(Spelling correction for “Team UK” Mission e-letter that went out, Numbers 13 ASSESS the people)
I do not think that resting is actually a word in Freedom Seed’s dictionary.
Well, maybe that isn’t quite true. The Lord has taught us a lot over the years of being on the road (we are now in our 8th year) and in ministry about resting when He tells you to rest, and finding that place in Him that is named Rest.
So let me explain my opening sentence.
During our time here in Minnesota so far we have had countless people asking us how our “rest” is going.
Well I’m going to let you in on the secret.
We have worked on the “cabin”, dug a new outhouse, and cleaned up the woods around the house. Put in firewood. Helped the Burns (the people who gave us the cabin, we live a few hundred feet away from each other) dig holes and clean up and prepare for building their house.
Our e-mail and webpage went down for almost 2 weeks.
We have held a “Communion”.
We have slogged our way through re-entry culture shock.
This week we have spent 3 hours a day driving to a tent meeting in a very rural part of the countryside where we are the worship team. We were happy to host the speaker at our camper for a night and get to know him a bit. Last night was a Spanish speaking night and we were able to connect with an outreach to the Latin-Americans close to Bemidji (there are quite a few Latin-American people here because of a fabric factory) where they teach English classes, we will be joining them to help teach and to play music.
Saturday will be our day of rest this week as some of us (Jasmine, Aubrey and Matthias) prepare to council at camp for the next week.
After camp our plan is to make it to Sioux Falls SD to make a CD.
During that time the Burns will be building their house, Matthias and Tony will be heavily involved in the construction.
Jasmine and Aubrey are preparing for their 4-week outreach-scouting trip to the UK (if you would like more information about that please drop us a note and let us know). They will be leaving in the beginning of September.
Freedom Seed is also finishing it’s move to Minnesota as we have ministry paperwork to organize, drivers licenses to change… all the things that pertain to moving, not just a family but a ministry as well.
Plans are in motion for this fall, we will be “leaking” information about that soon.
Please keep us in your prayers as the rising gas prices are a large consideration in all of this and as Freedom Seed steps out in more and more diverse ministries and begins to share about the larger vision of the Mobile Youth Church travel is high on the list as well as varying outreach tools.
We are praying for you – you do not leave our thoughts or consideration.
In His faithfulness
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Thursday, July 13, 2006
End Of Communion
Finding the words to express all that our days of Communion brought about is almost impossible.
Though we held "the" Communion on a certain set of days for a certain amount of time we would like to point out to you all that communing with one another and with Christ is not for aset amount of time, it has no end. We would like to invite you to come visit with us at any time during the summer here, outside of Bemidji at our cabinm come; stay as long as you want.
"The Communion" is set only because we know that you need to be able to make plans, travel plans and times so that you can get off work.
Communing is the purpose of Freedom Seed, to commune with Christ and with others, sharing in the joys, triumphs, sorrows and pains of Christ and His Body..
During the time of the Communion we were blessed to share in many of these things.
A young married couple came to the Comjmunion (they had only been married a week) and we watched as God worked changes in them through the communion that we took each night and through the sharingm we were excited to watch as God moved in their lives and blessed their new marriage as they washed each others feet, what a way to get started on a life-long journey!
We listened as people poured out their pains and sorrows about the felloship they were lacking and about the choices that they had made.
We watched as everyone quietly listened to each person, giving them the space and the respect of listening and not commenting but sharing in whatever the speaker was saying. People shared Bible verses, writingsm, their various arts, some just shared by serving others, cooking the meals, cleaning up. There were no chore lists and no real schedule and yet everything fit together and nothing was left undone, no one was left out.
Our good friend John Parsons (www.myliferadio.com) came and shared about the use of media in presenting the gospel, referring to them as the "roman roads" and "Greek language" of our day. 4 teams of people made video presentations of some Biblical truth that had impacted them and were taught how to edit and film them by John and his son in law. The films that came out of this excercise were incredible. One young man was very impacted by this part of the Communion in particular and will be helping Freedom Seed with putting together DVDs of pictures and video. There is more than one person that will be carrying on with using filming as a way to communicate the gospel message.
Freedom Seed Mobile Youth Church also gained a new member.
At the end of our time together we were sad to see everyone go but joyful to see what God had done in each person's life.
Communion was sweet.
Thank you to all of you who kept this Communion in your prayers, to those of you who helped to support it.
Please keep in mind our invitation to come and "commune" (visit) at any time, and that is not an empty invitation.
May God bless you all and bring you into a sweet communion with Himself and those around you.
Though we held "the" Communion on a certain set of days for a certain amount of time we would like to point out to you all that communing with one another and with Christ is not for aset amount of time, it has no end. We would like to invite you to come visit with us at any time during the summer here, outside of Bemidji at our cabinm come; stay as long as you want.
"The Communion" is set only because we know that you need to be able to make plans, travel plans and times so that you can get off work.
Communing is the purpose of Freedom Seed, to commune with Christ and with others, sharing in the joys, triumphs, sorrows and pains of Christ and His Body..
During the time of the Communion we were blessed to share in many of these things.
A young married couple came to the Comjmunion (they had only been married a week) and we watched as God worked changes in them through the communion that we took each night and through the sharingm we were excited to watch as God moved in their lives and blessed their new marriage as they washed each others feet, what a way to get started on a life-long journey!
We listened as people poured out their pains and sorrows about the felloship they were lacking and about the choices that they had made.
We watched as everyone quietly listened to each person, giving them the space and the respect of listening and not commenting but sharing in whatever the speaker was saying. People shared Bible verses, writingsm, their various arts, some just shared by serving others, cooking the meals, cleaning up. There were no chore lists and no real schedule and yet everything fit together and nothing was left undone, no one was left out.
Our good friend John Parsons (www.myliferadio.com) came and shared about the use of media in presenting the gospel, referring to them as the "roman roads" and "Greek language" of our day. 4 teams of people made video presentations of some Biblical truth that had impacted them and were taught how to edit and film them by John and his son in law. The films that came out of this excercise were incredible. One young man was very impacted by this part of the Communion in particular and will be helping Freedom Seed with putting together DVDs of pictures and video. There is more than one person that will be carrying on with using filming as a way to communicate the gospel message.
Freedom Seed Mobile Youth Church also gained a new member.
At the end of our time together we were sad to see everyone go but joyful to see what God had done in each person's life.
Communion was sweet.
Thank you to all of you who kept this Communion in your prayers, to those of you who helped to support it.
Please keep in mind our invitation to come and "commune" (visit) at any time, and that is not an empty invitation.
May God bless you all and bring you into a sweet communion with Himself and those around you.
Some Things to Sort Out
Business.
We are in Becida (or Solway depending on who you ask, and don't bother asking the post office because they will take either) Minnesota at the Freedom Seed cabin/base camp which has been named "The Source".
We have had web problems and e-mail problems, mail problems, banking issues... we do not have running water and recently tried to put a well in, tried is the key word in that sentence, for now the well drilling has been put on the back shelf as we get the place cleaned up and ready for this year's Freedom Seed Communion (i.e. mission camp).
As you might have noticed we have a strange date difference going on right now in our updates and that has to do with all of the interesting internet problems that we have been experiencing. Things are about to change once more on the Freedom Seed web page as we go through another change in the seasons of growth of the Freedom Seed.
The Freedom Seed Communion is being held once again this year July 1-5. We are sending out regular updates on the Communion on our Newsletter list, if you would like to receive our Newsletter please send us an contact us letting us know you would like to be added to our list.
OR go to: www.freedom-seed.blogspot.com to see the newest Freedom Seed update and to leave your comments.
We also have a new address:
Freedom Seed
44526 County Rd 3
Becida, MN 56678
We also have a new phone number, if you would like that new number please send us a request.
We are in Becida (or Solway depending on who you ask, and don't bother asking the post office because they will take either) Minnesota at the Freedom Seed cabin/base camp which has been named "The Source".
