Gimenez Family Life: February 2009

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Elizabeth Terrace Baptist Church

We had a great meeting in Georgia at Elizabeth Terrace Baptist Church. The people were so friendly and fed us such wonderful food. We woke up Sunday morning to the COLD!!!

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Travelling North

Our 3 oldest children travel very well....especially if they have books! The day before we left Fort Myers we went to our library (we have a terrific library) and checked out bunches of books. After Josh, Beth and Brenna finished school they have read, read, read their books. It's sad to say they've finished most of them and we've just left!

Silas, on the other hand....is our precious baby. He's actually done very well. We broke up our 11 hour trip into 2 days for his sake. We're stopping often to feed him and let all of us stretch. Of course, he's crying some, but we're finding that he's enjoying watching out the window and his rattle that we hang on his carseat handle.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Blessings Upon Blessings

Today is Thursday, Feb 12, 2009 and we leave tomorrow morning and will be on the road for 5 weeks. For the past month we have had meetings in our general "home" area and have just traveled on weekends. Our next travels will take us throught Georgia, Mississippi, and Illinois. There are two major differences as we travel this time: 1)We have retired our motorhome and will be traveling in our van. 2)We will be traveling with a newborn. Patience, I believe will be a key factor!
Silas is doing great and we have begun the paperwork for language school in Canada. We are so excited to be preparing for Quebec City and we will be working with Pastor Guillaume Roy. The church there has begun to work at finding a place for us to live and have some furnishings for us to use!
We want to praise the Lord for Currytown Baptist Church in Lexington, NC, which took us on for support last week. We are excited to be a part of their mission program in reaching the world for Christ!
Thank you to all of you who pray for us. We praise the Lord for you! Until next time, keep your head up, your redemption draweth nigh!

Family Tips For The Taking:

"I CHANGE NOT".....That is what the LORD tells us in Malachi 3:6. As a child of God, I am able to fully depend upon my Heavenly Father to never change. He is stable, reliable, and always keeps His word and standards! This makes it possible to serve, obey, and have confidence in my God. I am able to succeed and live a true Christian life, not because I am great, but because I have a God who never changes and I know what He expects and how to succeed.

It would be hard to be a Christian if we served a god who changes his mind and flip flops on his laws and expectations. We would never have full confidence in our God nor fully trust Him because we would never know what to expect or what is right/wrong from day to day.

Thus, our children would have the same difficulties if we as parents are not consistent. One of the worst things that we can do, is to flip-flop on our convictions and standards before our children.

Let me explain....we have a rule in our family that we will never watch a movie or read a book with any curse word, no matter how "small" the curse word may be. If at any time, we continue to watch a movie or to read a book that has a curse word, we have just destroyed the "trust" and "standard" that we have set up for our children. Our children will then question in their hearts, all of our other standards, convictions, rules, and beliefs. They will never see them as "Biblical", but rather as "optional". This sets up a double standard or double mind in our home and there will be no consistency. Why does our younger generation struggle with Biblical standards and righteousness today?....Why is it that our younger generation is so unstable today?.....because we have failed to set a Biblical standard that does not change and that they can follow and believe in. Thus they become double minded. The Bible says, "A double minded man is unstable in all his ways."

Parents, it is of the utmost importance that we be consistent and Biblical in all things. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might!!!

Prayer Requests & Praises:

Prayer Requests:
1) Please continue to be in prayer for Kami as we continue down the adventurous and trying health issues that Kami is dealing with. The doctors are still searching for answers.

2) Please be in prayer for Victory Springs Ind. Baptist Church. We are praying for one more 'solid' family to join that would be able to jump right in and faithfully help us in the ministries of the church.

Praises!!!

1) Praise the Lord for what God has been doing thus far at VSIBC! We still have a long way to go before the church is self-standing but to be where we are after 15 months is exciting!

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