Mike and Trisha Goddard Mobilizing local churches in Paraguay 
We praise the Lord for each of you who are a part of our ministry here in Paraguay, South America.
Praise and Prayer Requests (November 2009)
Tags: children, Ministry, missions, mobilization, paraguay, pray
Goddard Grapevine – October 2009
Tags: camp, children, church, Family, missions, mobilization, pai, paraguay, training, trip
Praise & Prayer Requests (October 2009)
We praise the Lord for answered prayers and how He continues to work through us in Paraguay.
Below you can read the up-to-date Personal and Ministry Prayer Requests for October.
Tags: Family, Ministry, mobilization, paraguay, pray
Goddard Family Update
Mike and Trisha praise the Lord for His faithfulness during their first 5 years of ministry together in Paraguay. Truly He is worthy to be served!
Mike has been very busy lately do to the Paraguayan church’s steady advance in the Great Commission. In the next 4 months, he has scheduled over 20 different church meetings, events, teaching seminars, and camps, where he enjoys challenging people to look beyond their borders to a world full of tribal people who have not yet heard even once the Good News of salvation in Christ Jesus.
Trisha loves taking care of her home and family, enjoys preparing a meal for any guest that stop by unannounced. She helps Mike by doing secretarial work and running errands downtown. Next year, she plans to home school Michael and Lea (starting in February 2010), so that they can travel more with Mike as well as be prepared for later in the year, when we will be in the USA for a few months to visit our support team and family during a Home Assignment.
Michael Dean loves people and recently asked: “When do I get to go visit my Ache tribal friends again? Because when I go back, they will know who I am and they will say, “Hola Michael!” For Michael, school isn’t easy, especially when he and Lea are trying to keep 4 languages straight. AMARILLO CAMPEÓN! The soccer tournament has begun at Michael and Lea’s school. They are on the yellow team, and Michael gets really excited when he makes a goal!
Lea is an A+ student, and she can’t get enough of languages. She is our grammar and pronunciation cop and helps Mom and Michael to conjugate their Spanish verbs correctly. She loves going to the park on the weekends, and then afterwards, she begs daddy to stop by the local ice cream parlor to buy a ½ kilo of 3 different flavors for $2.40. The dulce de leche (caramel) flavor is her favorite.
Kaleb is believed to be the cutest, little boy by all the Paraguayan ladies, and they try everything possible to get him to give kisses on both cheeks (a traditional greeting). Often he will accept a bribe of candy for the kisses. Kaleb enjoys riding his scooter and once he got it down, there was no stopping him from trying to go faster than his big brother and sister.
As our children grow older, we see each of them grasping truths from God’s Word and desiring to apply them to their lives. Michael loves to read the Bible during our story-time before bed. We are now on the life of King David.
Tags: ache, church, Family, God's Word, Great Commission, ice cream, kaleb, kisses, lea, michael, mike, Ministry, missions, mobilization, paraguay, spanish, tribal, trisha
Not about us; it’s about God!
People really need a new perspective on life. It’s not about us. It never was and never will be. Our existence and purpose since the day God breathed life into Adam and designed Eve from his rib, was to glorify Him through a worship-filled relationship.
Unfortunately, the broken fellowship caused by sin tainted our ability to even know what we want or desire. The things we study, work for, purchase, and dream of are only as long-lasting as the very breath we take. But when we intently look into the historical revelation of God we gain an entirely new and clearer perspective on reality. We see that the Messiah who hung on a horrible cross secured redemption for all mankind that chooses to trust in Him. We see the triumphant King commission His newly formed church to carry that Good News to all ethnic groups. We see an initially fearful church empowered by God in the face of persecution carry the Gospel to the known world in that day.
Today, in 2009, we are nearly aware of every people group that exists on face of the earth and yet His comfortable church turns and looks the other way. Over 2,500 ethnic groups HAVE NEVER HEARD THE GOOD NEWS EVEN ONCE, that the forgiveness of their offenses against a Holy Creator is found in Christ’s finished work on the cross. We need a new and clear perspective on life. We must invest in eternity; NOW. If you cannot go, please continue to do everything possible to mobilize and send others who can through your teaching, training, prayers and financial support.
Pray with us that God will move powerfully in hearts here in Paraguay and around the world for the sake of those whom have not heard!
Tags: challenge, ethnic groups, perspective, unreached
Goddard’s Praise and Prayer Requests
Find out here what the Goddard’s are praising the Lord for as well as what their Personal and Ministry Prayer Requests are for September.
Tags: pray
Who can meet a ministry need?
Mike and Trisha together have committed to participate in an international youth missions event where there will be the opportunity to challenge 2,000 Latin American young people to be a part of reaching tribal people with the Gospel. This event will be held in Argentina during the 3rd week of January 2010.
Mike and Trisha had planned on taking their 3 children with them, but they found out this past week that this event is closed to children.
Who can meet this ministry need and watch their 3 children for 8 days?
1st Teaching Module on Evangelism and Discipleship
Please pray for Mike this week (Sept. 8th – Sept. 14th) as he co-teaches with another NTM missionary the module on Evangelism and Discipleship at a Bible Institute.