We have had web problems and e-mail problems, mail problems, banking issues... we do not have running water and recently tried to put a well in, tried is the key word in that sentence, for now the well drilling has been put on the back shelf as we get the place cleaned up and ready for this year's Freedom Seed Communion (i.e. mission camp).
As you might have noticed we have a strange date difference going on right now in our updates and that has to do with all of the interesting internet problems that we have been experiencing. Things are about to change once more on the Freedom Seed web page as we go through another change in the seasons of growth of the Freedom Seed.
The Freedom Seed Communion is being held once again this year July 1-5. We are sending out regular updates on the Communion on our Newsletter list, if you would like to receive our Newsletter please send us an contact us letting us know you would like to be added to our list.
OR go to: www.freedom-seed.blogspot.com to see the newest Freedom Seed update and to leave your comments.
We also have a new address:
Freedom Seed
44526 County Rd 3
Becida, MN 56678
We also have a new phone number, if you would like that new number please send us a request.
Back in the USA
I am now technically back in charge of our web page. For those of you who didn’t
know a good friend has been taking care of all the internet posting during our
time in Mexico, meaning… that yes, Freedom Seed is back in the USA. We returned state
side on Thursday evening. We spent a two days in Palacios Texas to pick up our
camper and to visit with some supporting churches.
We are glad to be meeting up with churches and people again and telling them of
all that God has done in the past 5 months but we can not say that our physical
bodies are as happy as we are experiencing some culture shock and our stomachs
are trying to re-adjust to the food.
Thank you to all of you for your prayers and support during our time in Mexico.
To see photos please go to: www.photos.yahoo.com/freedomseed6 and see the
album “Mexico 2006”.
We will be making fast tracks through Texas and South Dakota right on to
Minnesota. If you want to grab us on our way through please let us know, we will
be trying to visit as many churches and individuals as possible. The reason for
our fast pace is we still have to move all of our banking, ministry papers, address
and
all other such things to Minnesota and we have many many things to do before
we
are ready for the 4th of July Communion. (If you are interested in the Communion
please let us know as we will soon be sending out information but only through
our Newsletter e-mail list so if you are not on it but would like to be please
send
us a note through our “contact us”).
know a good friend has been taking care of all the internet posting during our
time in Mexico, meaning… that yes, Freedom Seed is back in the USA. We returned state
side on Thursday evening. We spent a two days in Palacios Texas to pick up our
camper and to visit with some supporting churches.
We are glad to be meeting up with churches and people again and telling them of
all that God has done in the past 5 months but we can not say that our physical
bodies are as happy as we are experiencing some culture shock and our stomachs
are trying to re-adjust to the food.
Thank you to all of you for your prayers and support during our time in Mexico.
To see photos please go to: www.photos.yahoo.com/freedomseed6 and see the
album “Mexico 2006”.
We will be making fast tracks through Texas and South Dakota right on to
Minnesota. If you want to grab us on our way through please let us know, we will
be trying to visit as many churches and individuals as possible. The reason for
our fast pace is we still have to move all of our banking, ministry papers, address
and
all other such things to Minnesota and we have many many things to do before
we
are ready for the 4th of July Communion. (If you are interested in the Communion
please let us know as we will soon be sending out information but only through
our Newsletter e-mail list so if you are not on it but would like to be please
send
us a note through our “contact us”).
Further Travel Plans
For further travel plans of all:
There will be a Freedom Seed Communion held in the north woods of MN.
4th of July weekend, 4 days, Bemidji MN.
We will be sending out more information as the time comes nearer, but for now,
block out the dates on your calanders!
Looking forward to seeing you,
Freedom Seed
There will be a Freedom Seed Communion held in the north woods of MN.
4th of July weekend, 4 days, Bemidji MN.
We will be sending out more information as the time comes nearer, but for now,
block out the dates on your calanders!
Looking forward to seeing you,
Freedom Seed
Outreach update
Things are coming along really well for the concert outreach here. We thought we
would send you all a quick note about what is going on.
It is Semana Santa here in MX (Holy Week) so everyone is on vaccations and they
will have black Friday here where they will walk down the streets in black and
barefoot carrying crosses, Mary, a dead Jesus, sometimes beating themselves.
We will be helping with a Christian camp starting tomorrow until Friday, Jasmine
and Rachel are going to be counselors and we have a late night camp fire meeting
to run, the rest of everyone will be in and out of camp.
Saturday we have our friend's wedding where Aubrey and Sharayah are maids of
honor and Jasmine will be singing.
We have found a really neat man of God to come be the preacher for our concert
outreach, we had a chance to spend some time talking with him today and we are
excited to see how God is pulling things together for this time.
Damien asked a friend of his to help out with bottled water for the concert and
as he was telling him about the outreach his friend asked him if he could share
his testimony, before he was saved he was a kidnapper! Damien was very
encouraged and so are we, God is bringing those who He wants.
The MN team will be here the 31st, we are looking forward to them coming.
School ends the 27th, we are looking forward to that, though there are lots of
tests between now and then.
Thank you for your prayers...
would send you all a quick note about what is going on.
It is Semana Santa here in MX (Holy Week) so everyone is on vaccations and they
will have black Friday here where they will walk down the streets in black and
barefoot carrying crosses, Mary, a dead Jesus, sometimes beating themselves.
We will be helping with a Christian camp starting tomorrow until Friday, Jasmine
and Rachel are going to be counselors and we have a late night camp fire meeting
to run, the rest of everyone will be in and out of camp.
Saturday we have our friend's wedding where Aubrey and Sharayah are maids of
honor and Jasmine will be singing.
We have found a really neat man of God to come be the preacher for our concert
outreach, we had a chance to spend some time talking with him today and we are
excited to see how God is pulling things together for this time.
Damien asked a friend of his to help out with bottled water for the concert and
as he was telling him about the outreach his friend asked him if he could share
his testimony, before he was saved he was a kidnapper! Damien was very
encouraged and so are we, God is bringing those who He wants.
The MN team will be here the 31st, we are looking forward to them coming.
School ends the 27th, we are looking forward to that, though there are lots of
tests between now and then.
Thank you for your prayers...
Outreach
The date for the concert is coming closer... we have now confirmed that we will
have a team of 7 people from northern MN that will be coming for a short term
trip as well as to help with the concert outreach.
Their is a supporter of ours that has asked if I would put out that every dollar
that is donated for the outreach (if you have or are donating for the specific
purpose of the outreach please drop me a note to let me know so that it does not
go into the living funds) he will match up to $500.00.
We will have a full update out here soon... we are keeping very busy and looking
forward to how God will use this outreach and the people that are coming down.
Thank you for your prayers and your support.
have a team of 7 people from northern MN that will be coming for a short term
trip as well as to help with the concert outreach.
Their is a supporter of ours that has asked if I would put out that every dollar
that is donated for the outreach (if you have or are donating for the specific
purpose of the outreach please drop me a note to let me know so that it does not
go into the living funds) he will match up to $500.00.
We will have a full update out here soon... we are keeping very busy and looking
forward to how God will use this outreach and the people that are coming down.
Thank you for your prayers and your support.
Communication
Sometimes a conversation can change your whole outlook on life, your
relationships with others and even your relationship with God. Let me tell you
about one of those kinds of conversations that we had just recently.
We were talking to some friends of ours, in Spanish, and the woman from the
couple that is living with us was telling our friends what they did in their
ministry,
well, actually, she was telling them what she did in the ministry. Our friends
kept
asking odd questions like “Oh, really? You do it all by yourself huh?” as she is
telling them how she builds houses for the poor in Ciudad Juarez. Of course, she
ended up leaving the conversation confused as to why they did not understand
that she built houses, thinking that maybe it was that they could not believe
that
she, as a woman, could build houses.
