NEXT STOP…BENIN, WEST AFRICA!!!
Dear Beloved Co-Laborers in the Faith,
God bless all of you! I am so excited to inform all of you of my next assignment in heading to Benin, West Africa; but first I would like to inform you of what I have been doing for the last several months.
As I stated in my last newsletter that I would be working as a Regional Representative working with small groups to accomplish the task of informing individuals of the needs, opportunities, challenges of the call to reach the various people groups, and how to get involved in extending the Gospel of Jesus Christ all over the world. The Lord has opened up opportunities to share this with various young people and church groups. I am encouraged by the fruit of what has become of informing the church and encouraging them in the area of missions. Many individuals have desired to be apart in some way, whether that is through exposure to the field short term, intercessors being encouraged to intercede for nations as well as intercessors rising up within the church, and also through those giving more monetarily to enhance the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ!
I praise the Lord for the awesome opportunities, and yet the privilege to be His voice to the people of God and to the Hidden Nations during this time of unrest in the world. I also praise the Lord for being able to see the multiplication of individuals rising up with a heart to share and help in any way with extending the Gospel of Jesus to NATIONS! YES! PRAISE YOU JESUS!!!
The Lord now has commissioned me to go to Benin, West Africa for my on the field training for 3 year this upcoming fall/winter. I will be doing lots of hands on training and be learning under Missionary Magna James. I will also be going through discipleship training and assisting Magna James with the evangelistic and discipleship ministry at Alomey-Calavi University, which is the largest University in Benin. It consists of about 60,000 students.
My preparation before going to Benin will consist of several things before heading to the field. Some of which consist of learning French, which I plan to be fluent in before I leave. Also, I will be reading several books, and studying intensely before I leave as well.
I thank God that all of you have been a part of reaching the nations for Jesus in some way! I am excited about this new opportunity to learn, grow, be taught, and minister in Benin West Africa for the next 3 years. This will help me to grow in character and enable me to be even more ready to continue in the call the Lord has for my life; to EFFECTIVELY WIN SOULS AND MAKE DISCIPLES FOR JESUS! .
I would encourage everyone to keep me in prayer, as my prayer points are at the end of this newsletter. Please also continue to join with me in being a vital part in extending the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the World. My desire is to tell the world about Jesus and to make disciples so that they can go and tell others of the gift that was given to them!
Jesus told the twelve disciples when He sent them out to minister in Matthew 10:8, “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.” We must witness and tell others about Jesus, but we must not stop there, we must then MAKE disciples for Jesus! Freely we have received so much, and freely we must give to others in serious need to know of Jesus!
I will keep you all informed as I continue extend the Gospel all over the world, starting at Benin, West Africa! I need your support prayerfully and financially to do the work of the Lord. You can be apart as well! It is a wonderful blessing knowing that your monetary support and prayers helped to bring the Gospel of Jesus to a village that did not even know the name of Jesus, or helped to break the chains of those in bondage that have no governmental freedom! YES! This is what we are all called to do! TO GO TO THE NATIONS, in whatever way the Lord leads us to do so! Praise the Lord!
Prayer Points:
· Please pray for me as I continue to raise my monthly support, and for 50 people to give $50.00 per month.
· Please pray for my continued strength and perservance as I prepare to go to Benin, West Africa, and please continue to pray while I am in Benin.
· Please pray for continued direction from Holy Spirit as I continue do what He has commissioned me to do.
· Please pray for the area of Benin, West Africa and the ministry beginning at the University over there. Also, pray for Missionary Magna James as she is over there now doing an awesome work for the Lord.
· Please pray for the missionaries all over the world and for the Gospel to go forth to the least reached and unreached people groups of the world.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
January Monthly Newsletter
PRAISE BE TO JESUS!:
Dear Beloved Co-Laborers in the Faith,
God bless all of you! I have shared with several of you concerning the many testimonies from my recent missions outreach to Tijuana, Mexico this past November. I would like to share in more detail in this newsletter along with the next steps the Lord is commissioning me to take as of now.
As I stated in my last newsletter that in each missions outreach I have learned so much from the Lord and experienced many of His awesomeness through His power and love. In Tijuana, Mexico the whole group was divided into smaller groups and spread out to various churches to minister. The church I was at was the home church at which we stayed. The Lord really ministered to the people of Mexico as we evangelized in the neighboring areas.
