Jeff Ward on Mar 9th 2010 International, Missionaries
Watermark member Scott Jackson has been working with university students and young adults in Cordoba, Argentina for 4 years. Cordoba is Argentina’s 2nd largest city with a population close to 2 million, and home to over 100,000 university students. He uses sports, english, and other methods to form relationships. He also has a heart in serving “Hogar Betel”, an orphanage which is about a 2 hour drive from Cordoba, in the town of La Cumbre. For more information, visit Scotts’s blog at http://jacksonscott.wordpress.com. Scott serves with ARM ministries (www.armministries.com)
Scott will be heading back to Argentina on the 21st of March and he is hosting a farewell dinner party and fundraiser on Friday, March the 19th. The event is from 6:30 to 8:30 in the fellowship hall of Skillman Bible Church, located at 6043 Richmond Ave (The corner of Skillman and Richmond). Join Scott that night and here him:
1. say thank you to those that are providing support
2. tell others about his work in Argentina and how they can help
3. and simply say farewell before he heads back to Argentina
To RSVP or for more information send an email to Scott at scottinargentina@gmail.com
Jeff Ward on Apr 23rd 2009 International, Missionaries
Psalm 37:4 says “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Ashley Sellars, an operating room nurse, began wrestling with how God might use both her particular skills as a nurse and her passion to for the poor and desire to serve others.
Ultimately, she decided to serve with Mercy Ships in Benin. Mercy Ships is a full fledged state-of-the-art floating hospital that provides a variety of surgical procedures to the world’s forgotten poor.
Ashley says that “It has been amazing to see how the Lord leads through each season of our lives to teach and mold us to be more like Him.” Check out her website to learn more about Mercy Ships and what the Lord is doing through her in Benin. www.ashleysellars.com
Jeff Ward on Mar 16th 2009 Africa, Missionaries
When you read the story of the Leventhal’s decision to move to Africa, don’t let the ”radicalness” of their decision to move to Africa, veil the message to us all. Don’t immediately say “well I don’t have a calling to missions…I don’t have a call to leave my job”. As you read this story, just listen to the Spirit’s call to us all…to step out in obedience…to love others even when it means exchanging our own comfort for something greater. Just, taste and see that the Lord is good! Psalms 34:8. Follow their journey on their blog at -http://theleventhalsinafrica.com/2008/12/17/how-we-got-to-this-point/
Jeff Ward on Mar 9th 2009 Missionaries
Scott Jackson is a Watermark member leading a ministry to students in Cordoba, Argentina. Recently, he started a ministry focusing on American football and teaching in a coffee house-style setting. If you’re interested in learning more about Scott and his ministry, subscribe to his blog at http://jacksonscott.wordpress.com/.
Here’s an excerpt from a recent e-mail from Scott –
During the summer months here, I have enjoyed some good times with some friends, especially those who have been faithful in coming to our Cafe Ekklesia…. Our heart is to see men like them grow in discipleship and eventually be strong in ministry here in Cordoba, or beyond. I took the opportunity of the summer months, when the students are on vacation, to spend quality time with guys like these by taking them exploring throughout some of the beautiful spots in the Cordoba Sierras. Besides, with the heat of the summer in the city, it is almost mandatory to go venture out and find a river to cool off in! On one occasion, I did come across something that disturbed me some. Just 40 minutes outside of Cordoba, driving through some small towns, I came across a sign for a church. I slowed down, stopped the car, and to my amazement, found an abandoned property, of what once was a church. The building does not even have a roof now. I saw with my own eyes the evidence that without sufficient leaders to run such churches, and without sufficient resources, these small churches that once existed, become only abandoned churches with time. Pray for 2 things: 1) the students are now heading back to school/work, pray that they will remain strong in discipleship as they start a new year and 2) pray that God would raise up leaders who would be faithful to carry out ministry in the many towns without a biblical church, and that they would have the resources to do so.
This week, please pray for Scott, his ministry, and the development of strong, biblically-based, churches in Cordoba.
