April News
March certainly brought Spring to Ensenada this year. The campus and the surrounding area is blossoming all over. I have to admit Spring is my favorite time of year and I really like seeing the flowers bloom. The cold of winter starts fading as the days get warmer and the newness of the plants growing and blooming gives hope. This year I have been reading a book of sermons on Easter. I am really looking forward to it this year. That’s what all these flowers and blooming trees remind me of – the Resurrection.
School is going well with only seven weeks left we are staring to plan for Spring break in a couple of weeks and then the Graduation of eight of our students in May. It has been a great semester so far. We see the students growing and maturing in their faith and walk with the Lord. As they give testimony to what God is doing in their lives it encourages us and keeps us humble. That God would allow us to be a part of such a great ministry is still amazing to us.
Our Bible studies are going well. We really enjoy the fellowship and times learning together from God’s word with other missionaries here in Baja Mexico. God’s word continues to stretch and challenge us here as we serve together to reach the city of Ensenada and the Mexican people in different kinds of ministries. Knowing it’s the Gospel and then discipleship that changes lives and hearts makes it meaningful as we meet together. Most of us are planning and gearing up for teams this summer. We are always praying for laborers to come alongside and help us in His work here.
Weekends are busy with surf school, church, and trying to put a few miles on my bike. There’s a fifty mile ride from Rosarito to Ensenada that I am training for the first weekend in May. It is a lot of fun with several thousand people riding in it. I’ll be turning sixty years old later this year so I don’t know how many more fifty mile rides I have left.
We have been working on visas since before Christmas and are starting to get near the end of the process. We are applying for the religious workers visa. Please pray that we will be accepted so that we can continue in the ministries we are doing here. We have had some setbacks, delays, and frustrations because the laws have changed and the exact process is not clear to us. We would just like to see it finished.
We are so thankful for your prayers and
support. It is such an honor and a blessing to be here serving in Mexico.Drop us a note or email some time we would love to hear from you. Email addresses: Pilar@ccbcmexico.com or Leo@ ccbcmexico.com
You can write us at: Leo and Pilar Gray 3621 Vista CampanaSouth Unit 75 Oceanside, CA 92057.
If you would like to support us financially you can send a tax deductible gift by check to: Saving Grace World Missions 17451Bastanchury Road Suite 203 Yorba Linda, CA 92886 write Leo and Pilar Gray on the memo line or click the Become a Financial Partner button on our web page for credit card or bank transfer at www.SGWM.com/gray.
God Bless You and Happy Easter!
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March 2014
We find ourselves looking at March already this year. Where does the time go? We spent three weeks in Florida and Texas i
n January. It was so good to spend time with family and friends and to attend a couple of conferences. One was for Thrift Stores in Texas and the other was a Pastor’s Conference in South Florida where we were able to represent the Bible College. The Spring Semester started the day after we got back to Ensenada and it has been a whirlwind since.
Omar, one of the young men we knew from Surf School, was killed in a wreck on his motorcycle in February. That was really hard for both Pilar and me. He was only twenty one years old. He was such a nice guy too, everyone’s friend. He loved life, loved to surf, loved his family, and most of all loved Jesus. He was a real positive influence at the surf ministry – he always helped setting up and putting stuff away. He would be the one to volunteer to pray or comment on the Bible Study and how it impacted his life. It was so nice to be a part of the paddle out – that’s what surfers do as a memorial to those who pass away – and get to speak a few words on his behalf. Everyone spoke of his faith and his good natured outlook on life. Omar’s dad was led to accept Christ as his Savior that day too. What a blessing but it has been a sad time for us and we will miss him.
We have another great semester happening this spring. Our theme is, “Bought with a price”, from 1Corinthians 6:20. There is a sense of excitement and expectation to see God move in our lives. The student prayer times and the worship times together are so amazing. My Discipleship class and the Thursday night Bible Study I teach are going well. Pilar’s Tuesday morning and Thursday night Bible Studies are always encouraging to hear about too. We so appreciate all your prayers for us. At times it is a battle but God encourages us along the way with just the right amount of grace that we need.
