The Owens' @ El Saucillo

2007-10-24T15:40:00.000-05:00

It has been way too long! Sorry. To get you caught up quickly check out the video link to the right, or go to www.Godtube.com and type in "El Saucillo" in the search bar.

Thanks for checking back.

2007-03-03T10:50:00.000-06:00

Wild Wild West!
We have been in Colorado, Navajo Reservation, New Mexico, and Arizona. During these travels we were able to partner with 2 more great churches - Franktown Community Baptist & Desert Springs Baptist.

We made great friends with the Seniors @ Franktown. We spent time with Navajo believers. We saw old friends who are still faithfully serving God. We had fun as a family and saw our God work in such kind and magnificent ways.

We are in Houston, waiting for our 5th wheel to be fixed and gathering equipment for this summer's evangelistic camps.

Enjoy the pictures!

Out West Winter 2007

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2007-01-27T18:39:00.000-06:00

Winter Park Colorado!

We have always tried to make sure that our girls know that serving God is the greatest adventure anyone could ever have and that being a faithful servant to the King of Kings will always be met with His rewards.

Winter Park, CO 2007

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Well He greatly rewarded our family with 2 days of picture perfect days in Colorado, snowboarding as a family! Enjoy the pictures. Thanks for praying for our family and caring about our girls - they are wonderful Christian young ladies and we are so proud of them.

2007-01-23T20:23:00.000-06:00

We have arrived in Colorado.

Colorado Bound, Jan. 2007

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We will be here for about 2 weeks. Please pray for our upcoming meetings with Franktown Community Baptist Church. We will also be meeting with their mission's committee and pastoral staff, along with a small groups class.

We will spend 2 days snowboarding in these gorgeous Colorado Rockies. (This was our family Christmas gift to the girls.) We will include pictures of that stuff later.

As always, thanks for reading, praying and staying in contact with us - we could not do it without your encouragement!

2007-01-20T22:30:00.000-06:00

Saucillo, Jan. 2007
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2007-01-15T22:01:00.000-06:00

Where 2 Now???

We are headed to Colorado and Arizona for the rest of January and February.

It was hard to leave Mexico again, but we have to try and finish up this deputation so that we can stay down there full-time.

Things are lining up for a great summer. We are looking to do a lot of evangelism focused on the youth, Junior & Senior High School students.

We have some help coming - Stuart Gunter arrives in March and will be with us as a Team Member. Then in June we have a short-term missionary family coming from Ohio. They will build a house and live at El Saucillo as they work with us and continue their preparation and training for foreign Missions.

I have 4 students asking to be a part of our Summer Missions Program for graduating High School Students and College Age. They will be trained to run many of the summer evangelistic outreach activities.

Financing for the summer programs has been secured - what a huge blessing - thanks for praying for us.

Enjoy some pictures from the last few weeks of prep work at El Saucillo, and some fun! Hey missions is FUN! I won't deny that.

2007-01-12T20:24:00.001-06:00

We had a visitor with us for the past 2 weeks, Brandon, from Grace Baptist in Mason, Ohio.

He has been a great help to us. We have enjoyed having him here.

Are you ready to come and spend some time with us? We would love to have you - any time.

Getting ready for a family ride after a day of work.

2006-11-14T21:39:00.000-06:00

Arkansas Moments~

Thank you Berryville Baptist Church for a wonderful Mission Conference. You all were great!

And thanks for partnering with us to get the Gospel around the world through Mexico!

2006-11-08T09:27:00.000-06:00

New Photos!

Check out the photo link to the right!

2006-11-06T12:40:00.000-06:00

IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME!

I know, I know, where have we been, what have we been doing? Did we fall off of the face of the earth, did we quit what has happened?

We are still moving forward and seeing God work in tremendous ways. It is not always smooth, (truck in the shop 3 times, 5th wheel problems, open dates on the calendar, etc.) but it has always been rewarding.

We recently organized a leadership meeting for national pastors. We met for 3 days @ El Saucillo. We had guest speakers from 3 large churches in Texas, and the President of NEXT Worldwide Ministries, Warren Samuels. We had over 40 people in attendance for this workshop.

Along with leadership challenges we also discussed church planting and received great challenges from God's Word to do more.

Right now we are in the States again for a few appointments and conferences. We will be in a mission conference in Arkansas in Novemeber, meet with a Cowboy Church in San Antonio in November and be speaking at Hyde Park Baptist in Austin Texas this month also.

