DECEMBER 2011 NEWSLETTER!!!

MISSIONS TO THE HIDDEN NATIONS… Reaching the Unreached
FROM JOY MCCOLLUM…
AMBASSADORS FELLOWSHIP, P.O. BOX 62309, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80962
December 2011, MONTHLY NEWSLETTER


Hi Everyone! Greetings!

I pray all is well with you, my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ! I am so excited to report on what has been going on in ministry since my last September newsletter.

First, I would like to thank all my supporters who have been praying for me and also giving monetarily as you have been a great part of bringing people into the ministry of missions! Jesus said, “The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.” Matthew 9:37, 38. The laborers are being sent out as the Lord is preparing His people over in the West to go forth to the nations! The Lord is the One who calls and sends, and that is why I am so very grateful to be chosen for the task of not just informing individuals, pastors, church bodies about the heart of Jesus, but also being in a position to share with them the opportunities the Lord has presented for them to take part in being involved in the GREAT COMMISSION! You, my co-laborers, are aiding in the process of sending more laborers into the various fields to help disciple, train, and allow the Lord to work the greatest miracle of all, which is salvation globally!

I have just returned from Tijuana, Mexico on an outreach in which 15 people from the Philadelphia area went. There were 12 individuals from New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Delaware in which were recruited on my team. We would meet very frequently together to pray for one another, the leaders in Mexico and for Ambassadors Fellowship. We also would fellowship very frequently together as a team. Fellowship is very important in the body of Christ as it builds relationships, and brings a unity which helps us to minister together more effectively. Even though the individuals came from the same area, everyone did not know one another, and through our meetings several strong relationships were built. We moved in such a level of unity not just in preparation for the outreach, but as a team as a whole once in Tijuana, Mexico. There were people from California, Chicago, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Delaware, and Colorado who joined together to bring God Glory through evangelization, worship, prayer, teachings, encouragement, testimonies, and just the fellowship and love of the body of Christ to the people of Tijuana, Mexico. We saw healings, miracles, salvations and several of the Mexicans had some very encouraging testimonies as to how they were encouraged with us coming in and evangelizing with them. They were encouraged to continue on evangelizing without fear in their own country to their own people, oh PRAISE JESUS! Damage was done to the kingdom of satan and the Kingdom of God was extended by more souls being won for His GLORY!

It is so amazing how the Lord will use those from different backgrounds, different churches and upbringings to minister together in such unity and love and be so effective in doing it! The main ingredient is LOVE, and having the same mind! The apostles did it as they waited before the Lord for the Holy Spirit to come, and they continued to be in oneness as we see in the book of Acts. The Lord added to the church DAILY! To God be ALL the Glory!

Another awesome wonder of the Lord is that with the 12 people from the team the Lord had me take in to Tijuana, Mexico desire to return back to Mexico and even other nations. About half of them desire to go deeper into missions being more open to where the Lord has placed them in regards to international missions. Some individuals desire to go into full time ministry concerning international missions! Isn’t God excellent?!! Yes HE IS! This outreach was just the beginning for many. The Lord brought to my attention, that the number of recruits was 12, just like the 12 disciples! These individuals I believe will turn the world upside down all over the world for Jesus! They are just getting their feet wet, as about 10 of them have never been to the international field before in their life! Now, that they have had a taste, they desire more!

In addition to the recruitment for Tijuana, Mexico, I have been informing individuals and the body of Christ about the powerful outreaches to Benin, West Africa 2012 since I returned to Philadelphia in late May, early June 2011. Now, I believe the Lord for a team of 30 people for August 2011! There are several individuals who have come on board, and as we speak I am finalizing the first batch of individuals this week. Several individuals who went to Mexico are coming to Benin. I am seeing how the Lord has opened doors that no man can shut! Some individuals are just waiting for the opportunity and need to be exposed, and the Lord is strategically leading me to these individuals and church bodies. He is the one WHO does it! He gets ALL the GLORY in this; I just listen to what He tells me to do. Obedience is very important in our walk with the Lord; the Lord loves an obedient servant!

Before I went to Benin, the Lord put a burden on my heart to start a women’s fellowship/ministry composed of several young women being discipled by other young women. The primary focus for the development of the women would be in the area of character, the Father’s love, and knowing who they are in Christ. The desire for the women to know their purpose and specific assignment the Lord has given them while on this earth was a burden as well. I knew the Lord was going to bring in women who were called in some way to the international field as well. There was much the Lord was going to do in this as I followed His leading. It broke my heart that many young women are not adequately discipled, and do not have other women to look at who are living examples of discipline, purity, and love. There are so many issues that keep women away from really trusting other women that I have seen. I just believe discipleship is so important to body of Christ.
The Lord put on my heart to help build up a core group of women to eventually be able to bring in other young women to be discipled. Upon my return to the States my heart was once again burdened to begin this women’s ministry/discipleship. I presented the vision to my leaders, and they approved. Now, for the last 6 months, we have had consistent prayer meetings once a week, along with a fellowship at the end of every month. At these fellowships, one of the young ladies is chosen to lead a bible study, exhortation, with everything being referenced out of the Word of God. It’s important that as we share, things line up with the Word of God. We encourage one another and pray for one another consistently building the relationship and trust with one another to be able to minister to one another effectively. Sometimes, I introduce a ministerial video or something in which the ladies can be blessed from. The Lord through this ministry of about 6 or 7 women is sending 3 or 4 of them to Benin, West Africa next year in August 2012! Some of the women have gotten some deliverance and freedom in several areas and also revelation of their assignment on this earth from the Lord since we began! The Lord is also beginning to add to the group as well! Several of these women are already in ministry, and are powerful women of God that just need to be in an environment with other like-minded women in which they can receive encouragement, discipleship, and freedom from whatever would keep them from fulfilling the assignment the Lord has purposed them on this earth to do! I see the Lord doing just this! I pray one day, I will be able to bring a group of young women so strong in the Lord to the international field to minister to the women in the various places around the world! The Lord’s Will be done!

As you can see, the Lord is doing so much in informing, preparing, discipling, and training His people to go forth into not only Benin, West Africa next year, but to the Nations! I thank you all once again for your consistent prayer and monetary support. Please, know that being over here in the States is very important in preparing people to minister to the international field they are called too. Before I return to Benin, I must continue to do the work the Lord has me to do here to the fullness, as it is an international work for the Lord and aids the work already going on in Benin, West Africa, as it did in Tijuana, Mexico. May the Lord Himself bless you for your obedience towards His ministry in giving. I love you all! Blessings!

Additional Points of Prayer:

•Pray that laborers would harvest the field in Benin in regards to the Praise, Prayer, and Jubilee Fest in 2012. We believe to send in teams in April 2012, August 2012, and September 2012 for this specific assignment in changing the atmosphere of that whole region in Benin! YES!

•My heart is for the youth/young adults, children and women. I desire for all to KNOW the Father’s Heart!

•Pray for Missionary Magna James, senior missionary here in Benin, West Africa and Jean, who is from Benin, and also works with AF Benin.

•Pray for my physical and spiritual health while I am in the States.

•Please pray against any hindrances and attacks of the enemy against me, my family, Ambassadors Fellowship and the ministry in Benin.

•The LORD’s WILL BE DONE…HIS KINGDOM TO COME WHILE MINISTERING IN THE STATES AND ALL OVER THE WORLD!