NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2023

 

October 2023

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

We hope you and your dear ones are doing well. It is a blessing to continue sharing with you the updates of the ministry.

While I am writing this letter, some demonstrations and protests are taking place in front of the rehab center. This is the ninth day of demonstrations throughout the country due to the corruption within the government. No one can leave their city because they have blocked the streets and the situation is getting more and more difficult because the supermarkets and markets have been closed due to lack of products and lack of transportation. All the prices are getting high and it is impossible to buy vegetables and grains. Please keep Guatemala in your prayers because many sick people are suffering due to the situation.

The rehab center is doing well. We currently have 30 men; and it is a blessing to have about 15 of the men that are growing in their faith. This week, three men finished the program and another two accepted another commitment as assistant counselors. It is the first time in three years that we have two full counselors and three assistant counselors. We have been praying for the Lord to touch their hearts and now we can see His response and it is a joy to our hearts! Every day is a spiritual struggle but we know that God is the One who fights for the souls of these men so that they can be the light and the salt of this country.

As the church of Christ, let's keep our faith firm in him and pray for each other because the times in which we are living are dangerous and definitely end times. As the Bible says in Hebrews 12:2 Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

God bless you and thanks for your love and support.

Sincerely,

Victor Barbella

written by Sandra Morales

NLPM

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“Calvary Chapel

of Marlton”.

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Calvary Chapel of Marlton

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Marlton, NJ 08053 

 La rehabilitacion es un proceso largo y dificil que puede hacerse solo con la ayuda de Dios y permitiendo que el cambie completamente nuestro corazon y sometiendo nuestra voluntad para que puedan darse cambios profundos. Gracias a Dios que hay algunos muchachos que si quieren un cambio y estan poniendo su confianza en Dios. Sabemos que la gracia de Dios es suficiente para cambiarnos y darnos esperanza en un mundo tan confundido y perdido.

La Biblia dice en Filipenses 4:13 Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalecee.

Only Jesus can give us hope

 

Every day there is more lack of hope in many hearts that put their trust in other people or in themselves and that has made them seek relief in drug and alcohol use, but they really only find temporary relief but not the cure for the real problem, but the real problem is the lack of union with God.

Throughout the history of humanity men have believed that the more knowledge and science increase we will be better people, but in reality that is not true, the human being can only change when they recognize that the heart can only be changed through a relationship with Jesus Christ our Savior. In John 8:30-36 It says that only Jesus can set us completely free.

We are very thankful with God that this morning five men came in into the rehab center.