Plans are being made for the 2007 camp season @ El Saucillo. I need to raise $25,000 for this next year's evangelism projects and outreach. Please pray for me in this regards. Pass on the investment opportunities to your friends and acquaintances - just maybe God will lay it on their heart to be a part of the harvest in 2007 through the ministry of El Saucillo.

2006-09-09T00:04:00.000-05:00

S.H.A.D.O.W. - Students Helping ADministrate Organize & Work - a missionary mentoring program for those interested in learning more about what it is to be a missionary.

2006-09-08T21:07:00.000-05:00

D.O.C. (Donating Our Care) A ministry using humanitarian efforts to bridge small villages and communities with the Gospel of Christ in order to start local New Testament Baptist Churches.

2006-09-08T04:50:00.000-05:00

Round Up - Evangelism Projects in El Saucillo

2006-09-06T13:14:00.000-05:00

Ranch Hands - work projects for El Saucillo

2006-09-05T13:26:00.000-05:00

Student Outreach Ministries - Summer Evangelistic Youth Camps

2006-09-02T23:25:00.000-05:00

English As A Second Language Ministry

2006-08-30T09:33:00.000-05:00

5 New Buildings for El Saucillo...
These buildings are prefab panels made of compressed wheat. They were put up in 5 days by a church group from Florida. Our Mexican ranch hands now live in 3 of them.

2006-08-29T21:39:00.000-05:00

Summer is over...

the interns have headed home, the groups are gone and we are back on the road again as we attempt to raise the remainder of our support in order to return full-time to Mexico.

No rest for the weary...

2006-07-25T13:52:00.000-05:00

WILD WEEK! Over 1600 souls SAVED!

12oo kids at El Saucillo this past Saturday to culminate a 3 day vacation Bible school. Parents and children were taught about the saving grace of God and over 1600 were dealt with one on one and made personal profession of faith.
There is no rest though - we have another group here and another next week. Pray for us.

August 2nd we take off for the U.S. and a few mission conferences. We have some open dates that we will need to fill, pray that God will guide us to the right churches.

Thanks for praying and caring. Enjoy the wild pictures.

2006-06-27T22:09:00.000-05:00

We Have Moved! (temporarily)
We have suspended deputation for the rest of the summer. In August we will hit the road again and try and raise up the remaining 50 - 60 % that we still lack in monthly support.

We have new neigbors, new responsibilities and new challenges - pray for us.

We have 6 summer interns with us until August and we love working with them. They are great young people with a passion for missions. They are laboring along side with us and also helping us to develop the ministry here.

In about a month we are planning on having over 1000 children in VBS - much work is being done in order to see this happen - please pray for many salvations and also for the salvation of their parents as we target them also.

This weekend I will taking 5 of the interns with me by horseback for an overnight adventure as we lay out a strategy for church planting in the small villages that surround El Saucillo (the camp).

We have 7 new building up as of this past Saturday - not quite ready to move into but we are getting closer.

We still need rain and finances for outfitting the last well that was drilled - please pray for these needs.

Leave a comment, they help us feel connected to people we love and miss.

Thanks for caring!

2006-06-19T17:20:00.000-05:00

"Andrea & Friends"

Daily chores include milking the goats (6 AM), bottle feeding the kids, cleaning and grooming the horses & burros. Andrea has stayed through the summer while we returned to the States for 2 weeks in order to pick up our 5th wheel travel trailer that will serve as our temporary housing in Mexico.

Thank you for praying for us -leave your comments - they serve as a great encouragement to the family!

This little guy was orphaned at birth and has been hand fed and raised by the summer interns. What a friendly little guy he has turned out to be.

2006-05-30T19:35:00.000-05:00

Enjoy The Images Of Another Successful Week Of Ministry @ El Saucillo!

2006-05-28T19:59:00.000-05:00

Old & Young - God's precious gift of eternal life was received by many.

2006-05-28T19:49:00.000-05:00

Work / Evangelism / God's Ambassadors of His Love

2006-05-28T19:38:00.000-05:00

Our recent ministry team - made up of students from Liberty University.
These students worked hard at El Saucillo and ministered through music, drama and humanitarian efforts. We saw souls saved at every venue. One of these young men will be returning to work with me for the remainder of the summer.