We were privileged this weekend to be a part of the wedding ceremony of two of our Bible College Graduates – Lalo and Linda. One of the traditions here, along with a lasso and giving of family gifts during the ceremony, is to have a Bible presented to the couple. They chose us to present it. It was such an honor as both of them were in the class I teach. Upon presentation of the Bible the pastor encourages them to read it and keep Christ central to their marriage and life together. Lalo is attending a church planting class and Linda has always wanted to be a missionary. Pray for them that God would just really bless them.
We want to thank each of you for your support and prayers for us. It was so encouraging to visit some of our friends while we were in Florida and T
exas as they shared that they had been praying for us. We couldn’t do it without you. We are so privileged to be here in Mexico and have the opportunity to serve here. THANK YOU!
If you would like to mail financial support and partner with us in the ministry 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
THANKS AGAIN SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT AND GOD BLESS YOU!
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October News
We left Florida on October 1 four years ago. Though we miss being close to family and friends, all we can say is that God has been faithful and that He is good. Thanks so much for your prayers and support.
We’ve been here long enough now to see students graduate and get married who didn’t know each other before they came to the college. I think there have been six or seven already. We get to see them when they meet and start liking each other. The tradition at the school is that they walk around the soccer field and talk and get to know each other, usually after lunch. That’s the sign that something is going on. Then a couple of years later we get invited to a wedding and get to witness them saying their vows. The weddings are so different here. It usually starts at 3:00pm, we don’t leave until 10:00pm, and it’s not usually over then, we’re just tired and ready to go home.
We went on a weekend ministry trip with twenty seven of the students to Tijuana. What a great time it was. We spent the night at two of the students parents house. It was a good time Friday night with food, singing praise songs, worshiping, and praying. Most of the team was up late talking and spending time with each other. We worked at the Calvary Chapel 
Tijuana in the morning. There was a lot of cleaning, painting, and other work to do both inside and outside the church. I helped cleanup outside and painted stripes in the parking lot. Tijuana is a big city of 2 million people and the church is located right across the border from the US. It’s in a very rough part of town. We found several discarded needles from drug users as we were sweeping and cleaning outside. Pilar helped serve lunch at the women’s Bible study that was meeting that morning. It was neat because she had let the pastors wife borrow a Beth Moore study on James she had used in the past and they were using that material for the study.
Saturday afternoon the College students planned an outreach with a church that the Tijuana church started in Pedregales. It is in one of th
e neighborhoods in Tijuana. There was a time of worship, Bible teaching and several of the students gave their testimonies. It was such a blessing seeing them
share and use the gifts they have with others.
As we were driving in to the church we could see the San Diego skyline off in the distance. It was such a contrast, the two places were so close and yet so different in so many ways. Like two different worlds -culture, language, countries that are just so different. It made me appreciate all the more how God has created us all so different and yet He loves each of us the same.
If you would like 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
THANKS AGAIN SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT AND GOD BLESS YOU!
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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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July News
We have been so blessed with Teams this summer. They started coming to help the weekend of Graduation and have continued through the month of June. They have all come to help and serve alongside us here. We always pray for workers and God has blessed us abundantly this summer. Not only do we have more teams we also have more interns and staff helpers this year.
If you saw the Summer Projects video from last month we are well on our way with the projects this year. The loft houses are almost done, the electrical and sewer for that project and the RV Park are almost done, the worst of the road potholes were filled, many hours have been spent helping at the Special needs Home – Casa Horizonte and three other ministries in Ensenada, our carpets got cleaned, and the floor is alm
ost ready to be poured for the Masada addition. With God’s help and willing workers it has already been an incredible summer.
I am reminded of the song that says “Give Thanks with a grateful heart, Give thanks to the Holy One, Give thanks because of what the Lord has done for us. ” We are so thankful and have been impressed that with the body of Christ we have so many friends now. People have come from Florida, Hawaii, Washington, and California to help us to be a place for believers to be rooted in God’s Word and sent out by Him to reach the 
world for Christ.
Now for some family news: this just in Bryan and CJ are expecting a boy. Alex continues to serve with us at the Bible College doing pictures, videos, and IT stuff. Ollie was one of the top salesmen in his area for Lowes. Jacob and Elliott are still in Pensacola working hard and having fun. Pray for us because we miss seeing them and our other family members.
