Friday, April 30, 2010

Missionary Home


God gave Enoc and I a beautiful apartment just one block from Open Arms Foundationl. It is more than an apartment for us, it is a place where any missionary can come and join us at God's work.
Please next time you come to Colombia consider the possibility to stay with us. WELCOME at our missionary home
Weekly we hold many different activities with our youth, leaders and many God's business!

Happy Birthday Fernando




He was two years old when he started with us at Children's church and know he turned 5.

Happy Birthday!










Hearing from God




Andres Montes onces in the world, broken family and deaf. Now is teaching God's word at his own neighborhood to the small children (Moravia, trash dumper) and his own family. Please pray God will open his ears to hear us.

Second Cef Training







Our entire staff and volunteers of Open Amrs church are being trained with CEF material in Spanish

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Boys' farm





































Enjoy same faces of the Boys' farm,

our younger one has 9 and the older has 19 years old


We have 27 boys right now


Please pray for spiritual maturity, more tutors


Tennis shoes, school supplies, color pencils

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

A refuge home in the middle of a big city


S.E. Coleman is a missionary from the States that were at our home for almost two weeks and this her words "A REFUGE HOME"
Our home is a place where missionaries can come and be safe in the middle of a big city with all the conveniences around
Medellin has four million people
Please be welcome to stay with us

Leader at a younger age


Carolina (big girls) in bringing here entire family to church and many of small once is following her steps into a changed generation for Christ
Carolina is with us for 5 years, is leader of the Children's church, teachs 3 bible studies weekly
Please pray that her intere family comes to Christ

Refrenshing with Living water


The great majority of our kids that come to the Open Arms Foundation or to Open Arms church NEVER has the opportunity of a pool
Sometime we do a special for them, they love it

Dinner with our Kids


These are the Children God gave to Enoc and I
As youth and children pastor, beside be their pastor we are thier parent
The biological parents of Andres, Jose Pablo, Wilmar are dead, and Usuga father
They are our kids following after our exemple of living to glorify Christ's name
Every weekend we do some special with some of our kids
This was a dinner at our home

Cristian our Spiritual son




Cristian is back after being one year in the States studing English, he wants to go back to keep his studies

Please pray God gives a heart to him to stay or go

He will apply for a new visa, God's will be done

Cristian has bieng with us since he was 9 year old

He is part of OAC downtown and OARobledo church


God's house a safe place to be



Juan Fernando, a run away from the Boys' farm
Living on the streets of Medellin is coming back to be at the church with us
Enoc is able to talk into his life, please pray for him

God will bring to his memory all the teaching he received at the Boys'farm

God gives him willingness to repent and receive a New Life of by Jesus Christ

Once Apprentice Now a Teacher




Jorge Andres Gomes, once a troubled kid was with Open Amrs Foundation for 6 year under the direction of Enoc and Cristina.
Once graduated from the Boys' farm 2 year later he jointed the Open Arms church were Enoc and Cristina are the youth and children pastor
Now Andres and Enoc, that gave him his first guitar lessons are playing together at OA church worship team, GOD BE GLORIFIED
Andres is doing music college and now is helping Enoc to improve his guitar skills.

Holy Week with 48 new souls











The Holy Week from Friday, April 2 to Sunday 4


48 kids received Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior


We had 6 services, one on Moravia, one La Sierra, two on Open Arms Church Medellin downtown and 2 Open Arms Robledo church


I, Cristina used all the training I got in the States with CEF, the kids made a decision of faith and were counseled to understand better the plan of Salvation




CEF training







All the leaders of Open Arms Church had a training on evangelism with Child Evangelisn Fellowship

All of them loved the new method and will started to use with our youth and children

Cristina got all the training in the States and share with them


The MESSAGE (Gospel) never changes but the METHODS does.

Thank you very much CEF