MESSAGE FROM PASTOR GARY

I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. I Corinthians 3:6

Paul wrote these words showing that the spiritual life of a person is an ongoing process. Paul brought the Gospel to the pagan city of Corinth and Apollos, a leader in the early church, added his ministry to nurture it. But only God can make a church, a person or any ministry grow. I first went to San Luis in 1989. There were children at Bethel Orphanage ranging in age from one year old babies to 16 year old teenagers. If you do a little math you can see that the babies are now twenty-one years old and the teenagers are approaching forty! We didn’t have a system set up to track the kids once they left, so we don’t know where a lot of them are. Through friends and relatives news of the whereabouts of some of them and how they are doing filters back to us. Some are living for Christ and doing well. Others are not. These days we are able to keep tabs on them a little better and the results are encouraging. Of course the teen aged boys who in the past had to leave whether they had somewhere to go or not are now able to transition to Oasis Boys Home where they can get job training and guidance. We know exactly where 9 of the children are because they have been adopted and are here in the U.S.

It blesses me to know that there are 20 to 40 year old Mexicans out there in the cities of Mexico and the American Southwest who were cared for by Caring Hearts over the last 20 plus years. Some of you plant seeds and some of you water. Some pray, some give, some go and preach, teach, sing and build. But God causes lives to grow in Him. Keep on planting and watering.

Be Blessed,
Pastor Gary