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se both parents are working drugs sex and alcohol are bought and consumed quickly and often new and hip products are purchased without thinking of financial stewardship 85 of chileans in this city are in major debt even though they have a good job they may be driving a new car and wearing the latest and best clothing brands but their lives are rotting internally the general stress level in this city is high because it s a working city think rat race people pour all their effort into trying to succeed financially but in doing so they are failing miserably in the things that really matter specifically losing their souls matthew 16 25 26 what is the answer to all of the above christ and the gospel please continue to pray for our family and ministry in this needy city people need the lord we desire to introduce people to him and help them focus and set their affections on things above and eternal instead of below and temporal matthew 6 24 34 the flinck family posted by david and kristi flinck at 10 39 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday august 16 2012 kid s edition march june enjoying a friend s birthday party ben holding up antofagasta jordan and his friend rafa at another birthday party at the neighbor s house ben and jordan at the antofagasta pro basketball game they were able to meet the two american players after the game on a family walk down by the beach another family outing at the coloso lookout just south of antofagasta kaylee at the portada lookout ben and nick cleaning at the new mission house playing with the new lego sets grandpa and grandma flinck sent posted by david and kristi flinck at 5 31 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest various mission house projects we ve been living in the new mission house for about a month and a half there is still so much to be done for the house to be fully functional but we wanted to share some of the completed projects so far nick and edgar fumigated the whole house a few days before we moved in back in late june fumigating the outside doors and windows a multi purpose ladder was purchased to help us complete the painting and other odd jobs around the house a new stove was purchased and installed our van didn t fit inside the car port because of this cement step so we rented a jack hammer and took out the step so that our van could be parked inside of the locked gate almost all the rooms in the house were painted with the help of ben lukas jordan kaylee and claudio and roman kristi s brother danny helped us install a new calefon water heater in the back patio this is just the beginning of many small projects that are keeping us busy settling into the new mission house we will post more photos of future completed projects thanks to all who have financially supported us without your support these projects would not have been completed posted by david and kristi flinck at 4 43 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest baptismal service back on july 1st our church plant had it s first baptismal service so many providential events lead up to that glorious occasion it would be impossible to share all of those stories in this post but allow us to share a few of them this past year the lord in his mercy love and grace saved susana right and anna left through a series of events in their lives some godly examples the word of god and much prayer both of them accepted jesus christ as personal lord and savior i spent several months teaching through the importance of believer s baptism in our sunday bible study after this study was completed both approached me with their desire to follow and identify with christ by taking the next step of obedience in believer s baptism what a joy it was to hear how the holy spirit was using his word to work in the hearts of his new daughters god providentially provided a place for the baptism as well it s a long story but the short version goes as follows through an american friend of our here in antofagasta we were invited to attend an ex patriot bbq in order to meet and get to know the growing and loving community that is those who live and work in antofagasta but are from the us canada england scotland south africa australia and new zealand while at that picnic our family was introduced to a family from australia they lived in a house with a large swimming pool in the backyard so i kindly asked if it could a possibility for our church to use the pool for a baptism the pacific ocean is always available but it s a bit cold during our winter months of june july and aug they graciously allowed us to use the pool on a sunday afternoon before heading over to the pool for the baptismal anna above and susana below gave their salvation testimonies in front of our whole group they also shared with us their understanding of why they wanted needed to follow christ in believer s baptism many tears of joy were shed during this service the photo of our group in antofagasta taken at the baptismal service please pray for susana and anna as they continue to grow in christ it has been an awesome experience to watch god s working here in this needy city of antofagasta thanks to those who have faithfully prayed for and financially supported our family and new church planting ministry in northern chile posted by david and kristi flinck at 3 37 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday august 8 2012 lessons from slum dwellers i have been recently reading through a book that has challenged convicted and yet encouraged me to ponder on many things i e the biblical definition of poverty how to help others in need and my walk with god allow me to share a portion of steve corbett brian fikkert s book when helping hurts how to alleviate poverty without hurting the poor and yourself one sunday i was walking with a staff member through one of africa s largest slums the massive kibera slum of nairobi kenya the conditions were simply inhumane people lived in shacks constructed out of cardboard boxes foul smells gushed out of open ditches carrying human and animal excrement i had a hard time keeping my balance as i continually slipped on oozy brown substances that i hoped were mud but feared were something else children picked through garbage dumps looking for anything of value as we walked deeper and deeper into the slum my sense of despair increased this place is completely god forsaken i thought to myself then to my amazement right there among the dung i heard the sound of a familiar hymn there must be western missionaries conducting an open air service here i thought to myself as we turned the corner my eyes landed on the shack from which the music bellowed every sunday thirty slum dwellers crammed into this ten by twenty foot sanctuary to worship the god of abraham isaac and jacob the church was made out of cardboard boxes that had been opened up and stapled to studs it wasn t pretty but it was a church a church made up of some of the poorest people on earth when we arrived at the church i was immediately asked to preach the sermon i quickly jotted down some notes about the sovereignty of god and was looking forward to teaching this congregation but before the sermon began the service included a time of sharing and prayer i listened as some of the poorest people on the planet cried out to god