Greetings to you all in the matchless name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
“And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God’s promise to Abraham belongs to you” (Galatians 3:29).
We are so grateful to the Lord for His promises in the Word; that by faith, we become part of God’s promise!
My Wife with Friends on Her Birthday
God is so faithful that He provides our needs and protects us under His mighty wings. We appreciate you for your valuable prayers and financial support. We do remember you and your family in our daily thoughts and prayers. May our great God bless you with everything you need and good health.
Last month, we celebrated my wife and my daughter’s birthdays. In both of the celebrations, family and friends came for the fellowship. It is amazing that, God helped them to grow in the Word! And He has kept them healthy.
My daughter sharing her testimony at her birthday celebration.
My daughter with some of the other students at Bible school.
My daughter participated in VBS for 10 days. It was wonderful to learn God’s Word! By God’s grace, she got a prize for perfect attendance and 2nd place in the Bible quiz competition (right). She was awarded as the Bright Star of the class! There were approximately 350 children in the VBS.
We visited many non-Christian’s families, to build friendships and show them the love of Christ. Many of them have responded well.
Visiting a Family
Prayer Requests:
Fervently pray that God will work in the hearts of the new families that we visited; that someday they will come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ!
The weather is so hot now, a very high 42° (107 degrees Fahrenheit)! It is so hard for people to attend our very hot church building. Kindly pray. Also, pray for the growth and needs of our church.
Please pray for me and my family; that Lord may use us for the expansion of His kingdom.
Thank you very much for your prayers and support!
In Him,
Pastor 3* and Family
*Names and faces have been changed or omitted for security reasons.
Hello friends and family. Here is a quick update this month.
My friend Pastor Alfredo of San Rafael, Peru is the chief leader of his people, the Aents (or Awajun). San Rafael is one of many jungle communities in mid-north Peru. Alfredo, being the first pastor of his people, has the heart to share the gospel with all of them and equip male leaders. He invited certain Aents men to come to San Rafael for a conference for a few weeks to study the Bible, with the hope that they will eventually be pastors and teach their people back in their communities. Nine of these men made sacrifices by leaving their families and banana farms to come to San Rafael and learn more about what the Word of God says.
North of Moyobamba on the map is San Rafael, the yellow dot with the white star. North and northwest from there towards Ecuador are where the Aents people are spread out into different communities.
The problem is that Pastor Alfredo hasn’t been able to find any bible teachers to come to his conference. He has been praying that God would send teachers for 7 or so years (I can’t remember the exact number). Then he crossed paths with Pastor Cory, my pastor from Calvary Trujillo.
Rewinding a month, I was in Moyobamba with a team for a missions trip there and then to San Rafael. Pastor Alfredo happened to be in Moyobamba with his son. I read Nehemiah chapter 8 one morning, right before meeting with Pastor Alfredo. Verse 8 talks about the priests explaining God’s Word to the people of Israel, and says, “They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and gave them sense, so that the people understood the reading.”
Shortly after reading this, I met with Pastor Alfredo and he told me how he planned a conference, but couldn’t find anyone to come and teach some bible classes. Later I mentioned all of this with Pastor Cory and connected Nehemiah chapter 8 with Alfredo’s dilemma. These jungle men needed someone to explain to them and help them understand God’s Word. Next thing you know, Pastor Angel (of Calvary Buenos Aires Trujillo) and I were jungle bound 3 weeks later!
We had company on our taxi ride to San Rafael! Pastor Angel and I headed to the rural jungle community of San Rafael May 2 and 3.
When we arrived in San Rafael after crossing the river on a boat and then a bumpy taxi ride, 10 students eagerly awaited us. I taught a class called the Inductive Bible Study right away. It’s a class that uses tools like observation, interpretation, and application to better understand each verse of the Bible. Angel taught 1 Timothy in the late afternoon session, which was appropriate seeing that many of the Aents aspire to be pastors and teach their people one day.
I specifically emphasized in this session that as a Pastor, we have to give people the Word of God, not our opinions.
The classes went a lot slower than we expected, one reason being that we used Pastor Alfredo as a translator from Spanish to Aents. It was kind of funny because I would say a sentence in Spanish and everyone gave me a blank stare. Then when Alfredo translated, I could see the light bulbs click based on the expression of their faces, and many “aha!” moments.
It was cool to see almost every student arrive on time to their classes, with their Bible and notebook open, ready to learn. They were very humble and teachable.
The students were very thankful that we came, and some have been praying for years that someone would come and teach them the Bible. One man named Elias, who lives about 3 days away from San Rafael, said he was so desperate to learn, that he tried to invite some Jehovah’s witnesses to disciple him at one point. Praise the Lord that never came through! The students have such a burden to teach their communities the Word of God. When I plant Calvary Moyobamba in October, I want to be intentional about making a few trips a year to teach and invest further in these men, possibly with Pastor Cory and Pastor Angel.
Henry (to my right) asked for prayer that he would serve God faithfully. He asked great questions and was one of the best students.
Pastor Cory has invited Pastor Alfredo and 5 other Aents men to come to our Inductive Bible Seminar in Trujillo in August, as well as the church planting conference in September. Alfredo happily accepted the gracious offer. These are great steps to further disciple the Aents men.
Thank you for the financial support to allow me to go on this trip. And thank you for taking time to read this letter! I am thankful for you all! I will send another update in June.
Praise Reports
Praise God we made wonderful friendships with the Aents men.
Praise God for Pastor Cory and Calvary Trujillo’s prayers and my relationship with them.
Praise God that Angel wants to involve his church in missions more.
Praise God for the hunger of God’s Word the Aents students had. They want more!
Praise God that Alfredo is in the process of building a bigger building to host more bible teaching sessions.
Prayer Requests
Pray that the Aents men can be patient and diligent with their time in the Bible. It’s more difficult because they have it in Spanish, and it’s not their first language.
Pray for God to call more people to help with the church plant in Moyobamba in October.
Prayer for financial support.
Prayer for me growing in leadership, organization, and communication.
We arrived in California on June 6 and have spent the last few days getting over jet-lag. We had a smooth trip. It is a blessing to be able to visit the USA after four years away! We will spend June 28-July 12 in Missouri. We will return to California and stay here until we return to Cambodia on August 1. We look forward to connecting with as many of our beloved friends, relatives, and senders while we are here in the USA both in-person or even online. Please feel free to contact us at darryl@sgwm.com.
The last couple of months in Cambodia were full but blessed as we wrapped up our ministries there before coming to the USA. I continued working with Light Times Magazine, Kayo and I also worked with Precious Women Organization. Kayo continues her work as a board member and administrative volunteer, and I helped them produce videos and lead devotions. I continue to mentor a Cambodian pastor and another missionary. We also continue to partner with the international church to minister to expats and Cambodians. Kayo successfully completed her first round of leading the women’s ministry, helped with the communication system, and she also helped the worship team. I spoke a couple of times, helped with the Chinese ministry, and started laying the groundwork for a men’s ministry. I have a couple of projects to work on while I am here but I have a lot of flexibility and free time available to connect with people here.
This month I had one of my busiest travel months ever, as I was blessed to visit 6 of our church plants. One of the great blessings of being involved in church planting, is we get to follow in the footsteps of the great Apostle Paul. After Paul planted churches, he went back and revisited them to encourage them. We hear this heart of Paul in acts 15:36, “Then after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us now go back and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they are doing.”
