FBA Colombia Team 2019

After an amazing week serving the Lord alongside our new co-workers in Bucaramanga, we are headed home filled with blessings as we reflect on the past week. Thank you for your prayers and support!! We can’t wait to share all the God did with you in the days ahead! 

This is what greeted our team Thursday morning. Venezuelan immigrants line up outside FBC Bucaramanga each morning to receive food, clothing, a shower and encouragement in the Name of Christ. We helped make sandwiches and organized shoes and other clothing according to size. Dale shared his testimony as everyone listened with great interest. They applauded when he was finished. Baba continued to care for minor medical needs.  These are just two of many very satisfied customers. There’s nothing like new shoes!  One family needed special care this week as the mother had fallen during their journey and broken her foot. We are thankful for the Lord’s timing that allowed us to help care for this family this week. As is often the case, we haven’t lost weight on this trip! Here we are enjoying a typical Colombian lunch.  The evening service was for Venezuelans and Diji shared from God’s Word in Spanish! He did a great...

Wednesday was team t- shirt day and it was great to share some shirts with our ministry partners in Bucaramanga! They are part of our team too!  Not long after the doors opened, the “salon” filled with over 80 Venezuelans! What a blessing to start the day in God’s Word as Babatunde reminded us all how to find “rest” in Christ! After most had eaten, received clothing and had showers...Diji had room to spend some quality time with one of his new friends. Kids are kids everywhere and these children don’t have much opportunity to just be kids. This is the view from the front of the church where a line had formed for the evening worship service which is followed by a meal. Another full house! We were excited to share our “Emotions” skit with them. Many raised there hands and prayed to receive Christ during this service...PTL! Our day ended with a short outing to the historic town of Girón. It was s great time to enjoy some of the history an...

Each Tuesday night FBC Bucaramanga hosts a ladies meeting to provide fellowship and spiritual encouragement for all who may come. They have music, a message from God’s Word, prayer and a meal together. Traci  shared a very relevant passage and everyone seemed encouraged by the Truth that was shared. It was a blessing for our team to be involved in another ongoing, effective ministry outreach of FBC Bucaramanga.  Thank you for praying as we continue to serve the Lord in Colombia!

The room filled quickly after the doors were opened for the daily “Touch of Life” outreach at First Baptist Church of Bucaramanga. What a blessing to welcome those who had been walking for days and were in need of clothing, shoes, a shower and words of hope and encouragement.  Connie led the morning devotional and it was right on target! Our team had many opportunities to get to know the families and individuals who had left everything and were looking to start a new life in Colombia or in a neighboring country. We shared God’s Word and prayed with them. It was evident that God was at work in many of these people’s lives. We helped them pick out clothes. And were even able to provide minor medical care because the Lord provided a nurse (Baba) on our team! We heard many heartbreaking stories and were so thankful to provide a little comfort and encouragement in the Name of Christ. It was hard to see them go but our pray...