September News
Dear Friends,
We had such a wonderful, busy, exciting, hard, and rewarding summer. M
ore than thirteen teams from all over joined us to help move the Bible College towards reaching our need for more housing for students. They came from Hawaii, Florida, Canada, California, Oregon, and Washington state. It was great to see so many coming back and we met a lot of new friends. I believe it was one of our best summers we have spent here in Mexico.
I heard Pilar say several times that it is so incredible how impressive the Body of Christ really is. People from such different backgrounds, walks of life, with different gifts and abilities who come alongside us to help see the vision for the Bible College just come to life. She just has the most incredible perspective on how it all works. What a blessing she was to all who came. We continue to pray that God will touch the hearts of those who came and call them into a closer walk with Him that involves serving others.
New Staff Houses
It seemed that as one team left another came in. There was only one really bad scheduling glitch where I had 100 people on campus for one night. The last group that came though was so gracious and slept on the floor for the night and never complained. When the last team checked out on August16 the students started arriving that day for Orientation Week.
This semester our theme is “Complete in Him” from Colossians 2:10. We have forty students and ten staff members living on campus. Twenty two of the students are new so I have been working on remembering all their names. They a great group. Every semester the first week of school just seems to have a lot of problems that come up. This semester our well is almost dry and not pumping near enough water. We have been adding a new tank and getting it hooked up so we can have water trucked in. Most of the wells in our
area are experiencing the same thing and is pretty common for living in a dessert. It seems kind of strange to this Florida boy not to see rain for months at a time and to have the well run dry.
This week we both start new studies with our Bible Study groups. Please pray for us as we lead them and that those who come will experience God’s grace in whole new ways. There is also the Mexican National Surf Championships in Rosarito this week. We are planning an evangelism outreach on Saturday after surf school. Our prayer is that we will be a light there and that God will bless our efforts as we witness for Him.
If you want to mail financial support and partner with us in our work here you can click on the Become a Financial Partner button on our site at SGWM.com/gray for bank draft or credit/debit card. Or you can send a check to SGWM 17451 Bastanchury Rd. Suite 203 Yorba Linda CA, 92886. If you send a check please make it payable to Saving Grace World Missions and in the Memo Line write – “Gray.”
To contact us by mail: By email:
Leo and Pilar Gray leo@ccbcmexico.com
3621 Vista Campana South #75 Pilar@ccbcmexico.com
Oceanside, CA 92057
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