Robert and Cheryl S Fugate

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Bob and Cheryl Fugate
fugate@cmachile.cl
814-299-4159

The Professional Class of - Santiago Chile

Church Planting: The Church of the Vineyard. Our name comes from the vast vineyards that are giving way to the nations largest housing projects.

Currently in DuBois PA on a one year Home Assignment.

We also minister to an Alliance Girls Home with 77 girls age 3-18 yrs. old by bringing in work teams under Vision for Chile. We minister to families through the outreach of Marriage Encounter and to women through Women's Encounters.

September 18, 2009

Report on the Church of the Vineyard

We have returned to continue our ministry in this church situated in the upper class community east of the capital city of Santiago, Chile. The people that are in our ministry area are classified as "professionals," and are considered the last, unreached people group in this area of South America. Each large, metropolitan city in the different countries of this continent have their own population of "professionals," and it is the strategy of the Alliance to reach out in unique and interesting ways to make the evangelistic message attractive enough for them to come into our churches, attend our events and accept the chance to experience the hope that Jesus can provide for their lives

This is the strategy we are employing here in our area of the vineyards of Santiago --- providing a place for people to come together, enjoy the fellowship of a community that is experiencing the transforming power that hope in God can offer, and reaching out to others to share this message that can radically change lives.

We had our first Sunday back in Peñalolen on Sunday, September 12th, and 100 worshipped in the new building, which still looks great even after being away for a whole year!!! The people were excited to share with us all that had transpired in their lives during the last year. They are also excited to jump into new projects that we will head up, all for the purpose of being a "light" here in this dark part of the capital city. The Lord is working in our midst and giving us a place in this society that for so long has been unfriendly to the gospel. The church received a request by a senator for us to hold meetings in our building for the community in the next weeks. We are looking for how to use this and other future requests to hold meetings open to the community where we can present biblical principles for society with senators and congressman present.

As we continually shared during our time in the US, we urge you to pray for us and for the people here in this part of Santiago. After all, the work is not about projects or buildings, but about people. Buildings will crumble and deteriorate, projects and ideas come and go, but if we can change lives, truly reach and transform the inner person that will last forever! It is all about the people. We relish your prayers in our efforts to keep our focus on "bringing hope, transforming lives" here in Santiago, Chile.

On September 6th, for the fifth time in our career as missionaries with the Christian and Missionary Alliance, we said our goodbyes to family, church friends and for the first time, left all of our children here in the US and headed back to our work here in the upper-class community of Peñalolen, Santiago, Chile. We returned to the end of winter here in this part of the southern hemisphere, and were instantly greeted with a torrential downpour that caused flooding in many parts of the capital city of Santiago. Some mornings greet us with a low temperature of 32 degrees Fahrenheit, quite a difference from what we left in Pennsylvania, a hot and humid 87 degrees!!!

We are ready to jump back into the work the mission has for us here, in the Church of the Vineyard, continuing to disciple the new believers in the fledgling congregation, and supporting and leading events that will bring many people through the doors of the church where they will hear for the first time the "good news of great joy" that we have in Jesus our Savior. We look forward to finishing well, even as we are just beginning a new term here in Chile. We want to work in such a way that when we leave here, we might be totally exhausted for the His sake!!!

Thank you to everyone who helped us to return to Chile. Many have contributed to our support, many have prayed, many helped us to get our house fixed up in the US, moved furniture, some came from a distance to help. We thank the Lord for each of you and for your kind gestures of love that you expressed in so many tangible ways. You were a wonderful illustration of the oneness of the body of Christ. Without you, we would not have been able to make the return to Chile this year.

We want to take this opportunity to fill you in on some exciting things that are happening as we look to be involved in a variety of ministries so that we can take the best advantage of our time here in Chile.

Birth of Chilean Non-Profit Foundation: Vision Por Chile

Two days after landing back in Chile, as we were still living out of the four suitcases that we brought back to Chile with us, we held the first meeting to constitute a non-profit organization called Vision for Chile that will be the Chilean arm of the American foundation Vision for Chile. This foundation will be the connection needed to legalize the work being done in the next few weeks with the building of the pioneer project "House of Hope," a home for girls 18 years and older who want a chance to continue their education and still be protected by living in a type of home with other girls and some tutors/mentors. Bob Fugate was elected as the founding President of this new NGO, and along with Tom Orme from the United States they will be able to buy land, receive charitable donations from Chilean corporations, and start the organizational process of forming this ministry that helps these girls who have no place else to go. Cheryl Fugate is also a member along with other Chilean church leaders and professional lay leaders and with long time missionary friend and colleague, Dave Woerner. Most of the first new tenants of this House of Hope will be transferring from the Alliance Girls' Home in Santiago. There will be a few girls who will be coming to live in the dorm-like building who are from needy families in our Alliance congregations, girls who would never have the chance of going to college because of they could never afford it. The House of Hope will be subsidized by donations from the United States and Canada and from Chilean businesses and through these donations many young women will be given a new lease on life, a chance at a future full of promise instead of shame and pain. Many of these girls are leaving behind a lifetime of abuse and abnormal families, and now they are on the threshold of being pioneers in this project and experiencing for the first time that their lives have meaning and are worth the investment. It is an exciting time for all of those involved in this new effort by Vision for Chile, and you can follow along with all of the progress on the building during the months of October and November by going to the website and seeing the daily updates from the work site.

Vision for Chile Work Team Schedule 2009

Team 1: October 3rd to October 18th
Team 2: October 17th to November 1st
Team 3: October 31st to November 15th

October 3 Women’s Encounter Church of the Vineyard
October 4 First Vision for Chile Team arrives in Santiago
October 9-10-11 Marriage Encounter
October 16 Marriage Encounter Follow up
October 23 First Growth Group from Marriage Encounter begins

July 3, 2009

We are thankful that we received our visa extensions for Chile, this means that we can return to Chile in September without our current visas which date to 1991.

Thank you for your faithful support.

Under the Same Wings,
Bob and Cheryl

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Prayer

Answer to Prayer:

1. Praise the Lord for a home for Susie to live in provided by a family from an Alliance church near her school.

2. Thank the Lord for the purchase of land for the future construction of the House of Hope by Vision for Chile.

3. Thank you for praying for a renter. We did not advertise and prayed the Lord to bring one to us. That is just what happened, and we thank the Lord.

Prayer Requests:

1. For the upcoming Women's Encounter, on October 3rd with many new visitors coming
2. For the five couples that will be living the Marriage Encounter ministry weekend on October 9-11, 2009.
3. For Chilean government authorization of the new "Vision por Chile" Foundation
4. Our children Susie and Robby at the PSU Harrisburg campus, Sarah and Tim in State College area and John in Columbus, Mississippi at flight training.
5. For the renter of our home, that she would find peace and joy as she lives in our home for at least the next two years.

Chile

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