{"id":152,"date":"2011-02-17T21:50:59","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T21:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/?p=152"},"modified":"2011-02-17T21:50:59","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T21:50:59","slug":"seeing-is-believing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2011\/02\/17\/seeing-is-believing\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing is Believing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pastor Porfirio Cassares was traveling on the bus from the small town of San Carlos, in the department of C\u00f3rdoba, Colombia, on his way to the city Monter\u00eda to attend the ministry couple encounter that Mary Lou and Gary were coordinating and leading.\u00a0 It was going to be a 90 minute trip so Pastor Porfirio carefully chose his seat on the bus and got comfortable.\u00a0 As Pastor Porfirio passed through the town of Ceret\u00e9, he overheard one of the passengers on the bus responding to a comment from another passenger regarding Evangelical Christians.\u00a0 His ears perked up and he paid attention.\u00a0 Pastor Porfirio is very conscientious of what the public thinks of Christians because Pastor Porfirio is constantly looking for ways to evangelize, preach, testify, and\/or hold an evangelistic service on a street corner or in a park somewhere.\u00a0 He prepares evangelistic teams at the Jehovah Nissi Covenant Church where he pastors.\u00a0 He encourages new believers and converts in his church to be part of these teams.\u00a0 He emphasizes and trains the people to \u201cget out there and share their faith.\u201d<\/p>\n

The passenger was saying that he really had no use for the Church.\u00a0 It hadn\u2019t ever done anything for him and he saw it as a lot of words about things that he didn\u2019t understand and that he wasn\u2019t interested in.\u00a0 That was the case, however, until three weeks earlier.\u00a0 You see, this passenger was constantly looking around him, out the window, as he was talking.\u00a0 One month earlier the passenger never would have looked out the window of the bus.\u00a0 His eyesight was not good enough to see any real distance.\u00a0 So he usually just paid attention to what was around him in his immediate vicinity.\u00a0 But this day, this Thursday afternoon, the passenger was talking out loud on the bus and was looking around him.<\/p>\n

Three weeks earlier, while he was walking through the town of San Carlos on his way to work, he noticed a lot of people in the back yard of a house.\u00a0 People don\u2019t usually gather in San Carlos in the back yard of a house unless something really interesting is going on.\u00a0 So the passenger headed behind the house to find out what was going on.\u00a0 He found out that there were some people from the U.S. there giving away eye-glasses.\u00a0 Since he couldn\u2019t see very well he decided to forego working and try to get a pair of glasses.\u00a0 When his turn came, he was examined, tried on a few pair of glasses, and found the pair that corrected his eyesight!\u00a0 Just like that he could see.<\/p>\n

The passenger admitted that he didn\u2019t really understand what was going on in that backyard (it was a Dental and Eye-sight Brigade, put on by the Shekinah Covenant Church, in partnership with the Sacramento First Covenant Church Men\u2019s Ministry).\u00a0 He didn\u2019t know he was entering into anything having to do with an Evangelical Christian Church.\u00a0 But once he got in line, he was willing to forego any prejudice he might have, because he could see enough to know that people were leaving there seeing!<\/p>\n

So the man was responding to a comment from another passenger on the bus and saying that, \u201cyou can say what you want about the Evangelical Church, but for me, I couldn\u2019t see before three weeks ago and now I can.\u00a0 And the only reason I can see is because this Evangelical Church in San Carlos had these people there helping people to see\u2014for free!\u00a0 The only place I know of that has done something like that is the Evangelical Church in San Carlos.\u00a0 Something good must be going on there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pastor Porfirio wants to track down that passenger (he got off the bus when he finished his story) and tell him what is going on in that Evangelical Church (the Shekinah Covenant Church).\u00a0 We want to continue partnering in putting hands and feet and eyes to the Gospel and bringing it to the people.<\/p>\n

