of the  Santa Tecla church was very ill.  He died yesterday, and unfortunately we buried today. His name was Alex, I loved so much to him, he was a big friend of my son he was

13 years old, I ask you to pray so much by the family him.

Last Sunday November 2, 2008 we had our first service in the new church building at Santa Tecla.  (See photo above) The attendance on Sunday was 170 people in full.  On Sunday the church was festive, all the brothers were very happy.  We were praying for the brothers in the United States of America.  Thanks to all the brothers who donated the money to build the church in Santa Tecla.  Three people accepted to Jesus Christ that day, God gave us many blessings at the inauguration of the new place.  Thanks very much by Lifeline Christian Mission, Brothers in U.S.A. and brother Osmaro for all his good job.

God bless you!

September 2008

Update from Jose:

• Soon we will have the final of the football program among the teams.

• Yesterday afternoon, I went to a TV program on Channel 21 Megavision, this television channel is the largest of El Salvador.  They invited me to a youth program to guide in the area of Christian counseling, this program is number one in audience here in El Salvador, it was seen at the national level; this program they see some 3 million people. I was in this program by an hour. (see picture below)

• Last week, the Rector of the University of La Paz in Panama sent me an email and she called me two days ago to inform me that I'm nominated among a group of outstanding students to receive an Honorary Doctorate in and cause. She told me that the results will early next year, this PhD will be delivered in 2009. For me just being nominated for this PhD is a blessing, God knows if I receive it or not.

May 31, 2008

Hello from warm, humid and overcast Grand Goave, Haiti.  Five staff members arrived safely on Wednesday without delays. Praise God.  As I sit here in Mission House #2 in Haiti we can see the sun rise and hear the roosters and the delightful noises of Haiti coming awake! What a blessing from God.

Heavy rains and hurricane weather have struck Central America.  We've had no reports of loss or damage in our ministries in Honduras or El Salvador and we are in touch with them regularly, almost every day.

A MAJOR NEED here at Lifeline:  Contributions really dropped off in May (early summer slump) and we are struggling to make ends meet. Would you pray about this for us and if you can help in some way, please do?

El Salvador News:

• Thanks to the efforts of many people in Springfield, MO, including Greg Stephenson, a very nice used bus was donated and then Darwyn Sanchez and Antonio Orellana drove the bus to El Salvador from Texas.  It's a great gift and we did not have to pay for it thanks to many generous donors. HOWEVER, the cost to transport it through Mexico, and to El Salvador is just at about $5000 and we are wondering if there is anyone out there who would be willing to contribute to offset these expenses!  Jose', in El Salvador says the church people are elated over the bus and it has been a struggle getting it there and getting it through customs.  But we praise God for paving the way.

• Jose's mother is very ill and in the hospital and needs our prayers.  He's trying to go there June 15 but how fast the bus gets out of customs will make the difference.  He has to work on the bus release. 

• The churches are thriving in El Salvador and there were more people baptized in April and May.  Praise God for saved souls!

• Pray for the churches there as we began our 4th year. An anniversary celebration and rally brought out over 300 persons and several were baptized and many recommitted to Christ.
• Pray for Jose' Rodriguez as he will be working to get the bus into El Salvador without a problems. It has been approved but that does not preclude delays and people attempting to interfere.
• Jose and Rosa have not yet found a new home.
• Bob and Gretchen want to lead a small team to El Salvador in late September and hope to hold clinic again. This will require about a week-long stay and if you are interested contact Gretchen@Lifeline.org for more details

April 2008

• Jose writes and reports awesome news. (see below for picture and details from Jose) They celebrated the third anniversary of the church during an anniversary rally last week and had over 300 in attendance at the auditorium.

• Jose' also is under some attack as he had to struggle to get his visa renewed to live in El Salvador (he is from Panama) and the bureaucracy and increased cost gave him a lot of stress, although he deals well with it, by God's grace. Also the owner of the condo they rent sold it and they haven't found a new place to live yet. Then his mother got very ill and had to be hospitalized (she is in Panama) and you may recall his grandmother, whom he was exceptionally close to died earlier this winter. So you can see that there is attack going on. All these things happening at once can be used by the devil to distract us from the main focus. Pray for Jose, his wife Rosa, Christopher their son and the other staff members to remain firm and to have strength from Christ.

• Jose and the team and churches are very excited about the bus coming to them. (see Honduras news) Pray there will be no hang ups getting it there. We've done all the right work according to the laws and our legal advisor there but we all know how things can go wrong in this situation. Pray for "clear sailing" with the bus. The churches need it desperately.