Merry
Christmas from Chile
I hope this newsletter finds you well and that you are enjoying the holiday
& Christmas seasons. As we near the end of 2013, I hope you take time to
reflect on this past year so that, as you look back, you will be able to see
God’s hand watching over you: guiding, protecting, strengthening, comforting,
consoling, and providing for you. For me it is usually in hindsight that I see
God’s hand and faithfulness in my life, and as much as I try to be aware of it
in the present, it is so often only when I look back that I see it and wonder
how I had missed it along the way. So as we come to the end of 2013, we might
reflect back and see all sorts of ways 2013 could have been “better”: ‘if only this or that had never happened…’ or
‘if only I would have been able to avoid this or that situation…or handled
this or that situation differently.’ There are a million ways 2013 probably could
have been “better” but we often do not think about the millions of ways it
could have been worse. If you have a job, income, a college degree, a family
who loves and cares about you, friends who love and care about you, a roof over
your head, clothes on your back, a refrigerator, food in the pantry, a car, a
computer, a tv,…or any number of these things, like I do, then friends we are
among the most fortunate, blessed, and wealthy people on the face of the earth.
I don’t bring this up to make us all feel guilty, but rather to help us simply
recognize and remember how much we have to be grateful for. God has blessed us
in so many ways but we tend to overlook them, which makes us feel like God
hasn’t done anything for us lately; but if we will just open our eyes to see…all
that He has given us, the only proper response is to be grateful and thank Him.
I pray this Christmas, as we say good-bye to 2013, that you are able to do just
that.
FIRST: We
found out our car is going to cost $2,400 to fix! One of our cars broke down about 9-10 weeks ago
and it turns out it will cost $2,400 so if you are able to make a special one-time
donation to help us pay for it, we would be extremely grateful! The directions
on how to give can be found in the final paragraph below. The reason the car is
so important for us is that almost all our ministry is dependent on cars, so it
really hinders us in the way we connect or not with everyone we work with and
reach out to. For example: since I have been without the car I have not been
able to surf or skate much at all, which means I lose contact with the surfers
and skaters we are always trying to reach. So again, if you are able to help us
pay for this by giving a one-time gift to help us cover the cost, we could be
extremely grateful. Here’s a picture from in front of the skatepark in Las
Companías, when our car was loaded with skateboards and enjoying better days:
SECOND: We
have 2 missions-teams coming this summer so please pray for their time here. One is from Brazil California
FINALLY: As always there are 3 ways you may give financially to Fuego Urbano. For Automatic Monthly Online Donations you may
sign up for amounts of $25, $50, $100, or $200 per month. Just go to the right
side of my Blog (http://greghaugh.blogspot.com) where it says ‘Recurring Donation’ and adjust drop-down menu to the
amount you’d like to give each month; then click ‘Subscribe’ and it will take
you through the process. One-Time Online
Donations are available as well: click the ‘Donate’ button on my Blog just
below where it says ‘1-Time Donation’ and it will take you through the process.
Or if you prefer Personal Checks you
can make them out to ‘Fishers of Men Fellowship’ and mail them to: Fishers
of Men Fellowship, PO Box 9284 , Newport Beach , CA 92658
Thanks so much…we all wish
you a Merry Christmas from Chile
Greg
Haugh & Jose, Gislaine, Gabriel, and Gean-Felipe Eyzaguirre
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