The next day we went to visit our friends and they started explaining to us
why they had shown so much unbelief and given her such a hard time. It was not
that they did not believe that she could build houses but that they say it is
impossible to do it alone, without help. They began to explain to us how nobody
does anything alone; there is always help. Even if someone was doing the primary
physical work there is someone who is encouraging him or her, someone who is
cooking for him or her, someone who is cleaning… When something is being done
even though you might only see or recognize one person, behind that person there
is many people.
That is the point that we would like to make to all of you. “We” are “us” and
“us” is “we”. All of us together, though we may be in different places of
visibility to
others we all know that it is all of us who make things possible.
I would like to tell you what we have all been a part of. (This means you)
Edgar, one of the younger members of the family that we are with most of the
time has been very curious about Christianity lately, has just recently
completed 1
month of sobriety, joined us at church this past Sunday and had lots of
questions
afterwards. Please keep him in your prayers.
Damian, our young upstairs neighbor is taking slow but sure steps in his walk
with Christ. Matthias has had a great part in all of that, so much so that now
Damian’s younger brother and friends are asking Matthias questions about faith
and inviting him to spend time with them. Keep in mind that these are gang
members we are talking about and it is not easy to earn their respect.
We accompanied Damian and Isaac (the kid who saved Damian’s life when he
tried to kill himself by busting through the glass) and it is incredible to see
God working in their lives, the steps they are taking towards Him.
Also, young people have been asking us for bibles because we have brought
Spanish bibles in contemporary language and they mostly have bibles in Old
Spanish and the young people hardly understand any of it. We gave a bible to
Damian and it has traveled to several other people already and they wanted their
own… if you are one of the people who is thinking about coming down here for a
short trip please let us know as we would like for you to bring us some more!
(We will let you know where you can get them).
Tony, Nolan and Matthias helped roof a classroom on a little Baptist church
outside of the city as well as do some cement work.
Things with Rachel are going well.
The last part of the update I have saved for a question. The question is what
are WE going to do next? Your decisions and prayers have a profound effect on
the
part of you (we) that is here in Guadalajara Mexico.
We are still aiming for the May 6th outreach with a hip-hop artist, Damien
and ourselves playing and a local pastor preaching.
What is determining our next steps is your support. We will have an outreach
either way. If the funding does not come for what we would like to see happen
then we will borrow our friend’s restaurant and have Damian and ourselves
playing
and a local pastor preaching.
To go forward with plan A, a plane ticket needs to be bought here shortly and
we need to procure a sound system and reserve a spot as well as begin to make
flyers…
Those of you who had already said you would like to support this outreach
financial please let me know by the end of this week (or during the weekend) how
much support you will be sending so that we can finalize plans and let the
artist
know how much of a “love offering” we can offer him.
Please consider all of this with prayer.
Because we love Him,
Jasmine for Freedom Seed
The “we” in Guadalajara Mexico
“The goal is for all of them to become one heart and mind –
Just as you, Father, are in me and I in you,
So they might be one heart and mind with us.
Then the world might believe that you, in fact, sent me.
The same glory you gave me, I gave them,
So they’ll be as unified and together as we are –
I in them and you in me.
Then they’ll be mature in this oneness,
And give the godless world evidence
That you’ve sent me and loved them
In the same way you’ve loved me.” -Jesus (John 17:20-23 MSG)
relationships with others and even your relationship with God. Let me tell you
about one of those kinds of conversations that we had just recently.
We were talking to some friends of ours, in Spanish, and the woman from the
couple that is living with us was telling our friends what they did in their
ministry,
well, actually, she was telling them what she did in the ministry. Our friends
kept
asking odd questions like “Oh, really? You do it all by yourself huh?” as she is
telling them how she builds houses for the poor in Ciudad Juarez. Of course, she
ended up leaving the conversation confused as to why they did not understand
that she built houses, thinking that maybe it was that they could not believe
that
she, as a woman, could build houses.
The next day we went to visit our friends and they started explaining to us
why they had shown so much unbelief and given her such a hard time. It was not
that they did not believe that she could build houses but that they say it is
impossible to do it alone, without help. They began to explain to us how nobody
does anything alone; there is always help. Even if someone was doing the primary
physical work there is someone who is encouraging him or her, someone who is
cooking for him or her, someone who is cleaning… When something is being done
even though you might only see or recognize one person, behind that person there
is many people.
That is the point that we would like to make to all of you. “We” are “us” and
“us” is “we”. All of us together, though we may be in different places of
visibility to
others we all know that it is all of us who make things possible.
I would like to tell you what we have all been a part of. (This means you)
Edgar, one of the younger members of the family that we are with most of the
time has been very curious about Christianity lately, has just recently
completed 1
month of sobriety, joined us at church this past Sunday and had lots of
questions
afterwards. Please keep him in your prayers.
Damian, our young upstairs neighbor is taking slow but sure steps in his walk
with Christ. Matthias has had a great part in all of that, so much so that now
Damian’s younger brother and friends are asking Matthias questions about faith
and inviting him to spend time with them. Keep in mind that these are gang
members we are talking about and it is not easy to earn their respect.
We accompanied Damian and Isaac (the kid who saved Damian’s life when he
tried to kill himself by busting through the glass) and it is incredible to see
God working in their lives, the steps they are taking towards Him.
Also, young people have been asking us for bibles because we have brought
Spanish bibles in contemporary language and they mostly have bibles in Old
Spanish and the young people hardly understand any of it. We gave a bible to
Damian and it has traveled to several other people already and they wanted their
own… if you are one of the people who is thinking about coming down here for a
short trip please let us know as we would like for you to bring us some more!
(We will let you know where you can get them).
Tony, Nolan and Matthias helped roof a classroom on a little Baptist church
outside of the city as well as do some cement work.
Things with Rachel are going well.
The last part of the update I have saved for a question. The question is what
are WE going to do next? Your decisions and prayers have a profound effect on
the
part of you (we) that is here in Guadalajara Mexico.
We are still aiming for the May 6th outreach with a hip-hop artist, Damien
and ourselves playing and a local pastor preaching.
What is determining our next steps is your support. We will have an outreach
either way. If the funding does not come for what we would like to see happen
then we will borrow our friend’s restaurant and have Damian and ourselves
playing
and a local pastor preaching.
To go forward with plan A, a plane ticket needs to be bought here shortly and
we need to procure a sound system and reserve a spot as well as begin to make
flyers…
Those of you who had already said you would like to support this outreach
financial please let me know by the end of this week (or during the weekend) how
much support you will be sending so that we can finalize plans and let the
artist
know how much of a “love offering” we can offer him.
Please consider all of this with prayer.
Because we love Him,
Jasmine for Freedom Seed
The “we” in Guadalajara Mexico
“The goal is for all of them to become one heart and mind –
Just as you, Father, are in me and I in you,
So they might be one heart and mind with us.
Then the world might believe that you, in fact, sent me.
The same glory you gave me, I gave them,
So they’ll be as unified and together as we are –
I in them and you in me.
Then they’ll be mature in this oneness,
And give the godless world evidence
That you’ve sent me and loved them
In the same way you’ve loved me.” -Jesus (John 17:20-23 MSG)
Guad. School Update and More
Tracy, Jasmine and Rachel have succesfully completed their levels of school! And
may I tell you... we are very happy about that. We have a week break before we
start our second set out school, we are very happy to have the break. Also,
their only concern was whether or not the would keep all their scores in the
90´s or not... so as you can see they have been fairly good students.
More that just that though, our ability to speak has improved immesily already.
Thank you to all of you who have made that possible. I would now like to let you
in on what has been going on and how some of the plans I was telling you all
about are progressing...