Check out more at pactocol.org<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pastor Porfirio Cassares was traveling on the bus from the small town of San Carlos, in the department of C\u00f3rdoba, Colombia, on his way to the city Monter\u00eda to attend the ministry couple encounter that Mary Lou and Gary were … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nSeeing is Believing - Walking Alongside Gary and Mary Lou Sander<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2011\/02\/17\/seeing-is-believing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Seeing is Believing - Walking Alongside Gary and Mary Lou Sander\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pastor Porfirio Cassares was traveling on the bus from the small town of San Carlos, in the department of C\u00f3rdoba, Colombia, on his way to the city Monter\u00eda to attend the ministry couple encounter that Mary Lou and Gary were … Continue reading →\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2011\/02\/17\/seeing-is-believing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Walking Alongside Gary and Mary Lou Sander\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-02-17T21:50:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/02\/IMG_4566.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Gary-Mary Lou Sander\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Gary-Mary Lou Sander\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/sander\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/17\\\/seeing-is-believing\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/sander\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/17\\\/seeing-is-believing\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Gary-Mary Lou Sander\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/sander\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/94056843f81dcec3aa0494712f400753\"},\"headline\":\"Seeing is Believing\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-17T21:50:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/sander\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/17\\\/seeing-is-believing\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":687,\"commentCount\":0,\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/sander\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/17\\\/seeing-is-believing\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/sander\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/17\\\/seeing-is-believing\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/sander\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/17\\\/seeing-is-believing\\\/\",\"name\":\"Seeing is Believing - Walking Alongside Gary and Mary Lou Sander\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/sander\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-17T21:50:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/sander\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/94056843f81dcec3aa0494712f400753\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/sander\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/17\\\/seeing-is-believing\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/sander\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/17\\\/seeing-is-believing\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/sander\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/17\\\/seeing-is-believing\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/sander\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Seeing is Believing\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/sander\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/sander\\\/\",\"name\":\"Walking Alongside Gary and Mary Lou Sander\",\"description\":\"Glimpses into Life and Partnership in Colombia\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/sander\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/sander\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/94056843f81dcec3aa0494712f400753\",\"name\":\"Gary-Mary Lou Sander\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/07977b90507e6079fe73235c9e3976e739219950551cbc3f91658210e88c7756?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/07977b90507e6079fe73235c9e3976e739219950551cbc3f91658210e88c7756?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/07977b90507e6079fe73235c9e3976e739219950551cbc3f91658210e88c7756?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Gary-Mary Lou Sander\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pactocol.org\"],\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/sander\\\/author\\\/sander\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Seeing is Believing - Walking Alongside Gary and Mary Lou Sander","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2011\/02\/17\/seeing-is-believing\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Seeing is Believing - Walking Alongside Gary and Mary Lou Sander","og_description":"Pastor Porfirio Cassares was traveling on the bus from the small town of San Carlos, in the department of C\u00f3rdoba, Colombia, on his way to the city Monter\u00eda to attend the ministry couple encounter that Mary Lou and Gary were … Continue reading →","og_url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2011\/02\/17\/seeing-is-believing\/","og_site_name":"Walking Alongside Gary and Mary Lou Sander","article_published_time":"2011-02-17T21:50:59+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2011\/02\/IMG_4566.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Gary-Mary Lou Sander","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Gary-Mary Lou Sander","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2011\/02\/17\/seeing-is-believing\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2011\/02\/17\/seeing-is-believing\/"},"author":{"name":"Gary-Mary Lou Sander","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/#\/schema\/person\/94056843f81dcec3aa0494712f400753"},"headline":"Seeing is Believing","datePublished":"2011-02-17T21:50:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2011\/02\/17\/seeing-is-believing\/"},"wordCount":687,"commentCount":0,"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2011\/02\/17\/seeing-is-believing\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2011\/02\/17\/seeing-is-believing\/","url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2011\/02\/17\/seeing-is-believing\/","name":"Seeing is Believing - Walking Alongside Gary and Mary Lou Sander","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-02-17T21:50:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/#\/schema\/person\/94056843f81dcec3aa0494712f400753"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2011\/02\/17\/seeing-is-believing\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2011\/02\/17\/seeing-is-believing\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/2011\/02\/17\/seeing-is-believing\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Seeing is Believing"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/#website","url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/","name":"Walking Alongside Gary and Mary Lou Sander","description":"Glimpses into Life and Partnership in Colombia","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/#\/schema\/person\/94056843f81dcec3aa0494712f400753","name":"Gary-Mary Lou Sander","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/07977b90507e6079fe73235c9e3976e739219950551cbc3f91658210e88c7756?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/07977b90507e6079fe73235c9e3976e739219950551cbc3f91658210e88c7756?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/07977b90507e6079fe73235c9e3976e739219950551cbc3f91658210e88c7756?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Gary-Mary Lou Sander"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.pactocol.org"],"url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/author\/sander\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/sander\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}