[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="no" hundred_percent_height="no" hundred_percent_height_scroll="no" hundred_percent_height_center_content="yes" equal_height_columns="no" menu_anchor="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" status="published" publish_date="" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="center center" background_repeat="no-repeat" fade="no" background_parallax="none" enable_mobile="no" parallax_speed="0.3" video_mp4="" video_webm="" video_ogv="" video_url="" video_aspect_ratio="16:9" video_loop="yes" video_mute="yes" video_preview_image="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" margin_top="" margin_bottom="" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left=""][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" layout="1_1" spacing="" center_content="no" link="" target="_self" min_height="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_image_id="" background_position="left top" background_repeat="no-repeat" hover_type="none" border_size="0" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" margin_top="" margin_bottom="" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset="" last="no"][fusion_text columns="" column_min_width="" column_spacing="" rule_style="default" rule_size="" rule_color="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id=""] Canaan, Haiti - Isn't is such a wonderful thing serving a God who orchestrates all things to work together for His good plans? God always provides exactly what is needed. A team from Calvary La Mirada was at the CTL Bible Training center recently, and it had been on their hearts to bring all the supplies necessary to hold a couple weddings in the local CTL churches. They had been told to prepare for 4 weddings, which required the collection of a wide variety of supplies...decorations, shoes, flower girl dresses, men's suits, rings, reception supplies, donations for food, drinks, etc, and not to mention the most important part...the wedding dresses! All the donations came together and nothing else was needed for the 4 weddings. The team had packed and brought over all that was donated, but upon arriving at the Bible Training Center it was found out that there were not 4, but 8 weddings to be held! Double everything! But that wasn't a surprise to God! It just "so happened" that Pastor Brian's wife, Sophia, had given the Calvary La Mirada team a suitcase stuffed full of donated wedding dresses, and combined with the donated dresses from the church body there were enough dresses to go around. And miraculously all the women found a dress that fit! The other donations were split up evenly, but still there were many things lacking. God had put it on the hearts of many from the church to donate monetarily, and so the team had brought over a sum of money to donate which ended up being just the right amount of money to purchase what was lacking. God provided exactly what was needed! Marriages are a unique picture of Jesus' relationship with us, His Church, and so it was God's plan all along to provide what was needed for these Haitian couples so that they could not only proclaim their love for each other, but also to be a witness to those around them of God's faithfulness and love towards us. Glory be to God for His provision. It's just one aspect of His great love for us. He truly is a God who provides. Story by Spencer Pierschbacher of Calvary Chapel La Mirada [/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="no" hundred_percent_height="no" hundred_percent_height_scroll="no" hundred_percent_height_center_content="yes" equal_height_columns="no" menu_anchor="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="center center" background_repeat="no-repeat" fade="no" background_parallax="none" enable_mobile="no" parallax_speed="0.3" video_mp4="" video_webm="" video_ogv="" video_url="" video_aspect_ratio="16:9" video_loop="yes" video_mute="yes" video_preview_image="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" margin_top="" margin_bottom="" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left=""][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_2" layout="1_3" spacing="" center_content="no" link="" target="_self" min_height="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="left top" background_repeat="no-repeat" hover_type="none" border_size="0" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" dimension_margin="" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset="" last="no"][fusion_text columns="" column_min_width="" column_spacing="" rule_style="default" rule_size="" rule_color="" class="" id=""] With God all things are possible. Matthew 19:26 A young boy, on the brink of death, receives a miracle surgery. Brian McDaniel shares the story about a recent miracle that happened to a young boy from Haiti and some volunteers that had come out on a mission trip to Cross to Light. Unsuspecting, they found themselves in the middle of a miracle. [/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type="1_2" layout="1_3" spacing="" center_content="no" link="" target="_self" min_height="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="left top" background_repeat="no-repeat" hover_type="none" border_size="0" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" dimension_margin="" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset="" last="no"][fusion_title margin_top="" margin_bottom="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" size="1" content_align="left" style_type="default" sep_color=""] Listen to the Story [/fusion_title][fusion_text columns="" column_min_width="" column_spacing="" rule_style="default" rule_size="" rule_color="" class="" id=""] [audio mp3="https://crosstolight.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/20181130-Miracles-Happen.mp3" autoplay="true"][/audio] [/fusion_text][fusion_imageframe image_id="16417" max_width="" style_type="none" stylecolor="" hover_type="none" bordersize="" bordercolor="" borderradius="" align="none" lightbox="no" gallery_id="" lightbox_image="" alt="" link="" linktarget="_self" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset=""]https://crosstolight.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Miracles-Happen-2018-11-29-A-197x300.jpg[/fusion_imageframe][fusion_imageframe image_id="16418" max_width="" style_type="none" stylecolor="" hover_type="none" bordersize="" bordercolor="" borderradius="" align="none" lightbox="no" gallery_id="" lightbox_image="" alt="" link="" linktarget="_self" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset=""]https://crosstolight.