Posts Tagged ‘mike’
Posted by on Friday, September 7th, 2012
The local church that we are a part of here in Asuncion, Iglesia Renuevo, celebrated their 9 year anniversary and 2nd Annual Missions Conference this month! It’s a joy to be a part of a local fellowship of believers and to serve them by helping set into motion their own missions movement.
Mike had the honor of interviewing the visiting missionaries during the Conference. In the above photo Mike is with Ronald, a Bolivian missionary married to a Paraguayan and planning to serve on a full-time basis among the tribal groups of Paraguay! It’s a joy to see young couples pioneering missions in Paraguay!
Tags: celebrate, Church, equip, mike, missions conference, paraguayan, partnership, train
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Posted by on Monday, August 20th, 2012
…the Goddards have different meetings with the leadership team and mobilization team this week. Please pray for God to be glorified through these meetings.
…Traveling this weekend! Mike will be teaching Ephesians and a few other classes to Paraguayan pastors and leaders with Pastor Ramon. Trisha and kids get to enjoy time of fellowship with Ramon’s wife, Marciana, our dear Paraguayan mom/grandma.
…Homeschooling is happening (Mon-Fri) for Trisha and kids! We are digging into God’s Word with “The Dig for Kids” on the book of Luke and finishing up our History book! Please pray that our children will fear the Lord and walk humbly with God!
…Kids are counting down until Nana (Trisha’s mom) comes, and faithfully crossing out the dates and letting us know – 15 days!
…no church meetings on calendar yet. We will keep you informed!
Other specific prayer requests for the week:
1. “And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel” (Ephesians 6:19). We want to grow in this area in our lives during the next few months.
2. Wisdom and guidance from the Lord as Mike & Trisha raise their children and train them to walk in truth.
3. For their lives to reflect Christ and that all they do will honor and glorify Him.
4. For the Goddards and Recaldes (Mobilization team) and the different ministry projects this year.
5. For Trisha, who is leading 3 different online Bible studies (2 in Spanish with Good Morning Girls and 1 in English with Inspired to Action).
6. For the Goddards, who has different preparations that need done for our church’s missions conference in 2 weeks.
Tags: Bible study, challenge, fellowship, grow, kaleb, lea, meetings, michael, mike, missions, trisha
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Posted by on Saturday, August 11th, 2012
However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me–the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace. Acts 20:24
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Tags: Bible study, challenge, children, Church, equipping, Family, homeschool, kaleb, lea, michael, mike, Ministry, missions conference, mobilization, partnership, pray, teaching, trip, trisha
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Posted by on Sunday, August 5th, 2012
The Goddards have a full week ahead:
…Monday-Friday: Pray for Trisha as she homeschools Michael, Lea, and Kaleb.
…Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings: Pray for the different meetings that Mike has scheduled.
…Monday night: Prayer Meeting for the Goddard’s Paraguayan’s church 2nd Missions Conference (Aug. 31-Sept 2). Mike is sharing for 10 minutes; Trisha in charge of overseeing the snacks.
…Tuesday night: Pray for the monthly missions focus meeting – ACERCATE. Mike will be sharing for 15-20 minutes; Trisha has the responsibility of setting up a display with Spanish resources and materials.
…Thursday night: Pray for a great night of fellowship with their coworkers, who are coming over for supper.
…Friday night: Pray for a Missions Conference at a Paraguayan church (ICE Capellania). The Goddards will have a display on NTM Paraguay for the 3 day conference.
…Saturday night: Continue to pray for the Missions Conference at the Paraguayan church (ICE Capellania). Mike is teaching a class on “Adopting a Missionary Project”.
…Sunday morning: Continue to pray for the Missions Conference at the Paraguayan church (ICE Capellania).
…Sunday afternoon: Pray for safety in traveling to the Chaco, so that their children can enjoy a 3 day Education Camp with other missionary children.
Tags: homeschool, kaleb, lea, michael, mike, missions, missions conference, mobilization, paraguayan, pray, trip, trisha
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Posted by on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
We would like to ask you who are a support network to us to pause briefly and pray the following:
And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel (Ephesians 6:19).
We want to grow in this area in our lives during the next few months.
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Posted by on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
This has been an exciting month for Mike in ministry with the invitation by two different rural church associations asking him to provide teaching and training for their outreach programs.
