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Benin, West Africa

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Monday, December 22, 2008

God's Heart

Hello All,

I have just returned from Tijuana, Mexico on an evangelistic crusade. It was an awesome experience with healings, miracles, and the power of God moving throughout our meetings. As the crusade began we were separated into different groups and ministered at various churches throughout Tijuana, Mexico. I was placed in a group that ministered to the home church we were staying at. Crime and violence in Mexico is at a high right now. Many of the people are afraid due to the violence. But it was awesome how the Lord used each group! In our group we went out during the day to many houses. We were able to pray with individuals, and minister to various families as we evangelized. Some invited us inside their house to pray for them and their families. It was truly a blessing! I prayed for one lady on my team for the Lord to heal her knees; she previously had a surgery on her knee, and her other knee was getting weaker...so I prayed for her, she began to feel warmth in her legs, and instantly I knew the Lord was healing her! The next morning she took her knee brace off and was not walking with it the rest of the crusade! AWESOME!!!!! There are so many more testimonies that I wish I could share! People were delivered from oppressing demonic activity, encouraged, and blessed in Jesus! I will be sending out another newsletter soon with more details!
One important thing that I would like to share is more important than the miracles, signs, and wonders. These are great, but that is not what we as believers are to look at. We are to continue to look at Jesus and SOULS are what we need to win to the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN! This is the Lord's heart. The Lord over the last few days has truly given me more of a BURDEN for souls. There are so many that do not know Christ; and even some of us who know the Lord, but are not living fully for HIM. It breaks my heart and I weep when I think of those who are lost. This is what the Lord has been sharing with me recently. My heart feels broken, so broken for the LOST, the dying, hungry, needy, those who live in areas where the Gospel of Jesus has not reached them. I weep. I weep because when these people who are in foreign lands find out about Jesus, many turn to the Lord knowing they will face much suffering..including, beatings almost to death or to death, family division or being disowned by their families, poverty, imprisoned for years without any connection to the outside world and much more, all for Jesus. These individuals that don't have much to start with live what the Word of God out to the fullest; and its awesome because if you hear some of their stories they LOVE their persecutors, and would go through the persecution all over again if just for one soul to be one for the Kingdom of Heaven! They forsake all to follow Jeus; ALL! I know everyone is not called ABROAD to the foreign field; but we are all called to give everything and live out the scriptures fully as the Word of God says..."turn the other cheek" are we willing to truly DIE for Christ no matter the cost if we would have to face physical, and emotional persecution? To serve, and love others; whether that is our neighbor, co-worker, family, stranger on the street or someone abroad is apart of God's heart as well as of course winning more souls to the Kingdom of Heaven. I thought I had a burden for souls, but when the Lord showed me more of HIS heart, I almost couldn't handle it! I almost couldn't take the weight of the burden that was in HIS heart! The Lord so desires to re-unite with EVERY SINGLE one of His creation (people)! He desires no one to be lost! Please pray for others abroad as well as home. Please pray for missionaries families, for families suffer the most sometimes where persecution is the most severe for Christians. Together we can enhance the kingdom of God through prayer and our complete submittance and obedience to do whatever God has called us to do to win SOULS into the Kingdom of Heaven! YES!!!
I pray this is all easy to understand. I am just sharing a little of what the Lord has shared with me. I pray it was beneficial in some way. I am thrilled at what the Lord is doing at home, and all over the world through many individuals. I am honored, and blessed that the Lord has chosen someone like me and you to carry the cross of salvation. I thank the Lord for you all. Please keep me in your prayers, and I will be sure to pray for you as well. I love you all! There are many awesome things Abba is doing and I'm excited about the future!


