Quarterly Update

This is an article that I posted in our most recent newsletter so if you received our newsletter, you can ignore this post.

The last 4 months have been very full of visitors from around the world. We have hosted several teams, even a few from our own hometown which was great. During our furlough, we felt like we were too busy to really connect with a few people that we wanted to connect with and having a team from our church as well as a team from Bryan’s old high school, offered a great opportunity for us to make stronger connections.

Seeing those we love and respect coming through the gates here and falling in love with the same kids and staff we love is heartwarming. Seeing their tears, hearing their stories, and listening to their hearts about how God has met them while they served Him here is always so encouraging to us and inspiring also.

We have had 3 volunteers join our team this year and spending time with them has also been such an encouragement to us. Living in community day by day and seeing Jesus come alive through the actions and attitudes of those serving alongside us has kept us going through the hard times and helped us stop and give God the glory in the good times too. 

Beautiful Gate is not a perfect place because we have not reached our destination in heaven yet, but it is great to see how God is using people from around the world to come alongside our staff and He has helped our staff come alongside those who are hurting. There are many issues that arise both through our staff and through our volunteers and it has given us many opportunities to grow and also to display the fruit of the spirit which God is pruning us to produce. All that being said, we feel God moving and shaping us and we love the way He is using His people to encourage each other in the amazing journey of life.