Tuesday, September 12, 2017

POWELL FAMILY IN BOGOTA


                                                             
SEPTEMBER 2017
We are so happy to have a church home in Bogota - Iglesia Cristiana Colombia. The church was founded by an American missionary and it has grown to over a thousand people. Great services and great teaching. 


Gaby met and made a friend..... and now we have an apartment to rent. God is so good but works in some pretty strange ways at times. The apartment is beautiful and is in a very safe area of the city. Soon we will call it home. The young lady is Daniela. She's on our prayer list to know Jesus soon!!

We have accepted the challenge of ministering to Venezuelans who have immigrated to Colombia. There are more than 1 Million Venezuelans here. Many have no place to stay and are barely surviving. VENSTRA, which stands for Venezuela Strategy, is one of our ministries focused on work in Venezuela. But how can we ignore a million of our fellow countrymen here in Colombia? We visited a bus terminal recently and shared food and the Gospel. 

NEWS
Praise God! John just received word that his residency visa has been approved by Colombia Immigration. Elsa and Gaby already have residency cards.
Team20? That's the name for our revamped and re-established short term team ministry. We are inviting everyone interested in being a part of one of our projects to let John know. Obviously, we will have projects in Colombia in 2018 but also we have opportunities in Ecuador and, by faith, in a reborn Venezuela.

PRAYER
We continue to pray for family, friends, and our supporters in areas impacted by Hurricane Irma. 

THANKS
We appreciate each of you who give and pray in order for us to be on the mission field. We are busy working to tell others about.... Jesus!!

BLESSINGS!
John, Elsa, and Gaby Powell
ktaven@gmail.com