Praises & Prayers

Praises

Welcome to October and the fall and all the things I love about the change in weather (in Colorado). I know the news everywhere can be discouraging, I am sadden so often when I’m checking in. HOWEVER, scripture reminds us over and over to have hope. I just looked and printed a list of scriptures on hope for the Remand children.
One of my favorites:
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13
We also know all things are in His control. So as we journey and remind ourselves that all these things must come to past, I must encourage myself in His Word and promises. As we stay encouraged, we stay with our hands to the plow.
Bill has been busy as ever and continues to work with the Korean NGO that we mentioned in the last P&P. They are starting to schedule in mid November on. We will keep you posted on that.

A session for Bill & George for follow up training. Bill was pleased that most had their books and there is progress with the leadership in implementing changes in the churches. On this trip they had several visits to make.

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The rains continue. There is a lot of flooding throughout Uganda. The rains will come in localized blasts and cause devastation and then the sky’s open up and it looks great and sunny, but the damages can be significant. Hopefully they will start ceasing and the damages will be limiting from here out.
Last week we had rebels cross the border from DRC and everyone was cautioned to not travel unless necessary. It sounded like a larger effort as western regions were affected. “Ugandan forces on Saturday thwarted a series of coordinated attacks by unidentified armed groups targeting military and police installations in the western part of the country, said the Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces (UPDF).” https://www.independent.co.ug/updf-foils-armed-attacks-in-bundibugyo-kasese-and-fort-portal/
The military will act with swift force to keep the peace. That is the current Presidents appreciated quality, peace.

I’ve been more engaged in Calvary Church with helping Pastor Nicholas organize an effort to get the church engagement off the bench if you will. Much like the US, you find 20% of the people helping in the church and the others on the bench. We will see! A skit and sign up sheets were out recently and of course we have a new year to really hit home the idea of this New Life that we have in Christ, even if we have had this new life for a time.
I am continuing to serve with Remand and love the opportunity to talk about “where does our TRUE Hope come from”. In October there was a big change in the kids as some went home and others went to other facilities. I’m not sure if it is a quarterly event or if it just landed in October. It can be very easy to misunderstand here even with repetitive questioning. Like with most of life we will continue to learn, and sometimes it can be painful!
We did co-host and helped organize a Marriage Retreat which straddled Oct-November. We came home on Saturday. Such a great opportunity in many ways. May we all submit to one another. So much easier said than done!!

Always tricky here with helping because people are not timely. For the most part it went really well. The retreat was not far from home in a hidden gem of a place. Everyone has to save their coins to attend and/or get some sponsorship. We are always aware of to the degree we help, or not knowing there is a fine line. We trust He is always leading and guiding.

Prayers

 Please continue to pray for the new staff at FMLK to be honest and up-right, including the Chicken House crew!! Prayer that the unseen is seen!!
 Pray for another couple of streams of funding for FMLK. This is an ongoing prayer. We certainly see God providing from these young Spanish volunteers and even in this there are parameters and stops. Please keep the relationship in prayer between the founders of both groups. With year end coming, it will be a transition time.
 Pray we stay healthy.
 Please continue to pray as Bill teaches at the 3 churches and now this opportunity with the Korean ministry. Also pray that more of the young Christian adults would be willing to be trained in godly leadership. Too many just want money and are not willing to do success God’s way.
 Please pray as I work with the Remand House (youth detention center), that it is part of His Kingdom building and not just an activity. I’m using scripture to assist in teaching English! Pray that they hear where their help can come from.
 Pray for the Muslim woman I love and having great Spiritual conversations with and that it is all worthy of her considering Christ. Her husband has rejected her and they are now living apart, not sure of all the details but very messy!
 Pray as we serve to see with Spiritual eyes and boldness in these days. Pray that our every effort will make God known and pleasing to Him.
 Pray as Bill works with Robert who is in agreement to work with the FMLK Chapel. He is new to “truth teaching” but is willing and teachable. Praise God that he is there to learn and this will impact many long term!!