jehovah jireh please heal my son as he is going blind merciful lord please protect me when i go home today for my husband always beats me sovereign king please provide my children with enough food today as they are hungry as i listened to these people praying to be able to live another day i thought about my ample salary my life insurance my health insurance my two cars my house etc i realized that i do not really trust in god s sovereignty on a daily basis as i have sufficient buffers in place to shield me from most economic shocks i realized that while i have sufficient education and training to deliver a sermon on god s sovereignty with no forewarning these slum dwellers were trusting in god s sovereignty just to get them through the day and i realized that these people had a far deeper intimacy with god than i probably will ever have in my life taken from pp 68 69 posted by david and kristi flinck at 5 13 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday july 4 2012 new posts forthcoming sorry about the lack of blogs in these past two months with the recent move from our apartment to the new house we ve been extremely busy the dust will be settled soon and we promise to post updates in the near future god has been working here in antofagasta and we can t wait to share those stories for those with facebook we do update daily on our flincks in chile ministry page we encourage you to like that page to inform you about what god is doing via photos videos and prayer requests posted by david and kristi flinck at 2 06 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday may 1 2012 one year ago today one year ago today may 1st 2011 our family arrived in the city of antofagasta after the long drive from temuco we arrived on a sunday afternoon very tired praise the lord for his faithfulness provision mercy and grace during this first year of church planting ministry in northern chile there has been many ministry highlights during these past 12 months we have been serving in the country of chile for a total of 3 yrs and 4 months thank you for your faithful prayers and financial support for our family and church planting ministry here in this needy city we count you as partners and co laborers in the work of the lord posted by david and kristi flinck at 10 41 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday april 17 2012 the housing search part three for extra background read part one part two many have asked us what happened to the probable house purchase fully explained in part two we haven t forgotten it s just been crazy around here the last three weeks i now have the time to sit down and tell you what happened thanks for your patience and interest we know many have been praying for our housing search on april 5th our chile field director curtis and his wife diane flew into antofagasta with all the paperwork money ready to make the purchase on the house that had been in divorce court the day had finally arrived at 10 30 am we had a scheduled viewing at the house so curtis could physically eyeball the property at 12 30 we were to go to the notary to sign the paperwork on the way home from picking them up at the airport 9 30 am i received a call from kristi on my cell i had to pull off the road at a park to chat with her since it s against the law in chile to talk on cell phones while driving she said do you want the good news first or the bad news oh no what happened kristi had just gotten off the phone with the realtor the realtor said that when she called the lawyer on the husband s side to double check the time for the house view he told her that he had sold the house the previous day to another party for a higher price while chatting with kristi the realtor was in tears she was upset at what the lawyer did without notifying her so even before getting home from the airport the house we were going to purchase that morning was already sold the previous day case closed god s final answer an answer that we had prayed for meaning a clearly closed door obviously we were all bummed curtis and diane had taken time out of their schedules and ministry to fly up to make the purchase and now we were back to square one back to praying for more leads back to spending time online looking for leads back to calling phone numbers asking for prices locations square footage etc back to back to not knowing curtis and diane ended up staying with us for four days it was profitable for them because they were able to meet the people we minister to on a weekly basis they were able to attend a sunday bible study and they were able to get to know our city personally after curtis and diane left both kristi and i were a bit overwhelmed we had gotten so close to the purchase and now another affordable option seemed unlikely and distant for several days we didn t feel like doing anything we were discouraged it was like we were zapped of all our energy and yet the ministry homeschooling and life had to keep going on we were thankful for our times in god s word and some encouraging comments and notes from family and friends via email and facebook because those days were a sanctification struggle honestly it was hard several days ago i read an article online that was talking about how the kindest thing god could do was to disrupt our plans wow was that article ever timely it really slapped me around spiritually we are daily refocusing our trust and confidence on our sovereign god the god who knows all things and can supply anything to anyone at anytime we would ask you to continue to faithfully pray for our housing search pray that we will follow and trust god in everything even in this housing search we ve had to shift our mental gears back to looking for houses more walking around the city more hours looking online more phone calls more house viewings and more opportunity to live out the gospel in our lives to be continued posted by david and kristi flinck at 2 13 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday april 16 2012 gmsa missionary conference 2012 part two continued from part one the flight over the andes mts was amazing majestic peaks valleys in the shadows all handiwork of our creator upon arriving in the capital city of montevideo we made our way to the camp ground over 6 hours away where the conference was going to be held the gmsa missionary group photo our missionary co workers from the countries of chile uruguay and argentina the annual thompson family photo terry and carol thompson serving in florida andy and kolette thompson serving in salto ur dan and liz thompson serving in lican ray chile and our family serving in antofagasta chile during the conference there are business meetings preaching sessions field meetings and time to relax the main speaker this year was dr dave burgraff from north carolina his sessions and workshops were a great blessing to the missionaries our gmsa co workers who serve in chile after a week of conference it was back to the bus terminal to travel back to the capital in order to catch a flight back to chile waiting for the bus to arrive click here to view all of our photos from our trip to uruguay posted by david and kristi flinck at 6 35 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest gmsa missionary conference 2012 part one each year the gmsa missionaries 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