April 2010 Update

EASTER CELEBRATION, 2010
CALVARY CHAPEL PEDREGALES / TIJUANA


“Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead.” Matt.28:6-7

Christ is risen indeed! We celebrated on Easter Sunday with what has now become our annual sunrise service. We all gathered at 6:00 a.m.to worship our risen Lord, just as Mary and Mary Magdalene came to the tomb more than 2,000 years ago to see Jesus.  It was a glorious day. The dance group from Pedregales danced a beautiful dance, and about 30 people made decisions to follow Christ.  We held the service outside in downtown Tijuana, so that as the sun was rising, we would be hearing the message of our Lord’s great love for us in dying on the cross and rising again three days later.  Some people from the area came and joined us, most of which are drug addicts, as this area is where they are all living.  Although the sun didn’t come out much that day, the Lord held back the rain which we were so thankful for!  Here Is a link to the dance if you would like to watch it. The kids worked hard and did a fine job. The song is in Spanish and talks about the Victory that we have in Christ, that “no longer am I going to cry, I have Jesus in my life.”   (Easter Dance–Calvary Chapel Pedregales; Tijuana, B.C. video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xvUkIw4lco

The children enjoyed a wonderful program done by the group G.D.S.  (Generation of Salvation), which is our Jr. High youth group. They did a marvelous job of bringing the message to the kids as well. They even ate breakfast together.  We started a tradition last Easter in that we give all of the children a balloon filled with helium at the end of the service.  They all come to the front and at the count of three, we let the balloons go.  We watch as they go up and relate this to Jesus rising from the grave and going to be with his Father in heaven.

After resting a bit, many went to the beach in Rosarito to witness the new believers getting baptized.  We offer baptisms on Easter Sunday as it’s such a great day to be baptized. We were shakin’ and bakin’ at the beach with the earthquake that hit.  The baptisms were over at this time, so everybody decided to go home after that experience.  Surprisingly, there was no damage in Tijuana that I know of.  We are thankful for God’s protection. Thanks to all who called checking on us, we felt much loved! I leave you with this scripture which seems to fit so well:

“And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat on it.” Matt. 28:2

Thanks so much for your continued prayers for us!

Love,
Deanna