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Taking Jesus to the Streets: God Opens Doors!

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Wow! We had a great day yesterday. God opened a door for us, and I’m excited to see where it leads.
Vicente, Billy, Matt and I walked the streets in City Heights to promote our ESL class. Our hope is that the ESL outreach will grow. The Lord is blessing us with a number of volunteers. Friends that are willing to help teach. This gives us reason to believe God is in this.
While we were handing out flyers and inviting people to come to our ESL class we noticed a local elementary school was ready to end the day. The parents began gathering to pick up their children.
Many of the parents don’t speak English, so it was a prime time and place to be.
ESL, Dave and Vicente
Dave with Vicente

Vicente met one of the teachers and explained to her what we were doing. We asked the teacher, Jessica if we might be able to put up one of our flyers on a bulletin board inside the school. She introduced us to the principal. The principal got very excited when we told her we were offering English classes for free. She said, these parents need some help like this.
We were very encouraged that the principal was open to putting up the flyers, and helping us promote the class. I was really blown away by what she said next. She said that she thought we could use her school after 6:00 in the evening to hold our classes. This is a huge answer to prayer! One of the problems we’ve had is the place we are using is only available in the evenings on Fridays. Thank you Jesus for opening this door!
We have to fill out some paperwork to be able to use a classroom, but it looks positive. Thanks for praying with us. It’s so fun being on journey with Jesus.
“O Lord, please bring more students and work through us to effectively love those in the community of City Heights.”
In His Grip, Dave
DiasoLifeOnTheBorder.org

26 Comments

  • By Naphtali
    Posted February 2, 2013 at 11:16 am

    God provides!

    • By diasolifeontheborder
      Posted February 2, 2013 at 11:17 am

      Yes in unexpected and amazing ways!

  • By Reality Of Christ
    Posted February 2, 2013 at 2:37 pm

    What a great thing to do!! My two adopted sons need ESL, so this is huge!!

  • By lydiaa5656
    Posted February 2, 2013 at 4:46 pm

    What on awesome opportunity, thank God, his strength be to you all.

    • By diasolifeontheborder
      Posted February 2, 2013 at 4:58 pm

      Thank you – I appreciate your kind words of encouragement.

  • By barbarastanley
    Posted February 2, 2013 at 4:50 pm

    God bless you and your family as you give your all to the call from the Father. Thank you for stopping by my blog. Hope to see you often as we travel on this journey called life.

    • By diasolifeontheborder
      Posted February 2, 2013 at 5:00 pm

      Sounds good and I appreciate your blessings. I hope you have a blessed filled day

  • By Justine
    Posted February 2, 2013 at 5:01 pm

    Thanks for visiting my blog.I find your web site very interesting.

    • By diasolifeontheborder
      Posted February 2, 2013 at 6:49 pm

      Thank you – your blog is also interesting. Happy blogging!

      • By Justine
        Posted February 3, 2013 at 12:03 am

        Welcome.

  • By sustainabilitea
    Posted February 2, 2013 at 5:19 pm

    What great news!

    • By diasolifeontheborder
      Posted February 2, 2013 at 6:50 pm

      Thanks – we are excited. We are looking forward seeing God work.

  • By oneintercessor
    Posted February 2, 2013 at 8:02 pm

    Fantastic! I hope it all works out!

    • By diasolifeontheborder
      Posted February 2, 2013 at 8:08 pm

      We are hoping and praying the same. It is very encouraging to see The Lord opening these doors and working in this way!

  • By Debbie
    Posted February 2, 2013 at 10:13 pm

    Thank you for sharing how He is moving and providing! So encouraging to hear! God bless you as you keep keeping on in Jesus!

    • By diasolifeontheborder
      Posted February 3, 2013 at 10:26 am

      Thanks so much for your prayers and encouragement – it was an unexpected blessing that The Lord gave us. It’s one of the fun things about serving.

  • By Zach Lutz (@zalutz)
    Posted February 5, 2013 at 9:23 am

    GREAT NEWS! Praying that God will continue working through the ESL class as we have already seen Him do.

    • By diasolifeontheborder
      Posted February 5, 2013 at 6:07 pm

      Good to hear from you Zach – yes, it’s been encouraging to see the Lord grow our ESL outreach. Thanks for praying. Hope you are doing well.

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  • By Sarah
    Posted March 4, 2013 at 9:04 am

    Thanks for visiting my blog, I’m blessed now by yours! What a great thing you all are doing. My prayers are with you!

    • By diasolifeontheborder
      Posted March 4, 2013 at 11:21 am

      Thanks for the prayer and encouragement! I hope The Lord continues to encourage you and bless you richly!

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