First, just some physical details. Most of us (Pembertons) have not been in to
the dentist in enough years that we are actually embarrassed to let you all
know... so we will leave the number unsaid. Since the prices for dental work or
so much better here (by no means cheap but MUCH MUCH better) Sharayah has been
able to go in and get some work done of cavities... Aubrey got a desperatly
needed cleaning only to find that she had multiple cavities... which will be
fixed today. Also, Aubrey has been in need of braces now for several years,
since the prices are amazingly lower here we have decided to just go for it, so
Aubrey is slowly in the process of getting braces done. Matthias has to go in
and get some cavities fixed... and Tony has never had his wisdom teeth removed
which have been killing him for the past couple of years. OK, quite a mouthfull
(literally) I know. We are really thankful that this time down here we are able
to get some emergency work done and possibly some preventative work and still be
able to eat diner! We will see how much gets done.
Tomorrow we have a missionary from Juarez Mexico coming to stay with us for a
while. We are looking forward to the time we will get to spend with him and are
hoping that this time can be a break for him as well as enjoyable.
We have another missionary couple coming next week to move in with us
and go to
their next levels of school as well.
At the beginning May we are going to have Malachi Perez (hip-hop artist)come
down from Washington state. On that first Friday we are going to have a hip-hop
concert and it looks like there will be 3 bands. We will also have a team down
from MN to help with this and to go door to door and pass out flyers... be
prayer help. Also we think we have found a young man to give a message that is
on fire for Christ. It looks like all told the whole concert will cost about
$2,000, if anyone is interested in ¨adopting¨ either the hip-hip artist hotel
stay, the sound equip, or the flight please let me know.
We feel that God is really moving our hearts in that this will be a serious
outreach to gang members or x-members that are traying to find a new way of
life. Our upstairs neighbor that I have kept you updated on is one of those, so
are all his friends. We have been greatly blessed to be able to build a
relationship with him and now his baby and the mother of the baby, his other
friends are now getting curious and asking Matthias questions obout Christ and
telling him how they try to drown their pain with drugs and alcohol, how they
can´t stop. These are young men that have just lost several friends from
drive-by shootings not 6 blocks from our house... these are young people that
have grown up ¨on the streets¨ who have run drugs, who are burried in a
depression and a hurt so deep that they try to kill themselves.
These are who we want to reach for and pray that the message through music and
prayer and speaking will touch their hearts.
Please, pray for them, pray for this event... pray for us that we would have the
words. God has given an incredible gift of feeling His compassion for these
young people. Our hearts are breaking for them, let Him break your heart for
them as well.
We attended church last night with Damian (the young man upstairs) his baby and
the baby´s mom, they are trying to work on their relationship and trying to find Christ, God really touched them last night through the service. Tracy had a chance to pray for them both and Damian was broken. We were able to take themout to dinner afterwards and talk with them.
God is growing the relationship and expanding the circle of relationships.
I could go on and on about more that is going on at the moment but I think that this is sufficient for one.
I just want to leave you with this last thought. Pray - and pray until He breaks your heart.
may I tell you... we are very happy about that. We have a week break before we
start our second set out school, we are very happy to have the break. Also,
their only concern was whether or not the would keep all their scores in the
90´s or not... so as you can see they have been fairly good students.
More that just that though, our ability to speak has improved immesily already.
Thank you to all of you who have made that possible. I would now like to let you
in on what has been going on and how some of the plans I was telling you all
about are progressing...
First, just some physical details. Most of us (Pembertons) have not been in to
the dentist in enough years that we are actually embarrassed to let you all
know... so we will leave the number unsaid. Since the prices for dental work or
so much better here (by no means cheap but MUCH MUCH better) Sharayah has been
able to go in and get some work done of cavities... Aubrey got a desperatly
needed cleaning only to find that she had multiple cavities... which will be
fixed today. Also, Aubrey has been in need of braces now for several years,
since the prices are amazingly lower here we have decided to just go for it, so
Aubrey is slowly in the process of getting braces done. Matthias has to go in
and get some cavities fixed... and Tony has never had his wisdom teeth removed
which have been killing him for the past couple of years. OK, quite a mouthfull
(literally) I know. We are really thankful that this time down here we are able
to get some emergency work done and possibly some preventative work and still be
able to eat diner! We will see how much gets done.
Tomorrow we have a missionary from Juarez Mexico coming to stay with us for a
while. We are looking forward to the time we will get to spend with him and are
hoping that this time can be a break for him as well as enjoyable.
We have another missionary couple coming next week to move in with us
and go to
their next levels of school as well.
At the beginning May we are going to have Malachi Perez (hip-hop artist)come
down from Washington state. On that first Friday we are going to have a hip-hop
concert and it looks like there will be 3 bands. We will also have a team down
from MN to help with this and to go door to door and pass out flyers... be
prayer help. Also we think we have found a young man to give a message that is
on fire for Christ. It looks like all told the whole concert will cost about
$2,000, if anyone is interested in ¨adopting¨ either the hip-hip artist hotel
stay, the sound equip, or the flight please let me know.
We feel that God is really moving our hearts in that this will be a serious
outreach to gang members or x-members that are traying to find a new way of
life. Our upstairs neighbor that I have kept you updated on is one of those, so
are all his friends. We have been greatly blessed to be able to build a
relationship with him and now his baby and the mother of the baby, his other
friends are now getting curious and asking Matthias questions obout Christ and
telling him how they try to drown their pain with drugs and alcohol, how they
can´t stop. These are young men that have just lost several friends from
drive-by shootings not 6 blocks from our house... these are young people that
have grown up ¨on the streets¨ who have run drugs, who are burried in a
depression and a hurt so deep that they try to kill themselves.
These are who we want to reach for and pray that the message through music and
prayer and speaking will touch their hearts.
Please, pray for them, pray for this event... pray for us that we would have the
words. God has given an incredible gift of feeling His compassion for these
young people. Our hearts are breaking for them, let Him break your heart for
them as well.
We attended church last night with Damian (the young man upstairs) his baby and
the baby´s mom, they are trying to work on their relationship and trying to find Christ, God really touched them last night through the service. Tracy had a chance to pray for them both and Damian was broken. We were able to take themout to dinner afterwards and talk with them.
God is growing the relationship and expanding the circle of relationships.
I could go on and on about more that is going on at the moment but I think that this is sufficient for one.
I just want to leave you with this last thought. Pray - and pray until He breaks your heart.
Guadalajara
It is hard to believe that we have only been in Guadalajara MX for two weeks, in
one way it feels like we have been here much longer and in another way it feels
like we are leaving tomorrow already.
School is going very well for Tracy, Jasmine and Rachel. It is incredible how
much can be learned in just 2 weeks, we count ourselves very blessed to be able
to come back to this school and learn the Spanish language.
Sharayah decided not to attend language school and has instead taken a
¨job¨helping our friends out at their restaurant, as she does that they are
teaching her spanish and she has plenty of opportunities to practice!
Matthias, Aubrey and Tony have various friends that they are practicing with and
learning from, they are also taking care of all the home related stuff while we
are at school.
It has been incredible how much we have already been able to share Christ with
people, the neat thing is is that they are approaching us about our faith. We
are being asked questions about whether Christ really is the Son of God, about
the Trinity, about Catholisism vs. Christianity, about homosexuality... and the
list goes on. It has also been suggested that we start a Bible study. Please
pray that we have the Christ´s words to tell these people and His wisdom in how
we should continue. They openings that we have into people´s lives here are
pretty much unheard of.
English is a huge opening for us to share here. We have been asked to start some
english classes and are looking in to how we can use the Bible as a tool to
teach English. We have also been invited to 2 public schools to help with
English classes for children and young adults. We were invited to the schools be
a Christian teacher because he would like for us to share with the children and
youth while helping them with their English pronunciation. Both Aubrey and
Matthias are looking at going to the children´s class while several of us who
are going to school go to the youth class. We will let you know how that goes.
We have been completely blessed by the support that we have recieved for the
time here. Also, the house that we have in working out great. We now have hot
water which is awesome. We also were given 2 small tables and some chairs as
well as various other little things. We were able to buy a used refrigerator and
a washing machine (it is not what you think when you think washing machine, a
small agitator on one side and a spinner on the other), we are so happy to have
both of these things, especially the washer as our clothes will fair much better
down here this time, not to mention our hands and arms!
