Our Karate Kid

Man! I just can't seem to stay caught up on our blog here lately--and I have so much to share. I am going to have to blog about one thing at a time. This Saturday Elise tested for her first belt in Karate--her white belt. In order to receive this belt she had to show knowledge of certain skills and then break a board in half!! I thought to myself that was a little crazy to receive her first belt, but... SHE DID IT! Here is proof! We are so proud of our little karate kid!

The Process

My goodness, I can't believe it has been 19 days since my past post! Life has been fast and furious... and sometimes if I am honest I can miss the process. I have a friend who asks me each week, "So Esther How was church? How many people came on Sunday?" And I tell him all about the service. Now he asks me this with a pure heart. He is a business owner and this is how he thinks, by the numbers... So I thought about the numbers... I would like to say... "It's been amazing! We are growing by hundreds at a time." But if you know anything about church planting... you know it's a SLOW process! Up one week down the next, but then I really started thinking about the people... lives changing, soles won for Christ and I was overwhelmed... 92 people have either given their lives or rededicated their lives to Christ and we have served 1,621 hurting people all in the first 4.5 months. God is good! So we are continuing to figure how to do good church... but the emphasis is staying on the hurting... The church will grow one step at a time and just like a baby learns to crawl before she learns to walk... we will continue to take each experience and learn from it...
Lives are changing. Not perfection but changing--but again it's a process. So, my resolution for 2009 is to enjoy the process. Stop and smell the roses if you will. God has ordained each moment, and we never get our moments back. One day, I will look back on this day with great fondness. I encourage you to enjoy your current life experience, in a flash, in a instant it will be over and on to the next experience. Enjoy the process.

Happy New Years everyone. I hope that 2009 will be a joyous one and one that will bring good works for the Lord. I am excited for a new year with HPC El Paso -- and what God has in store for us. As I mentioned in my last post, Buck has ventured off to a new site http://www.buckzengerle.blogspot.com/ . He will be starting daily devotionals for our New Year Prayer and Fasting time. So on a more personal note... a lot of you have been asking for some updated pictures of the kids, so here goes. I took these on New Year's Eve 2008!

Well, Buck has ventured off to a second site:

www.buckzengerle.blogspot.com

You should check it out!

Blessed to be a Blessing!

I am almost without words for the gratitude I have to be a part of a church who consistantly care for those who are hurting and broken. Yesterday, HPC El Paso served 347 people in Juarez and El Paso. We had a team that went to an orphanage, Emmanuel Ministries, in Juarez to cook lunch and then play with the children. Then half of the team continued on to Plazuela De Acunia and served dinner to the families of that colonia. We also had another team who went to the Rescue Mission in El Paso and fed the homeless a Thanksgiving lunch. Buck and I want to thank you church for not just listening to God's word, but getting out there and making a difference--to be a "healing place for a hurting world."

A little Picasso in the making??

This past week, our little Elise received an honorable mention award in an Art contest at her school. Over three hundred children submitted Art of all forms. She was honored at an assembly at her school and was very proud! Thank goodness she got this talent from Mimi (Buck's mom--who is an artist) and not her mother who still draws stick figures. You go Elise, Mommy and Daddy are very proud.

HP Women's Kickoff!

Last Night was a big night in the life of HPC El Paso. We had the kick-off to our HP Women's ministry. It was so much fun. We had an opportunity to have a "pamper" night and about 30 women got together to have dinner, fellowship, LOTS of pampering, and word spoken into their heart. I feel so blessed to be able to share life with so many incredible women. I count it a privilege to be able to host a night where women from all generations, nationalities and backgrounds could come together and celebrate womanhood. I love you ladies; and look forward to an awesome adventure Living the Dream that God placed on HPC El Paso and all of you wonderful "God Chicks."

Esther

God still performs miracles in 2008! My father went and had his post treatment test and we found out that he is now cancer free!! Praise God. This is the second time that he has been completely healed from cancer—that is not a coincidence… That is the power of prayer. There is nothing too big for God. SO if there is something that you are believing God for, hold on. Help is on the way. It’s may not be in our timing—but ALWAYS on time!