In this update, I want to take you along with me on these trips so we can celebrate together the great things God has done. The month of May began as I flew down to La Paz (South Baja) with a team of four pastors from our church. CCLa Paz is one of our older church plants at nearly ten years old. We were blessed to encourage their church and to host a conference on church planting. But one of the main reasons we were visiting them is that they are preparing to plant two new churches themselves this year. (Churches planted by our churches are called 2nd generation church plants) It was a blessing to meet and encourage these courageous future church planters as they prepare to step out in faith.
Straight across the Baja peninsula is a cute little town called Todos Santos. 5 years ago, one of our church plants (CCRancho Libertad, mentioned below) planted this church along with a men’s discipleship home (rehab) in this sleepy little village. I was honored and blessed to teach at their Sunday service, and they had about 80 in attendance at their bilingual church. To see our 2nd generation church plants flourishing swelled up my heart with thankfulness.
In the middle of the month, I was able to travel up to Yucca Valley to teach at a conference titled “Raising up the Next generation!’ Many don’t know that directly after college I moved out to Yucca Valley where I got my first teaching and coaching job at Yucca Valley High School. During my three years living out in the desert, my home church was CC Joshua Springs, the church I was able to share at on this trip! Thank you Lord for allowing me to return to the desert to encourage the believers there.
At the end of the month, a team of six of us traveled to the Sonora Desert to visit two of our church plants. The state of Sonora is south of Arizona, and 10 years ago we planted a church there in a little town called Kilometer 57! We were blessed to visit and encourage the saints there, provide a delicious meal, and remind them of God’s love for them.
We continued our travels driving an hour north to San Luis Rio Colorado (a border town to Arizona) to visit our 4 year old church plant in that town of half a million inhabitants! The Pastor told us that our presence there was like cold water flowing in a parched desert! We hosted a church planting conference there and encouraged them in this worthy missions endeavor. Thankfully, all four of the churches that we visited agreed to start up their own church planting classes in order to help them raise up leaders and future church planters!
My month ended by teaching at one of our local church plants, CC Libery Ranch located in La Mision. (30 minutes south of us) This thriving church isn’t only reaching their community, but they have planted two churches of their own as well. Presently their ministry is building a shelter for battered women, so please keep that worthy project in your prayers!
Finally, this month I was featured on a podcast where I was able to lay out our ministry’s vision for reaching the world through church planting. If you would like to give it a listen, you can find it on Spotify, and search for the “Cultivate Church planting network”.
Once again I want to thank you for your partnership over these past 21 years on the mission field of Mexico. We feel honored and blessed that you have chosen to partner with us as your missionaries through your prayers and finances. We love you!
Con mucho amor de Mexico, (with much love from Mexico)
Mike, Sarah, Grace, and Daniel
Prayer Requests!
#1- That God would bless our new church plant to Lima Peru! (Church Plant #36)
#2- That God would provide a job for our daughter Grace, as she has moved to the states to finish up her college.
Praise Reports!
#1- Praise God for our 36th church plant to Lima Peru with Pastor Lorenzo Ruiz!
#2- Praise God for our 2 new 2nd generation church plants that will be sent out through CC La Paz this year!
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.”
Isaiah 61:1
Dear Family & Friends in Christ,
I want to thank you so much for your prayers. I am confident that because of your prayers, God has been moving and opening doors for ministry because He loves the people of this nation. I have much joy in sharing all that our great Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, has been doing!
The ministry of Jesus was to heal the broken-hearted by restoring them to Himself, and this is what I have been witnessing. I visited a young man who is living a very broken life. He lives outside of the village because he is lower caste, and he has an addiction to alcohol. His daily wages are very small and he chooses to waste the wages on alcohol. He also has a very broken relationship with his parents because his parents are also addicted to alcohol. I have seen how this has been very destructive in their home and life. I am very thankful God gave me the opportunity to meet them and share with them about God and how much He loves them. As I shared the Gospel with this young man, I told him how much the Lord loves him. This young man is attempting to heal his heart through alcohol, but I shared with him that in the Word of God we can find the solution to everything because we find healing there. I am praying for this man and his family. As I continue to visit them, I am praying that the Word of God will transform their hearts and minds.
In one of the villages that I have been visiting during the past six months, I have been so blessed to see how God is transforming the people there! There was a back-slidden family who had not attended church for more than two years. They did not have a good understanding of God’s Word. The church that they attended did not properly teach the Bible. Instead, they taught the church members to place their focus on tithing and on what God could do for them. It has been wonderful to see God working and how interested in God’s Word this family has become! When I first met this man and his family, they would often say that they were busy or make other plans for Sunday and not be available for Sunday service.
However, now I have seen so much growth in their lives. They are eager to receive me on Sundays, and they have said they will not make other plans. They now put Sunday fellowship as a priority. I am blessed to see them growing and asking so many questions about the Lord and the Bible. After our teaching time, we spend time going over their questions and I am seeing changes in them. It is also really amazing to see them invite other family members to their home for church service! These sheep are bringing other sheep, and my heart is really blessed by all God is doing.
I am seeing God’s faithfulness through the people I am ministering to. They are all from the lowest caste and feel very rejected and unloved by society. As I share the Gospel, they are discovering the true and living God that loves them and does not see caste or economic status. The ground is level at the cross, and they are learning that they are perfectly loved by the Creator of the universe. They are learning that only Jesus Christ can heal their broken hearts.
Thank you for your prayers, my friends and family. I ask that you would please continue to pray.
Prayer Requests:
Those I am meeting with are not baptized. Pray that as I teach them about baptism, they would have a good understanding and that God would prepare their hearts to want to receive baptism.
Pray for traveling safety. The distance is far to these villages (93 miles by motorcycle). I usually return at night, and the weather is not good for motorcycle riding.
Pray for open doors for future ministry. The villages that I have been visiting are along the highway, but I desire to go to the inner villages which are considered tribal and in extreme idolatry, very dark.
Please pray that God will use me to bring light to these dark villages.
God bless,
Pastor 7*
*Names and faces have been changed or omitted for security reasons.
Pray for Jill as she is recovering from amoeba and giardia. Pray her stomach heals completely. Luke and Laylee are still trying to get the hang of doing school online. Pray that they will catch on and enjoy it. Pray for them to grow closer to Lord. Pray for Liana and Jill as they continue traditional homeschooling. Pray for her behavior and Jill’s patience. Pray for the little boy Jill babysits.
Thank you for praying for the Kanyike Family and for the ministry in Uganda.
In Him, Brian, Jill, Luke, Laylee, and Liana – EmailBlog
Matthew and Noelle Harris – Uganda
Dear friends,
Thank you so much for your encouragement, your love, and your concern.
Praise God with us that: – We have officially began the adoption process of our daughter Apio Cynthia. – Jesus ministers are continually growing in the knowledge of His word at the School of Discipleship. – That Matt’s parents have graced us with an extended visit.
Please pray with us that: – God will bless the adoption process and give us favor in the eyes of the system. – God’s Holy Spirit would continue to grow our church leaders in Christian maturity. – Matt’s parents would be blessed through their time visiting their grandkids. – Our family would have the strength and health we need to serve God well.
