Newport Coast Lighthouse

 Thank you all for the encouraging emails and prayers through these last few months. We have truly been blessed by them all. God is so very faithful to show us one step at a time His will for our lives and has been encouraging us in His word as we seek His face. We have been busy with times of serving at different CC Churches, enjoying family times also in the middle of all of this making sure Suzie gets her full recovery that is needed.

 Suzie's recovery: Many of you have been asking how Suzie is doing and how her recovery has been. Needless to say the Lord is good and is the healer of all. We have put a  pic of her feet at the bottom of the page so you can see for yourself the difference between the right foot and left and as you will notice God worked through this surgeons hands to correct her foot and give her support for her ankle. The recovery has been wonderful and she is now in the middle of physical therapy twice a week learning how to walk on her foot again and gain her strength back. Thank you for your continuos prayers we have coveted them!

 The next four months and the other foot:Yes, that's right, as we have been seeking the Lord we have decided with much prayer and council to stay and get Suzie's other foot operated on so that we do not have to return next year to do it. Lately she has been noticing her hips feeling very uneven because of the difference with the one foot being straight. This as well as our visa situation still pending and Suzie's need for a root canal came into play we saw it wise to wait until December to move to Italy after which she would be ready for travel and recovered from her second surgery. Realizing this is what the Lord wanted He began to open every door for this to happen and provided a quicker than normal surgery date which gives her plenty of time for recovery. Our tickets have been changed free of charge to December 28. Thank you God!

 Visas: We are still waiting. The Lord has opened up a door that we can't really talk about yet. Please keep this in prayer that God would open the doors we need to get our visa's. Waiting until December also helps and gives more time for this to happen.

 The thoughts of Italy and how the Lord wants us there to serve Him has been a part of our daily prayers. Knowing where you are called and not being able to go has been a bit frustrating.  Then having people ask," So when are you going" and you really have nothing to tell them except that we are waiting on Him. We have been asking the Lord, when, how, and how long. He has been responding by giving many words and encouragements to us and so much of it has been , " Still Wait" words none of us like to hear at times. Recently the Lord really ministered to me ( Frank) through Acts 27. One taking while seeking Him discouraged about our situation I asked a simple question, "Lord are we really called to Italy please give me a word at that moment Acts 27 came to mind when I read it I realized that it was about Paul's journey to Italy. The two words that stand out most in this chapter are that the Lord showed me were, "Slow and Difficult". These words were used to describe the journey several times. I believe the Lord used them to help me see that our journey to Italy would be slow and difficult as well but like Paul we would get there in Gods time. 

 Our time here has been fruitful in many ways. God has cared for my wife's health issues that would have been very burdensome to continue living with on the field. We praise God that His ways are better than ours.

 Thank you for taking the time to read our update. Here are some very important prayer requests.

 Prayer:

 1. Car: Due to our need to stay until the end of December we are in need of another car. We have one until this Friday (August 28th). Please pray for the Lord to provide a reliable vehicle for the duration of our stay.

 2. Suzie's surgery: Surgery date is September 30th at 10:30 am. Pray that she would have as positive results as her first one. Also for healing and recovery.

 3. Visas: That all of our documentation would come through and favor with the Italian government and consulate in Los Angeles.

 4. Preparations for Italy: That the Lord would prepare us spiritually and in every way for our new ministry.

 5. Italy: Pray that God would pour out His Spirit on this nation and reap a harvest of souls and that He would raise up an army of workers.

 Blessings to you all,

 Frank & Suzie Gonzalez