To finish this letter up we would once again like to say that we are giving an
open invitation for those of you who would like to come here on a short term
mission trip. We need to know soon how many people that we need to prepare for
so that we can set some things up. Please let us know. We have another
missionary from Juarex MX coming down in Febuary for a time. Let us know when
you would like to.
We are once again looking at and praying about a long term base here in
Guadalajara Mexico. God has made some incredible relationships here not only
with the local people but we also know many missionaries here. The Lord has
placed a love in our hearts for this place just as we love you all. Please keep
this in your prayers.
We have found a church to attend while we are here in Guad. there are other
missionaries, great worship, preaching, lots of youth. We are attending with a
friend of ours that we have worked with in missions.
We are blessed to have found a place and hope to able to make great
relationships as well as being able to encourage and find more mission
opportunities (the public school door opened through one of the men from that
church).
Thank you all who have been sending encouraging e-mails.
We love you all.
May Christ move your hearts in prayer.
one way it feels like we have been here much longer and in another way it feels
like we are leaving tomorrow already.
School is going very well for Tracy, Jasmine and Rachel. It is incredible how
much can be learned in just 2 weeks, we count ourselves very blessed to be able
to come back to this school and learn the Spanish language.
Sharayah decided not to attend language school and has instead taken a
¨job¨helping our friends out at their restaurant, as she does that they are
teaching her spanish and she has plenty of opportunities to practice!
Matthias, Aubrey and Tony have various friends that they are practicing with and
learning from, they are also taking care of all the home related stuff while we
are at school.
It has been incredible how much we have already been able to share Christ with
people, the neat thing is is that they are approaching us about our faith. We
are being asked questions about whether Christ really is the Son of God, about
the Trinity, about Catholisism vs. Christianity, about homosexuality... and the
list goes on. It has also been suggested that we start a Bible study. Please
pray that we have the Christ´s words to tell these people and His wisdom in how
we should continue. They openings that we have into people´s lives here are
pretty much unheard of.
English is a huge opening for us to share here. We have been asked to start some
english classes and are looking in to how we can use the Bible as a tool to
teach English. We have also been invited to 2 public schools to help with
English classes for children and young adults. We were invited to the schools be
a Christian teacher because he would like for us to share with the children and
youth while helping them with their English pronunciation. Both Aubrey and
Matthias are looking at going to the children´s class while several of us who
are going to school go to the youth class. We will let you know how that goes.
We have been completely blessed by the support that we have recieved for the
time here. Also, the house that we have in working out great. We now have hot
water which is awesome. We also were given 2 small tables and some chairs as
well as various other little things. We were able to buy a used refrigerator and
a washing machine (it is not what you think when you think washing machine, a
small agitator on one side and a spinner on the other), we are so happy to have
both of these things, especially the washer as our clothes will fair much better
down here this time, not to mention our hands and arms!
To finish this letter up we would once again like to say that we are giving an
open invitation for those of you who would like to come here on a short term
mission trip. We need to know soon how many people that we need to prepare for
so that we can set some things up. Please let us know. We have another
missionary from Juarex MX coming down in Febuary for a time. Let us know when
you would like to.
We are once again looking at and praying about a long term base here in
Guadalajara Mexico. God has made some incredible relationships here not only
with the local people but we also know many missionaries here. The Lord has
placed a love in our hearts for this place just as we love you all. Please keep
this in your prayers.
We have found a church to attend while we are here in Guad. there are other
missionaries, great worship, preaching, lots of youth. We are attending with a
friend of ours that we have worked with in missions.
We are blessed to have found a place and hope to able to make great
relationships as well as being able to encourage and find more mission
opportunities (the public school door opened through one of the men from that
church).
Thank you all who have been sending encouraging e-mails.
We love you all.
May Christ move your hearts in prayer.
All Over Texas
Like I said, we are trooping all over the great state of Texas. Well divisions of us are anyway. Tony, Jasmine, Aubrey and Matthias went to Palacios Texas over the weekend to speak to 3 churches and connect with people we know down there. Our "home church" is in Palacios TX as well as a supporting church of ours. We were glad to connect with people and get a chance to share about what God has been doing in the last 8 (or 9 or something like that...) months that we have been away. We were all impressed with how much Tony could say and update about in 3 minutes (missions moments is what they are called, if you didn't already know that).
Tracy's mom (Pat) is settling in to her new place quite well. We have spent time helping her get familiar with her new surroundings and trying to get all her banking and care taken care of.
It was Sharayah's 15th birthday yesterday... our youngest memeber is no longer quite so young and the rest of us are just feeling downright old. Congrats Sharayah!
We do have a new address. Now, pay attention now because this is important, for us and you, but, we admit, mostly for us.
If you would like to write us a letter or send us mail please note that our address has been changed to:
Freedom Seed (Pembertons)
c/o Burns
44526 County Rd 3
Becida, MN 56678
IF you are a supporter or would like to send a donation PLEASE e-mail and let us know as we need to give you directions on how to do that.
We are, during this time, preparing to go to Mexico. We will be going to language school and working with ministries and indviduals while we are there. If you would like more info on the Mexico part of our ministry please drop us a note and let us know.
Also, we would like you to let us know how you like the web page as well as sending some constructive criticism as to how you like our updates, are they too vague, too long...??? It is coming up to the first of the year and we would like a year end report from you! So please take the time to go to our contact page and let us know what you think.
We hope you are all planning a fun Christmas. Remember those that are not remembered, Christmas parties are the perfect chance to reach out to those who are alone or have nowhere to be. Remember Him by remembering them.
Enjoy the Holiday Season and may it be a blessed time!
Tracy's mom (Pat) is settling in to her new place quite well. We have spent time helping her get familiar with her new surroundings and trying to get all her banking and care taken care of.
It was Sharayah's 15th birthday yesterday... our youngest memeber is no longer quite so young and the rest of us are just feeling downright old. Congrats Sharayah!
We do have a new address. Now, pay attention now because this is important, for us and you, but, we admit, mostly for us.
If you would like to write us a letter or send us mail please note that our address has been changed to:
Freedom Seed (Pembertons)
c/o Burns
44526 County Rd 3
Becida, MN 56678
IF you are a supporter or would like to send a donation PLEASE e-mail and let us know as we need to give you directions on how to do that.
We are, during this time, preparing to go to Mexico. We will be going to language school and working with ministries and indviduals while we are there. If you would like more info on the Mexico part of our ministry please drop us a note and let us know.
Also, we would like you to let us know how you like the web page as well as sending some constructive criticism as to how you like our updates, are they too vague, too long...??? It is coming up to the first of the year and we would like a year end report from you! So please take the time to go to our contact page and let us know what you think.
We hope you are all planning a fun Christmas. Remember those that are not remembered, Christmas parties are the perfect chance to reach out to those who are alone or have nowhere to be. Remember Him by remembering them.
Enjoy the Holiday Season and may it be a blessed time!
Texas
The great state of Texas has welcomed Freedom Seed back once again.
From Sioux Falls our crew went in two different directions, Jasmine and Rachel (who will be going with us to Guadalajara Mexico) went from Sioux Falls to Sheridan Wyoming while a few hours behind the rest of everyone went from Sioux Falls and headed Texas way.
Rachel has agreed to help with Pat's personal care until she is able to find new people here in Texas.
The roads out of Sioux Falls were terrible. For the bus crew that is putting it lightly, they had a terrible ride clear in to warmer weather, blowing snow and icy roads.
At the same time Rachel and Jasmine braved the other set of blowing snow and icy roads. Which were considerably better than we thought they were going to be.