Pray for the 5 new Muslim converts. For their safety and boldness. Pray for the container clearance. The container is finally in Africa working it’s way to Uganda but there is a hold-up on one paperwork. Please pray for the details. We are now beginning the roofing on the Koinonia community center and library. Pray for all the church fellowships and ministries, that God will continue to strengthen us as we grow deeper in Him. Pray for our Bible college students as they do their finals and break for summer. Continued prayers for our nursery and primary school.
Please continue to pray for the nation of South Sudan. Decades of Civil War have collapsed the economy, resulting in mass starvation and desperation. Hopelessness and violence run rampant throughout communities.
Pray for our 500 students that are being daily discipled in the love of God and His Word, so they may lead their nation into a new season of hope.
Pray for the 75 children and young adults in our children’s home and for the missionary parents that are laying down their lives to provide peace and unconditional love to these precious ones.
Please pray for the new churches in the Tauso & Taposa villages. Pray that the pastors and medical staff will have the spiritual and physical tenacity to handle the countless challenges while living amongst Stone-Age tribes.
In Kenya: Pray for the refugee students in our missionary training college in the Kakuma Refugee Camp. They are fasting and praying as they prepare to return to South Sudan to begin reaching cities across the border in North Sudan, with hopes to plant churches amongst Muslim peoples in 2020-21.
In USA: Pray for the Missions Equip Training Programs. We are in the throes of launching two new schools this year.
The first – International School, will be used in Bible Colleges as a complete missions training course. The second – Transformation, is a cross-cultural immersion training program, equipping missionaries to assimilate into their new culture while learning the language and world view.
Pray that God would continue to empower, envision and sustain us as we seek to establish nationally led, culturally relevant, biblical-based churches among unreached peoples.
PRAISE REPORTS 1. Jenn was able to join Tim on trip to South Asia that was 2 weeks long focused on missionary care and teaching of in country workers. 2. For those who prayerfully and financially support us 3. Jenn has been able to stay healthy
PRAYER REQUEST. 1. Pray for our re-adjustment as we come back. 2. Wisdom and God’s heart for Tim as he prepares to teach at a conference in Mexico next month. 3. Our son Andy who is homeless and struggling in many ways.
Praise God for a fruitful time in Peru this month. The Gospel was preached in several outreaches and Bond was able to share good time with the students in CBI Peru. God is pouring out His Spirit and it is beautiful to see and be a small part.
Praise God for healing Bond after open heart surgery. He is doing better than doctors ever expected.
Pray for the students in Nepal and S. Asia as they return to their villages to share the good news, disciple others and teach the Word. Pray for open doors, boldness and strength to continue to share all they have learned this past year.
Pray for God’s favor as we plan to return to Africa this summer and will purchase flights and make plans in the coming weeks.
Thank you for your prayers, Bond, Heather and Breanna Gaona – EmailBlog
Jana Sandbulte – Indiana, USA
Please pray for the salvation of two of the residents in our Bible Study at the assisted living facility. Though they know much about God, pray that they will fully surrender their hearts to God and belief in the truth of His Word, and receive Him in their hearts.
Please continue to pray for my parents’ health. Especially pray for healing for my dad, or a medication that will be effective without worse side effects.
Please pray for the safety of all the workers in South Asia, and that God will strengthen their hearts and faith.
Please pray that God will continually strengthen our faith and service for Him.
Thank you so much for your prayers!
God bless you, Paul, Jana and Sari, Kaylee, and Rose – EmailBlog
Joni Houser – Indiana, USA
Please pray for the christians in South Asia that are going through persecution. Please pray for my father’s health. He has several physical problems including double vision. The doctors have not yet been able to find out what is causing them.
Thank all for praying for us! Please pray that Joel would have an effective trip to Israel, that he is able to grow as a Bible teacher through it and be an effective leader and teacher on the trip. Pray for the Lord’s guidance on where Joel should be traveling next for missionary care, and that the Lord would open the right doors. Pray that the Lord would provide more monthly financial partners as the costs of housing and food for a large family are rising.
Love in Christ, Joel, Amy, Maggie, Harrison, Jude, & Clara Garcia – EmailBlog
Gary and Tina Barrow – Truckee, California
We have been here pastoring Calvary Chapel Truckee for almost 3 years now. We’ve faced many challenges and difficulties, many we never dreamed would be something we would face in ministry. But God has been so very faithful, and I believe we’re right where God wants us as a church.
Please pray…We’re in need of a worship leader/assistant pastor at the church. Currently Gary is carrying all of the teaching and administration of the church. It’s been a heavy, and at times, an overwhelming responsibility. But again, God has been so very faithful. We trust that with your prayers, God will raise up an assistant that is like minded and has a heart to serve God’s people.
Please join us in praying for a fresh out pouring of God’s Spirit on Calvary Chapel Truckee.
We’ve been praying about starting a preschool to reach out to the town of Truckee. We need wisdom and vision on how the Lord would have us do this.We have just returned from Israel and it seems that God has opened up amazing doors for ministry there for us. We have an open do to reach out to youth in a Palestinian controlled area. God has also opened a door for us to minister to special needs kids in Israel. We’re praying and asking God to show us how He would have us walk through those doors.
Gary is planning on traveling with Pastor Trent to the Middle East later this year. We’re asking the Lord to show us how He’d have us be part of the ministry there also.We’re planning for Hungarian summer camps again this year. During one of the camps last year, a woman approached Gary and ask if he knew who she was? She showed him a picture of the 2 of them from a camp Gary did 13 years earlier. She said she gave her heart to the Lord during that camp and Jesus changed her life. She’s now living for Jesus, married to a christian man and serving in her church. Last year we saw 64 of 93 kids come to the Lord in 2 summer camps. We’re asking the Lord for even more souls this year.
Gary is teaching a class and continues to arrange teachers for the colleges we have in the 10/40 window. Please continue to pray that God would raise up believers to take the Gospel and saturate that area. Gary would like to lead a team later this year to visit the college and encourage the students through block classes. We’re asking God for the right timing for a trip.
With all the many overseas opportunities now opening up to us, we’re asking God to show us how to serve faithfully here at Calvary Chapel Truckee, and how to balance that with the many open doors abroad. We believe the Lord is leading us into greater fields of harvest. We’re asking the Lord for wisdom and direction.We want to thank you for your prayers. If you have any questions, we welcome your emails and will respond to them promptly.
Hi friends, here are the prayers for Mike and Sarah Vincent, and Calvary Rosarito!
Prayer Requests! #1- That God will bless our 36th church plant to Peru with Pastor Lorenzo at the end of May! #2- That God would give us favor as we attempt to purchase our facility!
Praise Reports? #3- For our daughter Grace to find a job in Hesperia where she is finishing up college.
Thanks for your prayers, Mike and Sarah Vincent – EmailBlog
Ron and Kristy Struska – Rosarito, Mexico
Praise Report:
Praise God that we made it to Calpulalpan, Tlaxcala, Mexico, where our daughter, Brittany, and her husband, Brian are going to plant a church (Calvary Conexión México). There were some bumps along the way with our 24-foot trailer, but we made it here safely!
We’d also like to give him praise for the two outreaches we were able to do along the way in Culiacán & Morelia, as well as serve a little at and/or fellowship with several other church plants and pastors along the way.
Prayer Requests: For wisdom to know how to best use our time to help get the church building ready for Calvary Conexión México.For the Lord to prepare the hearts of the children and their parents to be open to the gospel. We will be having a big outreach for kids here in Calpulalpan. There will be games, songs, a Bible lesson, craft, as well as prizes and backpacks to give away! We even plan to do some games with the parents and give away some prizes for them as well.
