Friday, August 24, 2012

Answers to Prayer!


Hello from Paraguay…where we are freezing in these average winter temperatures of 80 degrees!  We are doing very well and hope this finds each and every one of you doing just as wonderful.  It has been a very busy and crazy few months and we are very excited about all that the Lord is doing!!

Our family is doing well.  Alex and Alyssa are adjusting better these days.  Alyssa is still praying for a good friend but has found a new passion…reading.  Every few days she is on to a new book.  Alex keeps trying to get her to read his books that he has to read for school but she’s not THAT in to reading. 
 Alex would much rather put on a show than read a book.  He is getting ready to start participating in a new drama club at the Asuncion Christian Academy.  He is 17 now…YIKES.  The kids from the church had a great surprise party for him.
Andrew is following the Lord’s call on his heart and is attending Hillsong College in Sydney, Australia. It has been a great experience for him.  He is enjoying all that he is learning and has made a lot of new friends.  Praise the Lord he got a job last week so he will be able to eat the rest of the time he is there!!

Over the last few months we have had several exciting things happen. We had a wonderful turn out at our national youth camp.  A number of kids made new commitments to the Lord as well as others that made commitments to ministry.  It was blessed, fun, crazy, sleepless, and amazing! It has created a new energy in a lot of our youth and created a unity within the youth from all over Paraguay. 

We are also moving along on the parsonage and church property in San Lorenzo.  We are extremely appreciative to all of you who have contributed towards the project!!    We have been running between 65 and 70 every Sunday, have a talented worship team, a ladies Bible study that runs between 11 and 15 on Wednesday nights, and a youth and children’s program every Saturday.  It is incredible to see the church full of life and full of the Spirit!!  Last weekend we celebrated Children’s Day and had 130 children.  With parents, there were over 200!! 
 There are several things that still need to be done in order for us to be able to move into the parsonage so we could still use your help.  It is listed under the 10% giving projects on www.nazarene.org or you can donate through our deputation account online at web.nazarene.org/goto/carney.missions.

God continues to be faithful in every area of our lives and we continue to feel abundantly blessed to be serving Him and walking in the center of His will.  Thank you again to each and every one of you for your prayers, your notes of encouragement and your support! We love you!

Barry, Charlie, Andrew, Alex, and Alyssa
 

Monday, March 19, 2012

A Special Prayer Request


            Hello to all of our friends and family!!  You have continuously been on our hearts and in our prayers.  We are missing you but we are really excited about what God is doing here in Paraguay! The Lord has been hard at work and so has the opposition.  You always know when the man upstairs is making His move and having His way because the battle is on!  We have experienced some awesome blessings and miracles and know that Paraguay is getting ready to see God move some mountains!

            One of the most exciting things that we have been a part of in the last few weeks has been reopening a church in San Lorenzo that has been abandoned for the last couple years.  In addition to the ministries that we are already working with, we have felt the Lord tugging on our hearts to reopen this church and begin to heal and rebuild the relationships within the community.  One of the projects that we are working towards in Paraguay is training and teaching new pastors, but because of the shortage of pastors that tugging includes pastoring the church as well.


            We have had several work days at the church.  Other local Nazarene churches have come together to help and have been extremely supportive.  What a blessing to see the church come together, lifting each other up, and unified in one purpose!  We have been having services for the last three weeks and had kickoff celebrations for the youth and children.  The response and encouragement that we have experienced in the community has been incredible.  God is awesome and always faithful!!

            There is a house that is on the church property that has been extremely mistreated and abandoned.  Because of past experiences within the community, we believe that it is important for us to move to the house and be a part of the community there so that the people can see how we live out our walk every day.  We believe that much of the healing will come because of the relationships that are built on a daily basis with the local people.  In order to do this, we really need your prayers and support.  
            The house is not livable at this time and is going to need a lot of work as you can see from the pictures that we attached.  It would take a tremendous amount of time to begin the process now of bringing several work and witness teams in so we have talked with several local construction workers here and have come up with several bids on what it will cost to remodel the house and make it livable.  Please pray with us that we will be able to raise the money that is needed.  We will definitely keep you posted on our progress.  We are looking forward to seeing what God is going to provide!

With lots of love and grateful hearts,
Barry, Charlie, Alex, and Alyssa
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Wedding Bells and Testing out the 4X4

We had the privilege of going to a wedding in a very small town called Mbururu.  It was a wonderful experience to be with the family during such a special occasion.  This couple has been together for over 22 years.  After recently accepting the Lord because of the faithful example of their two children, they decided they needed to be baptized and make the hitch official.  Beautiful story!!  You can see from the pictures why it was necessary to have a 4x4 truck!




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