Sam & Jenny Hanson
ACI International
Dear ACC Family,
December is an extra busy time for us as we invite others to celebrate the birth of Christ with us in our different ministries. This year was extra special in seeing many families come that we have been investing time with for 1-3 years but have never come before to a church event—Praise God!
Jenny runs a kids club year-round, in a small town just five minutes away from our church. This town has been on our heart for over five years as we have gotten to know children and some parents and as we see older kids falling into drugs and alcohol and getting pregnant at a young age. My prayer this year has been for God to open the doors into the lives of the families and that we could start drawing them to church. In September, one 7th grader started attending our youth group fairly regularly. She came with her mom and older sister to one of our Christmas parties for moms and daughters. This was their first time stepping inside a Christian church, and their first time hearing the Christmas story as part of the Gospel. Cristofer and Jimena, two other 7thgraders, attended our youth Christmas party and had a lot of fun and encouraged their moms and a cousin to come to our Christmas service at church. Praise God!
We have a group of basketball families that we spend more time with and have been praying for God to open up their hearts to him. This fall, Brenda started studying the Bible with Jenny and has believed in Jesus. She and her two children and two other families (Liz and Beto, Viri and Mariano) attended our Christmas service. Pray with us that we will keep having opportunities to share the Gospel with these families and that they will come to believe in Jesus as their Savior.
Thank you for your prayers and support, and the giving towards our van (taking almost 40 people to our different Christmas celebrations) making all this possible.
Sam, Jenny, David, James, Joshua & Timothy
Mom & Daughter, Eva on the right with mom
Cris, Jimena and Eva
Youth helping prepare candy bags for Christmas service
Christmas party at rehab center
