News from July and August 2012

The Plane Facts

           sharejesus@gmail.com              July/August 2012           www.yourmissionary.org

Dear Ones,

            This month has been one of the best of my life so far. The Vero Beach Central Assembly team was here for 7 days. It's difficult to express the incredible blessing they were to so many people during their short visit. Around 700 children were ministered to during the VBS sessions and approximately 500 adults in the evening services. They came prepared with wonderful Bible stories for the kids. The young ones were wide eyed as they watched Daniel get thrown into the lions den, Esther courageously risking her life to save her people and David killing Goliath. The main theme of the Vacation Bible School lessons was "Jesus is Our Super Hero". The songs and worship dance brought tears to many eyes as the group shared with so much love and tenderness.

            For "Miracle Night" (Sunday-July 15^th), we joined together with the prayer group from our local church and were part of leading several people to the best miracle of all……receiving Jesus as Lord and Savior. There was a huge crowd at church that night and each one who went forward received a time of personal prayer and blessing. Language didn't seem to be a barrier as the group from Vero Beach prayed along side of the church folks. Thank you for everything, Pastor Larry and team, thank you!

            As you can imagine, the days were busy with the Florida team here and each morning I was hurrying to get ready to meet the group to begin our day of ministry. One morning, as I was just getting out of the shower, two ladies came to the gate. It was a mother and her daughter. The mom told Rick that the young girl (about 13) wanted to know God. Rick called to ask me to talk to them. Sure enough, that young lady was like ripe fruit ready to fall off the tree. We shared the Gospel message and she gave her life to Jesus. What a wonderful sight to see Melina's smile and that mom just beaming with happiness to see her daughter come to that point in her life. It was well worth it to be running a bit late that morning.

            When the Florida team left, I went into "full preparation mode" for the arrival of our family. The gang began to arrive on July 25^th.  These last 6 days have been so full of love and laughter. It's amazing to see how the Lord worked out all the details for this reunion. It's been over 16 years since we have all been in the same place at one time. When I think back on our wedding day it seems like such a short time ago but seeing everyone here and reminiscing, I realize SO much has happened in these 45 years. Thank you, Lord and praise Your Holy Name for Rick and our family!

            Please continue to pray for all of us. Thank you for standing with us. We wouldn't be here without your love, prayers and support. You are greatly appreciated!

Love and blessings,

Rick and Sharon

PFC-PO Box 3298

Paradise, CA 95967

The Plane Facts-Oct./Nov. 2011

The Plane Facts

sharejesus@gmail.com Oct./Nov.2011 www.yourmissionary.org

Dear Ones,

This letter has to begin with a huge PRAISE THE LORD!! All of the paper work has been submitted, tests taken, inspections done and starting today (Oct. 19^th) Rick and Joel will be able to fly. As I re-read some of our letters that we've sent over the past two years, we've continually asked for prayer for the airplane situation. Thank you for standing with us financially, with encouraging words and most importantly, by praying. God is good and faithful, all the time!!

The first week in Oct. about 250 children heard the Good News as Debbie, Anna and I shared God's love at our Shell Kids Club, Casa de Fe Orphanage, our Sunday school and also during a two day Bible school at the Puyo church. Debbie is our daughter in law, the wife of our son Rick who pastors in Florida. Her love for kids, home schooling experience with their three girls, Bible background and talent for telling stories with very few props or extras, made our time together so much fun and a blessing to many. One of the best parts of the whole week was that, as a pastor's daughter born in Cuba, Debbie is totally bilingual so I didn't even have to translate!

Anna, who came with Debbie, is a member of their church in Port St. Lucie and very interested in doing orphanage work. Her time at Casa de Fe really cemented her love and desire to dedicate more time in the future to that type of work. Thank you, Port St. Lucie Community Church, for sending these two precious ladies to bless us and to bless all those children this month!!

