Sister-Church Templo Ebenezer Need and Prayer Request:

   Please keep Salma and Pastor Isaias in prayer. Recently Salma took a fall on her knees and the trauma to her body has caused her much pain. Please pray for her recovery.

   

  Also, as many of you know, Salma and Pastor Isaias have been caring for a young girl named Azul whose mother passed away last year and whose father is unable to care for her properly. Salma's daughter Amy and husband Barnabus who live in Utah are hoping to adopt Azul. Please pray for the family as they begin the process of adoption and for the resources needed to care for Azul.

  If you would like to make a donation to help this family with the financial costs of the adoption process (travel expenses, adoption fees, etc) please make a check out to "Foothills Church" and memo "Mexicali Missions - Azul" and drop donation off at church or mail to church (23122 Arroyo Vista, RSM, CA 92688), or contact Margie Fogal for more information - mefogal@gmail.com

  We have such an opportunity to serve those who are in need! Please be prayerful about investing in part of the work that the Lord is already doing in the lives of our brothers and sisters at Templo! I hope you all have a blessed week!:)

Sugar Cookie Rush!!

We are looking for girlfriends who like to bake (or not!) to help provide 35 dozen plain…

CHRISTMAS SUGAR COOKIES!

We will be bring them to the Amigas Retreat on

Dec. 7^th for the Ladies to decorate and take home!

You just mix, cut, and bake and we will do the rest!

Please package up your cookies and deliver them by Dec. 6^th to the church freezer marked

‘AMIGAS RETREAT.’

Thanks so much and God bless you for your service!

Any questions ????

Call Lynette @ (949) 521-0489

Margie @ (949) 290-2727 or

Leslie @ (949) 933-9443

Christmas Brunch!

Girlfriends of Foothills will be hosting a Christmas Brunch for all women ages Junior High and up. Renee Bondi, speaker and recording artist, will be our guest speaker for this event. The cost is $20 and sign ups will be on Sunday to reserve your spot. Bring your friends for a time of festive fellowship with the sisters at Foothills! We look forward to seeing you there! 

When: Sunday, December 1 at 10:00 am

Where: Foothills Church RSM

If you have any questions, please contact judyroquemore@gmail.com

Fall Bible study

I Thessalonians: You Are Blameless At His Coming  By, Kay Arthur

Are you an example to others? Learn the principles of Christian Christian Living,

Understand Spiritual Warfare, and the Rapture of the Church.

Join us for an Inductive Study, Precept Upon Precept, of this exciting book of the Bible.

START DATE:  Thursday, September 20, 9:30-11:30

END DATE: December 13

No Class on the November 22

**CHILD CARE IS AVAILABLE**

CONTACT: Lori Polson 949-463-1330 or see her after church

Donations for Ethiopia!

Hey Girlfriends!

Margie and I (Kaitlin) will be leaving tomorrow for Ethiopia!  We would love your prayers!  If you'd like to stay up to date with our trip, check our blog http://theendofourselves.blogspot.com/

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Just wanted to say thank you to all of the Girlfriends of Foothills Church who donated items for Margie and I to take with us to Ethiopia.  We will be able to bless Damtew and Tracie's family with some items that they can either not get in Ethiopia or are just too expensive for them to be able to purchase them in country!

I just finished weighing and rearranging my bags to comply with the airline weight limits for checked bags!  After some shifting and rearranging, all of the donations are set to travel.  My checked bag is weighing in at a 48.7 pounds!

Ways to Connect to SEND

Margie Fogal and Kaitlin Saenz will be attending….