Praises & Prayers

Greetings from the last P&P with Publisher. That is the software that I use that I love for these newsletters that are with all these bells and whistles that I mentioned before. I had in my head that it was August that they were stopping the app but it’s October.
This helps me a lot because this is a known software app to me and to be honest I haven’t had the time to go practice with Scribus yet like I need to. All those things (forced changes) come as you have to, is my experience. The next one I’m sure I’ll have to use Scribus.
Of course the beat goes on and the days seem short and at warp speed as we look to the hills where our help comes from. I continue to think about the scripture I sent in the June email.
Matthew 24:21-22 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.
It certainly seems to me that there is so, so much going on in this season. Is it that the Lord is doing some things we may not understand with time, with people with whatever He desires? Right!! His will, His way, Yahweh!
It seems like there is so much going on here too that we have to keep our heads straight. Granted though, we had about 5-6 weeks of crazy here on the property that displaced us as we packed everything up. We are grateful the landlady wants to take care of her property and we are more than grateful that she is so very good to us and has been unlike other landlords. So many horror stories.

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UPDATE: You might remember The DORM is on hold as mentioned before because of the rains. Clare did reserve some materials and will start once the rains start to cease. Not sure how to time that but I’ll let her handle all of that. She’s received enough funds to start the purchasing. As soon there is anything we will update you.
The September rains are (relatively) not bad but October is torrential including as I type this, it rages. Lots of thunder and lightening. The Princess dog is so adverse with a bad start in life with fireworks early on in her puppyhood. Oh the troubles of four leggers.
Of course I must update you on the babies!! Blessings to be part of these little ones lives. I know I’ve mentioned I see Rinnah and Nava so much more than Ivan and Aaron. Ivan has just recently started joining me at The Remand Home where I’m teaching English to the youth that are incarcerated. So I’ve had more opportunities to see Evelyn and Aaron because his house is on the way.

Evelyn, Ivan and Aaron

Bill has tilled the ground a long time. And the fruit is coming. He’s been presented with a lot of opportunities!! We thank God for this new season to see some growth. He spoke at CCFP and a Korean couple heard him and then brought the boss of the NGO that they work for. He immediately had Bill go out to the “Crusade” that was schedule a few kilometers from the house. Bill was the first speaker with Nicholas translating for him
As you might imagine Bill was delighted and the false teachers were not. Long story short, looks like the ministry has a number of opportunities that will take Bill west of here in a concentrated area teaching the biblical true Gospel to the leaders and pastors. It’s like a little gold mine of opportunities. Pray for hearts and ears!!

Bill and Nicholas had an opportunity to speak at a “Crusade”, anytime you hear that here, you are assured it is 99.9% false teaching.

Prayers

 Please continue to pray for the new staff at FMLK to be honest and up-right, including the Chicken House crew!! Prayer that the unseen is seen!!
 Pray for another couple of streams of funding for FMLK. This is an ongoing prayer. We certainly see God providing from these young Spanish volunteers and even in this there are parameters and stops. Please keep the relationship in prayer between the founders of both groups. For a little more understanding, the Spanish team is branching out yet still will be involved with FMLK but is also taking the volunteers to new schools. One of the hardest parts is that the kids are the ones that don’t understand so we are trying to address the ability for them to work without having the children impacted!
 Pray we stay healthy.
 Please continue to pray as Bill teaches at the 3 churches and now this opportunity with the Korean ministry. Also pray that more of the young Christian adults would be willing to be trained in godly leadership. Too many just want money and are not willing to do success God’s way.
 Please pray as I work with the Remand House (youth detention center), that it is part of His Kingdom building and not just an activity. I’m using scripture to assist in teaching English!
 Pray for the Muslim woman I love and having great Spiritual conversations with and that it is all worthy of her considering Christ. Her husband has rejected her and the 3 daughters. She’s educated and that causes problems. Prayer for ongoing how to acknowledge and help her.
 Pray as we serve to see with Spiritual eyes and boldness in these days. Pray that our every effort will make God known and pleasing to Him.
 Pray as Bill works with Robert who is in agreement to work with the FMLK Chapel. He is new to “truth teaching” but is willing and teachable. Praise God that he is there to learn and this will impact many long term!!

