September 2, 2003

What God Wants Me To Do Now

The following is an exerpt of the Comings and Goings prayerletter that we sent out earlier today. This has been on my heart alot, and a meeting with Pastor Matthew Smith from Faith Baptist Church in Cortland NY kind of put it into focus for me. Enjoy:

Dear Praying Friends,

This last week has been one of continued ministry and opportunity of us. Thank you for your prayers for us as we continue our deputation.

The Ministry God Has Given Us

When God sent Abraham up out of Ur, He promised to make of him a great nation, to bless him, and to make his name great. He also gave Abraham a task: to be a blessing. There were times when Abraham fulfilled this task, and times when he did not. God’s promises were in the future, but his responsibility of being a blessing was in the present.

God has given us a vision for Brazil. That is in the future. He has helped us to see, however, that our present ministry is to be a blessing to the churches in which we minister on a weekly basis.

Our support level is currently at 21.5%. We keep you updated on that because we feel it is important that you know. We are, however, focused on the ministry God has given to us now. What a privilege it is to go from church to church challenging people for worldwide missions. God has allowed us to see some tremendous fruit from these meetings, in the form of people dedicating their lives to missions, and even some decisions for salvation.

Some Examples

On Sunday we spent the morning at Bible Baptist Church in Cortland, NY. We had ministered there before, and on this day we were just there to attend the service. A lady came up to us before the message and related how her daughter had been impacted by our ministry, and had surrendered herself to missions should that be God’s will. There are no words to express the gratification we felt in hearing that.

Sunday evening was spent at Peoples Baptist Church in Newfield, NY. There we were able to share our burden for Brazil. Afterward the people asked us several pointed questions, demonstrating that their interest had been piqued. Several committed themselves to pray for us.

The Challenge

We will continue to throw ourselves fully into this ministry until God sees fit to provide the funds for our ministry in Brazil. We pray that this will be soon. Please pray with us to that end, and also that God will continue to use us to be a blessing, and show us other ways we can minister while we are hear.

Posted by Andrew on September 2, 2003 4:33 PM.

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Posted by: The Chairman at September 3, 2003 5:48 PM