We so appreciate your prayers and support for our ministry here. We are seeing fruit in the lives of the students and others we have been working with. We know that we are just a small part of what God is doing in their lives pray that He gets all the glory for what He is doing.
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
Leo and Pilar
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June News
Another semester gone by already!
Last month we graduated twelve more students from Calvary Chapel Bible College Mexico. We watched them grow and blossom over the past two years and now they are gone. I don’t know if we will ever get used to the coming and goings of so many. Though we would like to keep them around longer we know what great plans God has for them. Occasionally we get an email from those who have graduated and it is so encouraging to see what God is doing. Missionaries, Pastors, Youth pastors, Christian school teachers, Special needs children’s workers, are a few of the ministries they are doing. We continue to pray that God will send them out as laborers in His great harvest field.
Our family at Casa Horizonte, the special needs home that is on the college property, is growing too. Four children are receiving twenty four hour a day care from the staff there. It is encouraging to watch them grow and learn to communicate. There is just a sweet and kind feeling that is almost overwhelming there. It’s not always quiet and peaceful but it is quite something else to witness.
Summer is here and we are hosting a lot of teams this year. One team came already and helped us with graduation! What a blessing. For us it is such an encouragement that so many come to help us with the campus and building projects we are doing. We put together a short video about all the projects we are working on and you can watch it at this link, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4VVWirlFxE . We do have a lot to do and are looking forward to completing some of the things we have been planning.
It’s not all work here, though sometimes it seems that way. This last weekend we went camping with about fifteen other people to watch the Baja 500 race. We found a great spot right on the beach close to the race route and just enjoyed ourselves. It was about an hour south of Ensenada outside a little town called Irendira. It was really remote but there were lots of other campers along the route. I was amazed at how fast they drive on the bumpy old dirt road. It was in the dessert too so it was really dusty. The kids we took already want to plan another camp-out in November to watch the Baja 1000.
We so appreciate your prayers and support for our ministry here. We are seeing fruit in the lives of the students and others we have been working with. We know that we are just a small part of what God is doing in their lives pray that He gets all the glory for what He is doing.
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
Leo and Pilar
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March 2013 Update
I turned around only once and it’s March already. We got out of our routine in January for a little vacation time when our son Bryan got married and now we are in March. The spring semester is going good at Calvary Chapel Bible College Mexico. We have forty six students and nine staff members living on campus and four special needs children with four staff members living at the orphanage.
The transition in adding the orphanage to the college has gone really well. We are able to assign some student work hours to help them and several of the students volunteer a few hours a week to help too. Staffing is short and two interns are leaving this month so pray that we have others to volunteer and minister there with us. I get encouraged every time I go by to check up on things. The kids are growing and learning. One of the boys who doesn’t speak was trying to say hola the other day. The staff members really work hard with them.
Pilar continues to manage the campus store. It has become more of a hang out place for the students. It’s loud and noisy but fun for them. Her Tuesday morning and Thursday night Bible Studies are going well. It gives her some time to study and grow with other women here in Mexico.
I have eight students in my Discipleship Class and really am enjoying teaching them this semester. They each lead a small group of four to six other students each week. I occasionally get emails and talk to some of the others who were in the class telling me about the small groups they have started and some of the people they are spending time with. So I am encouraged by their testimonies.
Our friend Mambo, who leads the surf ministry we work with, is getting married this month. We will be hosting the civil wedding at our house. It was an honor to be asked to be a part of their wedding and we pray God’s blessing for them.
Language acquisition is still slow for us. I don’t know if it’s age or just not being exposed to enough Spanish. So many speak English here, we have to remind ourselves to use Spanish, so the learning has been slow. We do understand a lot more but still it is hard for us to speak it and think it.
Easter (or Pascua in Spanish) is coming up at the end of the month. It has always been one of our favorite times of the year. We pray that as we all celebrate the resurrection this year that it will bring much peace and joy and that many people will be drawn to our Savior. Happy Easter! He is Risen Indeed!
We sure do like serving here in Mexico and have a real love for the people here. Thanks for your prayers and support. We appreciate all of you so very much.