Little Hands, Little Feet

Conversations

An exciting part of Good News Club is not only having that first spiritual conversation with a child but also seeing them grow in Him through the years. Recently, I had the chance to have three very unique conversations with children in one day after an invitation was given in Good News Club.
The first was Mae* who has been coming to Good News Club for a year and a half, but finally decided it was time she placed her faith in the Lord Jesus. When I asked her why she had come to talk, she said she wanted Jesus to forgive her sins. She said she didn’t need me to help her know what to say, but was ready to pray in her own words to trust Jesus as her Savior. It was a special day to be with this child who had been hearing the Gospel and was now ready to believe.
Then there was Caroline, a Grade 6 girl, who trusted Christ as her Savior a couple years ago in Good News Club, but is facing stress in growing up. High School begins in Grade 7 in Tasmania and there is only one more school term of the year. So, the prospect of leaving Primary School and entering a more difficult social life of High School can be daunting. I prayed with her assuring her of God’s being with her as Hebrews 13:5b teaches, but mostly we just sat together. Finally, there was Charlie, who said he became a Christian when he was 4, but hadn’t been at club to receive a Gospel wristband to share with his friends when we had given them out and watched a video on how to use it. He wanted to make sure he got one because he wanted to share with his friends.
As you pray for more salvations, remember to pray for children at all stages of their journeys with Jesus.

St. Leonards children pose with memory verse for which they had to find the pieces

Children’s Ministry Conference

September saw a unique opportunity in Tasmania. The Anglican Diocese put on a children’s ministry conference for about 50 children’s workers of various denominations around the state. Here we learned that the statistic that most adults come to know Christ as children holds true in Australia as well. I was able to have a table of free CEF resources and conversations with other children’s workers about what Good News Clubs were doing in the North of Tasmania.

Good News Club table at the Tasmanian Children’s Ministry Conference

Prayer Requests

• Plans are well underway and leaders have been trained for the beginning of a Good News Club in George Town. Please pray for this team as they commence club at Port Dalrymple School on October 24.
• Pray as we enter School Term 4, the last one of the year, that Good News Clubs would continue to grow both in number and spiritually.
• Summer plans have been approved with the governing authorities once again for holiday clubs in Launceston’s City Park and George Town Memorial Hall. Praise God!
• Pray for volunteers for summer holiday clubs.

The other day I had an assignment as a substitute teacher at the Everman
district of Fort Worth, Texas. Due to the fact that the teacher did not have a
full lesson plan for the day, I shared with the kids about a young boy….
Yeshua (Luke 2:52). He grew in wisdom, stature, and favor….
The 5th graders were really into learning about this young Jewish boy.
I shared with the kids the importance of having wisdom, by having
healthy relationships with our authorities. I can teach Bible principles at
school, but I have to be very wise with how I do it.
The kids are very surprised to have a male teacher; the schools are full of
women (very good, most of them) and very few men. Please pray that I
may be able to share the light Christ with the young generations.

Every first Saturday of the month, I am doing an evangelistic outreach here in the
N. Richland Hills area. I am helping a Methodist church to share a devotional, and I
do some music in English and Spanish. A few weeks ago, I shared a Bible story bout
Elisha and Namaan. When I mentioned Syria, a woman on the audience paid full
attention to my words and at the end she said to me, “I am from Syria, and I know
some of those places you mentioned in the Bible story. I did not know how much
God loves my people!!” God loves your people and He loves you.

Please pray for the churches Luz a las Naciones in Chiapas, Mexico. The drug
cartels are taking over the towns, demanding money and basically controlling what they do and
how they do it. The church services are on the times that the drug cartels allow because of
curfews. My pastor friend is Daniel Ruiz. His son Alex Ruiz is the pastor of the other churches.
Please pray for safety and strength. We are sending them a monthly offering from
your donations. Thank you very much.

Emily is working as a personal teacher for three teens with autism. As you can imagine,
sometimes it is very challenging, but she is using the Bible to teach them, and she has begun to
see an improvement in their behavior.

Analynne is at a Bible college in Jackson Hole, Wyoming Jonathan
continue his education at T&AM and he is taking some seminary
classes at the same time and serving as a spiritual leader for a
discipleship class. David and Eli are serving at heir church and
working on getting Elis residency ( Green card)

Please pray for us, I ( Carlos ) had been in contact with pastors in
Guatemala, Mexico and here in Texas. I had been trying to open an
extension of the Bible institute in the DFW area, but do to the business of life, the coordination
had been unsuccessful.
Thank you for your prayers and your faithful support to our ministry and to our family.
In His hands,
Carlos and Emily Romero