Recently, I checked out some websites that have information on the meaning and origin of Halloween. Here is a short list (there are many, many more) of the ones I took the time to watch and read. 1) "Jeremiah Films-Halloween: Trick or Treat?-Part 1" 2) "Halloween-Not So Innocent After All!" 3) "The Dark Truth about Halloween" and "The Dark Truth about Halloween-Part 2". These three are YouTube presentations. "Halloween: What You Should Know about It" is an excellent short read in a PDF format. As usual, Satan tries to "trick" us into thinking that certain things, which the world condones, are ok. That is definitely not the case with Halloween. I invite you to go to at least one of the above mentioned spots and prayerfully ask the Lord how you can make a difference on October 31^st.

Christians in Action will no longer be receiving gifts to be sent to us. If you'd like to donate to our ministry, please make your check out to PFC and send to PFC-PO Box 3298-Paradise, CA 95967-3298. All monies will be sent to us 100%. Thank you so much!!

Love and blessings,

Rick and Sharon

PFC-PO Box 3298

Paradise, CA 95967-3298

Street Evangelism-Rick and Andy Preaching

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WohkFKiSmJM

Park Ministry

Grace at Rubi's Preschool Birthday Party

The Plane Facts-Oct./Nov. 2009

The Plane Facts

sharejesus@gmail.com Oct. /Nov.2009 http://PatriotPost.US

Good Morning,

God is so Good! The Lord has sent to Shell a young, missionary couple Gustavo and Inez Calixto and their little daughter Hanna all the way from Mexico to do Gospel Recordings! (globalrecordings.net) What a blessing they are, and will be here, among the jungle Indigenous. They distribute a handy MP3 player that has lots of memory and can download the Gospel in most any language on earth! I’ve been using one almost non-stop. You crank the (4 X 6 in.) machine for one minute and it will play with great quality and volume for about 5 minutes…then you just turn the handle again. Every Christian leader needs to have one. They cost $50.00, but they have huge potential!

The other day we were ministering with a national worker and a Shuar pastor. When we landed in one village, the two men needed to talk to the leaders, so I sat down on the tire of the airplane in the shade of the wing and began cranking the MP3 player. All the children gathered as close as they possibly could to hear the Message with the shortest kids in front and bigger ones in back. Their ears drank in the Gospel stories coming out of the “talking box”, but their little jet black eyes were riveted on me. I smiled while surveying and resurveying the group as they pressed in closer and closer. Finally, one little boy built up enough courage to feel the hair on my right arm and then began to pull. OUCH!! That emboldened another one on my left side to start touching my beard. Then laughter erupted. I thought to myself, “With all this body hair, they must think I’m something between a human and a balding albino monkey!” Don’t laugh…….Just imagine what they’d think if they saw YOU!

SHARON SAYS: “Shell Christian Preschool is sure a blessing to me and hopefully to the 11 little ones I minister to three mornings each week. This month I’d like to tell you about one little girl, in particular, who is quite an inspiration to me. Grace is a 6 yr. old from a Shuar town that can only be reached by air. She had spinal meningitis when she was about 3. When she arrived at “Casa de Fe” about 8 mos. ago, she was totally paralyzed on her left side. She could only mobilize herself by scooting with the other leg. Grace has other deformities such as fingers missing and burns. Her parents left her at the orphanage www.lacasadefe.org because they felt totally helpless to meet her many needs. Ever since Grace arrived there she has had the blessing of physical therapy 5 times a week and she is now able to walk and sometimes even run without anyone or anything helping her.

The special part that I want to share about Grace is her incredibly positive attitude. She falls many times during the morning at preschool. Each time, she gets up without any help and the little girl, has a smile on her precious face from ear to ear. Wow, it puts me to shame!! ‘Lord, please help me to get up every time smiling and trusting You.’ God bless you and may He help you in whatever trial you may be going through, to get up smiling and praising Him, just like little Grace.”

Love like Jesus,

Rick and Sharon

LCC-PO Box 3298

Paradise, CA 95967-3298

Preschool 2009-2010