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
Leo and Pilar
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Merry Christmas from Leo and Pilar
It seems like everything gets really busy this time of year and the whole month of December gets compressed into what seems like a week. We are four days past our thirtieth wedding anniversary, one week from graduation and all those activities, just over two weeks from Christmas, and then the year is over. 
The Bible studies we have been leading and hosting are winding down and taking a break over the holidays, most of the students will go home on break after graduation, surf school takes a break, and we look forward to a couple of weeks to work at a slower pace so we can plan and regroup for next year.
We plan on staying here in Mexico this Christmas. We will miss being with family and friends but at the same time enjoy being here with our new family and friends. We are realizing more and more that Christmas is about what God has done for us and not what presents we find under the tree.
Students from one of the classes, The Minor Prophets, asked us to be Joseph and Mary in a timeline they were doing to illustrate the topics they had covered this semester. They had stations illustrating each of the Old Testament books they studied and ours was the last one. One of the students told about the station we were in. He said the prophecies they had studied pointed to Jesus and his coming to live on earth with us and that He was the focal point of history. None of the prophets realized what their part in the larger picture was, but they each one did their best to represent 
God to the people.
His words to us was that though we may not know the whole story as we serve the Lord , we should do our best to make Him known and at the end of history we will see how it all worked together.
We are so thankful that you choose to spend time praying for us and support us as you do. We would not be here without the support of friends and family sharing with us. We hope and wish and pray for you to have a Blessed Christmas and a great New Year in 2013.
In the coming year if you want to partner with us financially you can click on the Become a Financial Partner button on our website at SGWM.com/gray for bank draft or credit/debit card. Or you can send checks 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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November News
It’s almost Thanksgiving and we have so much to be thankful for, especially as Christians. We have the privilege of serving the one who has given us everything we need and blessed us beyond what we deserve. We hope you enjoy this season with family and friends. Pilar and I are planning
to cook a traditional Thanksgiving meal for the students who don’t go home on break. It gives them and us such a sense of family and home. We are really thankful for those of you who have been supporting and praying for us here in Mexico. I certainly don’t understand how he does it but God works through you so that we can be here for you , representing Him in Mexico.
It is harvest time here – we feel the chill in the air of autumn, the fall semester is well on its way, and we are starting to work on plans for the semester break in December. We see and hear of God’s harvest time here in Mexico through the testimonies of the students. It is so amazing to see His hand on their lives as they study to serve Him. In 2 Timothy 2:2 Paul tells Timothy “And the things you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, these entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.” I got a short Facebook note this week from one of our graduates just saying thanks. She is teaching and discipling others using what she learned here at the College. Our prayer is that many more will be trained and will leave to share with others what they are learning also.
It looks like the next few months will be busy and challenging. The director of Casa Horizonte Orphanage ( a special needs orphanage for severely handicapped children) is leaving at the end of November. The orphanage 
was built on the college property so that students can have the opportunity to learn about children with special needs and put into practice what they are learning at the college. Currently there are three children and eight staff members and volunteers who provide twenty four hour a day care for them. The leadership of the Bible College has been asked to oversee and direct the orphanage when the director leaves at the end of the month. We have been working with him as he transitions out and are getting to learn those lessons ourselves.
The aim of Casa Horizonte is to care for children with special needs unto the glory of God. As the Lord provides it will grow into an orphanage for sixteen to eighteen severely handicapped children. Most of them will be at Casa Horizonte for the rest of their lives. I am excited about the opportunity to be more involved in this wonderful ministry. The three kids have been such a blessing already in the times I have been there. They are always happy when anyone comes to see them. I have to admit I am a little apprehensive too as I’ve never been involved in an orphanage ministry before. I know it is close to God’s heart to care
for them though. Needless to say, I have been praying for more help. One of the students who graduated in May, married a young lady from Ensenada, and has come back to help us at the College. He is helping me with the day to day managing of the students and some of the projects we are working on. He couldn’t have come at a better time. Also our son Alex has returned to Mexico to serve as a missionary. It is nice having one of our boys around again. Since he graduated from the Bible College in May he has been working in Pensacola. He will be serving here with us at the College. I hope you will pray for us through all these changes. I know God has a plan and we are all a part of that plan so that He will get the glory and many will come to know and love 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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October Happy Mexico Anniversary!
