Monday, January 21, 2013

Starting A New Year

Dear Fellow Servants,   
                We hope that everyone enjoyed a blessed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year. My family enjoyed using these times as we do every year to remember those things we are thankful for, celebrate the birth of our Lord, and setting out with new goals to make sure God’s will is fulfilled in 2013! God has blessed us in so many ways as we have seen His hand this past year while on deputation. As the new year begins, we look back at all we have seen accomplished, the many blessings we posses, and all that we can give to serve God even more in the new year.
November:
                We began the month with Pastor Sturrock in Kilgore, TX and enjoyed a great service with him, his wife, church members, and young men from Texas Baptist College. We traveled on to Louisiana where we were given the opportunity to present in Magnolia Baptist Church, Haughton Baptist Temple, Zion Baptist Church, Faith Baptist Church, Faith Bible Baptist Church, and Central Baptist Church all located in the cities of Coushatta, Haughton, Oakdale, Morgan City, and Baton Rouge. We were privileged to meet so many different pastors and church members building new friendships every step of the way. During this time we were also able to visit in Lighthouse Baptist Church located in Sumrall, Mississippi; Iglesia Bautista Libertad located in Houston, Texas; and Fundamental Baptist Church located in Alvarado, Texas.
December:
                December was a month we had been looking forward to with the opportunity to spend time with family and friends as we remained local visiting churches within the state of Texas. Central Baptist Church began our month as we traveled to Center, Texas to visit with Pastor Dodson and his congregation. We continued that month presenting in Iglesia Bautista Puerta Abierta pastored by Moises Herrera in Dallas and Central Baptist church pastored by Jerald Chadwick in Amarillo. All of these churches were such a blessing and encouragement to us as we finalized our deputation for the year 2012.
                I will be traveling alone to the Philippines for two and a half weeks in the month of January for the purpose of searching for land, meeting with building constructors, and government officials as we prepare to begin our ministry by the summer of 2013. All of these individuals are members of the church we will be working with, and I anticipate finalizing details for what is to come in the near future! I ask that you pray for wisdom in the many decisions that will come.  May God bless you!
                                                                                                                Sincerely,                                                                                                                                                                                                            Jared, Elyssa, and Gabriella Zapata
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