Category Archives: Swanson

                                        “The BEST is yet to come!!” Jesus (speaking to Martha before raising her brother Lazarus from the dead) said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.  The one who believes in me will live, even thoughContinue reading “August 2016 CHILE Praises & Prayer Requests”

To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.  Then you will have the truth, and the truth shall set you free.”  “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”  –John 8: 31-32, 36 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, UNITED STATES!! The BibleContinue reading “July 2016 Praise & Prayer Letter”

For I (Paul) received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.”  In the same way, afterContinue reading “June 2016 CHILE Praises & Prayers”

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.  –John 3: 16-17 Put another way, without JesusContinue reading “May 2016 Chile Praise and Prayer Letter”

The first 8 verses of Ecclesiastes 3 remind us that there is a “time for everything”.  Verse 1 reads, There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.  What is perhaps harder to grasp than the concept of the timing of stages and seasons is to trust in the knowledgeContinue reading “April 2016 Chile Praise & Prayer Letter”

Look to the Lord and his strength;  seek his face always.  –1 Chronicles 16: 11 (Psalm of thanks of David)                                                                      Continue reading “March 2016 Praise & Prayer Letter”

The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. –Psalm 24: 1 Why this verse for this month’s Praise & Prayer Letter??  Because we find ourselves in Ñipas in middle Chile this first week of February hosting our first “day” camps for young children from the area,Continue reading “February 2016 Praise & Prayer Letter”

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.  –Deut. 7:9 God’s words through Moses to the Israelites before entering the Promised Land, and through Jesus, we too now receive the sameContinue reading “January 2016 Praise & Prayer Letter”

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.  And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, PRINCE OF PEACE.  –Isaiah 9:6 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to aContinue reading “DECEMBER 2015 Praise & Prayer Letter”

Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.  –Prov. 19: 21 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and breadContinue reading “November 2015 Praise & Prayer Letter”