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Miracles-Happen-2018-11-29-B-300x269.jpg[/fusion_imageframe][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="no" hundred_percent_height="no" hundred_percent_height_scroll="no" hundred_percent_height_center_content="yes" equal_height_columns="no" menu_anchor="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="center center" background_repeat="no-repeat" fade="no" background_parallax="none" enable_mobile="no" parallax_speed="0.3" video_mp4="" video_webm="" video_ogv="" video_url="" video_aspect_ratio="16:9" video_loop="yes" video_mute="yes" video_preview_image="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" margin_top="" margin_bottom="" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left=""][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" layout="1_1" spacing="" center_content="no" link="" target="_self" min_height="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="left top" background_repeat="no-repeat" hover_type="none" border_size="0" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" dimension_margin="" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset="" last="no"][fusion_text] Jacmel, Haiti - March 10, 2018 Recently, Jim Needham from Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa came out to Cross to Light in Haiti. His purpose was to complete a 20K run that was being held in Jacmel. He has run in marathons for many years all over the world and wanted to run in Haiti. He made the overnight flight from California and arrived on a Thursday into Port au Prince. He was picked up, rested that night and then made the trip to Jacmel. As is typical with a mission trip, Jim received many character tests along the way to accomplishing his goal. He had initially made a reservation at a hotel in Jacmel online. When he arrived to check in he had to change his accommodations to a hotel that was across the street. At first, he was a little distressed by the unexpected change. However, he was soon to discover that it turned out to be a much better place and was right on the beach front. He couldn’t have been happier with the change. The next day, starting at 6:15 AM was the kick-off for the race. There were several factors that Jim had been preparing for. One is that Haiti is very humid. He had been condition training but wasn't sure if he was prepared enough. The morning of the race he loaded up on electrolyte supplements and chia seeds. Another element to this race is around midway through, there were steep dirt roads and trails that rose well above the starting point sea level elevation. He wasn’t sure how he was going to handle that along with the heat and humidity so he prayed that the Lord would help him. Just seconds after this quick prayer two small children stood smiling next to Jim, each one grabbing his hands and proceeded to pull him up a steep dirt road; these two children felt like angels that had been sent to give him a special kind of strength. As they were smiling and holding his hands he made it up to the top of the hill. Psalm 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy and the avenger. At another point during the race, a man split open a coconut for him and gave it to him to drink. If it wasn't for having to finish the race Jim would have enjoyed the coconut and the man's company all day. Although Jim has had many different places under his feet while running in a race, he has never had answers to his prayer for strength unfold quite like that. Pray to God for help and expect the unexpected. We're all in a race. Keep praying and asking God for your help. He will come through. It may not be what you thought but it will be exactly what you need. [/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

Cap-Haitian, Haiti One emergency response team that came out to help ventured up to the Northern part of Haiti to help one of the Cross to Light church plants in Cap-Haitian, pastored by Leonel Azilien. They took the bumpy, noisy and dangerous bus ride through the treacherous mountains and safely arrived at their destination six hours later. Like all the other emergency response activities they did during their stay in Haiti they were there to serve and to be Jesus hands and feet to the people of Haiti that had just recently been pummeled by Hurricane Matthew. One of the activities Pastor Leo set them to do was to move a mound of dirt that had been cleared out of the church property in preparation for building. It was smugly sitting just on the outside of the church property, blocking the entrance. The team gathered up some buckets and got to work. They were directed to move the mountain of dirt from where it was to filling up ruts and holes in the road winding down and away from the church. The team organized themselves in an assembly line and got down to the dirty work, moving one bucketful at a time. A beautiful thing shortly happened. The neighbors saw the line of workers and came out to help; women and children included. Typically in Haiti women would not participate in something like this but they did that day. A new line formed, a line of both black and white, of men and women. A line of strangers bound together in a new job that was blessing both the church and the road. As heaven looked on I bet they were reminded of the streets of gold they walk on. This newly repaired road glistened; not with specks of sparkling rock but with the love of God being displayed in people coming to work together on something that would improve the lives of everyone that traveled that way in the future. I think this is what Jesus meant when He said, "love your neighbor as yourself". Give a hand, become a part of an improvement project, show the way to heaven with your actions.

Do you need an attitude adjustment? A mission trip may be just what you need! A recent mission team from Calvary Chapel Vero Beach came out to the Bible Training Center and experienced the effect of the beatitudes first hand. They came out to teach the students, children and people with bible teaching, VBS, puppet shows, drama, food, shoes and acts of kindness as they were being Jesus to the people of Haiti. They brought home memories and experiences of God pouring out His love and miraculous provision for those in need. Enjoy the video created by Keith Mahon from the team! [x_button shape="rounded" size="large" float="none" href="http://crosstolight.com/haiti/" title="You Can Help" info="none" info_place="top" info_trigger="hover"]Find out how you can help Haiti![/x_button] Matthew 5 contains the Beatitudes and the secret attitudes Jesus taught us to have in order to be blessed; And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."