OCTOBER 2012 NEWSLETTER! NEW STUFF!

MISSIONS TO THE HIDDEN NATIONS… Reaching the Unreached FROM JOY MCCOLLUM… October 2012, MONTHLY NEWSLETTER AMBASSADORS FELLOWSHIP, P.O. BOX 62309, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80962 Blessings and Greetings to all, I have recently returned from Benin, West Africa after bringing in a team of 10 individuals. We had a marvelous time in the Lord while in Benin in tearing down the enemy’s strongholds over the land of Benin through prayer and worship! The ministry over in Benin is growing as we are looking to build a discipleship center, medical clinic, and buy land for farming to help support the ministry. We are currently in Benin raising up leaders through discipleship, ministering to the pastors of the Four-Square Denomination that we have partnered with to win at least 10% of that nation to Jesus Christ, and working in various villages. These villages that we are ministering in consist of first generation Christians! The Lord has given us the privilege of watering the seed that has been planted with the people in those villages! We also are looking to have and ESL (English as a Second Language) program for some of the young professionals in Benin. We are concerned about the “whole man”. We desire to use these tools to minister the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the people in Benin West Africa. The ministry is expanding in Benin. We are seeing progression in the growth of some of the individuals who are currently being discipled. One young man has had the opportunity to go to the North of Benin for 3 months, where he was able to minister to the people there and begin to disciple a group of individuals who have received Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. The organization I am under, Ambassadors Fellowship, seeks to make disciples everywhere we go! We believe the Lord will raise up the people in Benin so that they are able to go forth and raise up disciples in their country and beyond. I had the awesome opportunity in 2010/2011 to live in Benin for 6 months, and then return this summer for a short time to bring in a team of 10 individuals to help water the seed that was planted in Benin years ago. I am here in the United States to relay the message to the church of the Great Commission and how we all can take part in what the Lord has commanded us to do as believers. I have also been traveling back and forth from Benin and Tijuana, Mexico to recruit, mobilize and encourage the body of Christ to take part in the Great Commission. In Benin, we have a full time missionary Magna James working in the field, and I have been assigned to inform and bring in the laborers to help continue the work that is going on in Benin, West Africa and other international fields. Jesus told his disciples in Matthew 9:37,38 “…The harvest is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.” The harvest is plenteous in Benin, but there are very few laborers. I am here to gather those whom the Lord has chosen for His work internationally. There are still areas of Benin that have never heard of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We need the laborers, we need the intercessors, the worshipers, the preachers, teachers, evangelist, missionaries, artistically gifted individuals in drama, media, computers, and we need our fellow brothers and sisters to partner with us to fulfill the vision of soul winning in the country of Benin! In this assignment I have been given, I will be traveling more to inform and mobilize and Body of Christ. The only way this world will change is through the church. Each ministry has their assignment. This is my assignment to win souls for Jesus Christ in the least reached and unreached areas of the world through recruitment and mobilization. If nobody brings in the individuals, then where will the laborers come from? I will be returning to Tijuana, Mexico this November with a group of individuals as to expose them to the international field. Then, I will be preparing to return back to Benin, West Africa with another group of individuals to help with the ongoing ministry there. In the midst of that I am continuing to raise support, and I will be returning to Colorado Springs, Colorado for additional international mission’s training to be more effective as I travel, recruit, and mobilize God’s people locally, nationally, and internationally. The Benin 2012 prayer, intercessory, and worship team that went over this year truly ministered to the Beninese. One of the Beninese said this was the best team that came over to Benin to minister. I brought over a team of 10 individuals and we were met with about 10 other individuals from Nigeria, Benin, and the United States. We brought over a team of worshipers and intercessors to minister to the people, worship, and pray over the land as to bring in the presence of the Lord in order to change the atmosphere of the entire region! Benin is a land filled with voodoo, idol worship, and ungodly acts. We were able to go to various parts of Benin, such as the villages, city of Cotonou, and other areas. We conducted several prayer walks, and worship nights. We partnered with some of the young people at the largest University in Benin to hold an outdoor worship service. We danced and praised the Lord together that night, and several young men came to accept the Lord Jesus as their personal Savior! God is good! Thank you for your consistent prayers and monetary support. Please continue to partner with me monetarily and through prayer. I love you all, and I am praying for you all as well! Blessings! Prayer Points: • AF ministry in Benin, and for laborers to fill Benin. • My financial support, as I will be traveling more internationally and locally to recruit/mobilize. • Protection for my family and myself as I do the Lord’s work. • Divine connections and divine appointments from the Lord, direction, and wisdom in what the Lord has given me to do. • God’s Kingdom come and Will be done in this ministry. AMBASSADORS FELLOWSHIP P.O. BOX 62309 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80962-2309 Please write my name “Joy McCollum” in the memo, or attach a note with my name on it referencing that the donation will directly go into my account.