In Jesus,

Joy

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER


THE MANY PLACES THE LORD HAS TAKEN ME AND WHERE I AM HEADED…
Dear Beloved Co-Laborers in the Faith,
God bless all of you! The Lord is doing many awesome works in the United States as well as all over the world. As many of you know, I have dedicated my life to serving the Lord full time in missions. The Lord has called me into the least reached and unreached parts of the world. I call these places the “Hidden Nations” of the world! The Lord has called me to minister to the youth, and young adults, especially young girls who are dealing with such emptiness, and are in bondage to the enemy.
On each missions outreach the Lord has been teaching me and building my character in many areas. I have been to several poor places of the world such as Haiti, and Africa. In Haiti I saw such poverty and harshness that the people were in bondage too. In the midst of all that I was also able to see the hand of God moving in Haiti. One experience was the testimony of a witch doctor being delivered out of the bondage of the enemy. For years she had been enslaved to the enemy until the Lord intervened! The Lord completely delivered her and now she is living for the Lord. In a place such as Haiti where the enemy is very much prevalent, GOD Almighty is intervening! I was able to speak to several of the youth in Haiti and encourage them in the Lord. There were many orphanages that I was able to attend and even share with some of the youth in Haiti. It was a time of Blessing. I was so humbled by their faith. They have to believe for so much because they have so little. Even with such a polluted way of living they find such Joy in serving the Lord. I have experienced many of the same things in other places such as Hondorus, where the people are so full of love. They taught me how to truly love. From the youngest to the oldest all I saw was love. The power of God was on the young people as well.I was able to go to Brazil, and saw miracles, signs, and wonders! One little girl had been deaf all her life and God restored her hearing back completely! Many individuals were healed of cancerous tumors, limbs growing back, the blind seeing, these are all what the Lord was doing while I was in Brazil. One young boy was so filled with the fire of God that everyone around him was touched by the power of God!
My most current outreach into Lagos, Nigeria really impacted my life. I was able to lead a group of young people into Nigeria. I was also so able to develop
lifetime relationships with many of the youth in Nigeria. They are a people of such boldness, and when they worship they TRULY WORSHIP! We had outdoor services consisting of mainly the youth which drew many out from the neighborhood and surrounding areas to hear the Gospel of Jesus in a unique way, with dancing and worship from the American youth and Nigerian youth. There was such unity when we ministered together that one night that it overflowed after the service was over. Oh what a powerful experience that was!
Currently, I am raising my monthly support to enable me to go the mission field. Once my full support is consistent I will be out on the field. I am also in training and preparation. Currently residing in Philadelpia, PA, I am on my way to Colorado Springs, CO for several months towards the end of November for some more missions training. During Thanksgiving I will be in Tijuana, Mexico for a crusade, as well as Bogota, Columbia to begin my discipleship training. I am excited about where the Lord is taking me. I never know what tomorrow will bring! The Lord is now developing me and my character right now so that I am able to be effective in ministering the Gospel to these hidden nations. As I stated previously, I am now in the process of raising my monthly support. I am looking for 100 individuals who will give $25.00 per month to this ministry. The Lord says in His Word that He will do exceedingly and abundantly above all that we ask or think! I know when we give, HE BLESSES, why? because we are giving to Him and not the individual. So, the Lord will not only bless the ministry into which you sow into, but also, He will Bless You. This is an opportunity for the Lord to Bless you!
I know that everyone is not able to go to the foreign field, but everyone can be a part of extending the Gospel to the World. We are all in this together; through your prayers and financial support we can reach THE HIDDEN NATIONS FOR JESUS!
Prayer Points:
· Pleas e pray for me as I continue to raise my monthly support
· Please pray for continued strength and perservence as I preparation and training in going forth into full time ministry
Please pray for the missionaries all over the world and for the Gospel to go forth to the least reached and unreached parts of the world

Monday, October 6, 2008

Going Forth into the Nations!

All! The time is near and at hand! Just by looking at the world in its turmoil. The world itself is searching for answers! They wonder who are they? who created them? why are they here? Many have been deceived into believing false doctrines. People are searching for answers!
Luke 21: "...Take heed that ye be not deceived"... The Lord is raising up a people who will serve Him and only Him, and He is preparing them to go forth in ministry to extend the Kingdom of God. The Lord has chosen me to be apart of this awesome movement. Many are in bondage, and do not know that there is hope, life, love, fulfillment, joy, and so much more in Jesus Christ! I love Him with all my heart! I give up all to follow Jesus! I am a college graduate with a Bachelors of Science in Biology, and worked as a chemist for several years. Many times I attended several mission outreaches to places such as, Haiti, Hondorus, Mexico, Brazil, and Nigeria. I then knew the Lord was calling me into full time missions...so, I resigned from my job this past June, and began to raise up monthly supporters. I am under the missions organization named, Ambassadors Fellowship, which ministers all over the world. I have no income right now, and the Lord is my income!:) I have never lacked! When people give to my ministry they must understand that they are not giving to me, but to the Lord. It is an opportunity for them to be Blessed, not for me to collect from them. I have witnessed testimonies of individuals who have given to me and the ministry and have been given back almost double of what they gave out. One lady recieved a watch out of nowhere, another lady gave $300.00 and received $580.00 within the next two weeks. These individuals were not expecting anything but had an awesome heart to help extend the gospel all over. They were unable to go themselves, but they were able to send others to go! Praise you Jesus! It's not about just monetary blessings, but spiritual, deliverances, family, physical, and so forth. If we take care of God's Kingdom, He will take care of us! Also, there are those who are praying for me and the ministry I am involved in! There is much needed prayer! If the Lord lays me on your heart, please pray for me; I would love to have your prayers:). The gospel will be preached all over the world as it states in Matt. 24:14, "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come."