Pastor Louie's Shepherd's Log: MISSION TRAINING SCHOOL IN ACTION

Today (THURS) we drove out to Saylulita (45 min N. of Puerto Vallarta) where the new Calvary Chapel church plant is.

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When we got there we found CCNorco's Mission Training School students in action at a Vacation Bible School (VBS). This is Jonathan helping a young boy memorize a Bible verse.

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This is Cesar Rodriquez from our church who is now a GO! missionary in Puerto Vallarta/Sayulita. He is originally from Tepic, Nayarit, the same state where Sayluita is. Pray for his family to come to Christ!

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This is pastor Paul Cathey standing in front of the Calvary Chapel church building. He is one of our GO! missionaries. He always has the joy of the Lord and a great sense of humor. Notice the Calvary Chapel sign and also the VBS banner that CCNorco made.

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This is Maura Cathey, Paul's wife, having the children recite their memory verses before the whole group. She is a great support to Paul and loves to serve in the church. She home schools her daughters (Marissa and Isabella) on the mission field.

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This is Mahlon Brackett. He flew all the way down to help in the M.T. S. outreach. He has such a heart for the lost and is very outgoing and enthusiastic in the expression of his love for the Lord. His wife Linda lovingly supports him in prayer back in Norco as he travels to far off places on mission trips.

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Shawnee, Marissa, and Frank getting refreshed at the little tienda next door to the church. It is very hot and humid but the Lord provides ways to be renewed to continue to serve. Speaking of which...after VBS we went to the beach and enjoyed the water for the afternoon. The group had fun renting kayaks and swimming. I rented a surfboard and had fun in the waves until I drifted over into some rocks and hit my head on a rock and received a gash on my head at the hairline. I saw blood in the water and could almost instantly hear the music soundtrack to the Jaws movie. Everybody was so concerned for me but the bleeding soon stopped and I was good to go. I love mission trips...such adventure in the Lord!

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Are these missionaries happy or what? This is a van lent to us from pastor Bill Martin of Calvary Chapel Puerto Vallarta. How kind of him as the group needed transportation. By the way, after this pic they were pulled over by the police for keeping the van side door open for ventilation. No ticket issued! Thank-you Lord!!

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We soon arrived at pastor Paul's home back in Puerto Vallarta and celebrated Marissa's 11th birthday with pizza and cake and fun. This is Paul blessing his daughter and praying for the food.

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Cake in the face for Marissa! Not of her choice but planned by her dad and Cesar. She was a great sport. Here she is with Frank and Abby, pastor Bill Martin's daughter, who is a friend of Marissa.