Horizon Brooklyn BBQ Sat.May 29 2010

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Saturday May 29 2010 was a beautiful day in Brooklyn NY, this day turned out to be a day of salvation for many children and adults who attended the church BBQ & Outreach for the community, there was plenty of food for everyone, hot dogs, bbq chicken, potato salad, chips, watermelon wow! All the fixin’s for a good ol time. The children got their faces painted, had a lot of balloon characters, jumped in the bounce house played basketball and they even got in a few swings on the three pinatas that were stuffed full with candy, Oh my what a fun time! The drama team from HSE performed a powerful skit for the audience, Tony Carigan shared his powerful testimony with the audience and gave a invitation to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, followed by Pastor John Connors as he shared from his heart with the people and thanked them for coming to the free event. Pator Roy was cooking hot dogs, Danny was eatin’ ice cream and Tony he was having fun sharing the love of Jesus. I leave you with this scripture Luke 15:7 Just so I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentence.

Ernie Villavicencio

Marlboro Outreach 2

 

Marlboro Children’s Outreach in Brooklyn, NY was so amazingly filled by
the Spirit, GOD is moving, praise HIM!
      Let me start by introducing myself I’m Jay B and GOD has placed
me in a position of being a family leader of an amazing group of
brothers &; sisters: my coleader Caroline, Shara W., Nadia, Lauren,
Phillip, Ernie & Daniel. We arrived at the out reach with the other 4 of
6 families,  as were waiting for the other two families we start
praying at the play ground, soon after all families arrived.
     The entire family started setting up with the food and chidrens
ministries leading the way. We all help out, how awesome is it when we
all work together as one family. As we set up many people start coming
out of their apartments, hearing and wondering is this really
happening? Families and lot of children came down to enjoy lots of hot
dogs, chips, face painting, fun balloon creations, praise & worship,
playing sports & on the playground but most importantly having a
kioninea fellowship with all Children of GOD.
    As soon as the outreach started the Spirit of GOD came upon the
place with laughter, joy and sharing the Love of GOD. Allow me to
share personal GOD moment experiences. The Spirit was leading me to
talk to children, hence I shared the gospel through how GOD has spoken
to me by the High 5 for JESUS. Basically, one day in class GOD spoke
to me in 5 letter words to be enable me to share HIS love. Here are
some words: JESUS, loves, cross, blood, saves, glory, honor, peace,
trust, truth, first, heart, Daddy & faith. It was definitly GOD at
work because I spoke to 5 different boys and they all accepted JESUS
as their LORD and Savior. There is one thing different I did for the
very first time is I had them sign Bibles I was giving them which I
wrote “I (their name) accepted JESUS as my LORD and SAVIOR today.”
This was amazing because they would joyfully pray that then sign it.
      The outreach was about to end so I saw a Bible lying on the
playground so I went to sit next to it just to rest then pick it up.
Little did I know, GOD was going to use me again! A little 12 year old
girl sits next to me and I greet her and immediatly I engage her with
the High 5 for JESUS. I was sharing JESUS through my hand again and in
which she was intensely looking and listening. As I continue on, I
stoped to ask her name and she replied with a sqeeking noise so I
asked her again because I was kind of confussed. I asked her to wait
because I counld not understand her so I took the Bible that was on
the playground and asked her to write her name on the front cover. She
started writing and it said deap, so I asked again because she still
didn’t make sense and she gentlly took the Bible back and corrected
the spelling of that word which was deaf. I could not believe it she
was deaf all along. Right away I asked for her name again and she
wrote Chanell. At that moment I started feeling the Holy Spirit’s
presence. I felt led to ask her if she understood everything
I said about JESUS? She replied w a huge smile and said yes. So we
continued to talk by writing back and forth. As we keep writing all of
a sudden she looks at me and places her hands in the prayer position
in front of her chin and looks at me. We look at each other w hearts
understanding and I  didn’t even ask her if she wanted to accept the
LORD in her heart, the Holy Spirit told me that she wanted JESUS in
her heart and we prayed. So as we finish praying like the boys, I
wrote down what she prayed, saying, I Chanell accept JESUS as my LORD
and SAVIOR on May 27, 2010. She signed it then looked at me and says
thank you, gives me a big hug and started crying with lots of joy, I
was so filled w the Spirit and thanked GOD for using me. GOD spoke to
my heart that moment and said thank you my son as you are my son so is
Chanell my daughter, then I was consumed w the Spirit and started to
cry but I tried to hold back. So, Chanell looked at me a second time
said thank you again w a bigger and longer hug and cried more, then
that’s when I could not hold it in anymore and cried out w rejoicing
from my heart knowing FATHER GOD loves us more than we know. Wow GOD
work through me that day to lead His children even a beautiful, young
lady and I could not contain the joy HE gave I cried the whole way
back to church because today GOD revealed HIS love to me, the boys,
Chanell and the Marlboro community in a  powerful way. Praise GOD!

