GOD IS GOOD…ALL THE TIME
God has been so good to us in the last few months. It seems like so many amazing things have been happening in our ministry, there hasn’t been time to write about all of them.
If you have been following our blog you have seen the dance that the Emberá people of Errebache composed to give God glory. Since that event we have taken 2 more trips back to Errebache with some short-term teams. Now, almost everyone in the village are Christ followers. Praise the Lord!!!
ERREBACHE
Meaning “hospitality” in the Emberá language, Errebache and its leaders have committed to being the first Emberá village that follow God and keep their traditional cultural ways. They also want to invite other indigenous leaders to come and observe Errebache as an example.
We are partnering with them in various projects. The dance creation being one of them, we are also recording a c.d. of their traditional music so that they can use the recordings as a source of income. They are also writing new songs about the Creator in their traditional way that will be used for evangelism purposes.
Apart from these projects, this July we will be partnering with another YWAM ministry called PhotoGenX. They are a group of professional photographers and graphic designers who will be partnering with Errebache to help them give the Emberá people a voice in the Panamanian government.
SGC
When we weren’t leading worship at a camp of 600+ teenagers, or leading short-term teams in villages and Panama City, the last month has been filled with preparation for the school that God has called us to pioneer.
The School of Gospel Contextualization has officially been approved by one of the two faculties needed to be an officially recognized school within the University of the Nations! The registrar assures me that the other approval shouldn’t take much longer.
We also got our first applicant (apart from current Sounds of the Jungle staff) for the school. This applicant is already working in a closed country within the 10/40 window. He believes God is sending him to our school to get the training he needs to communicate the Gospel to those he works with! This is so encouraging to us.
We almost have all the teachers we need as well. Please join us in prayer that God will guide just the right students who are supposed to be at this first school.
(See www.sgcpanama.blogspot.com for more information.)
HENRY FAMILY
Kristina is now 33 weeks pregnant and starting to get really uncomfortable. She still looks amazing though (Thank you God for such a beautiful wife!). Our due date is the 12th of May. More details to come next month.
Natalie celebrated her 2nd Birthday earlier this month. She is non-stop energy and is talking up a storm. Wherever we go people ask “¿Hay un momento en que no está moviendo?” (is there a moment in which she isn’t moving?). We respond nope, not when she eats, not when she is watching a movie. She is always moving. She loves to sing as well which is already fulfilling a prophecy that she had in the womb that she would be a singer of songs to the Lord. We taught her “Jesus loves me” just the other day and now she always asks to sing it.
PRAYER REQUESTS
We so very much appreciate those of you who are so faithful to pray for our family and our ministry. It is the backbone of everything that we do.
Please pray for:
• Kristina’s pregnancy and the protection of this precious little baby.
• School of Gospel Contextualization students
• The new believers in Errebache
• For the health of our family.
May God Bless you all as you serve Him this month,
In Christ,
John and Kristina Henry