I am going to spare you the details of Rachel and (I) Jasmine's time in Sheridan except for the that they spent lots of time packing, when we got there we had no idea how we were going to get Pat out in the 2 days that we had. As well as packing I (Jasmine) had to take care of the office details for Freedom Seed. On that note:If you are a supporter of Freedom Seed or would like to be, please, drop us an e-mail so we can let you know how you can do that. We also have an address change.
The drive from Sheridan Wyoming to San Marcos Texas is beyond grueling. It is a looooooooooong trip. Three days for both sets of travelers. Everyone is sore to say the least.
Please, please, keep us in your prayers as this transition for Pat is not going to be easy, on her, or on us. During this time we are going to need to continue traveling in Texas to see chruches here, play music and speak. We are also working out the details to be able to return to Guadalajara Mexico, there is housing and language school details to work out. None of which are simple. Please pray that we have the endurance and the funding to get all of this done.
As always, we love to hear from you so drop us a note and let us know how you are doing.
From Sioux Falls our crew went in two different directions, Jasmine and Rachel (who will be going with us to Guadalajara Mexico) went from Sioux Falls to Sheridan Wyoming while a few hours behind the rest of everyone went from Sioux Falls and headed Texas way.
Rachel has agreed to help with Pat's personal care until she is able to find new people here in Texas.
The roads out of Sioux Falls were terrible. For the bus crew that is putting it lightly, they had a terrible ride clear in to warmer weather, blowing snow and icy roads.
At the same time Rachel and Jasmine braved the other set of blowing snow and icy roads. Which were considerably better than we thought they were going to be.
I am going to spare you the details of Rachel and (I) Jasmine's time in Sheridan except for the that they spent lots of time packing, when we got there we had no idea how we were going to get Pat out in the 2 days that we had. As well as packing I (Jasmine) had to take care of the office details for Freedom Seed. On that note:If you are a supporter of Freedom Seed or would like to be, please, drop us an e-mail so we can let you know how you can do that. We also have an address change.
The drive from Sheridan Wyoming to San Marcos Texas is beyond grueling. It is a looooooooooong trip. Three days for both sets of travelers. Everyone is sore to say the least.
Please, please, keep us in your prayers as this transition for Pat is not going to be easy, on her, or on us. During this time we are going to need to continue traveling in Texas to see chruches here, play music and speak. We are also working out the details to be able to return to Guadalajara Mexico, there is housing and language school details to work out. None of which are simple. Please pray that we have the endurance and the funding to get all of this done.
As always, we love to hear from you so drop us a note and let us know how you are doing.
Thanksgiving '05
Thanksgiving if my favorite Holiday. It is the favorite Holiday of the Pemberton family as a whole.
Our hearts are full of thanks-giving.
Our time in Bemidji has been awesome, refreshing, and yet filled with lots of physical work as well as a lot of discussion and prayer.
We have been comparing notes with one of our elders and others, getting a general feel for what God is doing "Jesus did nothing that He did not see the Father doing.".
The cabin is looking beautiful, we laugh as what we have been working with is other people's junk and yet it turns out that it is a beautiful treasure...hhmmm... maybe that is what our Father sees when He looks at these shattered lives.
We are preparing to spend a little under 6 months in Mexico starting in January. A young woman from Sioux Falls SD will be living with us during that time as well. Tracy and Jasmine (maybe Sharayah) will be attending language school. Please pray that God would already be opening doors in the hearts of the Mexican around who we will be living.
Tracy's mom (Pat) will be moving to San Marcos Texas December 2. That also means that Freedom Seed will be moving it's "office". Keep these logistics in your prayers as we are trying to find the most efficient way of making this move.
As always, we love to hear from you so drop us a note!
His peace be on you.
Our hearts are full of thanks-giving.
Our time in Bemidji has been awesome, refreshing, and yet filled with lots of physical work as well as a lot of discussion and prayer.
We have been comparing notes with one of our elders and others, getting a general feel for what God is doing "Jesus did nothing that He did not see the Father doing.".
The cabin is looking beautiful, we laugh as what we have been working with is other people's junk and yet it turns out that it is a beautiful treasure...hhmmm... maybe that is what our Father sees when He looks at these shattered lives.
We are preparing to spend a little under 6 months in Mexico starting in January. A young woman from Sioux Falls SD will be living with us during that time as well. Tracy and Jasmine (maybe Sharayah) will be attending language school. Please pray that God would already be opening doors in the hearts of the Mexican around who we will be living.
Tracy's mom (Pat) will be moving to San Marcos Texas December 2. That also means that Freedom Seed will be moving it's "office". Keep these logistics in your prayers as we are trying to find the most efficient way of making this move.
As always, we love to hear from you so drop us a note!
His peace be on you.
End of Tour
The LifeLight tour with Sin-X, Ryan Daniel, Tapestry and Remedy Drive went more than well. We visited 8 towns in 10 days, with a free concert in every town. Each band had a chance to play music and share testimonies with the predominantly high school and college age students. All the bands worked as a team to communicate the message and love of Christ through everything that we sang and said. It was a time of learning for us as well as a time of being able to share our experiences with the other musicians.
Sin-X (Aubrey and Matthias's band) was voted most improved and it was amazing to see them communicate with more and more confidence the message that they have for suicidal youth, reaching them with the message of hope.
Sin-X has also officially disbanded as it's members are going their different ways. Matthias and Aubrey will continue playing their music as God leads them.
Andrew (from Bemidji) and Rachel (from Sioux Falls), both who are taking steps to become full time missionaries, both came on the tour as helpers, and what a help they were! Thanks guys!
During the tour, we enjoyed ministering and fellowshipping with all the bands and LifeLight people (thanks guys!), and we left the tour encouraged,blessed, tired, and a little bit sad to be parting ways with our new friends.
Now, fast forward not quite a week... Tony, Matthias, Andrew and Sharayah took a trip to Sheridan WYO to pick up the rest of our stuff, i.e. hope chests, books two beds and an old pickup, as Tracy's mom (Pat, who is also our home secretary) is moving to Texas later in this winter.
We packed up the Mother Load and pickup and hit the road on the way to Bemidji. This trip was something else... the Mother Load broke down, the truck broke down... we spent quite a bit of time in prayer, an extended period of time trying to fix vehicles, and some time on the shoulder of the interstate waiting for a tow truck. We ended up leaving Matthias and Tony in Watertown while the rest of us drove the rest of the way to Bemidji. It took the better part of the next day for Matthias and Tony to find and fix the problem in the Mother Load. They had to leave the truck in Watertown, behind the Wal-Mart, for a return trip on Sunday. Which brings us to our next story...
Tony and Ron took a road trip on Sunday, which was the Lord's day for them to have an appointment that to normal eyes would not seem so divine.
Ron and Tony's Divine appointment came at their dinner break after picking up the pickup in Watertown, at a Chinese restaurant.
An elderly man fell in the restroom. He had a colostomy bag that he had been trying to empty and had filled everything, toilet, sink and floor with it's contents and in the process had aslo fallen down. Tony and Ron could hear him moaning from the bathroom and the man's daughter was worrying about him. Tony and Ron braved the smell to find the man in the mess. They spent the next 20 minutes or so helping him, and calming him.
As Tony and Ron were telling the story afterwards and we were listening with open mouths as they talked about helping this man and we were wondering at the grace that God had given them to just jump in and help a perfect stranger with something so personal. Their actions defined by their relationship to Him.
We will be in Bemidji for about 2 weeks, getting ready for our trip south and to Mexico. Bemidji will also be the final resting place for the Mother Load. Whether it was her last roll, from Sioux Falls to Bemidji, we cannot be completely sure, but it looks like this was the Mother Load's last ride.
Someone said that the bus was our trademark, who we are, but we are not defined by our things, we give them their voice. Just as when we walk forward in the things that the Lord has given us to do it is not our actions who make us who we are but it is our relationship to Him that makes us anything.
We are defined by Christ.
