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Adios or Hasta Luego

December 30, 2013

In Latin America you hear these two phrases spoken as a good bye after talking to someone for awhile.  For those of you not familiar with Spanish “Adios“ means good bye or literally “To God -I commend you” The other greeting that one hears commonly is “Hasta Luego“ or “until later” meaning you plan on […]

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The Poinsettia Plant is a Christmas Tradition

December 11, 2013

We send beautiful Poinsettia Greetings from the Tropics!  This beautiful Central American native plant flourished long before Christianity and Europeans  came to the Western Hemisphere.  One Indigenous group, the Aztecs, found it blooming in the tropical highlands of southern Mexico during the very short days of winter and named it “Cuetlaxochitl.”  The indigenous peoples of […]

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Giving Thanks at Thanksgiving

November 27, 2013

Thanksgiving in the USA is a time for many to enjoy family and time together around a table filled with many versions of a Thanksgiving Dinner.  The first  feast that took place in Plymouth in August of 1621 was attended by  about  53 pilgrims and 90 Native Americans of the Wampanoag Nation and Squanto its […]

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Sunday morning in San Jose

November 17, 2013

But I have hope when I think of this: The Lord’s love never ends; his mercies never stop. They are new every morning; Lord, your loyalty is great. Lamentations 3:21-23 NCV This morning as I awoke in our newly rented small apartment in San Jose and having a few moments to reflect on this past […]

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Central American Adventure

November 9, 2013

“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. “ Romans 8:28 After a grueling 3 day 1000 kilometer trip from Honduras to Costa Rica driving through 4 different border crossings, where we passed through immigration and […]

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Learn and Burn

October 24, 2013

The learning process for new believers is for them to learn from those of us who are disciples of Jesus Christ.  What we have learned from others we need to pass on to reliable men and women who in turn will be able to do the same.  (2 Timothy 2:2) We need to spend time […]

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Giving a cup of water will be remembered!

October 3, 2013

“And if anyone gives a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward.” Matthew 10:42 This morning in the reading of Scripture I read in Matthew chapter 10 about how all of us will share in […]

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Jesus tells us to become like a child in order to enter His Domain

September 29, 2013

“John the Baptist preceded the coming of the Messiah, preparing the people for his arrival. John  softened adult hearts to become like little children’s,   changing disobedient minds to the wisdom of faith.”  Taken from John 1:17 Our work in Honduras and Central America has been with adults and children.  Often times children are overlooked […]

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In reality it’s more of a blessing to give than receive

September 12, 2013

“In every way I showed you that by working hard like this we can help those who are weak. We must remember what the Lord Jesus said, ‘We are more happy when we give than when we receive.”  Acts 20:35 We at Seeds  work hard to live up to these words of the Apostle Paul […]

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The Poor you’ll always have with you!

August 23, 2013

                                                   Matthew 26:11: “The poor you will always have with you…” Yes I believe it was Jesus who was quoted as saying this about 2000 years ago at a home where a woman was anointing him with oil in front of some pretty indignant people.  Just what are we to do?  What is our responsibility […]

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