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The Lopez Family Newsletter

We are half way through the summer and great things have been happening for the Lord. As we are
serving at the Word of Life Inn, we have had the great blessing of meeting many people from all over the
USA. Debora and I have been doing well, however we have had some minor health issues. Please continue to
pray for us as we serve the rest of the summer.
Love In Christ,
Stephen & Debby Lopez

A Blessing From Bloomfield

During the beginning of July we were asked to
participate in a vacation Bible School in Bloomfield, NJ.
The First Baptist Church of Bloomfield contacted us with
a desire to raise funds among the children attending their
VBS to send children in Argentina to a Word of Life sum-
mer camp.
Everyday during the “Son Rock Kids Camp” we
shared about Argentina and our summer camp there. At
the end of the week the children raised $1,500 dollars for
scholarships to send children to camp! What a blessing! gregation and spending time with all the children. We
We were ecstatic to contact our staff in Argentina had so much fun with all of them and we miss them
to let them know of the good news. We are constantly already.
meeting families in the local churches of Buenos Aires I am reminded of the power of God’s Word
who want to send their kids to camp but may be strug- every time I see churches serving children because I
gling financially. This will be a tremendous blessing in the received Christ when I was six years old. The impact
lives of those campers. It will provide for more than 25 of these opportunities to serve others really is eter-
camper scholarships with the currency exchange. nal. We challenge you to get involved in your local
Also on Wednesday of the week of VBS, I gave a church and enjoy the power of God working through
presentation of the Gospel using paint. Many of you have you into the lives of others! Hebrews 13:20-21
seen me do this before, which is a presentation called
“Illustrated Evangelism.” The theme of the day was
“Jesus saves”. It was awesome to see 15 manifestations
of faith, Amen!
We really enjoyed our time serving with the con-

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 4th of July Outreach Prayer Requests
This past 4th of July we got to enjoy in good
ol’ Schroon Lake, NY! It was the first time we got
to see the parade here. It was quite a sight. Be-
lieve it or not, one of the cars on display along
with the fire trucks and cars, was a septic tank
truck! And that’s without mentioning the car with
tree trunks for wheels with two guys dress up as
hillbillies inside!
So I guess it wasn’t the most usual parade, but we enjoyed it a
lot. We got to watch it with many of our good friends and partners in
ministry which made it really special.
Also Word of Life got to host the big event for the whole town
which was a huge opportunity for us to leave a good testimony. There
was famous Christian musicians and talented missionaries singing.
Also the Word of Life collegians (choir) was there.
It was really a beautiful night. We were facing the lake, with a
full moon in the background and boats were on the lake. Then the fire-
works came and it was awesome. Here in New York they really put us
people from New Jersey to shame. These fireworks were the real deal!
Also our director, Joe Jordan got to give a message at the end.
We are thankful that our organization had such an opportunity and plat-
form. The entire area was packed. Sometimes the people that criticize
you the most are the ones right from you home town. It was a great 1) HEALTH– I had a knee injury playing base-
opportunity to share our passion for the country and God we serve. ball. Somehow I managed to tear my menis-
cus in my right knee and will have surgery
soon.
Going The Distance 2) FOCUS- With our busy schedule, please pray
that we can keep focused on what God has
This is Landon Grant, he is from NC and is called us to do.
now a missionary to Guatemala. Landon learned
Spanish and prepared for ministry with the Bilingual 3) GOAL- Keep praying for the Lord’s provision
Bible Program in Argentina. of funds in order for us to return to Argentina
by September. We are very close and only
Recently I ran into his mom Angie here at
need a few more monthly supporters to reach
the WOL Inn. It was a blessing to see how the Lord
the goal.
is using Landon. I had the opportunity to disciple
Landon and I am really excited to see how the Lord 4) STUDENTS- We have been talking with at
is reaching others through him now. least two teens per week that are interested in
attending our program in Argentina. Pray for
We pray that the Lord will continue to use our ministry to help
them as they prepare to go in September and
people just like Landon. We are excited to assist others reach their po-
for all their traveling.
tential to serving in missions. Pray for Landon as takes steps into full-
time ministry.
I have to admit I only had a few spills! I think it can be

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a challenge sometimes because people don’t always treat you
too well if you are a waiter at their table.
Dinning But the way I figure it, there may not be many ways to
wash peoples feet these days but this could pass for some-
thing similar. And especially when they leave a mess!
We have been particularly busy serving food at the But our goal is not just that these guests have a relax-
dining room at the Word of Life Inn. One major part of our pro- ing week but also that they may be empowered with God’s
gram is the great food and of course, great service. Word and impacted by the change Christ has brought in our
Debora and I have been “learning by fire” so to say, lives.
how to serve tables. So far we have been really enjoying it and Pray for us as we have as we finish the summer!
it gives us a great opportunity to meet really wonderful people.