For finances, as we are having some trouble with our local Mexican bank, and we have a lot of funds that we are currently not able to access (and may not be able to access for months until some paperwork gets taken care of).
For a safe return trip home to Rosarito, trailer in tow, early to mid-February.
1) Calvary Culiacán North will be implementing some BIG changes this year. Pray that the result is a stronger, more effective church and a huge harvest of souls. 2) Pray for God’s continued direction in confirming both my role and the timing for Sammy and me to join the Calpulalpan project. 3) Pray for Sammy’s education as we will be trying out some new schooling options over the next 6 months.
Michelle: Chronic Pain. After two failed back surgeries, I deal with daily Chronic Sciatica pain
Prayer for Healing or Relief/Endurance to continue working on our growing children’s ministry and supporting our women and staff/volunteers with wisdom, love, and hope as we continue to grow, teach and share Christ’s love and His word with new believers.
Protection over our church and future church planters as we experience physical, mental, and spiritual attacks from the evil one.
Huge Praise Report: Our first grandbaby was born in late October, and she is happy and healthy, along with our son and daughter in law.
Please Pray:
1. Please pray for continued unity in the church, and that the Lord would continue raising up men to be leaders. We have an amazing church body here and are so blessed by their hearts to serve Him. 2. Jon is now teaching in Spanish on Sundays, which is a huge step of faith and obedience. Please pray for continued growth for all 4 of us in our Spanish. It’s such a blessing to be able to communicate with everyone here. Please especially pray for Jonny and Noah to practice it.
Thank you for praying for the work that the Lord is doing in Oaxaca. We couldn’t do this without the covering of prayer. God bless!
Please Pray: 1. Our son’s continued healing & recovery 2. Develop meaningful friendships with our neighbors & reach them with the gospel! 3. Guidance and leading of the Holy Spirit in our weekly afterglow. 4. Biblical Counseling ministry: God’s leading 5. Discipleship for new believers: God’s leading
Thank you for your prayers!
In Him, Paul, Claudia, Lydia, Poiema and Cristian – EmailBlog
Deanna Jevas – Tijuana, Mexico
Hello and thank you for praying for me! Here are my prayer requests for this month:
1. For my mom who lives alone and suffers from Parkinson’s, that God will continue to bless her and fill her with his joy and peace. 2. For the parents of the 40 kids that we serve in the afterschool program/soup kitchen here, that God would use the kids here to reach their parents for Christ. 3. For godly men and women to be raised up from our church to serve in the different areas of need: nursery, cook in the soup kitchen, and Sunday school teachers 4. For marriages that are under attack, for restoration. (Laura and Jose, Ana and Steve.) 5. That God would continue to use me for is glory, and that I will continue to die to myself and live for others!
Thank you so much for praying for me and the people in Mexico.
*Please pray for us as we will be hosting 5 teams this summer, and 3 students who will be coming as well to help us! *Pray for our health and for the needs of our full-time interns! *Pray for Craig’s eyesight which is continually getting worse, and his hearing too! *Pray for our trip in July up the coast of Peru with our interns, seeing where the Lord is leading us to plant a church with our interns who feel called to plant a new work! *Praise: Jharold just graduated from CCBC Cajamarca, and Stalyn just finished his first semester at CCBC-C
Thank you from our hearts, Craig and Daisy – EmailBlog
Cory & Danielle Kilgus- Calvary Chapel Trujillo & CBI Peru
Thank you so much for your continued prayer!
Please pray for our upcoming semester at CBI Peru. We will have 23-25 full time students, are biggest semester yet. Our semester theme is “Abide” as apart from Jesus can nothing, and when we abide in Him we bear much fruit. Please pray for Calvary Trujillo and Calvary Buenos Aires, Peru. We are transitioning as we sent a group of about 20 to plant a church in another part of town, and it has been great to see God work. We have several outreach events coming up, and God is opening up new doors in our community with the universities, rehab centers and firefighters. Please pray for our family as received Isabela into our home about a month ago. She is 4 and a special girl. We took her on her first family vacation this month, and she calls us “mama” and “papa” now. She likes to run up to us and kiss us, and tells we are “lindo” (Nice). Pray for continued integration, as there are rough spots as well. Please pray for another church we hope to plant in October with another graduate of CBI Peru in the jungle city of Moyobamba. We are hosting the CC Missions conference for South America and CBI Kauai is joining us to serve at the conference and then help us do an invasion of Moyobamba.
Thank you and we really do appreciate your faithfulness to pray.
Thank you from our hearts, Cory and Danielle – EmailBlog
Shilo and Racquell Stratton – Peru
Pray for our minds, that we would not be anxious or stressed regarding preparing to move and actually being sent. That we would have the goal and mission in mind of making disciples. Of serving Christ and no one else. Of making His name famous and not our own. And generally for clear thinking. That we’d hold fast to sound doctrine.
Pray for our spirits, that we’d serve God without fear and in absolute surrender. That we’d lay aside sins and things that easily ensnare us. That we’d put on God’s armor.
Pray for our bodies, that we’d be strong and that God would ward off any infections, diseases, or accidents from us prior to and on the field. Especially for baby Amalia. I (Shilo) think I’ve got a food allergy that my doctor and I are currently trying to figure out.
Pray for PERÚ, for the country as a whole. Latin America is full of false doctrine, prideful religiosity or cultural Catholicism and dangerous governments. Peru’s presidency just underwent some drastic sudden changes, and the country is not at peace.
1. Praise God that he confirmed Yenry to come help me plant the church. There are now 2 on the team! 2. Praise God I have a good relationship with my Pastor Cory. He has wonderful insight, he prays for me, and is here to help. 3. Praise God that there are several people in Moyobamba that want to be part of the church plant.
1. Pray for a sound mind. I have been attacked a lot as of recently, and want the Lord to have victory and rule. 2. Pray that the Lord can confirm to more people to be part of the team. There are three ladies that are praying and considering helping for 6 months. 3. Pray for the wisdom of who to invite to the discipleship house in Moyobamba. Also where to have it.
Thanks for the prayers. Love you all! – Andrew Weakland – EmailBlog
10/40 Window
The 10/40 Window
The 10/40 Window is a rectangular geographic area stretching from North Africa through the Middle East to Asia, covering 68 countries. Two-thirds of the world’s population live within the 10/40 Window.Three out of every five people in the 10/40 Window have no access to the gospel. According to the Joshua Project, 68.6% of the 10/40 Window’s ethnic groups (5,984) are considered unreached, with a total population of 3.09 billion.(Some names and faces have been changed or omitted for security reasons.)
Worker 2 – 10/40 Window
Prayer Requests
Pray for my ministry, that God will give me wisdom and understanding.Pray for my family, that they will grow in the Word of God.
Pray for my church members, that each one may grow in the Lord.
Thank you so much once again for your prayers. S.K. (2)
Worker 3 – 10/40 Window
Prayer Requests:
My wife’s uncle went to be with the Lord due to cancer. Kindly pray for God’s comfort for the grieved family.
Pray for our church Sunday School children, that God will give them wisdom and knowledge in their schooling.