It’s hard to believe we’ve been here three years now. We arrived in October of 2009. It seems like yesterday when we look at all we still want to do and at the same time it seems like we’ve been here much longer when we think of friends and family that we miss.
I kind of like to reflect on what has happened in the time we’ve been here to help me keep things in perspective. It has been quite an adventure and God has been at the center of it the whole way. I’m sure everyone around me sees it differently but here’s my story.
Year one was one adjustment after another. Finding our way around, trying out a new language, living in another culture (though similar to what we were used to but so different too), settling in to a new home, new ministry, new routine, new food, new currency, new coworkers, new church, new friends,it was a whirlwind of changes. It was kind of like living in two worlds the new and yet tied to the old. Our truck was stolen and miraculously recovered.We went on a mission trip to mainland Mexico with our students. We were surrounded by college kids all day who love the Lord and are looking for ways to serve Him and don’t seem to mind that we are older and have trouble speaking their language. Somehow by God’s grace we not only survived but found ourselves enjoying the challenges and the growth we were experiencing in our lives.
I think year two was the year for expanding our horizons. One of the key members of our team at the college moved back to the states and my role changed quite a bit. I worked closely with him but still at times being in charge of both operations and project was a bit overwhelming. We were able to finish a lot of projects that weren’t quite finished. We also took over hosting the teams that come to help. I didn’t get much training in that area and had to figure out a system to keep up with all those details. It was so fun getting to know people from all over coming to serve. I think all our previous mission trips with the high school group helped prepare us for that. The college is in a remote valley north of town and since we were spending so much time there we were feeling just a bit isolated from the Ensenada community and other ministry opportunities. I like to surf and Pilar likes the beach and somehow we found a surf ministry on Saturday mornings to help.Ensenada Surf and Skate has a Bible Study then teaches local kids to surf. It was just what we needed to get us in the community doing something on Saturday mornings. We like the guys and gals that come each week and enjoy watching them grow. We went on a couple of surf trips with them and helped with their surf movies and skate outreaches. 
Pilar was asked if she would host a women’s Bible Study at our house on Tuesday mornings. She was really missing the relationships with her friends in Florida and needed some ladies to fellowship, study, and pray with. It has been amazing to see that group grow as they study God’s word. As we look back we see God’s hand and His faithfulness in helping us every step of the way.
Year three has just been incredible. It has been a year of amazing miracles of God’s provision at the Bible College. We can only praise God for all He is doing. We have had some great interns who have been such a blessing this year. They serve for four to six months. We have continued to get such great students at the College who are so encouraging to watch and see growing in their walks with the Lord. Our son Alex was one of them and he graduated in May. The summer was filled with teams visiting and working. It was so amazing to see God at work in their lives as they served with us. Most of the students couldn’t believe all the changes they made over the summer. We started the summer with very little money for the building projects and a lot of projects to get done. Each team that came brought funds with them that were just the amount we needed to finish the new dorm 
and the addition to the chapel. We also had a Canadian contractor join our staff. His construction knowledge and work has been nothing short of incredible. God’s timing is always best. Not only do we see fruit from the Bible College we see God’s work in the lives of those coming to Surf School. Last week one of the guys lead the Bible Study for the first time and he did a great job. Two or three others have been given the opportunity to speak and were such a blessing to us. I lead a Bible study for men on Thursday nights. We just finished the book of Mark. Yes I was missing that too like Pilar, it just took me longer to realize it. There’s just something about studying the Bible with a bunch of guys who love the Lord. We also joined Saving Grace World Missions this year. They are the Mission agency that processes our support, keeps us up to date with the IRS, and helps us keep in contact with you. They email our newsletters,host our web page, send out prayer requests, and check up on us periodically to see how we are doing.
What’s up for next year? Only He knows for sure. We pray that He will continue to use us and give us opportunities to serve Him. We are so excited to be here and want to thank each of you for your prayers and support. You are so much a part of who we are and what we do. What an awesome God we serve.
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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