FAMILY LIFE at Desert Springs - a place where we can share the heart of our church family; prayers, praises and important announcements.  Be sure to check-in often to see what is happening. If you have a prayer request or praise, please submit by contacting me, Laura Keener, Frontline Director at Desert Springs....760-568-3646 or lkeener@desertspringsfamily.org.

THE MEXICO MISSION TRIP TEAM ARE HOME!

We are home from a wonderful week of service in La Mision, Baja California, Mexico.  The prayers from our church family were heard and answered. We had absolutely no travel, health or safety issues. We felt the hand of God on each of us and praise Him for His faithfulness.

During the week some of our team helped to clear hard rocky land and started pouring the concrete foundation for Open Arms Childcare Ministries on-site Psychologist Panchita and her husband Sheko.  They have faithfully served at Open Arms for over 4 years and would like to have a small home of their own so they can start a family.  All this time they have lived in a tiny room off her parent's home. What a blessing it will be to have a place of real rest for them.  

Some removed the old floor in Open Arms church and replaced with new flooring and the rest of the team prepared and ran Soul Surfin' VBS for 50+ kids each day.  We even took them all to the beach to play games, do crafts, hear that day's bible story, sing praise music and worship the Lord!  It was so fun seeing the pure joy of the children, loving the ocean and sand. 

We bless God and thank Him for His provisions and the honor of serving Him! And, we thank you for your prayers,encouragement and support.

"God is not unjust; he will not forget your work." Hebrews 6:10

PRAYING FOR OUR BROTHERS & SISTERS IN CHRIST

Health, Wisdom, Strength - "And pray in the spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints." Ephesians 6:18

Beverly Baughn
Bill & Muriel Beers
Lucy Brooks
Ceil Burns
Rick Diedrich
Betty Hyta
Carol Smoke  

Serena Williams

FAMILY LIFE at Desert Springs - a place where we can share the heart of our church family; prayers, praises and important announcements.  Be sure to check-in often to see what is happening. If you have a prayer request or praise, please submit by contacting me, Laura Keener, Frontline Director at Desert Springs....760-568-3646 or lkeener@desertspringsfamily.org.

Twenty-four of us, baby to eighty, are leaving June 12 on the 3rd Annual Mexico Mission Trip.  I ask that you pray for us each day.  For safe travels, health, unity and opportunities share the Lord.  It's a blessing to help others but what happens is they really bless us.  The blog below shares my heart and prayer for our mission team.... Laura

Your Life Can Speak More Than Your Words

"We cared so much for you that we were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.”  1 Thessalonians 2:8  

Their only source of water was a three-hour walk from their huts and homes.

I was eighteen years old and knew nothing about the world, except what I saw in front of me: dozens of Rwandan children walking to fetch their jugs of water, and they had invited me along. Of course I obliged and followed behind them while the blazing African sun seemed to scorch hotter every second. I was feeling too much — too white, too privileged, and far too out of place. I was holding a water bottle in my hands and guilt wrapped around me like a suffocating fur coat.

Who was I to drink water so freely and easily while the kids around me had to traipse for hours to collect theirs?

We didn’t speak much on the walk. Their words were in Kinyarwanda, mine were not. When we arrived back at the village after the agonizingly hot and tiring trip, the pastor of their village came to me, his wife not far behind him. They took our hands and led us to their home, a humble thatched hut with benches pulled around a small table. Huge heapings of potatoes and cooked bananas were placed in front of us, and the pastor’s wife shone hospitality in a way I had never seen before. When she handed me my plate, I almost cried.

They had nothing, yet they gave me everything.

We could hardly communicate with one another — at least not in the typical way I’d been taught. But through that meal where they offered me literally all that they had, the pastor and his wife in a small Rwandan village shared with me two things: their very lives and the gospel of Jesus Christ.

I saw Jesus in them, and we barely spoke. They taught me that our lives can speak more than words ever can.

May our lives be a poured out offering, an emptying of us and what we desire. May we love so deeply that we reach out our hands and grab the person in front of us, bring them into our homes and give them all that we have.

That, I believe, is where the Gospel is most evident.

by Aliza Latte

PRAYING FOR OUR BROTHERS & SISTERS IN CHRIST

Health, Wisdom, Strength

And pray in the spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Ephesians 6:18

Beverly Baughn
Bill & Muriel Beers
Lucy Brooks
Ceil Burns
Rick Diedrich
Betty Hyta - continue to pray for her during treatments 
Carol Smoke - continue to pray for energy

Pam Vouge - hip pain
Nancy Wakeman

Serena Williams - back pain severe