Small Beginning

Hello - One of my good friends once told me "thanks for going places and doing stuff that we can't" and I never really thought about it much untill recently... Honestly, he's the one that does a lot of stuff that I don't know how to do, and when it comes to being a missionary - I've always loved it. I think it's a priviledge and a joy to be commended, prayed for, and supported as Alejandra and I go about making disciples, starting churches, baptizing new believers, and teaching our friends to obey everything that Jesus commanded... I know that many of you can't do that in Venezuela, but empowering and encouraging us to do so is so indispensible.

...So the big news is that I signed the contract for an apartment in San Cristobal, Venezuela a couple weeks ago; and we'll make the big move and live there before the end of this month, Lord willing.

The water and lights frequently go out in Venezuela; and it's annoying to have to pass through so many military checkpoints whenever we cross the border,

but working with our friends and sharing our lives with them is what makes it totally worth it.

I already found a meeting room for our potential church,

and the fact that it's at a soccer club makes it quite attractive for the upcoming World Cup.

...On the Monday after the triumphal entry Jesus cursed a fig tree because it had no fruit... Not only was Jesus hungry right then, but he was also extremely frustrated with how the system of the temple was mostly just a facade of unrighteousness...

This whole idea that I'm pitching for where Alejandra and I want to start a church is cool and it's starting to look nice and gain a bit of traction... Our real desire though, is that our lives bear much fruit for God, and that we remain connected to Him every step of the way, because without Him we can do nothing.

We want to delight in the law of the Lord and medite on it so as to not wither away (Psalm 1)... We want to prosper in everything we do, and may we yield the fruit of God's righteousness wherever we go... May the Lord of the Harvest watch over us as we look to Him.

-Sam and Alejandra Killins Missionary Profile: P.S. After Jesus cursed the fig tree, the disciples were impressed that the tree really did wither! In Mark 11:22-24 Jesus responded to their astonishment by saying, “Have faith in God. Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." I know it's kind of silly, but I'm always a little encouraged when I go into a super market in Venezuela and I can find some mustard powder... Even with the little bit of genuine faith that we have in Jesus - I think that God can do a lot through us and the core group of friends that we want to work with... Perhaps it will be a small beginning, but I believe that it can grow into something wonderful that will give God even more glory. Psalm 115:1