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Kidfest SoCal

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:06:46 +0000

We were blessed to be able to share about missions and minister at the Southern California Kidfest, held at Living Waters Christian Fellowship. We had such an awesome time as hundreds of kids were transformed!

Here are some videos:

Spike & Sparkle Band – everyone who bought an Ecuador instrument got to march in the parade and play their instruments.

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Fishing for Men – Skit

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More Photos:

Living Waters Church…. (links for you)

admin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:58:02 +0000

Here are the links to the videos we were unable to show today as well as Bobby’s theology paper he mentioned if you want to go more in-depth with his study of this passage in Romans 7.

Blessings to all of you guys for your love & warmth!

~Tamitha

Here is the greeting video from Pastor Adalberto & Lucia:

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Here is our “intro” video that shows more about our ministry in Ecuador:

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And if you want to read a good, Exegetical Theology paper about Romans 7, here’s that PDF:

Exegetical study on Romans 7 – Bobby Lynch

Trusting the Father … Again

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:30:10 +0000

I am a planner by nature. I love to make spreadsheets and calendars and organized plans. But God seems to have a way of making His own plans and He doesn’t always send a memo in advance. My mom says that God keeps us on a need-to-know basis. Obviously, we have a choice to follow His plan or stick with our own. It is often hard to let go and trust, but oh how sweet is the reward when we do.

Last week I had to let go and trust some our friends in Ecuador to pack up all of our belongings and move us OUT of our rental house while we were still in the U.S. I know it seems silly, but maybe at least the women can relate … it was really a struggle for me to know that someone else was going through my cabinets and I had no control or knowledge over how things were packed. How many times do we try to keep “control” of our lives instead of truly giving that up to God?

This move was an unexpected change in our “plan” (there’s that word again). We had expected to be returning to Ecuador right now, not spending 5 more months in California!!! But when we truly let go and trust the Father, He will take us on some amazing journeys.

Our journey has led us to meet some amazing brothers and sisters in the Kingdom who are passionate about the work in Ecuador and are helping us to find sponsors for planting churches. Bobby has been challenged in his studies at Fuller and has been encouraged by his professors to take more courses now. He is a top candidate for receiving a study grant for working with the Quichua Indians in Ecuador. And just yesterday, Bobby was asked to work on the church planting initiative for ALL Latin American countries (not just Ecuador)! These are all really amazing stops along the journey that we never planned for.

Many people think that trusting God completely should be easy for us – after all we’ve done the whole “sell your belongings and become missionaries thing”. But submission is something that every Christian must work on daily with diligence. I challenge you (and myself) to try a radical step of Faith this year an do something that requires relying on the Father. You will be stretched and will grow in Him.

Psalm 73:24-26 (New International Version)

²⁴ You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will take me into glory.

²⁵ Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.

²⁶ My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.

Psalm 25:4-5 (New International Version)

⁴ Show me your ways, O LORD,
teach me your paths;

⁵ guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.

2009 Ministry Highlights Video

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:20:53 +0000

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Giving the gift of Giving… huh?

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:48:38 +0000

Many people we know this year, are talking about refocusing on the REASON for the Season and how to express that in their family celebrations. One gift that we can give that reinforces this is to the gift of GIVING. To give to a worthy cause in honor of someone else is a pretty cool thing. Let’s face it, most of us have everything we WANT and rather than get another gadget to go into the clutter drawer, why not let the gift be something with eternal significance? Pretty cool!

If you are looking for a cause to support as your gift to someone else this year, please be reminded of our passion for the ministry in Ecuador. We are raising money to plant churches, provide children’s ministry curriculum and train ministers.

If you would like to make a gift contribution in honor of someone else, please visit our site (http://my12gifts.org/give-the-gift-of-giving/). You can print a certificate to give to that person explaining the eternal gift that has been given in their name.

Click here to make your gift contribution safely with Paypal:

Blessings,

Bobby, Tamitha, Jonathan & Jordan

http://my12gifts.org/give-the-gift-of-giving/

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New brochure – Ecuador projects for 2010

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:24:40 +0000

We printed new brochures highlighting the projects we are working on for next year in Ecuador. Please take a look Ecuador Projects 2010 – click to download PDF

Our latest newsletter

Our latest newsletter

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:21:14 +0000

We only do a print newsletter a couple times per year due to the cost and thankfully so many of our supporters are online. Here is a PDF of the latest one.

