Clodgo Corner September 2011

Minute to Win It! (game time with youth)

Family Camp

     Many of you were praying for a successful and blessed family camp and, indeed, it was!  (If you receive our email updates you have already heard this, so bear with us.) It was the best camp ever!  We just keep repeating those words over and over to each other! At the camp, overall, there were about 100 campers. (20 children and more than 20 teens make up part of that number). In our class of 11-16 year olds there were about 20. A large number come from churched families. About 4 boys from 14-16 years of age came without belonging to any of the churches. Some of these fellows travelled over 8 hours to get to camp. (Can you believe it?) One of our greatest joys in ministry is answering questions like "Where´s Mark?" "Where´s Luke?". In our little church in Coslada, just about any one of our children is capable of finding books in the Bible thanks to the amazing team of children´s teachers we have. So you can imagine how fun it was to help some of those teens look up Bible passages. They read verses willingly. They enjoyed filling in their outlines each day. HERE´S THE BIG NEWS: On the last day of camp, Tammy saw one of the 12 year olds reading his Bible during free time.  She had a chance to ask one of the 16 year olds about his camp experience and he excitedly explained to her his plans to "keep on with the Bible and go to church". Does that excite you? It does us. We just got a big charge out of explaining how Heaven and Hell are constantly at war for each of their souls and the power of Jesus against all things we fear and all things that can have power over us. (Mark 4 and 5, Luke 12 were some of our passages.) We presented them with the gospel each day and challenged them to draw close to Jesus in all of life´s situations. We feel strongly that God started working in some of their lives long before camp and we are praying for His continued work in each of their lives. One way He worked was enabling us to take 2 girls from Coslada with us for whom many of you provided a camp scholarship. They had a great time, made a lot of friends and were presented with some great Bible truths and their life applications. We wish we could tell you some of the details of their lives...a situation that causes us to wonder what God would really like to do if He were just invited in. Thank you for giving and for praying for them.

Financial needs

     To begin with, we want all of you to know that we appreciate so very much your sacrificial giving that enables us to serve our Lord and Savior here in Spain.  In this regard, we are blessed beyond measure.  However, there are two very pressing needs that we would like to ask that you bring before the Lord with us…

1. Car Repairs: Our car is, once again, in need of some important repairs.  The current estimate is $1,300.  Please pray with us that God will supply the funds.  This is an urgent need.

2. Lack of monthly support: Over the past year or so, due to the financial crisis, we have lost several individual and church supporters.  Currently, we are about $1,500 per month under supported.  We will be taking furlough next summer and will need to raise this amount before ABWE will allow us to return to Spain.  However, in the meantime, we need your prayer concerning this important matter. 

What´s on deck in the coming months…

     Next week, we will be holding our annual kid´s club.  It is held in a small plaza right behind our church.  This year we are going to incorporate a bit of English with the hopes of attracting some of the kids who  attend a bilingual school located right next to the church.  On the last night of the club, we will be inviting the kids to come and visit our AWANA club which begins the 30^th of September (Thanks again RCCC!).   We are planning a marriage retreat for the upcoming fall or winter.        

We are praising God for…
o    A great spirit at the church!
o    A great family camp!
o    Arrival of the Byerlys!

 Matters of prayer for the next few months…

 o    Kid´s Club and AWANA, a youth ministry to start up

o    Bible Study we will be starting with a married couple who live in Coslada – pray for God to work in their hearts.
o    Ladies´ Bible Study
o    Plans for Marriage Retreat
o    Andy and Lindsey Messmer, Brenda Andrus, the Hagues, and the Duryees are raising support to come to Spain.
o    Needed funds to cover car repairs.
o    Our support level – we are currently about $1,500/month under supported. 

Thanks so very much for standing with us in prayer.  Thanks also for your faithful support!  Keep praying!  God is working!

Family Camp 2011 - Best Camp Ever!

