Many
of you have seen the change to my blog page. Last year I changed the title of the
blog to “Papa Jorge.” I have not become a father but I felt like the change was
necessary. The title comes from a word that a man shared with me about 3 years
ago.
o. He had just met me and when I began to share with
him about the work in Guatemala, he said that he felt like God was showing him
my heart and that I was Papa Jorge. This resonated with me because of my love
for kids and desire to see them safe, happy and knowing Jesus, but it has taken
on new meaning for me in the last few months.
I have
felt like God is calling me to invest more in the missionaries that I know.
Life in a foreign country can be difficult, especially when you have problems
arise. There is often a feeling of isolation. In November I was starting to
feel the need to begin reaching out to missionaries and looking for
opportunities to encourage them. This would not be instead of working with the
Galilea but would a second ministry. I know that most have pastoral care that
visits from time to time but life does not always wait for your care pastor to
be able to make travel arrangements. I am seeing the need to develop
connections within our community to be able to reach out and encourage one
another regularly and supplement the care being offered by the Pastoral Care
ministers.
As I
think about it, this is not a second ministry but really an extension of what I
am in Guatemala to do. We have a loving Father and He wants to reveal His heart
of love to people. His heart is to encourage and build up. His heart is to help
His children walk out their destinies. His heart is that His children would
know His love and turn to Him always in every situation. He calls us to repent
and live. He has called His children to overcome. Most of my time to date has
been trying to do this with the children but now I sense it is also time to be
Papa Jorge to a larger group. We all need to be reminded of our loving Father
waiting to reveal Himself right now, right where we are. We all need a little
help seeing Him sometimes. As I return, I am praying for open doors and God’s
timing to begin to encouraging missionaries and building them up. I am praying
for greater insight and revelation of the Father’s heart for me. I am aware
that it is only as I receive that I can give. My desire this year is that
people would see Abba present in their life and active in their circumstances
and that I would be able to encourage them in that.
I would
like to ask you to pray regularly for a few things for this coming year:
1 1. More revelation of the Father’s love
and discernment to minister this to others.
2. Intimacy with Jesus and wisdom from the Holy Spirit.
3. Eyes to see the opportunities to love people.
4. Freedom in the Spirit to obey His leading without hesitation or fear.
5. A father’s heart to become more evident in me.
6. Finances for the coming year, I need about $13,500. You can read my budget in my last blog.
7. A reliable car so I am not limited by lack of transportation.
8. Wise use of time – Making time for rest and for fellowship with God and people during a busy team schedule.
9. Health and rest for all our Galilea staff and sufficient time with their families.
10. Good rapport with each of the teams and fruitful work.
11. Ultimately, my prayer is that people would come to know Jesus through the work and outreach we are doing. I would love to see team members that do not know Jesus become followers on their outreach this year. We also would love to see many come to Jesus in San Lucas, Membrillal and Zapote.
Please keep praying this throughout the year.
2. Intimacy with Jesus and wisdom from the Holy Spirit.
3. Eyes to see the opportunities to love people.
4. Freedom in the Spirit to obey His leading without hesitation or fear.
5. A father’s heart to become more evident in me.
6. Finances for the coming year, I need about $13,500. You can read my budget in my last blog.
7. A reliable car so I am not limited by lack of transportation.
8. Wise use of time – Making time for rest and for fellowship with God and people during a busy team schedule.
9. Health and rest for all our Galilea staff and sufficient time with their families.
10. Good rapport with each of the teams and fruitful work.
11. Ultimately, my prayer is that people would come to know Jesus through the work and outreach we are doing. I would love to see team members that do not know Jesus become followers on their outreach this year. We also would love to see many come to Jesus in San Lucas, Membrillal and Zapote.
Please keep praying this throughout the year.
Finally, I am looking for a person that would help me from
the States. I need to send out mailings and write letters to inform people of
the work we are doing and the needs that go with along with the work. I would
also like to develop of people interested in the work from the U.S. and from
our teams that come to work and send out prayer/support letters to them 6 times
a year. If you can help with this, please let me know.
Thank you for all your prayers and support. You are a
blessing to me
George Kresse
George Kresse
1240 E Southmor Rd
Morris, IL 60450
US Phone: 779-227-3812
Guatemala Phone: 502-5354-5720
E-mail: thegeokr@yahoo.com
If you would
like to contribute to support the work in the continuation of this ministry,
you can send checks to:
Life Church Morris
P.O. Box
679
Morris, IL 60450
Memo: Mission San Lucas