COLOMBIA

RICK & JACKIE WASHBURN                          

Dear Praying Family and Friends,                                                              February 2010

We have not disappeared!  We just moved!  It took many days to get all our internet reconnected and back up on-line. 

January had ups and downs in attendance, but now that school has begun again, the attendance in La Campiņa has been much better.  Last week we had four new visitors brought by relatives of those who attend.  One young adult lady accepted  Christ after the service.  Her mother was so excited with her decision.   More and more are getting involved with  inviting others and doing things during the services.   This is a great blessing and encouragement to us as we begin this new work.

Next month we will have our first ladies breakfast on March 7th.  Then on March 14th we will have a men's breakfast.  We are praying for a good turnout for these special study and fellowship times.  Last week we had a planning session with Javier and Blanca.  So we now have many other things planned for the upcoming months.  For Holy Week we plan  special services with Pastor Gustavo doing the preaching.  We want to take advantage of the people having Thursday and Friday off during Holy Week so that they can invite others to attend.

Last week we went down to Cartago to see Pastor Elias.  Rick preached for the Wednesday evening service.  They had a full house!  It was good to see new faces and hear of new decisions for Christ.   On Thursday we went to see a place where we could have youth camp and also the pastors retreat.  It would only take 6 hours to get there from Medellin.  The owners are more interested in renting the camp to Christian groups than to any others.  So the number of people attending is not of importance to them.  They also are giving really good rates, especially for the campers. 

Keep all these upcoming events in your prayers that many will be blessed.

May God bless you as you serve Him!

For Colombian Souls,
Rick and Jackie Washburn

E-mail addressricksr@vandaliabaptist.org         Home Church: Vandalia Baptist Temple
                                                                                                      724 Helke Rd. Vandalia, OH 54377

Previous letters Washburn Home E-mail us WBF Home