Wherever you are, chances are it is HOT outside! Well in South Florida, no surprise, it is also very hot. Since we last updated you guys we have been put through a series of tests, increasing the heat in our lives. About a month ago Rachel called me and said the words every husband dreads to hear..."Honey, I think the air conditioner is breaking." This was the beginning of a very challenging journey. Losing your air conditioner when the temperature is in the 90's outside is no fun. I would like to introduce you to our dear brother in Christ Gary. I called Gary about the ac unit, and he said I will be there tonight after work to take a look at it. Poor Gary, he had no idea what he was getting into. He worked until late in the evening so he didn't make it to our house until very late. But, he made it and filled our a.c. with the freon it needed. We slept well that night, but as the sun rose, so did the temperature in the house. Soon enough, it was evident that the leak was much bigger than expected and something else would have to be done. I am not going to give you all the boring details, but 10 days later at about 3 a.m. in the middle of a thunder storm Gary finished fixing our air conditioner. Gary sweated, stayed up late, took time away from his family, and sacrificed greatly to help us out. We thank God for Gary and his family. Isn't it amazing to be a part of the family of God? The days that we passed without air conditioner we could not sleep in our house. Working in our house was torturous. On either end of the a.c. incident we had the weddings of two cousins that were out of town. So, between all of these events it felt like we were nomads, having a home, but unable to be there. This is kind of what our life is when we don't have Christ in it. We were challenged and uncomfortable, but we learned a lot.
Despite all of the challenges, we continue to move on with the development of the new media ministry. We are considering to name the new program "Viva Vida." Which means: live life. A simple name that hopefully will make the viewer curious to see the program. What we want is to encourage the viewer to live their life to the fullest with Christ. One can not truly live life, without Jesus. So in order to live life you need Jesus. Very importantly we are trying to reach the unchurched. So, it is no mistake that we have left out "religious" terms or words out of the title. Our prayer is that as we develop a high quality program, a person that is not a Christian will be lured by the title and give the program a chance, and at the same time give the Gospel a chance. Please let us know what you think.
I would like to ask you to please pray for our 4th annual Spanish week of camp that is coming up August 8-12. Every year we have grown, both in number and we all grow closer to God. Please pray that God will bless this week and we can serve the spiritual needs of the Spanish speaking young people of Florida.
Rachel and the children are well. A couple of weeks ago we had to go pick Luke up from Bible camp, because he was sick. When we picked him up he had a fever of 104! Turned out he had tonsillitis and had to be put on antibiotics. He is all well now. This week we are heading to the Spiritual Growth Workshop in Orlando. If any of you are there we would love to see you. If you have any questions about our work please call us before hand and we can make the time to meet with you. We are expecting our greatest turnout ever for the Spanish program. I will let you know next time how great this was.
Thank you for all of your love and support.
The Estrada Family
