Retro…

One of our goals this summer is to begin posting (both here on our blog and on our official website) pictures and testimony from students in years past. Take a look at the last four years of GCBI – begin praying for the students of year five – and praise God, for His faithfulness!

Graduation!

canoe trip!

we took the students up to the peace river for an end-of-year celebratory canoe trip. though it wasn’t necessarily everyone’s cup of tea (em!), the students enjoyed the day and one another in one last group gathering…

Melbourne/Ormond Beach

Haiti:ReRouted

The GCBI students will be traveling with Pastor Randy to Melbourne and Ormond beach churches this week (Monday – Saturday). Cameron and Sarah Beth will be staying behind to take hold of some excellent recruiting opportunities, as well as begin making plans for the end-of-year activities.

Our plan was originally to go to Jeremie, Haiti, to work alongside the ministry established there by the Haiti Bible Mission. After lengthy consideration of the political situation in Haiti, we re-routed them to some churches in Florida that have desperate needs – physically and emotionally. Be praying for our students as they encourage the church families with the Truth and offer their hands in service as they work in those churches. We are eager for the Lord to do a good work in our home state, as our students learn to minister effectively to those in need.

Today we heard from Pastor Randy that the students are landscaping and doing yard work for one of the churches – we’ll look to be keeping you updated on their progress and ministry to brothers and sisters in need!

Eggstravaganza!

Our students most recently particpated in Sebring Grace Church’s Easter Eggstravaganza, setting up booths, running booths, and sharing the gospel with individuals who attended.  There were over 600 people who came through the church that day, over 400 lunches served and FOURTEEN people came to know Jesus Christ for the very first time!

Celebrate!

Our students have had the pleasure of attending and helping with two glorious celebrations in the past few weeks!  Rod & Marge, dear friends and elders in our church, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary (!) and Michelle, a sweet woman and precious encourager, celebrated her upcoming marriage at a shower that all the girls attended.  Enjoy some fun images from the events…

turn your head sideways… ;)

turn your head again…

More Chili Pics!

The Filling Station

Friday, February 13th our students found themselves back in time as Whispering Pines Baptist Church allowed us to come and serve them during their monthly luncheon dubbed “The Filling Station”

The sweet saints at WPBC allowed this lunch to be a fund raising event for our Mission: Haiti trip coming up in April.

We dressed up like filling station attendants and went back in time as we read off facts and trivia from back in the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s.

Then the fun got started! Each of our students waited on a table of senior saints who ordered from a “menu” that included brake fluid and mufflers and torque wrenches and a transmission flush, etc… No one knew what they were ordering!

Some would get a side salad a baked potato and a knife for one course and another may get fruit salad and a napkin. It was a lot of fun and they helped us move ever closer to our Mission: Haiti goal.

To Whispering Pines Baptist Church, THANK YOU.

Thanks for letting us serve and for blessing us in so many ways.

Signing out,

Cameron Sandel

Inaugural Chili-Cookoff a SUCCESS

Over one hundred and twenty five visitors graced Wiley Hall, Sunday February15th for GCBI’s first ever Chili Cook-off and dessert auction. The goal of the event was to raise funds for our GCBI Mission:Haiti trip coming up in April and we had no idea what to expect.

12 phenomenal chefs, a table full of baked goods, and by the grace of God the people just kept flooding in.

There were prizes for the most creative booth, the hottest, mildest and best all around chili…

Unfortunately we didn’t grab a photo of our hottest chili winners; Dave and Diane Noel…

All in all we raised over $2000 towards our missions trip and even got to watch as Aaron Michaud, our very own youth pastor took a pie to the face! All would agree the night was a success and we definitely plan on hosting it again next year. To all those who helped from the cooking to the cleaning to the spending of hard earned dollar bills we extend our warmest thanks…

Signing off,

Cameron Sandel