V2H Update January 25, 2016

Another week has passed and here is some of what has been happening around Vision 2 Hear. As you may know, I recently returned from El Salvador. Upon leaving, I gave a little cash to Jorge to help with some work and celebration happening in Suchitoto as they would go this past weekend. From these pics, one can see they had a great time. We are grateful to be a small part of the larger work going on there, supported by friends from Oregon and Jorge and his family and ministry.

Vision 2 Hear El Salvador is helping this community with fresh clean water in conjunction with individuals from Oregon. We are also helping with ministry to all ages as seen in the pics above by providing school supplies, helping with education and discipling in Jesus’ name. Please continue to pray for our partners in ministry in El Salvador.

This event is coming soon and we need your help to make it successful. We are trying to generate support and help for many in El Salvador this season. There’s no greater time to show love than around Valentine’s Day!

Each year, Americans spend billions of dollars to express love. This year, why not share some of that love with kids from another country? We are challenging everyone to donate $30 toward the Love Feast, which is out 30-hour fast to raise money and awareness of needs around the world.

This year our efforts will go toward helping Daniel and paying his college fees, helping children from families of gangs and helping some of our deaf students. All of them reside in El Salvador. Please consider giving and participating in the fast during one of these weekends: New Vision Church February 12-13 or Havelock Korean Baptist March 4-5.

If you would like to make a charitable gift, you can do so by mailing a check to 2046 Khyber Pass Snellville, GA 30039 or giving online at paypal.com

WAVE Teams Are Back

All of the WAVE teams are back for a new season and things seem to humming along well. With teams in Hixson, TN, Lawrenceville, GA and Havelock, NC, WAVE is putting together it’s spring selections surrounding the theme for the year, AWAKEN. We are very excited about the launch of the new season and songs and anticipate God speaking to us and through us as we share. Continue to pray for the sign teams as they grow and go in Christ’s name.

What’s happening this week?

I’ll be leaving NC on Wednesday to go back to GA for a night. I fly out to Miami on Thursday to prepare for a conference where I was invited to speak and share music.

The Becoming A Woman Of Influence Conference is being hosted by a friend of mine from New City Church in Miami, Fl. The event will focus on inspiring women to take their God-given abilities and using them for God’s glory. I am privileged to be the only “male” speaker.

Then next Sunday I start a 3-week series called AWAKENINGS for my church. Our pastor recently resigned and so I am filling in speaking for the next three weeks. The series will follow the course of awakening faith. hope and love. I am excited and grateful to have the privilege to speak at my church. Please pray for New Vision Church as we transition and move forward into the great unknown.

 The TN Movement has made steps toward becoming their own entity. Under the leadership of Terry Davis, longtime friend and board member of Vision 2 Hear, terry is also the pastor at the TN Movement.

For several years the gathering has met in a storefront location but recently outgrown it. For a few weeks now they have been praying, looking for and seeking out property to help in reaching more people for Christ.

I spoke to Terry last week and he informed me that a local church has offered to give them their church…yes “deed it over” to Vision 2 Hear and the TN Movement, along with their van and whatever funds were still in their bank account. That church had decided to dissolve and wanted to give it to another church. We praise God for his miraculous works! Continue to pray for the TN Movement as they process the paperwork to become an official church in TN and move forward with the doors God has opened!

A trip to India has been scheduled but of course, it’s not possible without generating the needed funds to make it happen. Over the course of the next several days I am trying to generate about $1200 toward the trip which would include airfare and money toward hosting the WAVE team conference for the children at S.A.C. in India. If you would like to help with this trip, please follow this link to give using paypal.com

 

Thanks! Update coming again next week!

 

George

V2H Update

Prince in Nigeria.

As many of you know, we have several in Nigeria that we continue to love and support throughout the year. Last week Prince was in the hospital having his appendix removed. I’ve been able to speak to him through Facebook messenger a couple of times and he is recovering well. Please continue to pray for his health and recovery. He should be out of the hospital soon, if not already.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jorge in El Salvador

Last week, a team from the States journeyed to ES to spend time working with Jorge and V2H in Neuvo Rencar(not sure of the spelling). This team has been supporting the work in Es for several years and we are very happy to be partnering with them. However, Jorge was sick last and in the hospital for tests. He goes back in today for more tests. Please be praying for him so they can determine what the issue is. Also pray for the mission team that’s there that God would bless their efforts greatly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I didn’t end up going to El Salvador in October but sent all the funds that I could for their continued work. They used those funds for several projects including the Glow night outreach at the skatepark and other work in the community. I do have plans to go in January with a college student intern who will be getting her college credits while working with us in ES. Her name is Angela Lowe and she will be there for 21 days, working with Jorge and Miriam at the mission house and with the deaf . I’ll be bringing down most of the school supplies we were able to gather from Christ Fellowship in Miami to distribute at that time. My plans are not to stay there the whole time (21days) as I have other things I have to attend to but I will be in ES for up to 2 weeks. If you’d like to help with this trip or any other aspect of V2H, please let me know or go to vision2hear.com and click “donate“.

WAVE Team Christmas Concert

Vision 2 Hear will host it’s Christmas concert in Loganville, GA on December 13 at The Summit Church at 6:30pm. We would love to see you there for this wonderful night of worship and wonder. Teams from Soddy-Daisy, TN, Fayetteville, GA and Loganville, GA will be sharing in music and drama for this service. The concert is free.

