My update this month is a bit late and I apologize for that-- my excuse is that I was working with three different teams, two of which came from the states and one from Northern Ireland. So it’s been a very busy summer, we have seen a lot happen in the spiritual realm here in Ireland. All the teams were a wonderful encouragement to us and we saw the word of God spread over Ireland and lives changed.
Leading the teams around Waterford we did Activities like VBS’s and street ministry and litter picking. One of my favorites of these was the litter picking, It’s a funny thing when you walk though a neighborhood that has been forgotten by the City Council and pick up litter how your numbers double. By the time we walked half way though the neighborhood we had a team of small Irish kids wanting to help us and wondering why we were picking up trash. It’s a beautiful way to show Gods love and we had the chance to tell about 15 different kids about who Jesus was. One little boy about 6 years old, the first to join us, even ran inside and got his own gloves to help.
As you know, I was only supposed to be in Ireland until July and then my time was extended to September, and now I strongly feel that God has called me here on a long-term basis. How “long-term” that is I have no idea, I am just trusting in the Lord day by day. By God’s grace, He has continued to open doors for me to be able to stay here inexpensively. I had my own plans for the future, however, God showed me that His work here is much more important than my future “career” that I was planning on going back to University for. Let me just say though, that God really does supply all my needs, He is such a good God and it’s a true privilege to have the opportunity to serve him here.
Now, just to update you on the future vision of the church and our mission over here… It’s been such a busy summer and every day for the past two months we have been doing team ministry, yet God seems to want to keep us going full on. For quite some time, it has been the vision of Pastor Clay and all the Calvary Pastors in Ireland to start a Bible college here in Waterford. Over the past few months God has been lining up a team of men to lead the college and we are already starting the fund raising and groundwork for the college. We are looking into potential facilities that we could be leasing as early as the summer of next year. The beautiful thing about all of this is we are seeing God’s hand in many ways already in bringing the team together and even securing the prospective building. It’s amazing to be a part of Gods work here. He “blows my mind” on a daily basis as I see Him move! I hope I never get used to this.
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| Teaching Thursday night bible study. Denver team |
One thing that has been very stressful on me while over here is working with the local addicts. Ministering to them is an up and down emotional rollercoaster when you are daily trying to encourage them and keep them away from the drink and drugs. I have been trying to surrender these people to the Lord in my heart, but tend to take on a lot of the stress, so if you could all pray for me that I would learn how to give these things up to Christ I would be grateful. On a lighter note, one of the men that I have been working with was clean for a month, went back on the drink and drugs for a week and is now is clean again. Please pray that he will keep it up and will have the wisdom and diligence to make the call and get into a rehab, preferably Teen Challenge. There is a lot more to his story that I will keep private for his sake. Please just keep praying for strength and peace for him.
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| Some of the Girls from the Arizona Team with one of our Irish Guess what one is Irish. |
Since I will be staying in Ireland long term I will need some long-term support. It’s always uncomfortable asking people for support and it’s not my favorite thing to do. But since God did not choose to bless me with a bottomless bank account I must ask you, the kind people back home, to support me over here in the work that God has called me to. So if you would like to support me or feel that God is leading you to, that would be a HUGE blessing. I have outlined my basic needs in a spreadsheet so you can get an idea what my needs are while I am over here. I am excited to see what God is going to do in supporting me because He has already met so many of my needs for me to stay here long term. One of my prayers was that if I stayed I could live out side of the city. God just so happened to provide a place for half the cost of my last place that is about 4 times the size and about ten minutes outside of the city. God also set me up to work in a farmer’s market twice a week that should pay for my rent. He also provided through the Worrells, a car that I can drive so I am not longer stuck and can get around. After I made the decision to stay God really opened up so many doors for me to be able to stay here and I am so thankful for what He has done so far.
I hope you are all well back home and I hope one of these days you can come and visit over here or I can, if the Lord wills, make it back home for a visit. Also, once again, thank you for all your support and prayer in the past. Please keep praying for me I need it! I love all of you so much and pray that God is blessing you and keeping you well.
Sebastian
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| Waterford Tall Ships Festival. We did a huge ministry during the festival and thousands heard the Gospel |
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| The Arizona Team finishing painting the Church ceiling |
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| Arizona Team and Calvary Waterford with couch surfers. |
| Expenses | monthly | Current support | |||
| Monthly | USD 250 | ||||
| House | 200 | ||||
| Car | 50 | ||||
| Utilities | 75 | ||||
| food | 200 | ||||
| Living Expenses | 50 | ||||
| Phone | 30 | ||||
| Sub Total | Euro. 605 | USD. 860 | |||
| school Loans in US | 600 | ||||
| Sub Total | Euro. 425 | USD. 600 | |||
| Total | Euro. 1,030 | USD. 1,460 | |||
