Gimenez Family Life: Update on Patrick's Dad and March Happenings

Monday, March 30, 2009

Update on Patrick's Dad and March Happenings

First, an update on Patrick's Dad. He's improved so much over the past week! He was slowly weaned off the life support and is now breathing on his own with the use of an oxygen mask. He's still a little confused on everything that happened. They took him out of ICU on Saturday and are now discussing options about Rehab. He's still very weak, so please keep praying. Thank you so much for praying for Patrick's Dad and his family during this time.

Sunday we had a great time at Brookton Baptist Church. The church is very missions minded and we enjoyed fellowshipping with the friendly church family. They have some wonderful cooks at that church! We enjoyed a grand lunch and then dinner after the evening services. That night they also voted to take us on for support! Praise the Lord!!

Today, Monday, we had our departure interview with Macedonia. Our scheduled departure for language school is April 28th. Please be praying for us. We're so excited about this next step of faith we will be taking!

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!

Gimenez Family Life

Monday, March 30, 2009

Update on Patrick's Dad and March Happenings

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