Hey John !!!
           Do you remember me sending you photos of the work I was doing down in Colombia, with the poor children (while I wait for the Lord to come)  ?  If not, that's okay (ha ha)........but I just wanted to tell you that I just received my 501 (C) (3) papers from the IRS !!!    "La Casa de mi Padre"...or "the House of My Father", is now a full exempt organization to help the poor, mainly in Colombia (now), but also in the USA,......and I pray that if the Lord doesn't come back soon,.....to have an outreach building in every South American, and Central America country.   This has been such a long time "Vision", and now the work can begin, starting in Barranquilla, Colombia !!!
         As it says in the Bible, as in Psalm 41, blessed are they that have "hearts for the poor".........and I am finding that when the Lord says the word, "Blessed", HE says there will be few who will have this type  of heart, or even follow HIS Word, as we see in the world, for that matter.
         But the Lord will be "faithful",.....because against all odds, HE alone has brought "La Casa de mi Padre", to LIFE !!!... to become a Mission School, a teaching center where people will come to learn, first hand, and be on the front line, and then to go out to help the poor children, single abused Moms, the poor in prisons, the fatherless, etc.
       My heart pounds with JOY, as new ideas (non stop) run thru my mind and heart of all the things that could be done,.......but I am learning "Patience",.....and will take one day at a time !  (ha ha)   Hard to do that being a young (cough, cough)........60 years old.   (ha ha)
       Please keep me, and those involved, and of course,  "La Casa de mi PAdre" in your prayers, and may the Lord continue to direct my heart and feet, to bring Glory to HIM, alone.
                                                                                                God Bless, and pray today is the day !!!!
                                                                                                          Chip
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We rejoice with you, Chip! May the Lord bless you and your ministry.
John