Deuteronomy 7:9
"Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His loving kindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments”

This past weekend myself and 5 other beautiful friends of mine went to Baton Rouge to attend the Live the Dream Women's conference. It was awesome! What made it even more special is that I got to share the experience with my mama!! Here are a couple of photo's of the group--and if your wondering why we are standing in from of a "swat team" van... That is what we drove around in all weekend... Anyhow, we got to hear from some of the most annoited women (and man) from around the globe: April Simons, Chris Caine, Delynn Rizzo and Dino Rizzo. We are going to be hosting a "Re-Live the Dream" Recap sometime in November so we can share video from the conference with those who couldn't attend. Come check it out.

Extreme Makeover Home Edition!!!

Today we were so blessed to have Gina Carameros with Sanctuary Ministry come to our house and make it into a cozy home! I wish I had taken before pictures to see the awesome transformations she did to our home! She is absolutely amazing! Take a peek at what she did!

More Baptism Pictures

A couple more pictures from the baptism...

HPC Baptism

This weekend we had our first ever HPC El Paso Baptism! Our oldest daughter, Elise, was the very first person we baptized at the church. It was awesome.

Here are a couple of pictures of the event.

UTEP Outreach

Here are a couple of pictures of the UTEP outreach. We had an opportunity to serve over 300 hot dogs to some hungry Miner fans... and although UTEP lost... our outreach was slammin!

I think my favorite part of being a church is being able to serve the community along side some amazing people!! Of Course, doing church with my amazing husband of 11 years (this weekend) is awesome too!!

More Launch Day Pictures

Let's do Launch.

We Launched!!!

It was truely amazing! Buck and I just want to say how honored we are to have such a hard working team behind us. Here are a couple of pictures of Sunday.

We had 254 people come, but more importantly-- 6 people gave their lives to Christ and 6 more rededicated their lives to Christ--and that is what we are all about!!

Making HIS name famous,
The Zengerle's

Band Practice

Theatre Seating

Kid's JAM

Connection Desk

A Great Sunday

Great job Sunday! We overcame the rainstorm and a few other obstacles to have a great, great service! We had 7 visitors and we haven't even started yet!! We have some fine tuning to do, but it will all come together next week. When our best effort meets God's favor...a movement begins. Next week in El Paso will be a life-changing moment for us and the entire community. El Paso will never be the same because HPC is here. No matter what happens next week or how many show up, this is the beginning of a long journey as we love this city into The Kingdom. Many of you are fasting now and many more will begin next week. Let's pray for each other, an incredible launch, and most importantly the hurting...


Pray for the single mom struggling to make ends meet. Pray for the widow who misses her husband each night as she goes to bed. Pray for the homeless man that feels rejection each and every day. Pray for the prostitute that is selling her dignity. Pray for the addict that can't seem to quit, although he has tried a thousand times. Pray for the military wife that wonders if she will ever see her husband again. Pray for the poor that cannot afford basic medicine and enough food to feed the family. Pray for our sister church in Plazuela de Acuna and the nine people that gave their lives to Christ over the last two weeks. Pray for the "successful couple" that seem to have it all together on the outside, but are falling apart on the inside.

Pray for us because we are also hurting more than we care to admit and desperatley need God to move in our lives. Most importantly, pray for God Almighty, the creator of the Heavens and Earth. Pray for Jesus Christ who gave up his life so that we may have forgiveness of our sins and the freedom that comes with it. Pray that the Holy Spirit sweeps through this community, that revival comes, and thousands upon thousands come to know the saving grace that only Christ can give!


Esther and I love you guys so much! We are excited to do life together and look forward to the miracles, the challenges, and the opportunity to serve this community with everything we have...this will be our legacy! Let's Reach the World by Serving One.

Sold out,
The Zengerles

Hurricane Gustav

As the news of Hurricane Gustav is getting worse, Buck and I ask that as a community of believers, we come together and pray for Louisiana and the surrounding area. We were there for Hurricane Katrina and saw first hand, the devastation that community suffered just 3 years ago. Many of the HPC campuses will be directly affected by this storm, so lets lift up our brothers and sisters from that area in prayer!

More Servolution Pictures

A few More Servolution Photos