Latest Update

Sorry for the late post....

So there is a lot going on this month for us and CCPR (The Center Church PR).
Jennifer and I attended our first leaders meeting at CCPR Sunday afternoon. It was great to see what CCPR is doing and planning for spreading the Love of Jesus.
     Next week there will be VBS happening at CCPR all week long. Jennifer will be leading the small children (2yrs-3yrs old), I will be leading games and Blake and Dallas will each have their own group of kids to lead as well. We are all super excited for this event and opportunity to share Jesus with children.
     This week we were supposed to be in Cabo Rojo house sitting for our friends, but due to our truck breaking down again we are unable to make it there. As of right now our truck is in the shop for the third time in two weeks. We are praying God provides us with a new more reliable vehicle.
     We are supposed to go sign the contract for our house we are renting in Dorado tonight so we are praying our truck is fixed by then. We have found a nice upper level house 10 min. away from church! 3 bed, one bath with two outdoor living areas. We are truly blessed.
     We will be having some visitors in July and August so we are excited about that as well. No funds have come in to travel to Georgia  in order to speak at a few churches to raise support, so we are taking that as a sign that God does not what us to do that right now.
     Jennifer has gotten a nanny/housekeeper job in Dorado and will be working 2-4 days a week there. We are also blessed to have this income and this is also what Jennifer loves to do!
     The kids are done with school for the summer so they are happy about that. I however still have school. Lord willing I graduate this December with my Associates in Religion and I have been accepted for my BS degree for Religion/Evangelism. I will have three months off of school starting in December then back to it come March.
     We are planning our next food handout for July and another in August. We are also hoping to do some street outreach in Cabo Rojo in August. I was part of a street outreach last month and it was amazing.  In mid-July there is a group of 70 teens coming from Tennessee for a mission trip. Our family will be hosting this group as we make sure they get from point A to point B on time. We will be joining them in their work as well. There will be three days of VBS that the group will be doing in a poor community in Dorado, there also will be some painting projects and beach clean up projects as well. Jennifer and I will be coordinating between the Mayor of Dorado, the bus company, the chef and the campground to make sure things flow smoothly.
     Jennifer has joined with a group of ladies from church and they gather for prayer every Tuesday morning. This has been an amazing experience for Jennifer.
     God is reveling more and more to us every day about our mission not only here but anywhere else God sends us. We are learning a lot and are excited to learn more about the mission field and church planting.
     We are trying to learn our place on the CCPR leadership team. What does pastor Efren expect from us and what is God calling us to do there? This is harder than I expected to be honest.Are we here to fill a role that needs to be filled or are we here for something more? These are things that we are praying through. We are great with what ever, we just want to do what God is calling us to. There is a lot going on in ou heads and our hearts right now and we are praying through it.

That is all for updates for now. Thank you for all your prayers and support!
   
Prayer requests
-Please keep our support in your prayers as the support we currently get very much needed. We have been blessed to bring in enough income to have all of our bills currently paid.
-Please pray for God to provide us a new vehicle that is reliable and can fit more than five people.
We frequently have people over and we have to send one or two people to the back of the truck and Jennifer sits in the back seat because there is no seat belt in the middle and she does not want one of the kids sitting without a seat belt.
-Please pray for more opportunities for us to share our story and share the gospel message.
-Please pray a pray of thanksgiving for all God is doing here so far.
-Please pray for a way to come home a visit this fall. We would really like to come to visit and take care of a few things with our house back in Hamilton.


If you would feel led to send support for what God is doing through us here in Puerto Rico you can send your support to:

Matthew 28 Missions
PO Box 3616
Arecibo, PR
00613-3616
 For tax deductible support write checks to LGLP (Love God Love People Church) please put Matthew 28 Missions in the memo.
You can also send non- tax deducible checks to the same address just written out to John Hoogeveen.