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Becky Jackson Dusek

Gonzalez Family

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THE GONZALEZ FAMILY !

A Season of Waiting

From the building of General Assembly exhibits to evenings and celebrations with old and new friends, God enriched us and our relationships with those we shared time with in Kansas City. As this season comes to a close, we look back and see the fruits of God’s blessings. Besides the work that was done, we enjoyed time in nature, boat rides, making Venezuelan arepas with friends, soccer games, and a birthday celebration! We are thankful for all those who poured into our lives in our 2 months working with the Global Ministry Center.

As we returned to Indianapolis for the long-awaited General Assembly and Conventions, we continued working with our team to set up and tear down the displays in the exhibit hall. If you had the opportunity to be present at GA2023, I am sure you were blessed and enjoyed the beautiful representation of all of the regions around the world. What an amazing blessing to be present and worship with so many different people from all over the world!

For those of you who have been praying with us in this season of waiting, we are excited to share with you that we finally have some answers! After several meetings and exploring different opportunities with prayerful consideration we have decided to take the Work & Witness position at the Native American Christian Academy (NACA). Beginning in July, our family will close with Global Missions and head out to Sun Valley, Arizona!

We are so thankful for your support during our time with Global Missions and look forward to our continued partnership as we begin a new season of ministry at NACA. NACA is a Nazarene ministry, and we will still be serving in a cross-cultural environment. We look forward to sharing more with you about this ministry and how you can partner with us. Please continue praying for our family… for our move to Arizona, our transition to a new place and ministry, and the new challenges we will encounter. We hope to work with you there in Arizona as we serve together through Nazarene Missions Teams! Come serve with us!

We will share more as we finalize more details about our move. We love and appreciate you all! Thank you for your continued love and support.

 

 

Native American Christian Academy Wish List

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Would you like to help us prep for the new school year? Our Amazon Wish List contains classroom supplies and items to make dorms a home away from home. Link to the Wish List by clicking below — Take a look at our Amazon Wish List
We also want to provide tool kits for high school students taking advantage of career/tech training at the local college. Isn’t that awesome?! Designated donations or gift cards can make this happen. Thanks in advance for responding to the need and for your continued prayer support!

LoveWorks

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LoveWorks team plants seeds in Australia and New Zealand

by Asia-Pacific Region Church of the Nazarene
10 Aug 2023

Australia and New Zealand Churches of the Nazarene partnered to host a team of eight students and two faculty/staff members from the LoveWorks program at Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) for three weeks in May 2023. LoveWorks teams are short-term missions teams sent from PLNU to support long-term ministries and local churches worldwide.

LoveWorks teams represent an opportunity for the global Church of the Nazarene to be built up in unity and maturity (Ephesians 4:12-13). One PLNU student, Hannah Young, said, “I quickly felt welcomed, included, and loved.”

“I am forever changed by the sweet people that my team and I were able to meet and how Jesus worked through us,” said Ruthie Jochimsen, a member of the LoveWorks team. “We focused on the importance of planting seeds. On short-term missions, we may not see the fruits of our labor, but we need to continue in prayer and trust that God will continue to grow the seeds planted.”

Place of Peace and Carina Church of the Nazarene hosted the team for one week in Australia, and eight churches and congregations in New Zealand (All Nations and their Marathi Fellowship, Seabrook, Māngere, North Shore, Immanuel Outreach Ministry, Onehunga, and Crossroads Church of the Nazarene) hosted the team for two weeks.

The churches and LoveWorks team focused on partnering to plant seeds in the lives of people in each community. In Australia, the team led a gathering for the North and West District youth at Carina and joined with Place of Peace on a community yard-work project. They also participated in the churches’ weekly worship services and produced a media project for the district.

In New Zealand, the team led worship, game nights, Youth Group, Kid’s Club, and volunteered at a local primary school. At Seabrook, they helped with property maintenance; at Crossroads, they built a prayer labyrinth.
The relationships the team built have already extended beyond the borders of Australia and New Zealand. Pastor Livingston Po Ching of Carina Church of the Nazarene and his family visited the team in California in June on their way back to Australia from General Assembly.

“What a blessing it was to see precious relationships keep growing across the world,” Young said.

The churches in Australia and New Zealand as well as the LoveWorks team were blessed by each other’s services.

“Where we sought to serve, we were also served,” Young said. “Where we sought to love, we were also loved. Where we sought to be a blessing, we were blessed. The experience was a beautiful expression of what our church seeks to be.”

 

–Church of the Nazarene Asia-Pacific