Newsletter / March 04

MARCH 2004

Christmas Shoe Boxes
Every year our mission: Casa Del Pastor is privileged to serve the Lord by distributing shoe box Christmas presents to the children in the work camp near us. These children live in the most severe poverty, and receiving this box of Christmas treats is an incredible gift. If you are able to participate, here is some information: The children enjoy little toys and treats. We also like to include a touch of Jesus with a Spanish Bible or tract. The top and bottom of the shoe box needs to be wrapped separately, and please note what age and gender child would most appreciate the gift (for example: boy 7-10). Shoe boxes can be brought to Calvary Chapel San Bernardino by December 6th, or if you prefer to mail it, contact Jeanie Sue by email for an address: jspinmex@telnor.net. before the week of December 6th. We are looking to serve over 500 children at the camp of Las Brisas. Each year we go into a dark and seemingly hopeless situation to shine Jesus upon these beautiful children. Each year these children see the hand of Jesus through these gifts of love. Won't you please join us this year? You could come and spend a few days to go out to the camp to help distribute the gifts. Please pray for the boxes to be able to pass the border. If you can help please Contact: Lee Coe at the Red Barn (909-381-5353) or myself (011-52-646-1656725) or email me at: jspinmex@telnor.net.

Two Special Children�

One of the ways we minister to the community is to sponsor a few local children in school, that is to provide what they need to be able to attend school, whereas normally they would not be able to be educated. I have prayerfully chosen a young lady and a young man, both 12 who reside at the work camp of Las Brisas, Lucia and Pedro. Lucia and Pedro would probably be out in the fields working every day like so many of the boys and girls their age at Las Brisas if it weren�t for the support that they receive. With your help, we�ve provided uniforms, school supplies, shoes and second hand bikes (so that they can get to school). Both Pedro and Lucia are doing very well and are very grateful for this opportunity to create a better future for themselves. If you are interested in sponsoring a child in school, please contact me at: jspinmex@telnor.net. It is one of the most rewarding ways to touch a child�s life here in this poor community.


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I had many plans and ideas of what would occur during my furlough in the States this month..but the Lord had other ideas! When I arrived in San Bernardino and saw a group of people in the church parking lot, I was surprised that they were there to greet me, but unfortunately it wasn�t so...my friends were waiting in the parking lot discussing they had been evacuated two times because of the ferocious fire! I had wondered about the darkening sky as I had driven up from the South and when I had inquired at a gas station , the attendant said �there are fires all over�. Tragically, the fire consumed nearly 1000 houses in the San Bernardino area..the fire overshadowed everything, but even so..God�s hand and abundant grace were everywhere I turned. I had the privilege of praying with strangers at a prayer tent that Calvary Chapel had set up at the evacuation center.. and sat side by side with others as I helped box clothes for displaced families. My heart and prayers go out to all of my brothers and sisters in Southern California who were effected by this tragedy, but it is a powerful reminder, that in the end, we will only have Jesus and what we do with his love for us and His salvation plan for our lives. He is truly the only thing that matters, and the life spent seeking Him first is the life not spent in vain. Blessings as you seek Him in your life.
- Jeanie