Cancun Christian Fellowship 11/30/2011 Newsletter

Our Mission: We are servants of God by serving others. We share a responsibility to bring God's love to hurting people. We are a Christian outreach fellowship of believers dedicated to showing the people of the Yucatan Peninsula, through our teaching, actions and love, the life changing power of Jesus Christ.

11/30/2011

“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.” Albert Pine

If you are considering a commodity donation to Casa Hogar para Ninos Esperanza, here are some items that are currently needed:
1. Milk & Eggs
2. Children’s clothes and shoes (any size-any gender)
3. Twin Size Blankets (winter is here)

Are you planning a vacation to or currently living in the Riviera Maya? If the answer is yes, we invite you to attend our Sunday Service. We offer a non-denominational, Bible based Christian church with exceptional service lessons in English, a warm and friendly congregation and a strong and meaningful Christian Mission Outreach program.

If you are in Cancun and have a clothing donation for our children, please contact Cherilyn for sorting, sizing and Wednesday delivery. Strive to make sure all items donated are clean and serviceable. Currently, we especially need clothing for young girls ages 6-11.

Last week, we had the pleasure of spending time at Casa Hogar para Ninos Esperanza with new Mission Partners from Texas and Serbia. Their children spent quality time with our children and all had a great afternoon.

Interesting information: We continually monitor traffic source information on our blog. We find the information useful in our effort to reach new Worldwide Mission Partners. The information reflected below is for calendar year 2011. Our daily blog “hits” continue to increase and we are very thankful for that. Our Christian Mission Outreach has been viewed by people representing over 45% of the countries in the world. Below are the Top Ten countries reflected by the number of “hits” received:
United States 867
Mexico 473
Canada 129
Russia 85
United Kingdom 52
Slovenia 39
Germany 37
Poland 26
Netherlands 23
Finland 13

Another interesting statistic: This month’s blog activity has increased over 100% compared to last month.

We have been blessed with financial donations to benefit our children at Casa Hogar para Ninos Esperanza. We are always grateful for the assistance we receive from our worldwide mission partners. Recent donations include:
Hollis & Sue, Texas: Children’s Christmas
COF Member: Children’s Food Fund
COF Member: Children’s Food Fund
COF Member: Children’s Food Fund

With the financial help of our worldwide Mission Partners, this past week, volunteers from Cancun Christian Fellowship were able to provide a week’s supply of eggs, cheese (yellow and white), chicken, chorizo, pork, ham and turkey lunchmeat, salchicha, molida especial and milk to our Cancun Christian home. Groceries are purchased and delivered every Wednesday. If you would like to make a donation to our Casa Hogar Food Fund, please contact Cherilyn or Tom.

Our very own Juliette donated clothes and toys to our children as Casa Hogar. Thanks Juliette.

Food for thought:
When God saw you ... it was love at first sight.
He paid a debt, He did not owe; You owed a debt, you could not pay.
Only God can give all of Himself to everyone.
God needs our availability more than our ability.
The safest place to be is within the Will of God.
God understands our prayers even when we can't find the words to say them.
Unless we rely on God's power within us, we will yield to the pressures around us.
Prayer is more effective when we spend as much time listening as we do talking.
The Bible is a compass, pointing you in the right direction.
A good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help another up.
Prayer doesn't always change things, but it will change you.
God without man is still God. Man without God is nothing.
The wages of sin have never been reduced.
God doesn't want shares of your life, He wants controlling interest.
We need to seek God Himself more than His gifts.
And our all time favorite: If you were on trial for being a Christian ... would there be enough evidence to convict you?
Ref: expecthisreturn.net

Damon Shook will be providing this week’s Sunday service lesson on “God’s Plan for Daily Living”. We always appreciate Damon’s “old school” approach to his lessons. If you cannot join us in person, we invite you to view the lesson at home. Please click on the link, relax, open your heart and enjoy. http://communityoffaith.lightcastmedia.com/console/3150/1354111024  

A tentative date of 12/13/2011 has been set for our Casa Hogar para Ninos Esperanza’s Christmas decoration party. Please contact Cherilyn if you would like to volunteer to share your Christmas joy and love with our children.

Christmas will be here in less than 4 weeks and we continue with our plans for the children’s Christmas at Casa Hogar, our Cancun Christian home. You can sponsor a child’s Christmas joy with a $50.00 donation (and we could really use your help). To see last year’s Christmas activities, go to http://www.cancunchristianfellowship.com/ and click on the gallery.

That’s it for today…WE HOPE TO SEE YOU SUNDAY!!!

A Wednesday Men’s Group is offered by Cancun Christian Fellowship. The men’s group currently meets at McDonald’s McCafe on the corner of Nichupte and Kabah at 8:30 AM. If you would like to join us, please contact Tom Martin at tommartinmx@gmail.com or 998-121-1316 for additional information.

A Wednesday Morning Women’s Study Group also meets in Cancun at the Malecon Americas Starbucks. For information, please contact Cherilyn Martin. 998-121-1315 or cherilynmartin@gmail.com .

Also, please contact Cherilyn Martin for more information on the Thursday evening Christian ladies’ group. If you have not attended, you absolutely do not know what you are missing. The group meets at California Pizza Kitchen in Malecon Americas.

Remember, church meets at 10:00 AM (SHARP), Floor B1 at Hotel B2B behind the bull fight arena just east of Avenida Bonampak and Malecon Americas. We hope to see all of you Sunday. Tom