   We just keep repeating those words over and over to each other! At the camp, overall, there were about 100 campers. (20 children and more than 20 teens make up part of that number). In our class of 11-16 year olds there were about 20. A large number come from churched families. About 4 boys from 14-16 years of age came without belonging to any of the churches. Some of these fellows travelled over 8 hours to get to camp. (Can you believe it?) One of our greatest joys in ministry is answering questions like "Where´s Mark?" "Where´s Luke?". In our little church in Coslada, just about any one of our children is capable of finding books in the Bible thanks to the amazing team of children´s teachers we have. So you can imagine how fun it was to help some of those teens look up Bible passages. They read verses willingly. They enjoyed filling in their outlines each day. HERE´S THE BIG NEWS: On the last day of camp, I (Tammy) saw one of the 12 year olds reading his Bible during free time. I (Tammy) had a chance to ask one of the 16 year olds about his camp experience and he excitedly explained to me his plans to "keep on with the Bible and go to church". Does that excite you? It does us. We just got a big charge out of explaining how Heaven and Hell are constantly at war for each of their souls and the power of Jesus against all things we fear and all things that can have power over us. (Mark 4 and 5, Luke 12 were some of our passages.) We presented them with the gospel each day and challenged them draw close to Jesus in all of life´s situations. We feel strongly that God started working in some of their lives long before camp and we are praying for His continued work in each of their lives. One way He worked was enabling us to take 2 girls from Coslada with us for whom many of you provided a camp scholarship. They had a great time, made a lot of friends and were presented with some great Bible truths and their life applications. We wish we could tell you some of the details of their lives...a situation that causes us to wonder what God would really like to do if He were just invited in. Thank you for giving and for praying for them.

      Now that camp is over we are not slowing down...this week we have a barbecue and meeting at our house to plan for our September Bible Club for children. This is always a highlight of the year. From the Bible Club, we will be inviting the children to our biweekly AWANA Club and announcing biweekly Youth Activities. And so starts the school year!

      In October, we will get back to having the weekly Ladies´ Bible Study. For a couple years, Tammy have been leaning toward doing the Beth Moore study on Esther. Esther is a common name for ladies here in Spain and there is a bit of basic knowledge of the story so we think it would be a welcomed study even among the unsaved ladies who attend. The workbooks are availble here in Spanish. What we would love to do is be able to get a copy of the DVD set of Beth Moore herself teaching so that Tammy could use that in her preparation time. We know often a church uses teaching material and then places it in the missions closet for missionaries to then use. Could this be the case with your church? Would you contact Tammy if you know of a set someone no longer plans to use?

      We appreciate your prayers immensely and can see God´s hand moving. He definitly keeps motivating us, along with the entire Coslada church, to love Him more and serve Him wholeheartedly! We wish you could meet the dear brothers and sister we lock arms with here and that they could meet you- the prayer warriors who keep holding up our arms.

BIG NEWS!

Just a quick update - God has provided the funds needed to send both girls to camp!!! Thanks for praying with us and thanks to those who sacrificially gave to make it happen! Keep praying! God is working!

In awe of our great God!

Glenn

Family Camp Only a Week and a Half Away!

Good morning faithful prayer and financial supporters,

     With family camp just a week and half away, I wanted to let you all know what God is doing in regards to the funds needed to send two girls from our church to family camp and to ask you all to keep praying! As of today, God has supplied enough for one of the two sisters to attend camp. We only lack $180 dollars in order to be able to send the other sister to camp. Please continue to bring this matter before the Lord. And, if He should so lead in your heart, ask Him what part you might have in helping this girl make it to camp. Tammy and I will be working with the younger teenagers and we covet your prayers. The theme of the Bible studies will center around the idea of fear. Pray with us that God will work in the heart of each camper!

Thanks for your faithful prayer and financial support that enables us to share Christ and His saving message here in Spain!

Funds can be sent to ABWE, account #13121. Please note that the gift is for "family camp".

Glenn, Tammy, Levi, and Gracen

A Blessed Heart!

As a father, there aren´t many matters that get to my heart faster than when they have to do with my kids.  Over the past several months Levi has been playing the bass guitar on Sunday mornings along with Fran and Raúl.  Everytime he plays I thank God for what He is doing in Levi´s life.  May God continue to be glorified in and through the lives of our children! 

