Saturday, February 28, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
The Canote E-Notes 02/25/09
Greetings...
and God Bless YOU! It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood AND God is still the same....good and faithful! Ooops! It looks like we took a little break from the "Canote E-Notes". Well, we're back!
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Ministry
It's a busy week for us starting with a concert down in Rolla on Sunday at the Spring Creek Baptist Church followed by a "Family Night" gospel bluegrass worship tonight at Faith Family Church in Fayette. We'll wrap up the week with a performance at a fundraiser event at the Sturgeon Baptist Church on Saturday night. What fun and what a GREAT job we have!
We also getting deep into planning and coordinating for Acuna this summer. We now have teams signed up for all three weeks - Thank You Lord!
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New Videos
We've posted some new videos on YouTube and promise to do a better job doing that more often. Below are the links for those videos:
This is Adam's first public performance on the piano. Who knew you could learn to play the piano in 3-4 months?!?
Adam and the boys like to take our bluegrass songs and make them "contemporary". So we took a contemporary song, "Forever" and made it "bluegrass".
Speaking of which....here's "I'll Fly Away"....with some phat beats added... :)
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What's a "VLOG"?
Speaking of new videos....what's a "VLOG"? Well, basically, that's a blog done with video and we're giving it a whirl and incorporating that into our Canote Family Blog site.
This is the actual VLOG on YouTube
This is the actual address for our Canote family blog.
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Thanks so much for your support and prayers! We're relying on it!
God Bless You!
Chris Canote
Missions Mobilizer & Recruiter
Monday, January 12, 2009
The Canote E-Notes 01/12/09
Calling all cooks....calling all cooks!
YUGO Ministries is looking for someone to fill the position of Head Cook at our Tijuana Outreach Center in Tijuana, Mexico. Our current cook had to resign, at least temporarily, to care for a sick relative. This is a missionary position which would require you to build your own ministry team to raise your own prayer and financial support. The primary responsibility is to cook two meals per day each week through ten weeks in the summer. The menu, recipes, procedures, etc. are already set - advanced chef skills are not necessary. Please pass this on to anyone you think might even be remotely interested. Maybe God would call YOU to serve on the mission field as a cook...? :)
Also as we draw nearer to our next set of evangelistic outreaches we need workers to help run the camp. Jobs include cooking, cleaning, leading worship, leading chapel times, and much more. The dates are April 5-11 and 12-18. Ask God what He might have you come and do. Please let us know about both as soon as possible.
Also as we draw nearer to our next set of evangelistic outreaches we need workers to help run the camp. Jobs include cooking, cleaning, leading worship, leading chapel times, and much more. The dates are April 5-11 and 12-18. Ask God what He might have you come and do. Please let us know about both as soon as possible.
Chris Canote
Missions Mobilizer & Recruiter
Missions Mobilizer & Recruiter
Friday, January 2, 2009
The Canote E-Notes 01/02/09
Dear Ministry Team~
I couldn't wait for my turn at the internet access today here at the bible institue in Mexicali, Mexico. You may remember that Adam, Chewy, Alex and I are here staffing a YUGO evangelistic outreach. Adam is leading worship for the twice-per-day chapel services with help from his brothers. He is also leading the Sports Ministry "Training & Prayer" times each day. I am directing the outreach and speaking each day in the morning chapel services. Today is our 5th and final day for ministry. We have a large team of high school students here from Caledonia, Michigan serving with us.
We have had a very exciting week. The power of God's presence has been overwhelming at times. The daily schedule is intense with little down time for the team. God is good and faithful however, and has provided the energy needed to accomplish is plan and purpose for this week.
Today, we asked for testimonies from the team members about their week here. I want to share part of one of those testimonies with you. It comes from a junior in high school boy named Sam on the team and he specifically asked that we share his story. It's a beautiful testimony of God's power and interest in having a personal relationship with Him.
"While I have been here in Mexico, I have had a wonderful time. I originally didn't want to come and my mother forced me to go. But, I am glad she made me. Before I came I really had no sense of a "need" for God. My brother, who also is on this trip, is a big role model for me and he didn't really believe in God and I followed him. But, while he has been down here in Mexico, he says he felt God. I saw this, my big brother, who I look up to being touched by God himself (and it) made me believe. Seeing him going from a non-believer to a believer has made me so alive inside. I can see now it is real and I do believe. I love my brother so much. I just love him in unbelievable amounts, and I thank the Lord God almighty for showing me that and for showing Him the way and the light. And, I love you Kyle".
I'm sitting here in tears once again as I share this with you. This is one of the main ways that God has used to inspire our family to continue working in this ministry. It's about lives changed....not just the Mexican people who come to know Christ in an eternal salvation decision.
Be encouraged. Know that God loves you and not only wants a relationship with you....He wants it to grow. He wants all of you. He wants your complete surrender.
God Bless You!
Thank you for your prayers!
Chris Canote
Missions Mobilizer
YUGO Ministries
www.yugo.org
www.thecanotefamily.com
www.thecanotefamily.blogspot.com
Missions Mobilizer
YUGO Ministries
www.yugo.org
www.thecanotefamily.com
www.thecanotefamily.blogspot.com
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
The Canote E-Notes 12/30/08
Greetings from Mexicali, Mexico!
We're are having a great week here in Mexico! We have one large team here from Caledonia, Michigan. We also have a couple of families and a couple of construction teams. God is with us and is still hard at work, good, and faithful! Our evangelism team saw 17 salvation decisions yesterday on their first day at their ministry site! Praise the Lord!
Adam and the boys are doing a great job leading us in worship for the chapel services. We're also working with a great staff and team of YUGO missionaries.
We've seen all the usual distractions and speed bumps that the devil tries to throw at us to keep this work from happening. Unfortunately for him, we have God on our side. My God does what He wants and I feel like He's called us to be here and to accomplish some kingdom building ministry. So, to quote my missionary brother, Jim Slinker, we're just saying to the devil, "Neener, neener, neener!" Ha ha!
We're counting on your prayers and praise God for you!
God Bless You and Happy New Year!
Chris Canote
Missions Mobilizer
YUGO Ministries
www.yugo.org
www.thecanotefamily.com
www.thecanotefamily.blogspot.com
Missions Mobilizer
YUGO Ministries
www.yugo.org
www.thecanotefamily.com
www.thecanotefamily.blogspot.com
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
The Canote E-Notes 12/24/08
Greetings!
Hey, check out the new "unreached people groups" link on our web site. You can find it by clicking on the ministry link from the front page. It's provided by the Joshua Project. It will display a different unreached people group each day that you can pray for.
I plan to work on some additional changes, updates, etc. to our web site while I'm in Mexico next week. I'll be sure to let you know when those are complete.
http://www.thecanotefamily
http://www.joshuaproject.n
PRAYER REQUEST:
After being booked somewhere 1, 2, and even 3 times a week every week for the last several months, believe it or not, we actually don't have anything on our ministry calendar after Christmas. Please pray for opportunities to share our ministry and mobilize for missions in the coming months. Also, if you know of a church or group that could use some encouragement or would appreciate some gospel bluegrass OR contemporary worship style music or bible preaching, please let us know, or let them know about us.
God Bless You & Merry Christmas!
Chris Canote
Missions Mobilizer
YUGO Ministries
www.yugo.org
www.thecanotefamily.com
www.thecanotefamily.blogspot.com
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