It’s been two months since I’ve given any sort of
update. Please know that it isn’t
because of a lack of work, but instead because of the opposite. We live a FULL life for sure. Full of family and friends. Full of ministry both at GRN and within our
home church. Full of opportunities… lots
and lots of opportunities! And although they
can overwhelm us at times, when we have the right perspective, we can rejoice
in them all.
So many of you pray for us, work with us, support us
financially, and encourage us often. We
want you to know that the Lord is using you to accomplish so much in the
ministry we are all involved in. Here
are just a few ways the Lord has used this team over the past two months. When I refer to “WE” I mean you, me and the
entire team, because without all the parts working together none of this would
be possible.
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We have already sent out almost
12,000 CDs of the gospel message – for FREE!
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We have made numerous new contacts with
people distributing the CDs and recordings in other forms. We now have over 50 CD racks placed in
various churches, clinics, and ministries.
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We had a booth at this year’s
Avocado Festival in Fallbrook where a team of 40 gave out 1085 CDs in 41
languages. In addition, many were
sharing the gospel through conversations.
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We have welcomed Mike Hendricks to
our distribution staff. He lives in
Arizona and is sharing about GRN resources with everyone he meets. Adding active staff is an answer to prayer. He was able to join us to learn how to run a
festival booth and is now in the Philippines using GRN resources.
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We have begun to partner with Valley Christian Fellowship church in distribution, festivals and short term missions and Emil had the privilege of speaking there on a Sunday morning.
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We were able to partner with our
director of Cameroon as we sent a young woman to work with them for three
months. This relationship and learning
process has allowed us to envision other opportunities within GRN.
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We have 33 people on this year’s DC
team and we have been spending quite a bit of time training, mentoring and
preparing this team.
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And the list goes on….
Moving forward please pray for the following opportunities…
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Our team will be in DC, sharing the gospel
from June 29-July 7.
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We were just accepted to lead a
workshop on Media Evangelism Resources at the Refugee Roundtable Conference in
Canada this July. We are working on what
the Lord wants us to share and the new connections we will make.
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We have several new opportunities
for August through the end of the year.
Pray the Lord makes it clear which to choose.
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And please pray for our girls, Tate and Becca,
as they are our first ministry always.
Pray they continue to grow in the Lord and that we are given the wisdom
necessary to guide them.
