Happy New Year !!!!
I like starting off a new year with good news. I would like to thank everyone who helped us with our Christmas outreach. The Outreach was just great this year. We bought hundreds of pounds of candy for the kids. We were so excited going to the stores and picking out the best candy. We got the candy home and disinfected the bags. Danny and I sat at a table with hundreds of empty bags that needed to be filled with all that candy we purchased. We spent hours stuffing those bags. That’s quality Father Son time.

We then went shopping for the widows care boxes. The boxes were bigger and fuller than ever before. When we drove out to the jungles we delivered the boxes to each of the widows huts. We had fun ministering to the widows in their huts. One of the widows has been suffering with sever diabetes and kidney problems. She had been in bed for 7 weeks. The doctors had just removed part of her foot. Her sister had a dream the night before that God would heal here. When we prayed for her she got so excited she jumped out of bed jumping up and down yelling I’m healed. God is so good to us all.
We went to the church in Santa Cruz where we invited all the children of the village to come and get candy. We had a great time singing songs, talking about the birth of Jesus and praying for all the children. I always have so much fun playing with the children there. It was so funny to see all these children running around with their mouths full of candy. For most of the children this candy will be the only gift they get for Christmas.

When we finished ministering to the children we drove to the town of Xcan. When we entered the main street we meet a group of teenagers doing a posada. We stopped and talked to them about the meaning of Christmas. We prayed with 43 of the teenagers to receive Jesus in their lives. After we prayed for them we gave everyone in the group a bag of candy. We then drove around giving candy to children until it was all gone, We then Stopped and gave care boxes to a couple more widows.
It was a fun day for us. Thanks again to everyone who helped make it possible.

With much love Rick, Maricruz and Daniel

Christmas always reminds me about humbleness. God, the Creator of heaven and earth, left His royal mansions to be mingled with men. He chose to be born not in one of the noble places of the time but rather in the humblest. Throughout His life we see this happening again and again. Instead of feasting in the high places he chooses to share meal with the sinners. He is the one who possesses all the power and might. Even when he is standing in front of Pilate, it is evident that He controls the situation, not Pilate. Yet, He chooses again and again to be humble and kind. Great example for us, his followers in 2021 and, hopefully, in 2022.

Things to Remember
As we look back over 2021, we give thanks for all the encounters we have had with people in various faucets of our ministry and opportunities to share the gospel. As we look forward to 2022, we would ask you to pray for God’s peace in this place. It’s just been too much to carry for the people of Bashkortostan in 2021. Pandemic and economic woes were tough. People look anxious and worried about the future. Crime rates are high. Even some ministers look overwhelmed. Pray that the Lord would pour his peace into the hearts of people.

Young Generation
Over this year we have seen numbers of young people coming to the Lord. Please, pray that we would help young people put the Lord first in their lives and find freedom in Christ. We want to see young people committing to the Great Commitment and harvesting for the Kingdom. Most of them are the bearers of a different spiritual DNA, set more on the church as a function rather a form.

Friends and Family
We praise the Lord that a new music teacher for Tim was found. That we had our consultation times with several teachers in the local school to help him grasp the requirements of the program.
Thank you so much for your prayers and support for us in 2021. We wish you Merry Christmas and his richest blessings in 2022!

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