Bill On Wheels

As Missionaries we are always looking for ways to help people out. God has commanded us to take care of those who he has entrusted us to our care.




Recently our good friends and fellow church members John and Annette Strietlemeier offered to donate a car to our ministry. We are so grateful for their kind gesture and wanted to really utilize their gift to the glory God. As a non-prophet we new that we could not sell the car for money so we set out to discern the best use for the vehicle.



Then God spoke in his gentle voice and said give the car to Bill!!! Bill Hickey is one of our partners that lives on site at Huntington Ridge,one of Whirlwinds mission sites. So with out hesitation we offered the car to our partner Bill. Bill has been riding the bus or one of his bicycle for quite some time, so we offered to him.



So this afternoon Bill, Tim, and myself set out to make ownership a reality for our brother Bill. We made a trek down to the Georgia Tittle office which is down by the airport. Tim was skeptical that the government transaction would go smooth. I reassured him that things would go well. So when they called our number (government operation) three of us went to the window to complete a five part transaction. Things went just like clockwork...I knew it would. Tim was amazed.



Now Bill is the proud owner of a new (used) car. He will be able to work without having to rely on mass transit to get around. It will allow him more flexibility. Much thanks to our friends and partners John and Annette Strietilmeier for making it all possible.


Love you all !!!

After School Programs and Site Improvments

We had quite a day yesterday in the mission field! As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, we have been negotiating with management on a time slot for our after school programs. Good News! We have come to terms on running the program form 3:30 to 5:00 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Thanks for your prayers team.







Also we received a donation of two additional computers which gives us a total of three. I spent a large part of my day installing computers and rearranging the class room to ready it for next week.





I spoke with Michelle, the manager of Villas Nueva, and she is so glad that we are are there. She has done a great job under a stressful situation. The owners continue to improve conditions for the tenants and renovations continue around the entire complex. Please pray for her as she continues to improve living conditions and upgrade the standard of living there.





The renovations are not only external, but inside the units as well. They maintenance guys are ripping out all of the old toilets and it looks like they are replacing them with low-flow units. This should save the owners thousands of dollars on water bills that hopefully they will use for additional improvements.

Other renovations include replacing rotted retaining walls and other landscape improvements as well. It looks like they are really trying to improve the place.

I was approached by a big muscle-bound Mexican man yesterday. Sometimes when an adult approaches, you can never tell what the reason or motive is. As he approached I gave my usual smile and Hola...como esta greeting. He wasted no time! Thrusting his hand forward toward me, he stuck a cell phone in my face and said in very broken English. You talk!!! I took the phone from his hand and said hello. It was a agent from a temporary service. Evidently he was trying to get a day labor job through a very large communication gap. Finally I was able to gather the name of the hiring contractor, a cell phone number, and address. Alfrado was very thankful and I was relieved that he was just desperate for work.

It was a great start to building a relationship with the adult population at Villas Nueva. Please pray that God will continue to lead us to ministry opportunities, and that we will allow the Holy Spirit to teach us to be patient as we work to share the Gospel with all God's people.

One more thing...Cornelia has gone to work full time to help support our family as I continue to grow the ministry. Pray for her as she is feeling very disconnected from the ministry process. Hopefully we will have our ministry funded soon. She will continue to work on weekends and evening as her schedule allows.

We Love You All!!!

Not Feeling Well Today

Went by the mission today to catch the kids when they were getting off the bus. They sure are full of energy and always tell me how much they hate school. They really don't look that sad to me. I really have fun cutting up with them and listening to their crazy stories.

Went over to Bill Hickey's mission last night to pick up two donated computers. I can't wait to get them hooked up and running so that we can begin to teach computer literacy to the adults and kids who live at Villas Nueva. Bill was showing me a table he made for the kids to work off of. Bill is a really tallented carpenter. A coworker of Cornelia is donating a care to our ministry. We are planing to give it to Bill Hickey so that he will have more reliable transportation.

One of Tim's partners donated to 4 cases of Lay's Chips. I spent part of the afternoon sorting chips and delivering two cases to Tim's house so that he and Ashley could have chips for their kids.

Please pray for me...I have been a little under the weather today. I had lots of plans for today but just couldn't quite get it done.

Cornelia is working an extra to try to help us along until we can complete our funding.

Also my best friend from high school contacted me today. I haven't herd from him since 1998. Its so strange because I was just talking about him to Cornelia last week and low-and-behold...there he was on my Facebook this morning requesting to be my friend. JESUS THING??? You be the judge.

Still working with the people at FBC Lawrenceville to potentially get a new mission started that would be manned by their volunteers. Also hoping to make contact with Central Baptist soon.

We Love You All!