Please pray for the Christians in our state, for strengthening of their faith in Jesus. In this difficult time, pray that God will take care of His people. At the same time, pray that the fanatical group who is persecuting may come to know the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
These days, the temperature is very high, about 108° F; it is very difficult to sit in the church, kindly pray. Also pray for the growth and needs of our local church.Kindly pray for me and my family, may the Lord use us for the expansion of His kingdom.
Thank you very much for your prayers and support! In Him, Worker 3
Worker 4 – 10/40 Window
I will be traveling to share the Word at two different places. Please pray that the Lord will speak and that the people will be saved.
Recently, I was very ill and bedridden for over a week. Please pray that I will fully recover soon.
Please pray that the Lord will give me a clear vision over what the future holds for me.
Thank you for your prayer and support!
Yours in Christ, Pastor W.J.
Worker 6 – 10/40 Window
Prayer Requests:
Please pray for all of the students and the staff. May the Lord’s hand be upon each and every one. Please pray for the old age home ministry. Pray that the Lord will provide for all needs and give us the grace to be carriers of His light and love among the hopeless.
God opened the door for us to minister to a pregnant mother in a village with medical needs, fruit, and proper food. Please pray that she will come to know the One true name of God and accept Him as her Lord. Please also pray for her health and the health of the baby, that they will have good nourishment and growth.
Please pray for a tribal community we visited in a neighboring state during the Christmas season. A church has been started there! Please pray for the servant who ministers there and pray for all of their needs to be fulfilled, so that the light of the truth may shine upon many people and communities in the area through this tribal community.
Thank you!
God bless you, Worker 6
Worker 7 – 10/40 Window
The Lord has been opening doors to new ministry opportunities in different villages, and I am starting to see the new believers desiring to grow in God’s Word.
Please pray: For those hearing the Gospel to be saved and new believers to grow and desire more of God’s Word. For faithful men that can be raised up in these villages.Wisdom on how to divide my time between different villages.God’s guidance as I plan to put teachings online in another language. My mother’s health, that her lungs will be fully restored, and she will be able to move freely without a walker. Pray for complete healing to her body. For my future marriage
Thank you, Worker 7
Worker 8 and Family – 10/40 Window
Prayer Requests:
Please pray that our ministry will be fruitful.Pray for my physical healing; my sugar levels have been increased. Pray for all of the believers, for the strong faith and spiritual growth.Please continue to pray for H and Y. They are brother and sister and have mental weaknesses. Pray for the persecution in our state. Once again, I thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your partnership. May our loving God bless you abundantly!
Pastor 8 and family
Worker 9 – 10/40 Window Prayer Requests:
Please pray that I will continue to grow in my spiritual life and the knowledge of God. Please pray that I will be used mightily by God.Please pray for the CBI students, that God would use them right now as they share the Gospel to their friends and family during this summer break. Please pray for the young children and youth of my city with whom I am involved, that they would stand firm in their faith at this age when Satan tries to distract them.
Thank you so much for your prayers. God bless you all! Worker 9
Worker 10 Thanks be to the Lord that God has kept you and us together, and thanks be to the Lord who blesses each and every one of us, and saves us from every danger! Thank you also to those who continuously pray for us!
Prayer Requests: First of all, pray for the villages in our area, where some people are against the people of God; pray for God to change their hearts.Pray for the leaders here who are members of the anti-Christian party, who do not want the kingdom of God to come. Pray for those leaders, that God will change their hearts. Pray for the believers of my church, that they will be strong in the Word. Pray for my life, that God opens new doors for me so that I can share the Gospel of God to all of the people in my area.The government has a record of our mobile phone number to keep an eye on us because of our Christianity. Pray that God will help us and will bring those who belong to the anti-Christian government group into faith.Pray for the believers in my village who are students; pray that they can change their lives with the blessings of God.Pray for my mom’s health. Pray for some of our believers who want to publicly show their faith in Christ; pray that God will prepare them completely.Pray for our region, that God will change the hearts of all the people here and walk in God’s path.
Thank you! Worker 10
Worker 11 – 10/40 Window
Prayer Requests
Please pray that God will give good health to my wife. The weather is very hot for her here. Please pray that God heals Raju from paralysis. His father and brother have taken him to the hospital so that he can get “foot clips” made for him to walk. Pray for the elections that are about to be held in our country; may God give us a good leader who will fulfill God’s will. Please pray for my mother’s health.In the last week of June, I have to take my wife to visit her mother. Pray that God will fulfill all of the needs with that.Please pray that all of the believers in our church will keep their faith during persecution. May God give them wisdom and knowledge, and help them grow in their knowledge of Him.
Thanks for your prayers, Christian love, partnership and participation in spreading the Gospel!
God bless you all! Worker 11
Worker 12 – 10/40 Window
Thank you for praying for my health. Last week, the doctor did another test and found a lipoma and I had surgery this week, which was successful. Thank you for praying!Prayer Requests:Please pray for my complete recovery. I will have to take medicines for a few more days to heal the wounds, as I am still feeling pain.Pray for my landlord, that I can be on good terms with him and that God will change his heart.Pray for our church growth and Bible study, for more people to attend.We have been praying for the church land for a long time–pray that God will reveal His plan for this place. I have been doing ministry in these places for 8 years. Pray that God fulfills this vision of ours.Many of the new people who come to the church are illiterate. Please pray that God gives them the power to understand so that they can be stronger, and also pray for audio Bibles for them to be available to me somewhere.
Thank you so much for lifting us up in your prayers! – Worker 12
Worker 13 – 10/40 Window
We visited some brothers and school friends, and I shared the Gospel with them. Please continue to pray that God will open their hearts.Continue to pray for our ministry here in the villages.Pray that in our village, many people will be saved and come to know Jesus.Pray that God will open many doors for His Word, so that we can share with people who are living in darkness.I am thinking about doing a camping worship night. I want to invite my believer brothers and new brothers, so that we can spend time together and encourage them from the Bible and testimonies. Please pray that God will provide everything.
Thank you so much everyone for praying for us! God bless you! Worker 13
Worker 15 and Family – 10/40 Window Please pray for… 1) Please pray for the new believers. 2) Please pray for God’s protection on our daughter’s life, as she recently got a job and moved to the UK. 3) Please pray for the persecution in the churches in our area.
Thanks for your prayers!
God bless, Worker 15
Worker 16 – 10/40 Window
Prayer Requests
Please pray for my children that they may grow in Lord’s fear and knowledge. Please pray that the Lord would intervene for the problem the world is facing. Please pray for the village ministry of local area that they may grow in Lord Words. Please pray Mahi she is 1.3 year old she is suffering from chickenpox. Please pray for Chhattisgarh believer as they are facing persecution.
Worker 16
Anand and Usha – Nepal
Praise Report: Thank you all prayer warriors. We were able to finish this last semester very well. We are able to send some students to a different part of the country as missionaries.
Prayer Requests: Please pray for our good health. Please pray for the students as they have gone to their home for a semester break, that God may use them powerfully in His ministry. Please pray for some students as they have gone to a different area of the country where there are no churches, as they want to share the gospel and start a Bible study. Please pray for our CBI staff as we will be traveling to a different part of the country to visit students and recruiting students. Please pray that God may bring new students to CBI in this upcoming semester.
