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    'Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.'
    -Abraham Lincoln
    'Nothing so clears the vision and lifts up the life, as a decision to move forward in what you know to be entirely the will of the Lord.'
    -John G. Paton
    'God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him.'
    -Hudson Taylor
    'Anywhere, provided it be forward.'
    -David Livingstone
    'God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply'
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    'All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.'
    -Benjamin Franklin
    'He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose'
    -Jim Elliot
    'I feel it my duty to plod on while daylight last.'
    -William Carey
    “Some men’s ambition is art, some men’s ambition is fame, some men’s ambition is gold; my ambition is the souls of men.”
    -General William Booth
    “God had only one Son and he made that Son a missionary.”
    -David Livingtone
    'If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?'
    -David Livingstone
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    -Johann Sebastian Bach
    'There is no limit to what you can accomplish if you don't care who gets the credit.'
    -Ronald Reagan
    'It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.'
    -Millard Fillmore
    A good conscience is a continual Christmas.
    -Benjamin Franklin
    'No reserves. No retreats. No regrets'
    -William Bordon
    'A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.'
    -Thoedore Roosevelt
    'Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God'
    -William Carey
    'God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him'
    -Hudson Taylor

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Please Keep Praying for the Bickel Family!

Posted on March 20th, 2012 by Ryan

Click here to read our March 2012 Prayer Letter.

 

 

 

 

 

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Trials and Blessings of 2011

Posted on January 15th, 2012 by Ryan

Learn all about the Trials and Blessings of 2011 with our January 2012 prayer letter.  Click to here to open the letter.

 

 

 

 

 

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Our Young People are Really Helping Out!

Posted on July 15th, 2011 by Ryan
Young People by Bickel Family
Young People, a photo by Bickel Family on Flickr.

Several of our young adults and older teenagers have really stepped up to help out and be responsible for the classes, nursery, opening and closing of the building and work that must be done before and after every service. Please pray for these young people as God continues to work in their lives and that they would have a desire to glorify Him in all that they say and do.

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A New Church is Born

Posted on June 26th, 2011 by Ryan
IB San Diego by Bickel Family
IB San Diego, a photo by Bickel Family on Flickr.

On June 26th the Lord allowed us to start a new work in the area of San Diego de Tres Rios. Over half of the congregation in Cartago were from this area. The Lord lead us to take those people and plant a church in their city. The very first service we had 52 people present and a young lady named Ana received Christ as her savior. We are starting out in a warehouse. There is an area for the auditorium and another section for a class and nursery. We also have classes outside under the entrance and the teenagers are still having class in the children’s home bus.

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Thank You for Your Prayers!

Posted on June 24th, 2011 by Ryan
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Daniel in the Hospital, a photo by Bickel Family on Flickr.

Our son Daniel was injured in May when a delinquent from the local high school shot out our sliding glass door with his slingshot. The broken glass cut Daniel severely. He received 34 stitches and started healing fine. However, a month later, the wound became infected. Cellulites spread through his leg and he was eventually hospitalized in the national children’s hospital. It took them several days to even determine what type of infection he had. Day after day we watched other parents receive bad news…have their children taken off to surgery…one little boy even lost his leg. We received emails from Christians all over the world telling us that they and their church were praying for Daniel. Praise God! After a week in the hospital his infection finally responded to the antibiotics and he was able to come home.

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