Thank God for Our Supporters

God continues to bless us each month with additional supporters. We are so thankful for them. Thank you all for being part of our team!!! You know who you are.



We are sorry for not blogging for a few days...we sometimes get blogged down (LOL) in the administrative end of ministry and really don't have a lot to tell you or update you on. Unlike the Cummins family we have a mundane life.



So with that said let us update you on the latest. We are still in the process of getting our after school programs up and running. One thing that has hindered us is the management at Villas Nueava. The office hours have changed since the new management company bought the place. Old office hours closed the office at 6:00 p.m. and the new closing time is 5:00 p.m. The problem is that we need to be in there from 5:00 to 6:00 which means that we have a need to be issued a door key. Without going into a lot of detail on the specifics...as of now they are not willing to issue us a key. I don't think its a lack of trust. Please pray that the Lord would resolve this issue.



Also, on a positive note, I have been approached by two retired teachers about the possibility that they may come to help. Praise the Lord!!!.



Yesterday we attended church at the "Bridge." Cornelia and I are apart of the core group that started it two years ago. Wow..where the that time get off too??? For those of you who may be seeking a place to worship in a non traditional context, would like to invite you to come. You can get directions a http://www.mpfbc.org/.

Also please pray for Melissa, Carlos, and Fernando. Their mother (Maria) had surgery last Friday. They were unclear why..but please pray for this family.

We are meeting with the Community Improvement District of the Gwinnett Village in an attempt to create a partnership. to lower crime and better target areas that need cleaning up. The meeting is September 22.

We love you all. Thanks for caring.

Holiday Break...Celebrate Freedom

Just wanted to let you guys know that we have been taking a little break the weekend. We have really been working hard to make new contacts and increased our partnership base. Also we have dealt with a few spiritual warfare things as well.

Kaitlyn and Best Friend Vanessa

One of the things we did this weekend was attended the Celebrate Freedom event at the Conyers GA Olympic horse park. This event headlined several big name christian bands. Sort of like an abbreviated Atlanta Fest event.

Two of our favorite bands were there Third Day performing a rare acoustic set and high energy Hawk Nelson.


Third Day Performing an unplugged set.

Kaitlyn and Vanessa where thrilled to have the opportunity to meet their favorite Christian artist. The musicians were gracious and made themselves very accessible. Seated is Hawk Nelson


Jason Dunn in concert. This photo was taken by Kaitlyn. I am sure glad that I was not in that mass of humanity.

Kaitlyn and her best friend Vanessa weaved their usual magic and managed to get photos with Mac of Third Day and Jason Dunn of Hawk Nelson. We were all envious.

Kaitlyn with Mac!!!!

Kaitlyn with Jason Dunn of Hawk Nelson!!!!

One of our other favorite bands which performed was Mercy Me. They are one of the best worship groups I have ever seen. We had a great time despite the heeeeeeat!!!!

New Partnerships

Its really easy to doubt God. Many lost people doubt that God is real. Christians sometime doubt God is concerned and cares about us. Others might not even think that there is a God running things up there. That he just kind of put things in motion and let it all work out for the common good or bad. Which ever way you look at it.

This week I have been working on building new partnerships for the ministry. Yesterday I met with Inman Houston the pastor of Lawrenceville FBC. Inman is thirty-two, smart as a whip and has a tremendous pasiion for reaching the lost.

We are constantly looking for new avenues to share the Gospel with the lost. Inman is interested in what we do because he sees a need for community development in Lawrenceville. FBC currently has an ESL class on-going at their church, that is doing quite well. Nevertheless Inman sees the value in taking the church to the people. He has been pasturing in the community long enough to understand that many immigrants are not going to come to traditional church. but he will have to go to where they live.

Very soon we will meet with Pastor Houston again hoping to establish a new work in Lawrnceville.

I have been working to make contact with the Gwinnett Community Improvement District. today I received an email from Chuck Warbington (Chairman). We are in the process planning an introductory get together so that we can mesh our two organization together and make the "Village"a safer place. Please pray that God will open the door of progress between us.

New Partner

We are always praying for Godly people to be placed in our lives. We need people like this to guide us and to keep us held accountable to our calling and ministry goals. Recently I told you about my partner, David Crews, and how God placed him in my life. Saturday Cornelia and I was blessed to have a new partner come on board. His name is David McCleskey. David is the Chairman of the deacons of FBC Lawrenceville and is Christian leader with a big picture approach. David also works for the Gwinnett County Board of Education reporting directly to Alvin Willbanks. He will be helping us work on our fund raising.

Today I will be working on a submitted report as part of the requirements for a grant. Also I will also be working to get our August news letter out to our supporters

We Love You All.