Thank you for your prayers and support, Anand, Usha, Asher and Amos – EmailBlog
Prakash and Muna – Nepal
1. Please pray for all CBI Nepal students that have gone back home, for their time in ministry during the break. 2. Four of the CBI students have completed their studies; pray that God will give them vision and guide them with His Holy Spirit in His ministry. 3. Please pray for our church leaders; we are planning a one-day leaders’ conference and will also be doing church visits in two places. Pray that God will arrange everything well.
Please pray for our health, so that we can be physically fit and do ministry fruitfully.Please pray that God will help us to have a baby.Please pray that the believers in our church will grow spiritually and that God will bring new people into our church.Please pray for the believers we visit in the leper colony. Pray that God will provide them with good health and that they will grow spiritually. Also pray that the people around the leper colony will come into our Bible Study where we fellowship together.Please pray for all of the needs of our church.
Thank you so much for helping us and lifting us up through prayer and partnership. Grace and Peace, Rabi and Mahima – EmailBlog
Majhiya and Sarita – Nepal Prayer Requests
We have found the opportunity to share with other about Jesus, praise the Lord!
We conduct small house fellowship services. Please pray for unbelieving neighbors who have joined us sometimes in our fellowship. Pray that their hearts will soon be changed. Praise God for safety and protection during this time! Remember us in your prayers for His guidance in upcoming days, and pray that God will open the hearts of our neighbors for salvation.
Blessings, Majhiya and Sarita
Milan Pariyar – Nepal
Prayer Requests: Please pray for me and my family, that we will remain healthy. Pray for my brother, M, as he joins me in the ministry.Pray for the new believers here who just publicly showed they are following Jesus. Pray for financial provision to be able to start a family buffalo farm so that we can support ourselves more.
Thank you, Milan
Raju – 10/40 Window
Prayer Requests: Please pray for those who heard the Gospel in an open event; please pray that they may come to church and find Jesus. Pray that God will strengthen us (me and my wife) with His wisdom and knowledge for the ministry of God.Please pray for the CC Lapu church building.Pray for God to guide the church and all members in a loving and godly way. Pray that my father and mother also will to come to Christ.
Praise God He was able to make a way for me to move to South Asia, and provide everything my husband and I needed for our wedding. Praise God we were able to find a home to rent that is walking distance from the Bible College where my husband is teaching almost every day.
Prayer Requests:
Please pray for both of our families, especially for the salvation of those who are not walking with Jesus. It has been two months since we have been married, please pray for our cross-cultural marriage. Please pray for the Bible college and the Church that we are involved with and serving alongside. Please pray the rent of the Church that we are serving alongside here in S.A. would be provided for monthly. Please pray we would grow in discipline in every area of our life. Thank you family for partnering alongside us, and waging war on our behalf in prayer,
God bless you, Abhishek and Lacey
Darryl and Kayo Record – Cambodia
Dear Prayer Partners, Thank you so much for your faithful prayers! We were going through a financially uncertain time for several months but God miraculously provided the funds we needed from unexpected places that made it possible for us to not only visit California this summer (June 6 to August 2) but also to visit family and senders in Missouri (July 28 to July 12). 1. Please pray that God will bless and guide us as we connect and reconnect with our loved ones in the USA. We haven’t been able to visit the CA since 2019 or Missouri since 2017. May God also provide opportunities to connect with others we may not have met before. 2. Please pray for health, strength, safety, and favor throughout our trip with everyone we meet. We have received a lot of blessings already. 3. Please pray that we will be well prepared as we pause ministries here in Cambodia and then shift gears so that we can bless and encourage those we meet in the States. 4. Please pray for wisdom and provision regarding our long-term financial needs. We have been blessed that our short-term needs have been met, but we still have some significant long-term needs (for example, Benjamin’s education) that have not been fully met yet.
In Christ’s Hands, Darryl, Kayo, and Benjamin – EmailBlog
Europe
Doru and the Pavel’s – Romania
Good day everyone, Please lift our family in prayer for health and endurance. The last few weeks have been difficult with ear infection for our youngest who is recovering, strep throat, and different symptoms on a daily basis. We ask for wisdom for the doctors who are helping us and everyone who needs their assistance. Lift up our youth who are growing deeper in the lord and opening their hearts to the weight of sin they are learning to look for and uproot. We are also preparing to have a prayer walk for our community this coming weekend and we would love to see the Lord work and express his Holy Spirit in wonderful ways. Our church also has a dearly loved sister who is in the process of identifying what type of cancer she is dealing with, so we ask the Lord to heal her, provide closeness and unity within our congregation. Please pray for my wife’s (Tasha) safety as she is working abroad and is dealing with some foot problems and missing the family.
Blessings and Prayers, Doru and the Pavel’s – EmailBlog
Johnny and Brenna Varga – Pécs, Hungary
Please pray: 1. For our women’s Bible study groups that are going on now. Pray for the women participating, that they will grow deeper rooted in Christ and in understanding of God’s word as we do a study “Glimpses of Jesus” in the Old Testament together. Brenna is leading a group of ten young women, with nine different countries/cultures represented in the group. Pray for wisdom and discernment in leading. 2. For Johnny as he continues to work on his thesis & prepare for final state exam, pray the Lord will lead him and help him through to the end. 3. Pray for continued divine wisdom, strength, clarity, & rest for our church leadership. 4. Pray for our marriage, that we may continue to grow in love for the Lord and one another.
A true mission trip is not all about fun. We need to put aside our comfort zone and get ready to face the peoples’ problems and serve them every possible opportunity. There are plenty of challenges, hardships, and different kinds of difficulties; yet it is always filled with the great blessings at the end! That part of doing ministry is so rewarding, that it ignites our desire to serve the Lord even more.
Calvary Chapel H*
As pastors, we lead people to the Lord, disciple them, raise them for service to the Lord. When we see the fruits in their ministry, it brings great joy to our hearts and fills our eyes with tears of joy!
A new family has been attending Calvary Chapel H* for two months. Brother Dipak accepted the Lord Jesus as his Savior. It was great to see people coming to the Lord!
Holy Communion (above)- We had a sweet time of a Holy Communion Service at Calvary Chapel H*.
Visiting Believers’ Homes
When we do mission trips, we love visiting believers (above) from our church and hearing their testimonies, finding out their current situations, and spending time in prayer with them!
This family (above) lives in the middle of the jungle, around 20 kilometers away from Calvary Chapel H*. It takes one hour and 45 minutes for them to get to the bus station. We had an opportunity to visit them, see their difficult situation, and pray for them. It was heartbreaking! When a member of that family gets sick, they have to physically carry them as there is no provision of an ambulance.
Meeting with the local pastors: on this trip we visited two pastors who are good friends of mine. As we shared about our Bible School and IBS method, they became interested in sending their youth. They also want us to have an IBS conference in their area in the near future and invite other church leaders. The man on my left side (above) is the president of an organization of 22 pastors of different churches.
N* Church Visit
I used to write about this church in the past. The pastor of this church’s son and three of his daughters used to attend our church in the capital. The pastor is getting older.There is no one who wants to lead the church after him. We tried to encourage and raise up a leader for couple of years, but no one appeared. Then we put it in the Lord’s hands, because we also have not be able to send someone there to look after the church. Still, that church is in our prayers. May God raise someone up!
Calvary Chapel J* Mission Trip
We visited the church and had a one day IBS conference.
The conference at Calvary Chapel J* was blessed. People really liked the IBS method. We hope that the churches there will send their people to our Bible Institute and organize an IBS conference in future.
