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In Matthew 4:4 Jesus tells us, “It is written, Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth
of God.” In John 1:1 we learn that “In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
Later, in verse 14, it says “And the Word was made flesh, and
dwelt among us, full of grace and truth.
What is the meaning of TRUST? To rely not on earthly things such
as ourselves or material blessings (bread), but to depend on
what God has spoken to us through the Word, that Jesus came,
full of truth, to be our propitiation.
This is a newsletter updating you on the happenings of my life in
Spending time with a great group of friends after the Jamaica, as I learn more about what it means to trust.
Deaf Youth Ministries National Convention 26 Is So, So, Irrelevant…
Last year I arrived in Kingston in October and got to experience my first
end of the month birthday party. It just so happened to be my birthday
month, so I got to sit at the honorary table. It was a lot of fun and turned out
SNAPSHOT OF THE LAST MONTH to be fun every month when we had the parties. This year I didn’t want to
miss out on the action, so I planned to leave JDV in time to make the party.
Sept 28 – Oct 4 – Deaf Youth Ministries National Thankfully I arrived with about 5 minutes to spare (these things actually
Convention happen on time!) and Kimmarley had a seat saved for me (he just turned
Oct 4 – Arrive in Kingston and transition up to the 19).
Jamaica Deaf Village The cake and ice cream was a huge treat for the kids, as always, and I was
5-6 – Welding job in Kingston with Wayne and thankful to be able to spend my birthday with my Kingston family (minus
Ionda those in the States). I got a huge kick out of the range of ages the kids
7-17 – Develop marketing fliers and brochures for thought I was (some said 20 and others say 30, and yet others were closer to
the JDV furniture business and adjust to life in the truth) and also Anesa Nesbitt cracked me up. While passing out the
Mandeville cake, she kept asking if she could be the pig. I was confused, til I realized
18 – Beach day in MoBay for National Heroes she wanted to lick the cake pan…and boy, was she a pig!
holiday and to meet the new missionary family at
CCCD MoBay
19 – Begin the first of six planning sessions in an
effort to develop a strategic business plan for the
JDV home furnishings business
22-24 – Weekend in Kingston!
25-28 – Life at JDV
29-30 – Birthday weekend in Kingston
31 – Travel to Sav-la-mar for outreach and then our
3rd annual ACWR Team Cook-Out!
Kimmarley Wright and I at the October birthday party!
BLAKE WIDMER
4 Cassia Park Road
Kingston 10, Jamaica, W.I.
876.587.3833 cell • blake.widmer skype
www.blakewidmer.blogspot.com
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OCT 2010
Total.Reliance.Upon.Spoken.Truth. VOLUME 1 ISSUE 6
final meeting on Nov 4th. Two meetings a week for 3 weeks. Pretty intense, but word is truth. As you sent me
our Christmas travel schedules required a quick turnaround.
into the world, so I have sent
I reached out to Kevin Ochsner, a former colleague, and he provided some very
them into the world.
beneficial thoughts. Thankfully I found my last project at Adayana to be
extremely relevant and I still had several PowerPoint’s on my hard drive from
A PRAISE REPORT
that client, which meant I didn’t have to reinvent the wheel, so to speak, for
every step of the project. A safe and fruitful trip for CCCD Kingston’s
Hands in Praise team, led by principal Maria
Lawrence and students Semaj Barrett, Andreen
Smith, Petrona Dolphy, Jessica Jobson and Ricki
Bryan.
BLAKE WIDMER
US Address:
9036 Northridge Lane
Battle Ground, IN 47920
OCT 2010
Total.Reliance.Upon.Spoken.Truth. VOLUME 1 ISSUE 6
BLAKE WIDMER
4 Cassia Park Road
Kingston 10, Jamaica, W.I.
876.587.3833 cell • blake.widmer skype
blakewidmer.blogspot.com
BLAKE WIDMER
Work Team Coordinator Serving Through: Serving With:
4 Cassia Park Road
Kingston 10, Jamaica, W.I.
876.587.3833 Cell • Blake.Widmer Skype
blakewidmer@gmail.com
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