Family Camp Just a Month Away!

In our most recent prayer letter, we mentioned that family camp is just around the corner - actually, it is less than a month away! We all know the importance of a spiritually based camp experience in the life of a child or teen and many of us can recall important spiritual decisions that were made at camp. How many pastors, missionaries, youth pastors, etc. received their call to ministry during summer camp? OR, how many children or teens have come to Christ as a result of having spent a week at camp? It is for this very reason that I am writing you all. We need you all to be praying with us that God would supply the funds necessary for two girls in our church in Coslada to attend family camp. They are sisters and come from a single parent home. Their mother is only working on the weekends and does not make enough to send them. She is, however, paying what she can. So, would you please pray with us that God would supply the funds needed so that these two girls could attend camp? And, if He so leads in your heart, would you consider giving? The total amount needed is $300. Thanks so much! It is going to be exciting to see what God does in family camp this year!

Please send gifts to ABWE, account #13121, Specify: Family Camp

June 2011

MadreSabia (Mother Wise)

Remember from our last prayer letter that we mentioned that Tammy was invited to lead another MadreSabia study in a new church plant in a neighboring city…well, they just wrapped up the study this past Sunday.  We are praising God for the work He did in the lives of those who attended.  Thanks for praying with us and keep praying that God will continue to use His Word to form and transform the lives of the 10 or so women who were a part of the study.    One lady is checking into doing the study in her home with her unsaved friends!

Following the Lord in Believers´ Baptism

Over two years ago, we asked you to pray for the salvation of a man named Eddie and, if you´ll remember, several months we shared with you the great news that he had come to Christ.  Well, Eddie just completed a series of baptism classes and has decided to publicly declare his faith in Christ and be baptized.   Now we are praying for their 2 sons to come to Christ.  Join us!

Family Camp

It is hard to believe, but it is almost time for family camp again.  This year Tammy and I will be working with the young teens and we will be teaching on the subject of fear.  Pray with us that God will use His Word in a mighty way and work in the hearts of those who will be in attendance. 

Youth Center

We will try to do a few activities this summer to get to know some teens in our church area.  Pray for good ideas that will pique the interest of a lot of teens in the neighborhood.  Our son, Levi, is going to offer English classes for other teens in the neighborhood where we live. 

Future Missionaries

Adam and Emily Byerly will be arriving on July 26 to help ECA for 2 years.  Pray for us to be helpful and encouraging to them and for their time here to be a blessing to them and to the school (and the church they´ll be helping in.)  This spring we have met a number of people who have come to Spain who have an interest in missions.  Pray for the Lord of the Harvest to send forth laborers…to Spain! 

September

Every year we have an outdoor VBS in September with a great crowd of neighborhood kids joining us.  Pray for this to be more than a onetime event in their lives.  Pray for them to join us for Sunday School and AWANA and for their entire families to come to the Lord.  Our church family always works so hard on the outreach events and we´d love to see fruit for their labors. 

October and beyond…

A little girl in our church was upset one Sunday morning that it wasn´t AWANA day!  (I know, that´s a funny praise, isn´t it?)  But it will start back up in the fall, along with the weekly ladies´ Bible study.  This fall we´d like to hold our first marriage retreat.  We plan to use the Love and Respect book as our topic. 

 We are praising God for…

o    A great MadreSabia study!

o    A great spirit at the church!

o    The commitment of RCCC to help us with another year of AWANA

o    The Byerly´s have their visas!

Matters of prayer for the next few months…

      o    As all the green around has turned to scorched brown, that our hearts would continue to grow and be nourished through a close walk with the Savior.

o    Andy and Lindsey Messmer, Brenda Andrus, the Hagues, and the Duryees are raising support to come to Spain.

o    Our support level – we are currently about $750/month under supported. 

Thanks so very much for standing with us in prayer.  Thanks also for your faithful support!  Keep praying!  God is working!

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