There is a lot of crime going on in Mexico right now and many of the people are terrified to even come out of their homes, especially after dark. The Lord gave us such favor and grace to be able to go into several of the people’s home and pray with them and encourage them in the Lord. One lady I remember was standing in the background while we spoke to the individual who answered the door. As we were sharing the Gospel of Jesus with the person at the door; the lady was in the background listening. I knew right then that the reason we were there was specifically for that lady in the background. After we were almost finished ministering the lady who was listening quietly in the background came forward and invited us in to pray with her and her whole family! Praise the Lord! She needed physical and emotional healing as well. I know the Lord really ministered to her and her family and I know by faith that her and her family’s life was changed from that very day!
Many of the groups who went out minister were able to really connect with the people in Mexico. It is awesome that we were able to spread out to several different churches and minister. There were prayer warriors in one group who were praying while everyone went out to minister. As the prayer warriors began to pray the atmosphere truly changed! I could tell the difference! The Lord was truly with us all! One time after my group and the church we were at watched a Christian video, the Lord told me to go and pray for one of the young women at the church. In obedience I went and prayed and it was like the Glory of God just fell in that prayer. She was so refreshed afterwards and the Holy Spirit spoke many encouraging words into her life. The Lord healed one lady’s knee. She began to feel a warm sensation on her knee and the next morning she took her brace off and began to walk in her healing! YES! One lady was able to get a good amount of deliverance from many things that had been tormenting her and oppressing her for most of her life.
I just praise Jesus for all of these testimonies and what He has done and doing in Mexico and all over the world right now! Healing (physical, emotional, & mental healing) and Deliverance is all included in salvation. The Lord is continuing to do these great things and I am so encouraged by this and I pray that you are as well!
Recently, I have been in Colorado Springs, CO at the headquarters of Ambassadors Fellowship for missions training. I am currently in the position of Regional Representative for Ambassadors Fellowship. As a Representative I will travel to various churches to inform them of the vision and goal to reach the world for Jesus Christ. I will be focusing on the least reached and unreached people groups unto which Ambassadors Fellowship focuses on primarily. As my newsletter is titled, “MISSIONS TO THE HIDDEN NATIONS”, these are areas at which I consider have never heard of the Gospel of Jesus or are least reached. These are the areas to which the Lord has commissioned me to go to in these last days.
In my position as Regional Representative I will be working with a small group to accomplish the task of informing individuals of the needs, opportunities, challenges of the call to reach various people groups, and how to get involved. As I stated in my last newsletter we are all missionaries in some way or another and we can all be involved in various ways. I thank God that all of you have been a part of reaching the nations for Jesus in some way! I will be beginning this journey in Philadelphia, and traveling throughout the United States and then eventually I will be going overseas for my foreign work. So, for right now I will be doing missions in the United States informing, ministering, and encouraging God’s people in the commission He gave us. I will then continue my mission work in the foreign field. I will still be going Bogota, Columbia in January for awhile for disciple training. I may, as the Lord leads, be going on several more short term outreaches throughout this time as well.
I am excited about this new opportunity to minister in the United States for a season. This will help me to grow in character and enable me to be even more ready to enter into the foreign field. There are many opportunities for us in the United States, and God wants to raise up more intercessors, laborers, prayer warriors, and disciples to accomplish His mandate. This work is needed just as much as the work abroad is needed. Do you know that only 6% of mission organizations and missionaries actually go to the least reached areas or where the gospel has never been known? Many missions organizations and missionaries are going to areas that the Gospel is known already. We as a body of believers in the United States need to be informed of this statistic and encouraged to become involved to pray, send, support, and get involved in the Great Commission in some way.
I will be speaking with various groups and churches in more detail. If you are interested to learn more please contact me. Please keep me in your prayers and God Bless You all!
Prayer Points:
· Please pray for me as I continue to raise my monthly support, and for 50 people to give $50.00 per month.
· Please pray for my continued strength and perservance in this new position as Regional Representive. Pray for souls…for more to be added to the Kingdom of Heaven!
· Please pray for the missionaries all over the world and for the Gospel to go forth to the least reached and unreached people groups of the world.
· Please pray for continued direction from Holy Spirit as I continue do what He has commissioned me to do.
Dear Beloved Co-Laborers in the Faith,
God bless all of you! I have shared with several of you concerning the many testimonies from my recent missions outreach to Tijuana, Mexico this past November. I would like to share in more detail in this newsletter along with the next steps the Lord is commissioning me to take as of now.