Lynch Family Newsletter – Sept. 2009 click to download PDF

A Few isn’t really a BAD thing

admin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:54:05 +0000

Teaching a memory verse game

We took another journey along with 2 SEMISUD students to visit an indigenous church for training children’s ministry workers. This was supposed to be a district-wide training with representatives from 8 different churches. However, we have learned to expect the unexpected and be prepared for anything.

First of all, we arrived and no one was to be seen. A quick phone call revealed that the pastor thought we were coming later in the day. No problem! We took off to a neighboring town that has a famous Catholic church and we played tourist for a little bit.

When we returned to the church, we realized there were only children’s workers from THIS specific church. Another conversation revealed that somehow communication with the other churches didn’t take place. I’ll admit, I was a little frustrated. I mean we had traveled over 1 hour to get there, prepared for a large group with handouts and gifts, etc. What is it the Bible says about this attitude of mine… hmm… not good!

Object lesson about God's tools for winning against sin

So we proceeded with our training session and a funny thing happened. This “small” group was REALLY into what we had to say. You see, for many of them, our previous district trainings had been too far away for them to travel. They were hearing these ideas for the very first time and scooping it up like it was gold!

Once I got mySELF and my attitude behind me, we had an amazing time of God blessing and annointing. These dedicated, young Christians are truly hungry to know how to teach their children. How to help them apply God’s Word to their lives so that they CAN say no to the lives of sin they see modeled all around them.

As it turns out, this intimate time of training was ordained. I KNOW that the few simple things we brought to them, with the power of God behind them will change their whole ministry. They are now inspired and confident as ministers in Christ. I am thankful that God uses us human vessels even though we are often cranky and frustrated when things don’t go the way WE “thought” they should.

One Billion More Souls

admin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:10:07 +0000

This week over 300 leaders, mostly from Ecuador, converged on Quito to learn how they can be a part of Billion Soul Network. Currently there are around 1 billion Christians in the world (including Catholics). Next year the world’s population will top 7 billion. Do you see the problem? 6 out of every 7 people do not know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Personally this breaks my heart … and I think it breaks God’s also.

The billion soul network is committed to changing this statistic. Through the strategic networking and equipping local churches, they are looking to plant over 5 million (count the zeros 5,000,000) new churches over the next few years and add another one billion(more zeros 1,000,000,000) converts to the church. With the passion and enthusiasm that the leaders of this effort have I think that they might just pull it off.

As we’ve shared with you before, Ecuador is evangelically starved. The current statistics place less than 5% of the population as evangelical Christians. But those of us laying claim to this mission field have decided it’s time that these numbers change by the power and grace of God. During the course of these meetings we learned church planting strategies and how to apply them to our context and together we set a goal to plant 5000 new churches in Ecuador! And I was asked to lead an initiative to use our students at SEMISUD in planting 50 new churches in Quito!

I am humbled to be asked to take on this project but I know that my God is more than able to make this happen. I ask that you join with us in prayer as we set out to win Ecuador for Christ and also ask God how he would want you to be a part of this plan to plant these 50 new churches. Planting churches is not easy or cheap … but we know it can be done and will be done for the Glory of God.

- Bobby

Preach the Word

admin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:25:06 +0000

Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage–with great patience and careful instruction. 2 Timothy 4:2

Students From Intro. to Missions Class

You never know when opportunity will come knocking on your door; therefore, you must always be prepared to present the gospel. My students and I found out how true this was last week. For the last month I have been teaching an Introduction to Missions class at the seminary so I decided to get out of the classroom and visit some local ministries to learn more about mission efforts on the front line.

First we visited HCJB. For more than 75 years, the HCJB radio station has been sharing the gospel message. Let me just say this radio station is HUGE! And it is so powerful that its signal is heard throughout Latin America. I thought we would get a simple “dog and pony show” and then move on … but the radio station had other plans. They were in the middle of a live radio show focusing on teenagers with problems and they were more than happy to have special guests … in fact they insisted on it. Of course they had a little fun with me as the professor of the class at first but then the audience started asking questions.

Radio Stars

I was so proud of the students as they jumped right in and began fielding tough questions from these troubled listeners. Through the gentle guiding of the Holy Spirit and careful application of God’s Word they were able to offer hope and help to many people. It was really cool to see the students use the tools they had learned in class to make a difference in the lives of others … and gave me the peace and satisfaction of knowing that our ministry is accomplishing exactly what it is supposed to … ministers who are prepared in season and out to offer God’s love to a hurting world.

- Bobby