More updates coming soon.

Thanks for your prayers,

George

 

Weekend Update: V2H Happenings

This was a very busy weekend for V2H WAVE Teams. In fact, it was a busy week.

Last Wednesday, the TN WAVE Team performed at their Fields Of Faith Event at Hixson High School. #Fieldsoffaith is an event sponsored by Fellowship Of Christian Athletes across many school campuses each fall. The TN WAVE Team did several songs ranging from WAKE to OPEN SKIES. The response to the worship was wonderful and the team did exceptionally well. God moved on the scene and there were many moved closer to God through the powerful message given that evening! V2H and the TN WAVE are very grateful to have been part of this wonderful event in reaching students for the glory of God! Watch clips here courtesy of  Dustee and Roderick and Jamie Jenkins :

Vision 2 Hear El Salvador hosted the first GLOW SKATE PARTY at the G-SPOT SKATE PARK on Saturday. From a graffiti competition to skate competition, V2H and V2H ES are committed to creatively communicating the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The night started with new graffiti being painted on the walls. Local artists joined in to give the skate park a facelift and we used it as an opportunity to engage believers and non-believers for the glory of God.

The evening continued with black lights and fluorescent paints being activated and then skaters hitting the ramps doing tricks of all kinds. There was also a competition and new skateboard decks were given away to winners.

Here are a few pics of the night. A very special shout out to Vision 2 Hear ES and all those who volunteer there to serve. You guys are awesome and we look forward to seeing you all again soon!

NC WAVE TEAM

On Saturday, the NC WAVE TEAM had the chance to serve alongs side New Covenant Church at Fox Chase Village, a local mobile home park and serve over 300 people (with more than half of them being children, many being of asian and Spanish descent)! We helped operate game areas for the children and then we shared several songs, with a couple of them in Spanish. This was a great follow-up for several from the team who had served in El Salvador this summer. The team did a great jumping in to serve and performing. Here are a few pics from the event.

So thanks for all your prayers for things that are happening with Vision 2 Hear. We couldn’t do what we do without your prayers and support. If you’d like to support us in these efforts and others like it, please donate through paypal here:

Give To Vision 2 Hear

Updates from India coming soon!

Sincerely,

George Lockhart,

President of Vision 2 Hear

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Miami: First couple of days

It’s Tuesday and what a first couple of days!

We arrived Sunday night and got settled into our place of residence for the next couple of weeks: The Gallos. For years now, The Gallos have provided tons of food for innumerable people, housing and real loving friendship and service for me and my travel companions. Whether they were interns, volunteers, or kids, The Gallo house has been a place of refuge and a home-away-from-home for so many. Those of you who have been here before can attest to that fact! It’s a little different this time, though; Amelia is not here. Last May, Amelia graduated and recently moved into her dorm at The University of Central Florida.

But we still have many faces here in Miami that we know and recognize. One of the cool things that has been happening is one of our “older” V2Her’s Vicki Jimenez has been employed by Christ Fellowship to work with their students in an after school program to teach them some sign language. Vicki has been working with them for a couple weeks to prepare them for our arrival. They have joined us on stage the last couple of days signing songs like Light Up The Sky and Superhero.

Me outside of the Nazarene Church, which is where Princeton Christian has their chapel services

After running into several people I haven’t seen in a while, I got an email from another friend, Pam Armstrong, principal at Princeton Christian School. She was able to arrange for us to be in their chapel service today. This was another great opportunity! We shared for about 45 minutes with close to 100 students before closing out the time.

During the week, the theme is Jesus is our Light. We are sharing many songs that communicate that theme and message. We are also using a few other songs that are classics for the students like Lawnmower and Ignition. They are all having a blast!

Kids preparing a song for chapel at Christ Fellowship

With the talks all being about Light, I am using objects like flashlights, light bulbs, glow sticks and such to communicate the message in ways that the kids can connect and easily understand. Please keep them in your prayers as the week continues on. Of course, our desire is that they all come to a better understanding of Jesus being their only Source of Light and that they move closer to Him throughout the week. Tomorrow is Grandparent’s Day, so please pray that as we share it will speak to all the people attending.

Sunset yesterday. It’s great to be here!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Day in ES

I’ll be wrapping up my stay in Central America tomorrow morning. It’s been a great 3 weeks and we’ve done quite- a- bit in that time. I’ll hope to have a final update about ES in the coming days. Right now we are putting the finishing touches on the glow night outreach which will take place about 7pm EST. This is a black light, glow stick, performance and gospel presentation. Please be prayerful about this for us all.

The WAVE Team has been working diligently preparing songs like Radiator, Light Up The Sky, This Little Light, among others, to witness to their friends for this event. A glow night has never been done here at the church before so this is a really neat opportunity!

As I will be returning to the states tomorrow afternoon, I will be hosting George Camp in Miami at Wayside Baptist Church next week. Please be in prayer for me with that also, as it’s the last major event for me for the summer. I have many things to evaluate and consider once the summer is “done”. Even though George Camp is the official end of summer events, I still have the V2H Reunion and another week back in Miami for Christ Fellowship’s Spiritual Emphasis week before I will get some vacation and time to evaluate. Really, “summer” continues on until about the 3rd week of August, haha.

More to come…

George