Sin-X (Aubrey and Matthias's band) was voted most improved and it was amazing to see them communicate with more and more confidence the message that they have for suicidal youth, reaching them with the message of hope.
Sin-X has also officially disbanded as it's members are going their different ways. Matthias and Aubrey will continue playing their music as God leads them.
Andrew (from Bemidji) and Rachel (from Sioux Falls), both who are taking steps to become full time missionaries, both came on the tour as helpers, and what a help they were! Thanks guys!
During the tour, we enjoyed ministering and fellowshipping with all the bands and LifeLight people (thanks guys!), and we left the tour encouraged,blessed, tired, and a little bit sad to be parting ways with our new friends.
Now, fast forward not quite a week... Tony, Matthias, Andrew and Sharayah took a trip to Sheridan WYO to pick up the rest of our stuff, i.e. hope chests, books two beds and an old pickup, as Tracy's mom (Pat, who is also our home secretary) is moving to Texas later in this winter.
We packed up the Mother Load and pickup and hit the road on the way to Bemidji. This trip was something else... the Mother Load broke down, the truck broke down... we spent quite a bit of time in prayer, an extended period of time trying to fix vehicles, and some time on the shoulder of the interstate waiting for a tow truck. We ended up leaving Matthias and Tony in Watertown while the rest of us drove the rest of the way to Bemidji. It took the better part of the next day for Matthias and Tony to find and fix the problem in the Mother Load. They had to leave the truck in Watertown, behind the Wal-Mart, for a return trip on Sunday. Which brings us to our next story...
Tony and Ron took a road trip on Sunday, which was the Lord's day for them to have an appointment that to normal eyes would not seem so divine.
Ron and Tony's Divine appointment came at their dinner break after picking up the pickup in Watertown, at a Chinese restaurant.
An elderly man fell in the restroom. He had a colostomy bag that he had been trying to empty and had filled everything, toilet, sink and floor with it's contents and in the process had aslo fallen down. Tony and Ron could hear him moaning from the bathroom and the man's daughter was worrying about him. Tony and Ron braved the smell to find the man in the mess. They spent the next 20 minutes or so helping him, and calming him.
As Tony and Ron were telling the story afterwards and we were listening with open mouths as they talked about helping this man and we were wondering at the grace that God had given them to just jump in and help a perfect stranger with something so personal. Their actions defined by their relationship to Him.
We will be in Bemidji for about 2 weeks, getting ready for our trip south and to Mexico. Bemidji will also be the final resting place for the Mother Load. Whether it was her last roll, from Sioux Falls to Bemidji, we cannot be completely sure, but it looks like this was the Mother Load's last ride.
Someone said that the bus was our trademark, who we are, but we are not defined by our things, we give them their voice. Just as when we walk forward in the things that the Lord has given us to do it is not our actions who make us who we are but it is our relationship to Him that makes us anything.
We are defined by Christ.
Tour
We are back on the road again after our day and a half of rest. This time we are headed to Watertown SD and Lincoln NE (Remedy Drive's home town).
Tony stayed behind this time as it is getting cold and our bus needs to have a furnace in it as well as minor things done on the rest of the vehicles and contact made with people in Texas as we will be headed south again soon. We have a tenative plan of maybe making it to Louisiana to help with the hurricane clean up and ministry that is still ongoing. We will be working with Mike Macintosh (Horizon Church, an offshoot of Calvary Chapel). We will make stops in multiple churches and ministries while we are in Texas. We are also praying about finishing language school in Guadalajara Mexico this winter... more on that to come. Please keep all these things in your prayers.
The rest of us are looking forward to the rest of the tour and what God is going to do in others and in ourselvers.
Once again, if you have not checked out these web sites then I highly suggest that you do so.
Remedy Drive
Ryan Daniel
Sin-X
Tapestry
Tony stayed behind this time as it is getting cold and our bus needs to have a furnace in it as well as minor things done on the rest of the vehicles and contact made with people in Texas as we will be headed south again soon. We have a tenative plan of maybe making it to Louisiana to help with the hurricane clean up and ministry that is still ongoing. We will be working with Mike Macintosh (Horizon Church, an offshoot of Calvary Chapel). We will make stops in multiple churches and ministries while we are in Texas. We are also praying about finishing language school in Guadalajara Mexico this winter... more on that to come. Please keep all these things in your prayers.
The rest of us are looking forward to the rest of the tour and what God is going to do in others and in ourselvers.
Once again, if you have not checked out these web sites then I highly suggest that you do so.
Remedy Drive
Ryan Daniel
Sin-X
Tapestry
On The Road with Remedy
We are on the road with Remedy Drive (www.remedydrive.com), Ryan Daniel (www.ryandanielandthespiritofdavid.com) and Sin-X (www.sin-x-theband.com).
It has been a new experience for us and so far a good one. We have a relax day before we take off again tomorrow.
We will update you fully when we get back.
It has been a new experience for us and so far a good one. We have a relax day before we take off again tomorrow.
We will update you fully when we get back.
Freedom Seed House
We are getting close to leaving our hermitage (dubbed "The Freedom House") for the time being. And I would be lying to say that I wasn't a little bit reluctant. I think that we all are.
But, we are also looking forward to what God has in store in the next couple of days, weeks.
We have a few more things to do here in the North Woods before we head out but as the next couple of days will be fairly busy with people and things I thought I would take the time to give you all a run down on all that "resting" has entailed to Freedom Seed.
• Demolitioning and rebuilding, of walls, stairs... ect.
• (lots of) Painting
• Building, outhouse, trim work, new walls and stairs.
• Late night visiting with returned short-term missionaries. Visits with other ministers, as well as visiting, sharing and listening to others.
• Clearing woods.
• Missionary training (we have a young woman with us who is preparing for full-time missions). Exhorting.
• Preparing for the tour.
• Praying and seeking the Lord.
It has been wonderful to work with our hands.
To see some pictures go to www.photos.yahoo.com/freedomseed6 or go to our "links" page and click on "Photos".
All of the remodeling has been done with the old materials or the materials around the house.
We were given paint by a man who owns a paint shop in Sioux Falls and it has been a great blessing, thank you!
Thank you to all of you who have prayed for us during this time of seeking.
Thank you Clayton for giving up your house for the call of God on your life and how faithful He is to have it fulfilling a call of another.
Thank you Burns for your companionship, encouragement and help.
Thank you Jesus for all the time and connection.
But, we are also looking forward to what God has in store in the next couple of days, weeks.
We have a few more things to do here in the North Woods before we head out but as the next couple of days will be fairly busy with people and things I thought I would take the time to give you all a run down on all that "resting" has entailed to Freedom Seed.
• Demolitioning and rebuilding, of walls, stairs... ect.
• (lots of) Painting
• Building, outhouse, trim work, new walls and stairs.
• Late night visiting with returned short-term missionaries. Visits with other ministers, as well as visiting, sharing and listening to others.
• Clearing woods.
• Missionary training (we have a young woman with us who is preparing for full-time missions). Exhorting.
• Preparing for the tour.
• Praying and seeking the Lord.
It has been wonderful to work with our hands.
To see some pictures go to www.photos.yahoo.com/freedomseed6 or go to our "links" page and click on "Photos".
All of the remodeling has been done with the old materials or the materials around the house.
We were given paint by a man who owns a paint shop in Sioux Falls and it has been a great blessing, thank you!
Thank you to all of you who have prayed for us during this time of seeking.
Thank you Clayton for giving up your house for the call of God on your life and how faithful He is to have it fulfilling a call of another.
Thank you Burns for your companionship, encouragement and help.
Thank you Jesus for all the time and connection.
Tired
There are times when bone-weariness sets in. Not just your average tired that goes away with sleep but deep tiredness that fills not only your body but your heart and comes with a sense of heavy melancholy. It is not frustration or discouragement but just tiredness that has compounded over time.
There is a way to combat this weariness and that is to "come off by yourselves; take a break and get a little rest". Rest with Jesus.
