Wow, Wow, Wow :)

I write with much excitement. In fact, my typing is pretty awful... I've been making quite a bit of typo's as I try to write because I'm just simply excited and amazed by the work of God's hand. So please, be gracious and forgive any spelling errors you may find :)

Some of you may remember some posts a couple of weeks ago concerning the team from GEBC and their robbery in Egipto. If not, feel free to go back and read them ("A Spiritual Diagnosis" and "Half-Human, Half-Monster"). Anyway, I write as a follow-up...

God has been doing MUCH in Barrio Egipto since the weeks following the robbery. He has softened the hearts of the gang members and allowed Pastor Elias to see a way into the lives of the gang members in Egipto. They have been brainstorming about various ways they can keep teenagers off the streets and a life free from violence. You see, in Egipto, the life expectancy for men is a mere 27 years!! Violence and criminal activity has marked their reality for decades.

And yet, there is so much hope for change!

Elias talked with the gang leader and asked how they could support the disbandment of his gang. He admitted that they had been working on a documentary/movie about their lives and would love to finish it and show it to the neighborhood. Tonight is the official movie opening. The gang has spread the news and has invitedall gang members in Egipto to come and watch it tonight at the Buena Semilla. They insisted that Elias share the Gospel...

So tonight, my family has the privilege of gathering with 50 plus gang members to watch a movie about their lives and the hear the Gospel preached. They have showed signs of recognizing that Christ really is the only one who can break their generational sin, but haven't made concrete steps toward Calvary yet...

Anyway... I'm not very eloquent right now, because I'm simply amazed and blown away by all that God has been doing in and through the lives of this gang.

I ask that you pray... pray for tonight in a special, special, special way. The event is scheduled to be held from 6:00-9:00 pm. Lift this gathering up to Jesus. Pray that no scheme of the enemy would prevail. Ask that God would unleash his power and rain down his mercy and love. That tonight would be remembered as a night where Egipto experienced Jesus.

By the way... you can read more about all that has been happening as a result of the robbery here:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/notes/fundaci%C3%B3n-buena-semilla/the-last-week-testimony/1799482718146