Brother Rabindra from our church in the capital, who graduated previously from Calvary Bible Institute, is teaching IBS (above). He is leading a Bible study in his home town.
I had a great time with pastor Indra, the president of J* United Pastors. He really liked the IBS method and is interested in sending people in future to Calvary Bible Institute.
The Lord is doing so many amazing things here at Calvary Loreto, Baja California Sur in Mexico. We are so privileged to be able to serve our Lord here in Loreto, Mexico. Pastor Elmer teaches verse by verse in the Gospel of John every Sunday and David teaches in the book of Exodus on Wednesday nights. We continue to offer the message of Salvation at every service ensuring that everyone that attends gets the opportunity to receive it. Along with the entire congregation knowing that their guests will always hear the message of Salvation at every service.
The Children’s Ministry continues to be a huge blessing for us as we are well over 40 children every service. We are currently teaching them at their grade levels with a curriculum provided by Calvary Church in Costa Mesa. There are now 3 separate classes: babies, young children, and our youth every Sunday and Wednesday. This takes a small army of volunteers every week, but the Lord has been faithful and continues to provide us with an amazing group of volunteers that are gifted to teach each of the children’s groups weekly. There is nothing more special for me than when we make house visits and see the children’s projects/crafts that are made on Sundays hanging in their homes. As soon as we walk in the children grab us and want to show me their work. We have one little boy that takes a while every week to do his project and when his mom comes to get him, he says I can’t leave mommy I want to finish my project for you. When I hear this my heart just melts.
Our youth class has just moved from the outside to our new indoor youth room as it’s beginning to be too hot to be outside and learn. This room was completed earlier this year and with the heat coming we needed to move the class indoors. Please keep them in your prayers that we can raise funds to get an air conditioner for this room in the hotter summer months. This class is a real treat to watch as these children learn and apply God to their lives and homes. Our future generations of believers will be walking with the Lord. It is so humbling to see their young lives transformed by Christ right before our eyes.
We had the pleasure to host and serve alongside a team from Southern California last month. They were here for one week and did so much to encourage us along with serving the entire church body. One thing they were able to do was an outreach in one of the local neighborhoods. We were able to invite neighbors back to one of the church member’s house to share a free meal which was the best Birria tacos. Once they were there, we were able to have fellowship and invited them to Calvary Church Loreto. To be able to sit with people while having a meal along with showing them the love of Christ is one of the most amazing things to see. We were so blessed by this day in so many ways. When the teams were out walking the neighborhoods, they were able to visit houses and pray for people’s individual needs along with praying for spiritual awakening in our town.
The team was also able to host a Marriage Date night where we served dinner and watched the movie “Courageous”. We had over 15 couples in attendance for this life-changing evening. Once the movie was finished the men were able to sign and commit their lives to all those present that they would be the Spiritual Leaders of their households. That they would be the Men God created them to be. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:15
In February, Calvary Loreto was able to start our church planting classes. This class will lift servant leaders in the local church and also equip Ministry leaders along with those that feel called to plant churches and share the gospel message. We follow the book of Acts as the model that God has laid out for us. These students commit to a minimum of 2 years to be raised and to be open to where God wants them to go. We also had the privileged last month of our sending Church, Calvary Rosarito coming and doing our first Annual Church Planting Conference. Pastor Mike led this conference explaining to everyone what the Bible tells us about being a sending Hub. We are extremely overwhelmed to see how the Holy Spirit is working through these students to glorify the kingdom of God throughout Mexico and the World. God has a mighty plan for these future church planters. Please keep them in prayer along with Pastor Elmer for wisdom as he teaches this class every week.
Pastor Elmer and his wife Crystal, David and I thank you all for your prayers and continued financial support. We couldn’t do it without faithful supporters like you. You ALL are helping to do the work of the ministry here in Loreto Mexico. This is your Spiritual fruit also and we are so Blessed to be able to serve our Lord and Savior here. Thank you for helping to do the work of the Ministry here in Loreto Mexico
MATTHEW 28 19-20
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age,
If you are not currently a financial supporter and the Lord has put it on your heart to come alongside us to do the work of the ministry, please go to https://sgwm.com, click on the drop-down menu, and click Find a Missionary. Then scroll down to Mullins Family and click on our picture, there is a tab at the bottom left that says,” Become a financial supporter”. Once you are there you can put in all your information.
PRAYER PETITIONS
Please Pray that all the servant leaders to be united as one body in Christ to give them the strength to continue to serve our Lord and Savior at Calvary Loreto
For Protection for the Pastors and the Church Planting class that they are protected by the Full Amor of God
Pray that all the people going to the Church Panting Conference in Rosarito are able to raise funds and to get there safely
“God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.”
PSALM 68:6
This month we were blessed with a visit from my (Matt’s) parents, Brian and Tammy Harris. After having their first tickets canceled when the world shut down in 2020, and their second tickets canceled when my father had a severe case of COVID in 2021, their trip felt long overdue. Although we had little chance to break from the routine of work and school that our life revolves around, our time together was precious. It was wonderful to show them our Ugandan church family, the pastoral school, the farming enterprise, and all of the great people we have been sharing our life with. But really my Mom and Dad spent most of their time simply being with their grandkids!
We visited many people with my parents, including our sister church 2 hours away. While we were there God allowed me to minister with a sermon, and my parents ministered through song.
My Dad shared his talent of Gospel singing with anyone who would listen. They loved it!We took my parents to visit many of our friends and neighbors.We celebrated one big birthday party to make up for all the grandkid birthdays that were missed.My mother joined me for a Leadership seminar that I taught, which one of our Discipleship students hosted for the churches in his community.
I hope you all are doing well. I am continuously remembering you all in my prayers. I am very thankful to God for every thing that He is doing. I am also very thankful for your prayers and support. We praise God and thank Him when we pray for you. You have been such a great encouragement to us in building the kingdom of God. “God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.”
I am very excited to share the things that God is doing here in South Asia. I hope this will encourage you and lead you to pray more for the work that is going on.
Update on the College
God, in His mercy, has helped us successfully finish the semester. We have wrapped up our semester classes as of 16th of May. In addition to that, our CBI is filled with thanksgiving toward our God, for helping us through the process of registering our own property for a campus building in the city. Praise God, that He has been with us in all the documentation process. We pray that He who has begun a work within us, will bring it to completion.
The students are very grateful and thankful to God that He is teaching them a lot of things from the Word of God! It really makes us happy when we hear from them that the Word of God is working in their lives; that they understand it’s truths; and that it sets them free from sin. They focus on sound doctrine and hold to sound teaching. Whenever I talk to the students, they share what God has been saying to them and how He is touching their hearts to reach out the lost! They are praying for Him to reveal the place where they need to go to preach the Gospel after they finish the whole academic training. God has placed a burden in our hearts to reach the states that speak this language and beyond and to raise up the next generation of pastors and leaders.
Interns Are Being Sent
God’s vision is our vision. It is His heart, to make disciples. When the opportune time comes, God, the Holy Spirit, commissions the disciples and sends them wherever the workers are needed. Two graduates, namely Brother A*and Brother C*, have been sent out for the harvest.
Brother A*, has been faithfully serving with his home church (his father pastors a few churches) in P* district. He’s been praying to reach out to nearby villages, towns, districts by organizing youth meetings and pastors’ conferences in the coming season. His heart is to see the Word spread, whatever the cost. We are rejoicing to see what God has planned for many of these young churches!