In both cases, the Guarani language has been the primary communication tool. Paraguayans are generally bilingual, speaking both Spanish and Guarani. This creates many complexities in evangelism and discipleship for the Paraguayans and thus the importance for practical equipping at the church level.
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Posted by on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
International Missions Conference 2012!
In July, the Mission Agencies in Paraguay hosted an international Missions Conference for the Southern Cone (Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile).
New Tribes Mission contributed by inviting a key speaker to talk about the centrality of the local church in tribal church planting.
Tribal church leaders…were present in the Conference to encourage and to experience the Latin missions movement. Mike’s brother Mark, accompanied Carlos, an Angaite church pastor and leader of a new intercultural association of tribal churches of Paraguay.
Hearts soared with excitement as he passionately shared his heart for the least –reached people groups of Paraguay!
Alcance Una Etnia means Reach One Tribe and is a program Mike introduced during the Conference as a practical way for Latin churches to adopt an unreached ethnic group to pray, give, and go and to ensure the presence of a mature local church that is proactively reaching their entire tribe.
The Tribal Hut… was an attraction for people at the Conference as a glimpse of what is involved in tribal church planting, including photos that showed different areas of tribal ministry. People have already asked that we set it up in their church for upcoming missions conferences!
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Posted by on Monday, July 30th, 2012
Praise:
1. For the Southern Cone Missions Conference that took place in July here in Asuncion.
2. For the opportunity that Mike had to teach the book of Ephesians and about church government in Guarani to the Christian leaders in Caaguazu the last weekend of July.
3. For a refreshing time with their Paraguayan family, Ramon and Marciana Diaz. The Goddards were blessed in the time that they were able to spend with them!
4. For the 3 day Education camp that the Chaco Christian Academy is providing for the mks in mid-August.
5. For Trisha’s mom Linda, who is coming to visit us for 2 weeks the beginning of September.
Prayer:
1. Wisdom and guidance from the Lord as Mike & Trisha raise their children and train them to walk in truth.
2. For their lives to reflect Christ and that all they do will honor and glorify Him.
3. For Trisha, who is homeschooling Michael, Lea, and Kaleb.
4. Safety for the Goddards as they travel to the Chaco the 2nd weekend of August, where Michael, Lea, and Kaleb will participate in a 3 day Education camp.
5. For 2 Missions Conferences this month: (a.) the Goddards will be partipating in one from August 10-12 (b.) the Goddards are helping in planning, preparation, and participating in the 2nd missions conference in their Paraguayan home church RENUEVO from August 31-September 2.
6. For the Goddards and Recaldes (Mobilization team) and the different ministry projects this year.
Tags: homeschool, kaleb, lea, michael, mike, Ministry, missions conference, mobilization, paraguay, Paraguayans, pray, travel, trisha, visit
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Posted by on Monday, July 30th, 2012
…from Mon-Fri. – Trisha and three children are faithfully studying about the Bible, Math, Reading, Grammar, History, and much more!
…on Monday, Mike is meeting with Samuel and Jonathan to pray, talk about mobilization, share ideas, and plan next steps in ministry. Thanks for praying!
… on Tuesday evening and Wednesday evening , we have friends coming over!
… on Friday evening, Mike has the opportunity to serve at a Christian event.
… on Saturday afternoon, we will celebrate 2 godly Paraguayan friends’ wedding!
…sometime this week, we will be writing our monthly e-letter “Goddard Grapevine” to continue to keep You connected to our ministry and family.
…during the week, we will continue to prepare for our Paraguayan church’s missions conference (Aug 31-Sept 2).
…counting down the days until Trisha’s mom visits early September. We are all thrilled that she will get to come visit and praise the Lord that we can buy a few things online for her to bring down (especially some things that are harder to get here or are ½ price in the USA).
{Written by Trisha, with the plan to connect you to our week of July 30-Aug. 5}
Tags: mike, Ministry, missions, missions conference, mobilization, pray, trisha, visit
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Posted by on Friday, July 27th, 2012
Today, I had the privilege of teaching , my children about Robert E. Lee. Did you know that he admired George Washington?
It asked the question there in the textbook, Who do you admire? So, we stopped and talked about it (#lovehomeschool).
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