Unashamed dependence

2 Corinthians 12:9New American Standard Bible (NASB)

9 And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 

Greetings children of God; The place He wants us in is a place of complete dependence on Him, He is our life source. I received the analogy that, He is like the phone charger and we are the phone. We must return to Him to be recharged, our strength comes from Him. When we disconnect we can go out on our own only for a short time, we are filled with His power but we must return to Him for our strength, our life source. To latch onto Him with unashamed dependence, like a newborn baby with its Mother, only seeking her. Only seeking Him, all of that we need is in Him. He said "I have already taken care of the giants" we have no need to worry, the path has been made clear, He has gone before us. To be completely filled with His Spirit, battery complete 100%. Then start your day, head out into the world. I urge you to charge your battery with the one true Life Source that will never let you down. Yay God!!! We ask for fresh filling of the Holy Spirit today and every day. 

Speaking of newborn babies, Roree Marie has finally arrived. I am officially a Nana. Mother and baby are doing wonderfully, divine favor is all over them. We are blessed by the addition to our family, thank you John and Zoe.

"To Mexico with Love" is having a taco fundraiser May the 15th at the First Presbyterian Church from 11:30-1:30. Taco lunch and live auction by Curt VanNess.

Please attend for those of you in the Bishop/Mammoth area, a great way to support the ministry and also enjoy the fellowship. 

The ministry is going through a lot of changes, we trust in the Lord for His guidance and direction. For many years we were able to get food from one of the food banks here in the US and take it over to help give some relief to the needy. That door has closed and we are sure that the Lord will provide a way for us to continue to help with food for those who hunger. We provide a bag of food with prayer and hope for the future. Because for those we help, I believe they begin to think who is this God that would send these people here all the way from their homes and jobs in the United States to come and help us with our daily needs, our basic needs. God does see me, He does hear my prayers, I do matter to Him. The food is an avenue that we use to open the doors, to help begin to set the captives free. Poverty is a cycle that can be broken, Jesus is the answer and we are His vessels. We are commissioned to, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 

One of the avenues that we believe that the Lord is leading us down is through education of the children and young adults. To keep the kids in school, originally I wanted to begin only a program to help send kids to College but once I moved out into the rural area of Cerro Azul I realized that the children were not even getting to high school let alone college. We are helping to keep children in primary and secondary school along with raising funds to help with their college education. Each child must have two uniforms one for PE and one for regular classes, plus shoes for each uniform. That does not sound like a lot but if you have seven children and they all require these uniforms and the only income is a Father who works making bricks which is dependent upon the weather and other factors. These things add up and sometimes only the boys get to go or only the oldest children get to go to school. So we are working on providing uniforms and backpacks and school supplies to help break the cycle of poverty by helping to keep kids in school. 

With all of that being said we currently have three young ladies who are ready to attend University. They are sisters who come from a family of nine the youngest having down syndrome, they lost their Father to suicide when they were young and their Mother has been the sole provider. These girls have overcome many obstacles, their faith is strong. They are mighty prayer warriors and I feel honored to help them with their goal of going to University to better themselves and their family. 

This is Narahi and she will be majoring in Business Administration.                   

Abby will be majoring in Customs and Trade and in the future would love to be a Veterinarian. 

Ellie will be majoring in Law, these girls are amazing and we are blessed to have them in our lives. 

The cost for University is 1,200.00 dollars per year, that includes all of the fees for registration and testing. All three of these girls currently work and all three live at home with their Mom. 

Juanita has overcome so many obstacles and with the help of God and His children she has become victorious. We need to raise 10,000.00 to send all three of these girls to University and they will all finish with Bachelors degrees. The programs are three years here in Mexico with three semesters per year. The girls start classes in August.

I believe that God has this covered and He is telling me to put the need out there and let the people know about what is needed and He will take care of the rest. We help one person at a time one family at a time, if we look at all of the need around us we will wilt. It may seem hopeless if we look at the earthly circumstances. When we raise our eyes above to our Father who created heaven and earth the possibilities are endless. 

How can you help? First of all we need prayer, these are the areas that are touching our hearts at this moment in time.

*Prayer for affordable food to dispense to those in need, new doors to open and clear paths to take. 

*Please lift the girls up in prayer for funding for University 

*Please pray for the education program to help fight poverty

*Please pray for the transitional housing project that will be helping children leaving orphanages with no place to go, opening soon. Yay God!!

*Praise report for the physical and emotional healing's that have been taking place in our area. Thank you Lord for using us as instruments for your healing. 

*Praise report that Frank and I received confirmation about being added to the  missionary support list for Life pointe church in Elkgrove CA. Thank you for partnering with us down here in this part of God's kingdom.

If you have any questions or if you have any ideas about fund raising for these girls please send me an email at debmverdin@gmail.com. If you feel led to give financially please send your tax deductible donation to COTM-Bishop address is as follows: Church on the Mountain-Bishop, 165 Sequoia St. Bishop CA 93514, please put College fund in the memo line and make your check or money order out to COTM.

Blessings and much love to all of you without your prayers and support none of this would be possible.