November visitors

I can’t keep up with all of our visitors! In short, here are some more teams and visitors that we hosted at ZOE:

CHILDREN’S HUNGER FUND The Children’s Hunger Fund’s president, staff and donors came to visit our facilities at the beginning of November. Over the last couple of years, we have developed a close relationship with this incredible ministry (see prior blog entry about Children’s Hunger Fund) and we look forward to their visits with us every year. One of their main focus is to establish their “Mercy Network” – this networking provides food boxes to the local village pastors to help facilitate reaching out to people and sharing the gospel within their village. Les works with helping to coordinate villages and pastors within their Mercy Network.

Children's Hunger Fund team with the group of local village pastors, Carol/Mike Hart and Les

Les helping the team with the food boxes

FRANCIS CHAN: Our most recent guests were Francis Chan, his wife Lisa, their 4 children and staff from the Life International Ministries. Pastor Francis is the founding pastor of Cornerstone Church but recently stepped down to work directly in missions with the poor locally and internationally. His book “Crazy Love” is a New York Times Bestseller – if you haven’t read it, you should! Pastor Francis generously helped us fund part of our new facilities. We love and appreciate them very much and enjoyed meeting his entire family.

Pastor Francis (middle with gray t-shirt) listening to his oldest daughter share a word of encouragement to our ZOE family

Sharing a meal together with the ZOE family - chicken and sticky rice...yum! You get to eat with your hands and sit on the floor.

OXNARD CALVARY CHAPEL We’ve never met a team that we didn’t love and appreciate. That is our feelings toward this team. Although smaller in size than a regular team, their impact was STRONG AND POWERFUL! As a supporter this ministry, this church sent a team out to see the impact that they are having on world missions and be a blessing to our kids, student, staff, missionaries and the whole country of Thailand! We love them because they gave…and gave…and gave…and continue to give! Unfortunately, I didn’t get to spend a whole lot of time with this precious team, but the times that we did get to share together were precious – just like them. They encouraged us so much! We pray for blessings upon this amazing church and the 10 “warriors” that came to represent the heart of their church. Thank you soooooo much Oxnard Calvary Chapel!!!!!