Venezuela Baptist College - Macedonia World Baptist Missions, Inc.

Venezuela Baptist College
“And they…shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.” Ezekiel 2:5
March – April 2013
MORE VBC STUDENTS STARTING CHURCHES IN THE CITY OF MARACAIBO
Maracaibo is the second largest city in the country of Venezuela, with a population of 3.5
million people, a city much-needed of the gospel and independent Baptist churches. In a
previous report I talked about Yohandry Montiel, a senior from VBC preaching to the
Wayuu ethnic group in the city of Maracaibo. In this report I will introduce you to two other
men. One of them is a graduate, and the other one is still a student at VBC, both taking
leadership in new churches in that city.
A few months back, one of the very few American independent
Baptist missionaries remaining in the country had to definitely leave
to the US, and he asked me if our church would agree on taking his
recently started mission church under its authority. We prayed about
it and asked the Lord to provide a man that would be willing to travel
to Maracaibo and help keep that baby church going. We had done
this twice in the past for departing missionaries, and both churches
are doing extraordinarily well under the pastoral care and leadership
of VBC graduates.
The Lord provided a
young man, Carlos Eduardo Montilla (above), a graduate from VBC
that could travel every other week to preach there, while at the same
time, one of the men from the mission church –Miguel Rojas (left)begun being trained for the ministry as an extension student of our
Bible College. Well, both these men are doing a tremendous job as a
team, and the church is doing great. They actually have attendances
of 40+ Sunday mornings (below). Please pray for “Iglesia Bautista
Vida Abundante.” They own a piece of land but have no resources at
the present time to start building. And pray for Carlos Eduardo as he
considers getting married next year.
There is another VBC student doing a great job in the city of
Maracaibo. His name is Yorbi Ferrer (next page, right). Yorbi got
saved in our church three years ago. He is a
very energetic young man. Soon after joining
VBC, Yorbi started Bible studies once a month
in his own home in Maracaibo, inviting
relatives and neighbors. He has managed to
gather more than 50 people in attendance,
and he is now travelling every week there to
have services Saturdays and Sundays. I
travelled to Maracaibo to preach and baptize
the first three believers. He now has no less
than 10 more ready to be baptized. There is
no doubt the Lord has gotten His hand on this
young man. We invite you to pray for Yorbi and the church born in his home in Maracaibo.
Yorbi (center) with his brother and Sister
First services held at Yorbi’s home
First believer baptized
FOOD SHORTAGE AFFECTING OUR BIBLE COLLEGE
I usually do not talk much about this type of things, but I need to share
with you how the critic economic situation of our country is affecting the
operation of our Bible College. As most of you know, we have dorms
for fulltime male students. And that means we have to feed them three
times a day. Lately, most basic food items in the Venezuelan diet like
sugar, corn and wheat flour, margarine, pasta, cooking oil, cheese,
among others- have
eggs, milk, mayonnaise, chicken and red meat –among
been in short supply.
For that reason, the government is regulating wholesale purchase
of food, and limiting the amount individuals can purchase in
supermarkets. For example, no single individual can purchase
more than 4 Kg of corn flour, or 4 liters of cooking oil during a
single visit to a supermarket, and that if they are available. Some
wholesalers do not sell to little customers like us (supposedly by
government regulations), so we have no other option but to
purchase our food in supermarkets.
“You can only take 4 packages of corn flour per person… Thank you!”
Now, since supermarkets do not sell in large quantities to
individuals, we have to have each of our dorm students purchase
the individual quota for these food items. So we send them regularly
after class hours to supermarkets in the area to purchase each a bit
of the food we need to keep our kitchen running. Sometimes they
have to wait in long lines (left). We have brothers and sisters that
call our offices to tell us which supermarkets have put one or more
of these items in their shelves. And we have to rush, because the
word spreads out quickly and people rush to get them, even getting
into fights over the last bags of corn flour.
Now, you can imagine how this affects the operation of
our college. Since we cannot purchase some food items
wholesale, we have to spend more money buying our
food. This is seriously affecting our budget. On the other
hand, this is affecting the private schedules of our
students. How much worse this is going to get remains to
be seen. But we ask you to pray for our country in
general, and for the materials needs of our Bible College.
Milk 2 per person
Milk,
In spite of it all, today more than ever, we believe the Lord’s promise to His children: But my God shall supply all
your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Phil. 4:19
Thank you very much for keeping us in your prayers!
ONE MORE THING… WE WILL BE GRANDPARENTS!
Lord willing, our oldest daughter, Becky, and our favorite sonin-law (actually, the only one we have), James, will make us
grandparents in September. This is our first grandchild. We are
euphoric, as you might understand. And I just could not help
telling you about it and sharing our joy with you.
Support Address:
Field Information:
In the United States:
MACEDONIA WORLD BAPTIST MISSIONS INC.
P.O. Box 519
Braselton, GA 30517
Tel: (706) 6542818
In Canada:
MACEDONIA WORLD BAPTIST MISSIONS
INTERNATIONAL OF CANADA
407 Rue St-Alexis Ouest,
Trois-Rivières, QC G8W 2E2
Tel: (819) 3753655
E-mail: vpaezg1@mac.com
Office Tel. (58-212) 4723509
Cell. Tel. (58-414) 2596709
Skype USA Number: (661) 9020655
Skype Name: pastorvp
Mail Address:
2da. Transv. Avenida Rotaria, con Calle Ciega.
Quinta Bautista, Urb. La Paz, Caracas 1020, DC
VENEZUELA
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