Friday, April 13, 2012

Here's to Jesus doing cool shtuff

I've been in Argentina now for just shy of 5 weeks. And Jesus is definitely doing rad stuff. First off, the fact that I am awake right now is a miracle. Hahaha. It's a busy life doing this kinda stuff. More importantly - some stories; 
some of the dudes on our team had the opportunity to go hang out at a prison for an afternoon. The prison was for men ages 15 - 30 who have committed murder. The guys on our team were able to share with them in their cells. One younger dude who had only been there for a week (he was fifteen) committed his life to Jesus. Our translator left his bible there for him, so he would be able to get into the word and learn about his new savior. Awesomecross! And the other day we were handing out pamphlets to invite people to a big event and we got to lead a dude to Jesus. This guy was able to come help us the next few days and got hooked up with the church we had been working with so he could get discipled. We have seen a few others on the streets re-commit their lives and youth on multiple occasions make decisions to follow Jesus. It is super awesome to see Jesus moving in this very Catholic country. We are also seeing people lives changed. Prayers being answered. Churches being encouraged and strengthened. All sorts of awesome stuff. Honestly tons of rad stuff is goin down. And people keep telling us that we are such an answer to prayer. That is an incredibly humbling thing. One giant church brought our entire team up front to honor us and tell us what a blessing and answer to prayer that we are. They had been praying for a group of people from over seas to come and help them serve their city. They were super encouraged that young people would give up their time, money, school and lives to fly all the way to another country and help them reach lost people. It was pretty gnarly. I haven't felt that blessed in a long long time.
Prayer request - we are having a big miracle weekend here in Mar Del Plata. A couple of services of prayer and what not. We have been handing out flyers that have prayer request cards on them. We get the people to fill out the cards and we pray for them (over 500 so far) and then at the service, we are gonna pray our brains out all weekend and see God change some lives, bring healing and resources and all sorts of amazing stuff to these people! Yesssssssssssssss. High five God.
OK. love you all. miss you north America. Thanks SO much for all your prayers and support. It's working!
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kris

Friday, April 6, 2012

Sweet Jesus!

Easter. In a tourist town. And it's buuuusy. First afternoon off in ages for Michele and I. But dang - life is good, cause sweet Jesus is the best! First - a shout out to the russels. Little baby Max has arrived handsome and healthy! Second - people coming to know Jesus is awesome. People being discipled. churches and groups being united. Good stuff happening all around. I'm at a café on my tiny iPod typing. My wifi is almost up. Just wanted to toss you all a quick little update. I'm alive and well. Thanks SO much for everything. Having a team of people loving and supporting me is the best thing ever. Please continue to pray for wisdom, energy and finances.
Miss you all
Love you all
kris (in mar del plata)