Month: August 2010

On August 22, this Sunday, Kenny Phillips will be ordained as a minister of the gospel Southern Baptist style under the covering of a Southern Baptist church in Pensacola. Pastor Ken Loubriel from Beulah Baptist Church will ordain Kenny with Hershel Adams leading the ordination counsel. The counsel will include Pastor Mickey Hawkins, Rev. Will Tiller, several pastors from Pensacola and a few deacons from Beulah.

Kenny has preached in this church several times and it was a unanimous decision from the church body. We believe this will open doors that have not been opened yet and help the ministry out.

Kenny asks for your prayers and would love for all of you to be there. It will be at 6:00 pm Aug. 22nd at Beulah Baptist Church, 5605 Beulah Church Rd., P’Cola, Fl.  From Ft. Walton Beach, take Interstate 10 west, take exit 5, go left two lights, turn left on hwy 99 ( there will be a church sign and a Tom Thumb store ), go about a mile or so and look for the church on the right on Beulah Church Rd.

It has been a busy month since we attempted to complete our mission in Mexico in July.  Unfortunately, the drug wars have “hit home” in Nuevo Laredo, preventing us from completing this mission.  Kenny and Pastor Felipe’s family were driving in town Friday, July 16 when they ran right into the middle of the violence.  Fortunately, and certainly with God’s hand, Pastor Felipe was able to recognize the danger and helped guide Kenny through back streets to escape the violence.  At one point, Kenny and Pastor Felipe’s family witnessed the car directly in front of them be violently hijacked at gunpoint.

The drug gangs took over the main highway and Kenny called Shalimar and Beachside members to tell them to NOT enter Mexico and Nuevo Laredo.  Pastor Felipe even had to move his family for a while to escape the violence.  It is still not safe, and Pastor Felipe has asked for your prayers regarding this violence.

We will eventually return to build the home for Sanjuana Monreal Trujillo, once the violence subsides.  We desperately need your prayer for our Brothers and Sisters in Nuevo Laredo.

On a positive note, Kenny was able to work alongside with Shaun Ellis at Dr. Tony Clark’s annual dental clinic at the orphanage.  The orphanage is well protected from such violence and gang activity.

Nathanael is special to Give Me Shelter Ministries.  He is Pastor Felipe’s and Anna Hernandez’s son, and he has witnessed much of the work we have done in the Colonias since he was a young boy.  Now approaching 16 years of age, Nathanael is studying English in the hopes that he will be a translator for English speaking missionaries at local churches.   Continue reading “Help Us Sponsor Nathanael”

Give Me Shelter Ministries will sponsor two teenagers for a wonderful mission October 2 – 9 with Beachside Community Church. Called “Multipliers,” this mission trip will take teen-aged youths from Casa Hogar Elim orphanage on an airplane to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Continue reading “Sponsor a Teen with GMSM”