Marlboro Outreach

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Today was an amazing day as God allowed the school of evangelism team to minister to children and parents at the Marlboro Housing Project with food, fun & fellowship as many children and adults received Jesus as their Lord & savior. We were told that this was the first time anyone has done a outreach at their apartments. We were so blessed just to be there and have fun with them.

A Great Descriptive of Brooklyn

One of the members of the church here sent us a beautiful narrative of what we have to look forward to on our nine days in New York. Hope you don’t mind me sharing this Gerry.

“Come to Brooklyn,

You will find flowers growing here among the rocks, pushing their way up between the stones of the city, and through sidewalks cracked and broken by lost ones looking for light. Groping to find the Hand stretched out, the Voice calling them to come forth.

You will see faces and names painted here, painted in the colors of many nations, drawn on the walls in many languages, embroidered on the veils of Yemen, expressed in the dark eyes of Saudia, and subdued hearts peering out to find light. Asia too spreads itself in living colors over the fields white to harvest.

Come pick flowers from the fabric of the world. Ebony faces from the Islands of the sea. Pearly white smiles but hungry hearts. The Black Hats and Beaver hats that fill Borough Park and Williamsburg, lost from the true Jerusalem. Walk among the diaspora and touch the Tribes of Israel.

Come to Brooklyn. To China towns where women with tiny feet bow still before Buddha to burn their incense. Where gurus and cults ensnare the searching and misguided. Where Mosques and Temples and Shrines to the saints who were not saints, cast shadows across the path of those needing for hope, forbidding them to see.

Come to Brooklyn. You will find children older than their years, without fathers to guide them. Mothers in need, and girls preyed upon. And in the High Rises of plenty where all seems well, drug lords count their cash and pat their weapons and look down on the masses.

Yet the Word of God is living and active! The Lord is building His church! For nestled in many a corner, beams of light shine out… out to the sea of humanity like lighthouses along the shore. Spreading beams of Hope across the Horizon. Out to the parks and boardwalks on the sandy beaches of Coney Island. Out through the neighborhoods, down alleyways and open markets.

Come to Brooklyn and write your own poem. Find the flowers and pick a bouquet of your own. Come, point their faces to the Son.”

Morning Worship

Safe!!!

As our day comes to a close, we have all arrived safely in Brooklyn. Thank you for all of your prayers for safe travels :)

Brooklyn Represent

It’s 9:40pm and two of our four vans are here at the Horizon in Brooklyn eating L&B Spumoni Pizza. We’re here safely and even had a couple alumni and team members fly out to join us for the remaining days in Brooklyn.

Stay tuned and we will keep you posted with more personal testimonies from our students and photos showing the work God is doing.

Prayer Initiative

Please be praying in advance for God’s plan for us in Brooklyn. We may not know what Brooklyn holds for us, but we do know who holds Brooklyn! :)