Brother C* has been fasting and seeking the Lord’s direction. The Lord has clearly spoken to his heart that he must go, where the name of the Lord is unknown. A week ago, we at our Calvary Chapel, prayed over Brother C* and sent him. He’s now working in the field to make more connections for the church plant in the H* region. We are praising God, that He has been stirring up the minds of the disciples to start a new work in unreached locations!
The Students’ Local Outreach
As a part of our curriculum, we have been helping our students to get involved in outdoor evangelism. In that process, most of our students have been able to share the Word of God in public spaces more freely. We have been ministering, in parks (above), busy markets, shopping malls etc. They’re all going to practically apply whatever they have heard and put the Word in action.
Chapel Talks at Calvary Bible Institute
Chapel talks play a vital role in a student’s lives to enrich and enhance their preaching and teaching skills. Every day during the semester, we take time for chapel talk. We give a portion of Bible verses from a book of the Bible. They prepare all week and then get the opportunity to teach that Word of God for 30 minutes during the evenings. We train them to teach the Bible, chapter by chapter, and verse by verse. We are seeing the growth of our brothers in rightly dividing the Word of truth. In an age of nonsensical preaching, we help our brothers to carefully handle the Word of God, and to correctly communicate with the people of God. All of our brothers have been doing a great job in inculcating their commitment to preaching and teaching of God’s Word!
Youth Meeting in G*
God’s plan for each and every one is mighty and powerful. When we see it unfold, it looks like a great piece of work to save one soul, which will then spread to save many. Last year when Brother A* came to the school of worship for the first time, he had little interest in learning the Word. But after a year, the Spirit of God eventually moved his heart to come to the Bible Institute. We were very glad to see him back. Since then, he started to grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ. He then suggested to his dad, who is a pastor, to conduct young adult meetings. We ministered in that village; one day for young adult meetings, and then a couple of days for open-air meetings. There are already many false teachings that have been affecting churches, in and around this village. They were very interested to learn more of the Word. We are going to plan many village meetings, youth conferences, and pastors meetings to educate, empower and build the body of Christ.
Open Air Gospel Meeting
I Praise God for using us to share the Word of God in different churches in our states. Recently, we got invited by a pastor from a village, to come and teach the Word in the outdoor meetings that he’s conducting. A year ago I preached in the same place and people were encouraged by the Word of God. Again this year we got invited to share at the meetings.
This village is heavily affected by false doctrine and a lot of superstition. Even inside the church, very lawless things are happening. The challenging thing here in our country is to bring them out of fear of shame. You know that in our area we have a culture of shame. People trust Jesus and give their life to God, but they do not stop doing the wrong (Hindu things) they have been doing. For example, they have the fear of superstitious things, the fear of black magic, and the fear of curses. They have more fear of the Hindu culture, than of God. It is like they do not want to pay the cost to live for God. So even in many churches, even pastors do not say NO to those kinds of things. They are too afraid that the people will quit coming to church if they confront them. When I was in that village, I got to encourage that pastor to take up the Word of God and rebuke those things. Because this church belongs to God, not to us. He paid the price for the sinners. I shared with the pastor in the village, that we are not called to please people, but God.
On the day I was preaching in the meeting, I addressed these issues about backsliding and falling back into the false religious things. On that day, God revealed that there are many people who are still in this situation. We need to work hard to reach them, and show them the love of God, and to rightly teach the Word! For many people do not know that we have a spiritual life that we are to grow more in and come closer to God. It is really heartbreaking to see people who are in the bondage of superstition and don’t even realize it! People need to know that Jesus has come not only to cleanse the sinners and save them, but also to break their chains of bondage to sin. So on that day God spoke to all the people about needing this transformation. Romans 12:2.
There is more work here in our country! We need many faithful servants of God who are devoted to teach the right doctrine and show the love of God. I think that is why God has placed a burden in our hearts to equip and train young men to send out to reach those people for God so they don’t perish! I want you all to pray that God could use us more to raise up men to do the work.
T* Village Ministry
I hope you are praying for this village, because we are seeing the fruit every week when we visit them. We now have four families that are attending both the Bible study on Fridays and the Sunday worship service every week! There are also many challenges that we are facing. God has been faithfully leading us in those times of struggle.
Recently, we went door to door in that village preaching the Gospel. A lady asked us why we are coming to the village every week and sharing about someone. They rejected us and said, “We have our own gods. We are not in the need of any other!” The Christians who are in that village are living in fear. But the Bible study is giving strength to live the life of God during difficult times.
People are really showing hatred towards the pastor and Christians because of what’s happening (because false teachers and pastors are focusing only on money, rather than a burden to preach the Gospel)
There is a man from a Muslim family. Every week we have been meeting with him to tell him the Gospel. His family opposes him coming to Jesus. He is living in fear of coming to Christ because he is afraid of his family rejecting him and what they might do to him. Pray for this person! He is lame.
Youth Ministry and Future plans.
Youth at our Calvary Chapel, are involved in various outreaches to help share the love and grace of our Lord Jesus through word and deed. In the upcoming season, we are all set for a youth conference in the month of July, which will help the youth to know their purpose in Christ. Along with that, we are also going to plan free food distribution programs for the homeless, twice a month! It’s a good way to express the love of Christ through the preaching of the Word and also serving in our neighborhood.
J* Outreach
The time has come for all of us here in our Calvary Bible Institute to make use of all God’s grace and wisdom to spread the Word in near and far. It is with so much faith, that we are stepping into the new work that God has started in the city of J*. We will be ministering from 24th of May to 4th of June during which many youth meetings, pastors meeting, kids camp, village outreaches, evangelism are going to be held. We are so excited for this open door! We are hopeful that God will open many hearts to the Word and make them taste the goodness of God toward each one of them attending. It is also a great time for our students to be involved in outdoor ministry to use the Word of God in a practical way, so they can also learn to be ready to do ministry after finishing the lecture phase. This also helps us to recruit students for the Bible school. So be praying for this outreach.
Our Calvary Chapel Church Update
I cannot stop thanking God for the things that he’s doing in our church. People are being equipped to truly understand the Word of God. Every week we hear amazing testimonies from the church families. It really encourages a lot of us to move forward. Our Good Friday service and Easter Sunday Resurrection worship services went really well and were blessed.
God is doing amazing things through women’s Bible study. In our church most of the women are from Hindu backgrounds and were tortured by their husbands! Being in the Word really sustains them in faith and helps them to be strong. Children ‘s ministry is also going on every week and kids are growing in the Lord. As they are being raised in broken families and disturbed situations, the Word of God is playing a major role in their lives.
We are also reaching out to our local community from our church by serving among the aged women who were abandoned by their children in nursing homes. We are going to those homes and caring for them by sharing the Word of God. Spending time with them gives a lot of joy to them and for us, too. Praise God that he’s using our church to reach out to our community and heal the broken-hearted and comfort.
PRAYER REQUESTS:
Pray that we grow more in preaching the Gospel.
Pray that the people in the village see Christ.
Pray for the many broken families.
Pray for Brother S* from the village. He has gone through a broken marriage.
Pray for our outreach to the central part of the country.
Pray for our interns who are in the field.
Pray for the T* village church plant.
Thank you,
Pastor 6* and Family
*Names and faces have been changed or omitted for security reasons.
Worker 9 – 10/40 Window