As I stated in my last newsletter that in each missions outreach I have learned so much from the Lord and experienced many of His awesomeness through His power and love. In Tijuana, Mexico the whole group was divided into smaller groups and spread out to various churches to minister. The church I was at was the home church at which we stayed. The Lord really ministered to the people of Mexico as we evangelized in the neighboring areas.
There is a lot of crime going on in Mexico right now and many of the people are terrified to even come out of their homes, especially after dark. The Lord gave us such favor and grace to be able to go into several of the people’s home and pray with them and encourage them in the Lord. One lady I remember was standing in the background while we spoke to the individual who answered the door. As we were sharing the Gospel of Jesus with the person at the door; the lady was in the background listening. I knew right then that the reason we were there was specifically for that lady in the background. After we were almost finished ministering the lady who was listening quietly in the background came forward and invited us in to pray with her and her whole family! Praise the Lord! She needed physical and emotional healing as well. I know the Lord really ministered to her and her family and I know by faith that her and her family’s life was changed from that very day!
Many of the groups who went out minister were able to really connect with the people in Mexico. It is awesome that we were able to spread out to several different churches and minister. There were prayer warriors in one group who were praying while everyone went out to minister. As the prayer warriors began to pray the atmosphere truly changed! I could tell the difference! The Lord was truly with us all! One time after my group and the church we were at watched a Christian video, the Lord told me to go and pray for one of the young women at the church. In obedience I went and prayed and it was like the Glory of God just fell in that prayer. She was so refreshed afterwards and the Holy Spirit spoke many encouraging words into her life. The Lord healed one lady’s knee. She began to feel a warm sensation on her knee and the next morning she took her brace off and began to walk in her healing! YES! One lady was able to get a good amount of deliverance from many things that had been tormenting her and oppressing her for most of her life.
I just praise Jesus for all of these testimonies and what He has done and doing in Mexico and all over the world right now! Healing (physical, emotional, & mental healing) and Deliverance is all included in salvation. The Lord is continuing to do these great things and I am so encouraged by this and I pray that you are as well!
Recently, I have been in Colorado Springs, CO at the headquarters of Ambassadors Fellowship for missions training. I am currently in the position of Regional Representative for Ambassadors Fellowship. As a Representative I will travel to various churches to inform them of the vision and goal to reach the world for Jesus Christ. I will be focusing on the least reached and unreached people groups unto which Ambassadors Fellowship focuses on primarily. As my newsletter is titled, “MISSIONS TO THE HIDDEN NATIONS”, these are areas at which I consider have never heard of the Gospel of Jesus or are least reached. These are the areas to which the Lord has commissioned me to go to in these last days.
In my position as Regional Representative I will be working with a small group to accomplish the task of informing individuals of the needs, opportunities, challenges of the call to reach various people groups, and how to get involved. As I stated in my last newsletter we are all missionaries in some way or another and we can all be involved in various ways. I thank God that all of you have been a part of reaching the nations for Jesus in some way! I will be beginning this journey in Philadelphia, and traveling throughout the United States and then eventually I will be going overseas for my foreign work. So, for right now I will be doing missions in the United States informing, ministering, and encouraging God’s people in the commission He gave us. I will then continue my mission work in the foreign field. I will still be going Bogota, Columbia in January for awhile for disciple training. I may, as the Lord leads, be going on several more short term outreaches throughout this time as well.
I am excited about this new opportunity to minister in the United States for a season. This will help me to grow in character and enable me to be even more ready to enter into the foreign field. There are many opportunities for us in the United States, and God wants to raise up more intercessors, laborers, prayer warriors, and disciples to accomplish His mandate. This work is needed just as much as the work abroad is needed. Do you know that only 6% of mission organizations and missionaries actually go to the least reached areas or where the gospel has never been known? Many missions organizations and missionaries are going to areas that the Gospel is known already. We as a body of believers in the United States need to be informed of this statistic and encouraged to become involved to pray, send, support, and get involved in the Great Commission in some way.
I will be speaking with various groups and churches in more detail. If you are interested to learn more please contact me. Please keep me in your prayers and God Bless You all!
Prayer Points:
· Please pray for me as I continue to raise my monthly support, and for 50 people to give $50.00 per month.
· Please pray for my continued strength and perservance in this new position as Regional Representive. Pray for souls…for more to be added to the Kingdom of Heaven!
· Please pray for the missionaries all over the world and for the Gospel to go forth to the least reached and unreached people groups of the world.
· Please pray for continued direction from Holy Spirit as I continue do what He has commissioned me to do.
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