{"id":1620,"date":"2011-12-04T20:21:34","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T02:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2011-12-04T20:21:34","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T02:21:34","slug":"sending-a-missionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2011\/sending-a-missionary.html","title":{"rendered":"Sending a Missionary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today was a day to say goodbye. &nbsp;Our friend David will be heading to Uruguay in just a few days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/images\/david-uruguay.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"269\" border=\"2\" alt=\"David G\u00c3\u00b3mez - heading to Uruguay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>David is from Mexico City, and he was a part of the Iglesia B&iacute;blica Ciudad Azteca (Ciudad Azteca Bible Church) for many years, before coming to Ixtapaluca as a church planter.<\/p>\n<p>David was instrumental in the starting of both the churches we&#8217;ve been a part of here in Ixtapaluca.<\/p>\n<p>Now David has been accepted with FAM Mexico (a CAM related Mexican mission agency), and is heading to Uruguay to work with a church planting team there.<\/p>\n<table width=\"210\" align=\"left\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/images\/hannah-speaks.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Hannah speaks to David\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>There had been a commissioning service here in Ixtapaluca for him already (while we were away), so today was a chance to say goodbye. &nbsp;David led the worship time, and Rod preached from the Gospel of Mark.<\/p>\n<p>During the service, the youth and the children made special presentations.&nbsp;&nbsp;Hannah had a part &#8211; she read a verse in Spanish (I believe it was John 4:35), and later gave a little farewell in English, reading from Numbers:<br \/><center><i>The LORD bless you and keep you;<br \/>the LORD make his face to shine upon you<br \/>and be gracious to you;<br \/>the LORD lift up his countenance upon you<br \/>and give you peace.<\/i><br \/>(Numbers 6:24-26)<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Afterwards we had a potluck, and a big cake. \ud83d\ude1b What a privilege for our baby church to help send David to share God&#8217;s Word in a faraway land!<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/images\/dios-bendiga-david.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"242\" border=\"1\" alt=\"God bless your steps David\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had the privilege to work alongside David ever since we came to Ixtapaluca, and we will miss him very much! &nbsp;But our loss is their gain in Uruguay. &nbsp;Please pray for David as he experiences life in another very different culture, and as he shares the Gospel with the people he meets there.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/images\/david-and-his-cake.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" alt=\"David and his cake\" \/><br \/><font size=\"-1\"><i>David cuts the cake<\/i><\/font><\/center><br \/>If you&#8217;re in the United States, you can now support David through CAM International. &nbsp;For more information, check out this post at our coworker&#8217;s blog: <i><a href=\"http:\/\/ixtapalucafryed.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/ticket-purchased.html\">Ticket Purchased<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a day to say goodbye. &nbsp;Our friend David will be heading to Uruguay in just a few days. 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