Youth Head West For Short Term Mission Trip

From July 29th to August 6th SCC sent 13 of its members,

including eight youth, on a mission trip to the border

towns of San Cristobal, Venezuela and Cúcuta, Colombia.

Once there, they

worked alongside Juan Flores

(banner photo with baseball

cap), a Venezuelan pastor

who was sent out last

year from our El Bosque

church plant in Caracas to

start a new church in his

hometown San Cristobal.

While there, the group baptized

3 people at the newer

church plant in Cúcuta. We

are praising God as the mission

here in Venezuela continues

to grow and even expands

into Colombia!

It was exciting to hear testimonies

from the trip and

how lives were changed in Colombia. But perhaps the

most significant result from the trip was the change that

occurred in our youth. I had seemed more mature overnight

and has been a diligent youth worship director

ever since. Geziel was convicted of being a lukewarm

Christian and is convinced that she needs start using her

gift of singing again. Kristel and Elias are on fire for

missions and Genesis has a spark of her own (and that

has her mom worried!).

Once again I am reminded

that the church is at its

strongest when it is giving

itself away. The church

must have a missionary vision,

a vision of outreach

and sacrifice, if it is to enjoy

to the fullest the inner working

of the Holy Spirit. Jesus

said on one occasion that

God cuts off his blessings

from those who don’t produce

results. But those who

do produce, He blesses, so

that they produce even

more! (John 15)

Together Venezuela

Prayer/Praise Points

The SCC short-term mission team heads west. Clockwise from top

left: Thania, Kristel, Genesis, Dario Jesus, Rois, Jessica, Paul, Eric, Maria Victoria, Elias, Isbeth. Not pictured: Dairo and me

Left: Isbeth