Kendrick Ministries missional update

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December, 2012

No. 6


December, 2012

No. 6

Dear Friend, We have j ust concluded our most fruitful and fulfilling year ever. God is good. We thank and praise Him for the great and mighty things that He has done. In this newsletter, please, allow us to share highlights of 3 special events that took place in December. 1. The Relocation DEDICATION and Phenomenal Growth of the Mej icanos Church

After praying 3 years for a larger location to expand the ministry in Mej icanos, we secured the ideal piece of property 5 months ago. One month later with only the roof installed, we held our first worship service. Now, 4 months later, nearly 800 people have come down the aisles of this mammoth, former Levi Jeans Factory, to receive Christ. Imagine, 6 services per week, and in every service more and more people coming to Christ! Then those new Christians are coming back to the next service bringing their lost family and friends to receive Christ.

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Every service has a crusade feel to it. On a recent Monday night, our friend Richard Headrick preached, the Holy Spirit moved, the invitation lasted over an hour and 163 people were saved in that one service! 163 people were saved in one service!

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2. Our Work with Pastors and Churches Over the last 25 years, literally hundreds of men have graduated from our Bible/Pastoral Training Seminaries and are serving churches throughout El Salvador. About half of these graduates serve in city churches where they live somewhat comfortable lives. Others live in small, very rural villages where the people are poor and the offerings are low. Throughout the year we have monthly pastors' conferences and seminars, preach in their churches and visit in their homes. We preach their funerals and perform their children's weddings. In short, we are their friends and I am their pastor. Each December, we invite around 100 pastors and their families to Chinameca to receive free clothes that people from the U.S.A. donate for this purpose. Imagine being a rural pastor earning $100 - $200 per month and trying to feed and cloth 4-5 ever growing children! On December 15, 2012, these select rural pastors were invited to Chinameca to receive clothes that you had donated - what a sight!Clothes boxes filled the sanctuary in Chinameca and the two large passage ways outside. Every one received 2 large 55 gallon trash bags and within 2 hours the boxes were "picked clean". We had lunch together, hugged one another and by the end of the day, 223 folks left with smiles on their faces, gratitude in their hearts and plastic bags on their shoulders.

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Working with pastors and ministerial students is the heart of what we do in El Salvador.

We know these guys, and we love these guys. Thank you for donating clothes again this year. And know that your giving enables us to bless and minister to pastors all year long. Thank you for blessing the people of El Salvador.

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3. The Christmas Boxes This year 37 churches in the U.S.A. donated almost 6,000 boxes filled with toys, candy and the love of Jesus. These boxes were donated to the rural churches where the pastors who received the clothes serve. Listen to how the Lord provides: Churches from the U.S.A. bring their boxes to the Salem Heights Church in Laurel, Mississippi, where they are organized and later placed on containers. Meanwhile, we contact churches in El Salvador and ask them to send us a list of how many boxes they will need. When the containers arrive in El Salvador, our radio staff organize and fill the request of each pastor. We are never exactly sure how many boxes we have starting out or how many we will need. But, when we gave out the last box and filled the last order, we had one box, yes, one box left over! God is so good and always provides! We want to thank you for giving boxes again this year. They are such a blessing! We want to thank Salem Heights in Laurel for organizing, storing and shipping the boxes. We want to thank those who gave the $12,000 needed for shipping the boxes to El Salvador.

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Other news Richard and Gina Headrick, our friends and board members, visited us in December. They participated in the clothes drive and shoe box distribution and Richard preached in Mej icanos. Thanks, Richard & Gina, for all you do!!

Richard and Gina receive a recognition from the pastors

Richard and Gina praying with Radio Esperanza's staff,

in Chinameca for their support to the ministry.

where they were thanked for their financial contribution.

Our friend, Emily Smith, of Laurel, also visited us in December. Emily is our ministry book-keeper. She does a wonderful j ob and recently completed 5 years in this position.

So, 2012 was a great year! We praise the Lord for every soul saved, every new church started and for meeting our needs. We can't wait to see what the Lord will do this year in 2013. Thanks for your prayers and support.Let us hear from you.Come and visit.. We love you, Bob & Angelique

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