Rise and Shine Women's National Conference

August 12-17- travelling 8/9 to 8/18

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Josh & Kaitlin Saenz will be attending…

Josh McDowell Youth Conference

San Pedro Sula. Honduras

and

Hope Coffee Ministry

Siguatepeque, Honduras

Kaitlin and Josh will travel 8/18 to 2/26

We will be blogging our trip - http://theendofourselves.blogspot.com/

Ways to connect: PRAYER commitment, financial support (see Kaitlin or Margie), donations for CCC Staff family (Damtew & Tracie Kifelew)  

to be dropped off at church by 8/5

• baby wipes
• baby/infant motrin
• mouthwash - ACT
• coloring books
• activities for children ages 5 & 7
• Ken doll
• tortillas
• brown sugar
• splenda
• syrup
• individually wrapped snacks (crackers, pretzels, cookies, etc)
• precooked chicken (from Walmart)
• Girl clothing for cold weather 
• Clothing for baby girl-12 or 18 months
• age 5 (girlie girl) shirts, pants, dresses
• age 7 (tom boy) pants, shirts
• Girl's shoes sizes 10 and 13

Off to Ethiopia and Honduras!

Hey Girlfriends!!

            I’m so excited to share with you the ways in which God has been working in my life recently.  God has called me (Kaitlin Saenz) and Margie Fogal to go Ethiopia and Honduras to support and come alongside Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC) staff.  We have been asked by the CCC staff in both countries to join them as they put on national conferences in each country.  Though we will embark on one trip this August, we will divide our time between the two countries.  We will be in Ethiopia from the ninth to the eighteenth of August serving at the Rise and Shine National Women’s Conference and in Honduras from the nineteenth to the twenty-sixth serving at the Josh McDowell Youth Conference.  

As I was praying about my involvement in this trip and seeking God’s will, He lead me to John 15:16 where Christ reminds us that he has chosen us and therefore appointed us to go.  It is my joy to serve the Lord here in Orange County where I have been planted.  To be given the opportunity to be available for God’s purpose for me in another context is a true gift.  I am thrilled to be able to continue to carry out my purpose as a gospel-believing women in Ethiopia and Honduras.  I’m excited for God to use me to serve in these two countries as the lives of both women and youth are changed in response to Gospel. 

God has given me an excitement to see the lives of women changed when they see the radical love that Christ has for them.  The way Christ interacts with women in the gospel of Luke depicts God’s great love for them.  Through a newer version of The Jesus Film, Magdalena: Released from Shame, women are able to see the gospel story of Luke on film and as they experience this film lives are being changed.  As the film has been shown throughout Ethiopia the response has been greater than the CCC staff had anticipated.  There is a great need for leaders to be trained to disciple new believers using the Reflection of Hope Bible studies that accompany the film.  At the Rise and Shine National Women’s Conference in Ethiopia 10,000 women leaders from 20 strategic centers around the country of Ethiopia will be gathered for a week to be trained to meet the growing needs.  Damtew, the CCC National Director of Ethiopia, has asked that Margie and I come serve alongside him and his staff during this historic conference.  

Additionally, God has given me a great passion for seeing the youth be transformed by the gospel in a way that dramatically changes the course of their lives.  In Honduras the Josh McDowell Conference seeks to train thousands of youth leaders from around the country to encourage youth and families to expel pornography from their lives and to live sold out lives for Christ.  The CCC staff in Honduras specifically asked that Margie and I come and take part in this conference.  First Thessalonians 5:11 instructs us to “encourage one another and build one another up,” we hope to do just that for those putting on this exciting conference.  Additionally the staff has seen the value in the connections we made when we embarked on a vision trip to Honduras this past February. We will be able to assist the CCC staff in expanding their scope of impact through our contacts.  This too will give me the opportunity to connect with our Hope Coffee ministry partners in Siguatepeque to establish more definite plans for the trip Josh and I will be leading next December to Honduras. 

This trip is something that my heart truly beats for, but it is completely out of my comfort zone.  However, God is challenging me to be stretched in my faith for the sake of the Gospel and His glory! 

Please be in prayer for us as we embark on this crazy adventure that God has us on!

--Kaitlin Saenz

Bunko!

Last week, the Girlfriends in Tuesday night's Choose Joy! study got together to enjoy some fun time together.  We played a few rounds of Bunko.

It was a great time to catch up and chat, not to mention an opportunity to win!

The grand prize was a free ticket to the Women of Faith Conference in September...what a great prize!

Three ladies tied for the big prize and so the night ended in a "roll off!"  

After several rolls, Jenna Fisher won the grand prize!

It was a great night to share with the Girlfriends!