“Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”

Proverbs 3:5-6

Ministry News by Cindy

Saving Grace World Missions

The Lord has blessed me by allowing me to stay home with Josiah and work from home. It’s been a little over a month now that I (Cindy) am back to work and no longer on Maternity leave. I am doing ok! There are days when it’s harder then I think I can handle but the Lord always gives me the strength and energy to make it through the day. Working from home is a blessing since we really can’t afford to pay for baby sitting and this way I don’t miss out on his “firsts”.

So what am I doing now? Well I am now helping all our missionaries by sending out their updates to their donors. We currently have 25 missionaries serving with Saving Grace World Missions. There are many ways someone can receive a missionary’s update. The first way is I send out their update by email. The second way, is on the SGWM Newsblog and the third way is that I post their update on the SGWM facebook page. It’s amazing to think what used to take months to hear from a missionary overseas and now it is only a matter of hours.

I also post news articles on the Newsblog and facebook. For example this month we decided to have a news article called “30 Days of Ramadan– Praying for the Nations”. I have been writing those articles and giving prayer points for the 30 days of Ramadan so we as believer’s can be praying for the various countries where 50% or more of the country practices Islam. It’s been fun for me to learn about different countries around the world, some of which I had never even heard of! If you would like to check it out please go to www.sgwm.com/newsblog

Campus Crusade for Christ

Well we are still currently raising support to join the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ and to serve at Cal Poly Pomona! We have seen God move and work but we are still a ways off from our goal. Please continue to hold us up in prayer as we share with others about the vision and mission of what we will be doing. Pray also that God would give us strength and encouragement to meet with others after work. Our team will be starting the fall without us so please pray that we would “trust the LORD” for His perfect timing and “lean not on our own understanding”. Thank you for being a vital part of our lives!

Personal life-Parents for 5 months now! by Chris

There is far too much to write here of everything that God has been teaching me by His Spirit in the last few months but I will do my best to give you a glimpse. When Cindy asked me to write in our newsletter, the word that God pressed upon my heart was goodness, not just goodness itself but specifically His goodness. Especially in this season of raising support for the first time in my life as an intern at Campus Crusade for Christ I have been learning to see the goodness of God both in the provision of his hand through the various saints he moves by his Spirit to partner with us and the way in which he provides and the heart that his people give it in. However, seeing the goodness of God in the birth and growth of our son as well as in the daily leading of our family has also been especially humbling for me as a husband, a father, and a servant.

I feel hedged in by two books these days. The first is “The Existence and Attributes of God” by Stephen Charnock and the other is “The Cross of Christ” by John Stott. Through these two books I am learning a great deal about both who God unchangeably is and what God has irreversibly done. I see both of these truths worked out in the young men I have been privileged to meet with. I am daily encouraged by their growth. To see the work of the Holy Spirit in their lives as He daily unveils for them the richness of what The Father did for them through the Cross of Christ has been amazing to watch. As a group we are currently reading Ephesians and Pilgrim’s Progress. As we have, each of them has come to a life changing conclusion about the Gospel which has in turned challenged my own understanding and application of its powerful and timeless message.

I am thankful that the Lord has given me the opportunity to fellowship with these young men. I am thankful that I have gotten to watch the Lord move in their lives for the past few years. I am thankful for my wife’s support and understanding in allowing me to meet with them. In all of this and more I have begun to see the goodness of God in new and more tangible ways which has ultimately caused me to grow in my love both for his word and His people.

I would ask that you would keep the guys and I in prayer though as we have decided to make our monthly meeting a weekly meeting. There has already been some significant warfare spiritually but we are pressing on. I would ask that you would pray for my family that I would not forsake them for the work of the ministry that I would daily grow in my value of them as the first work of God in me from which this ministry has grown. Finally please pray that I would continue to see these young men as God’s and leave their growth and leading to His Spirit.

Cindy, Josiah and I have all been blessed by your constant prayer and your loving support these past few months and pray that you would continue to lift us up as God would lead you, to the praise of His glory and the furthering of His ministry.

In Christ,

Chris, Cindy and Josiah

For a printable version of this newsletter please click here-August sept 2010 Newsletter

Prayer Requests:

Pray for our walks with God that they would be rich and full.
Pray for our relationship as a couple. That we would invest the time to building a deeper relationship and have consistent date nights.
Pray for clear and Christ centered communication for Chris and I.
Pray for our health. That we would continue to be healthy.
Pray for encouragement as we raise support. That we would continue to walk by faith and trust in Him not what we see.
For balance with family life, ministry and raising support.
For wisdom with raising Josiah.