Over the
past six years, Emil and I have been learning what it means to take a step of
faith. From the beginning, when the Lord
led us to join GRN, throughout the 5 ½ years of ministry there, to now. Emil and I now feel the Lord leading us to
step away from the ministry of GRN and resign from the organization. Our time there has been fruitful and we love
the staff deeply, but this is a decision that the Lord has been preparing us
for over this past year and one we feel a complete peace about.
The Lord has
used this ministry team of financial supporters, prayer warriors, and fellow
servants to do a tremendous amount of ministry over the past 5 ½ years. Nearly 100,000 CDs have been distributed for
free, 18 festivals/outreaches had over 300 participants sharing the gospel, 150
individuals took part in 17 short term trips, office operations has been
revamped, accounting and legal practices refined and the list goes on. These are only some of the results of this
ministry team, this side of heaven. We
look forward to one day rejoicing with you in the results and rewards we can’t
yet imagine.
A step of
faith often means you cannot see beyond the first step, and this is the case
with us. We do not have any new
opportunity, but will await God’s leading.
Emil will increase his real estate and tax/accounting work to full time
now (so keep us in mind if you are need of these services) and we have made
ourselves more available to our home church and God’s leading. Thank you for your love and support; you are
all appreciated. We look forward to
sharing what the Lord teaches us during this time.
Hebrews 11
reminds us we are to walk by faith…
Now faith
is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen…
By
faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God…
By faith
Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain…
By faith
Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death…
Without faith
it is impossible to please him…
By faith
Noah… constructed an ark…
By faith
Abraham obeyed…
By faith
he went to live in the land of promise…
By
faith Sarah herself received power to conceive…
By faith
Abraham offered up Isaac…
By faith
Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau…
By faith
Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph…
By faith
Joseph…gave directions concerning his bones…
By faith
Moses… was hidden for three months…
By faith
Moses…chose rather to be mistreated with the people of God and led them out of
Egypt
By faith
the walls of Jericho fell down…
By faith
Rahab welcomed the spies…
By faith
others conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the
mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of sword, were
made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to
flight. Some received back their dead
through resurrection, some were tortured, suffered mocking and flogging an even
chains and imprisonment. They were
stoned, sawn in two, killed by the sword, destitute, afflicted, and mistreated.
“And all
these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was
promised, since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us
they should not be made perfect.”11:39
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