And that is what Freedom Seed - the Pembertons - are doing. We have found our quite place and are setting aside a time to rid ourselves of outside commotion so that we can rest, and so we can listen.
Our place of rest is in Bemidji, MN, where we have been given an unfinshed cabin in the woods. We are keeping our hands busy by working on the cabin and the woods surrounding it. We are taking the time to breath the beautiful fall air and watch the colors change, to contemplate what has gone on the past few months and to set before the Lord the activities of the future, putting it all on hold until He has "fed" us.
We thank the Burns family who have given this cabin and piece of land, just like the Acts church who had all things in common, we have been sharing meals, work and fun with them.
Jasmine is still on crutches, 9 weeks as of Thursday and a couple more to go.
There will be several people coming up from Sioux Falls to visit and set aside some time in their lives to find what the Lord has next for them.
Before leaving Sioux Falls we bought a mini van that gets about 22 miles a gallon (think fuel conservation). It has already been a blessing and it holds a large place in our plans for the future. We were excited to be able to purchase it.
Tapestry will be going on tour with the Ryan Daniels, Remedy Drive, Sin-X (Matthias and Aubrey's band) from the 14 through the 24 of this month, a concert a night. Tapestry will also be adding a new member to the band for the tour, Joey Turner will be accompanying us as our acoustic lead guitar player, he is definitly an answer to prayer. Below is posted the tour schedule so if you are in the area make sure and drop in.
October 14, Friday - Brandon, SD
Living Springs Church on S. Splitrock Blvd
9:00 p.m.
FREE
October 15, Saturday - Wood River, ND
Babels Barn, 108 1/2 Military Road
8:00 p.m.
FREE
October 16, Sunday - Norfolk, NE
Nebraska Christian College, 1800 Syracuse
2:00 p.m.
FREE
October 17, Monday - TBA
October 18, Tuesday - TBA
October 19, Wednesday - Watertown, SD
Watertown High School - Cafeteria
7:30 p.m.
FREE
October 20, Thursday - Lincoln, NE
Location TBA
8:00 p.m.
FREE
October 21, Friday - Brookings, SD
SDSU Campus - ROTC Building
9:00 p.m.
FREE
October 22, Saturday - Mitchell, SD
Pepsi-Cola Theater
7:00 p.m.
FREE
October 23, Sunday - Hendricks, MN
Hendricks Fire Hall, on highway 271
6:30 p.m.
FREE
FREE Pop & Popcorn
There is a way to combat this weariness and that is to "come off by yourselves; take a break and get a little rest". Rest with Jesus.
And that is what Freedom Seed - the Pembertons - are doing. We have found our quite place and are setting aside a time to rid ourselves of outside commotion so that we can rest, and so we can listen.
Our place of rest is in Bemidji, MN, where we have been given an unfinshed cabin in the woods. We are keeping our hands busy by working on the cabin and the woods surrounding it. We are taking the time to breath the beautiful fall air and watch the colors change, to contemplate what has gone on the past few months and to set before the Lord the activities of the future, putting it all on hold until He has "fed" us.
We thank the Burns family who have given this cabin and piece of land, just like the Acts church who had all things in common, we have been sharing meals, work and fun with them.
Jasmine is still on crutches, 9 weeks as of Thursday and a couple more to go.
There will be several people coming up from Sioux Falls to visit and set aside some time in their lives to find what the Lord has next for them.
Before leaving Sioux Falls we bought a mini van that gets about 22 miles a gallon (think fuel conservation). It has already been a blessing and it holds a large place in our plans for the future. We were excited to be able to purchase it.
Tapestry will be going on tour with the Ryan Daniels, Remedy Drive, Sin-X (Matthias and Aubrey's band) from the 14 through the 24 of this month, a concert a night. Tapestry will also be adding a new member to the band for the tour, Joey Turner will be accompanying us as our acoustic lead guitar player, he is definitly an answer to prayer. Below is posted the tour schedule so if you are in the area make sure and drop in.
October 14, Friday - Brandon, SD
Living Springs Church on S. Splitrock Blvd
9:00 p.m.
FREE
October 15, Saturday - Wood River, ND
Babels Barn, 108 1/2 Military Road
8:00 p.m.
FREE
October 16, Sunday - Norfolk, NE
Nebraska Christian College, 1800 Syracuse
2:00 p.m.
FREE
October 17, Monday - TBA
October 18, Tuesday - TBA
October 19, Wednesday - Watertown, SD
Watertown High School - Cafeteria
7:30 p.m.
FREE
October 20, Thursday - Lincoln, NE
Location TBA
8:00 p.m.
FREE
October 21, Friday - Brookings, SD
SDSU Campus - ROTC Building
9:00 p.m.
FREE
October 22, Saturday - Mitchell, SD
Pepsi-Cola Theater
7:00 p.m.
FREE
October 23, Sunday - Hendricks, MN
Hendricks Fire Hall, on highway 271
6:30 p.m.
FREE
FREE Pop & Popcorn
Praises!
Praise #1: Our ministry debt has been completely taken care of! This has been something that has weighed on our minds for the last two years. Thank you for those of you have prayed for us in this as it is now 100% taken care of!
Praise #2: Sharayah was able to go in to the dentist and have everything taken care of we were not charged... thank you David.
Praise #3: Our entire trip was good and our return trip was uneventful.
We will be headed to Bemidji MN on Sunday. We hope to work on the cabin and finish resting before we go on tour.
Please pray for wisdom as we are looking at retiring the "Mother Load" (for those of you who don't know, that is the name of our bus). Both of the windshields have been broken and we are feeling like it is getting close to time, whether it is now or not we do not know. Please pray that it would become clear to us.
Thank you!
Blessed be His name.....
Praise #2: Sharayah was able to go in to the dentist and have everything taken care of we were not charged... thank you David.
Praise #3: Our entire trip was good and our return trip was uneventful.
We will be headed to Bemidji MN on Sunday. We hope to work on the cabin and finish resting before we go on tour.
Please pray for wisdom as we are looking at retiring the "Mother Load" (for those of you who don't know, that is the name of our bus). Both of the windshields have been broken and we are feeling like it is getting close to time, whether it is now or not we do not know. Please pray that it would become clear to us.
Thank you!
Blessed be His name.....
Onward Christian Soldiers
We spent the better part of last week in Sheridan, WY with Tracy's mom Pat who is our secretary (as well as being family). Tracy's sister also lives in Sheridan so it was a good time to catch up, and catch a little rest.
On our way over to Sheridan our van had a little trouble (we left our bus and camper in Sioux Falls) and we ended up spending the night in a Wal-Mart parking lot with a broken belt. The adventure never ends.
We are in Rapid City for a couple of days at a Methodist camp with the Fellowship of Christian Sportsmen Plus. We were this (Sunday) morning's speaker and worship.
Yesterday most of the Pemberton and Greene families (minus Jasmine and Alan, for obvious reasons).
We will be headed back to Sioux Falls to get ready to head to Minnesota after playing a concert on this coming Saturday. So for those of you who are in Sioux Falls we will be playing at the FireHouse @ 9:00 p.m. onm Saturday the 24th so come and say goodbye!
We will catch you all later....
On our way over to Sheridan our van had a little trouble (we left our bus and camper in Sioux Falls) and we ended up spending the night in a Wal-Mart parking lot with a broken belt. The adventure never ends.
We are in Rapid City for a couple of days at a Methodist camp with the Fellowship of Christian Sportsmen Plus. We were this (Sunday) morning's speaker and worship.
Yesterday most of the Pemberton and Greene families (minus Jasmine and Alan, for obvious reasons).
We will be headed back to Sioux Falls to get ready to head to Minnesota after playing a concert on this coming Saturday. So for those of you who are in Sioux Falls we will be playing at the FireHouse @ 9:00 p.m. onm Saturday the 24th so come and say goodbye!
We will catch you all later....
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