Greetings dear Livingsong Family,

What a memorable month of ministry November was throughout the beautiful state of Georgia! This has been one of our busiest seasons of ministry, and thanks be to God, He has sustained us through each worship service until our final one of the year, earlier this week at the Greenville Rescue Mission Emergency Shelter in SC. Before covering some praise worthy updates, we first send you and your family our love, and hugs during this Christmas. Every month we mention our thanksgiving to you because we wholeheartedly feel grateful for the faithful monthly commitment you’ve made to this ministry in our efforts to share the life giving Gospel to the lost.

Through your faithful giving, we have officially reached 1,250 worship services since 2011 in emergency shelters, correctional facilities, and recovery support programs! Additionally we have been able to freely provide just over 2,000 Bibles to those who have chosen to surrender their lives to the Lord. Through our outreach to the homeless communities, your donations of clothing, winter blankets, and toiletry supplies have reached 6,100 items, praise God! 🙌 Witnessing the power of the Gospel when God draws someone to receive Christ as Lord are the larger than life moments and most rewarding for us personally because we know that only Jesus can satisfy the hunger in every human heart. We are grateful for each of you who give every month to this work. The following photos were taken last month (November) at the Middle Georgia Rescue Mission where several boxes of Bibles, winter blankets, and clothing were provided for the shelter and recovery program guests. We serve a God of miracles and we are believing for transformation and restoration in the lives of all who attended the special chapel service that evening.

A month in Georgia is the longest we’ve ever spent in this particular state serving. We are thankful to reconnect with old friends and for new opportunities to volunteer in programs like the Celebrate Recovery groups in Eatonton and Cordele, GA. If there is one thing we could take away from this laborious month of ministry, it would be that even when you feel inadequate or short in supply to do what you feel called to do, lean on God for emotional strength and endurance. In James, the bible teaches us that if you draw near to God, He will draw near to you. Sometimes hardships can become a blessing in disguise, because in and through them, God sustains those who recognize where their help comes from.

So what’s next?

We are currently in Taylors SC to rest for a few days in a host home after a chilly but wonderful few weeks of ministry through the Carolinas this December. We look forward to filling you in on all that’s happened this month in our next newsletter, and we expect to continue serving in the Carolinas until the end of February, Lord willing. Feel free to check out our schedule of services through this hyperlink. https://www.facebook.com/Livingsong/events/?ref=page_internal

In closing, this time of the year is always a great opportunity to reflect and remind others what God has done for “all” mankind. The gift of Jesus Christ to the world is the greatest and most important gift anyone could ever receive. While the sparkling lights, wrapped gifts, festivities, and time with family all have their place in the celebration of this holiday, Jesus is the sole reason for Christmas, amen? God deserves our highest and undivided praise this Christmas, because without the birth of Jesus, His life, death and resurrection, we all would be lost without a Savior. This is the only reason why our ministry exists, to make Christ known because He is the hope in a world that feels hopeless for so many. No one is too far gone that God can’t save, and we prayerfully hope you’ll consider sharing His story with someone this Christmas. Until next time, we love you and praying for a joyous Christmas and a very Happy New Year to you and your family! “8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” (Philippians 4:8)

Grace and peace,

Manny & Erika Lynn Garcia

Livingsong 

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Praise Reports

• The warmest of November birthday wishes and praying the Lord’s many blessings over our sweet sisters in the Lord/faithful partners, Barbara DuBrul and Tamara Jones!

   

• Almost three years since our last visit with our dear friends at Living Way Church in Covington, GA. Their love and support as a church towards our mission efforts is a tremendous blessing. So thankful for them and the sweet time of fellowship. Can’t wait for our next reunion!

• The last time we volunteered to lead a chapel service at the Good News at Noon Shelter in Gainesville GA was last year (2021). We were grateful to be invited back to visit our dear friends again on the 27th of last month (November). To our amazement, God has been building up their ministry! It was an honor to kick off their first chapel service in their new building. 🙌

Prayer Requests  

• Prayers for the many men, women, and children suffering from homelessness this winter. We pray favor in every need for all shelters in operation. We pray for the church to be pulled away from complacency and forgetfulness to God's heart for the lost and broken this season.

• Humbly asking for continued prayers over our need for a new work laptop. Unfortunately, we are reaching the maximum memory/RAM in our old Macbook’s hard drive. We trust the Lord will meet this need in His perfect timing. 😊

   

• We humbly ask for prayers to be lifted up for every person who has heard and responded to the Gospel message with faith during our recent services, and for every seed that was planted May the Lord continue to minister to them, drawing many to Himself. Here’s a snippet of one of the services.

Testimony 

“Loved having you at our CR. You brought so much hope to us that night. Thank you for serving so faithfully. Maybe you could make it up to VA to our CR here soon.”

- Wendy Thornhill, Instagram post